Let’s be precise here- we are quoting some Chinese thoughts, and in this year their imagery is strong across the planet. What is a water Tiger? It is a term that is utilized only each sixty years. This will be the second edition some of us have seen, notably the Boomers and their remaining seniors. […]

DeMille thought the Chairman wouldn’t mind a look at what is hanging out there, ready for us on a coming Monday in which it all begins to swirl in earnest. Not mentioned directly are the coming mid-term elections in the United States which will drive all sorts of unexpected things- the 1/6 Investigation rom one […]

(Vic, Natasha and Grace a few days ago). The year is not over, but there is a small list of things that needed to be accomplished against the tyranny of the clock and calendar. The Wedding naturally was on the top, since our new status needed to be registered with the instruments of the State. […]

The Chairman was still asleep as Christmas began to box up its various appurtenances for careful storage. Not that anyone was acting on it, except to tip our collective toppers to a marvelous holiday, and began to prepare for the next holiday with a somewhat harder edge, the birth of a New Year. There were […]

Not that it was- I think June or July in 1998 is more accurate. This image popped up in the holiday search for items to highlight the year to come against those of years past. In the image below, I was still active duty, and had been drawn into the web of my favorite Congressman. […]

On this glorious Christmas morning, there is a palpable joy in the air at Refuge Farm. The crimson-tinged sun rising amid the sky streaked with the passing clouds of an old year. Joy and merriment is abundant here. Splash carefully folded his sleeping bag, and a merry fire was sparking with delight in the Fire […]

The Chairman was relaxed this morning, and his jolly spirit joined the mild breeze that awakened Refuge Farm with fresh spirit on a gorgeous holiday morning. The sun shone bright over the Piedmont, framed by thin but prominent strands of bright clouds that mimicked the gentle curves of the holly strung with merry enthusiasm on […]

The Chairman had to shrug at this one. There is a major holiday coming up, and the timeline for the Eve has narrowed to “tomorrow.” He has held to a firm position that the holiday should be honored- indeed treasured- despite all the manifestations of looniness abroad in the land. You are aware of it […]

DeMille has taken to a quick stop by the Headquarters at Socotra House in the morning to ensure that the Writer’s Section isn’t too far off the reservation in terms of tone and production. We skirted the line this week, running an Arrias piece that examined the three international situations bubbling with a half-boil. The […]

(Author Franz Kafka on one of his better hypnotic days before what he might have called “Der Grossen Krieg.” The group at the First Ring was fully caffeinated. DeMille tried to establish order. “We have to find a way to use a cool quote for the title. Then fill it in with some festive anecdotes […]