You may have been celebrating the old holiday the old way. Which is to say, there was a pagan tradition that roundly welcomed the return of the warm season. We will speak softly, just in case. The old festival of Bacchus was transmogrified into a Christian celebration in Germany under the tender ministrations of St. […]

It was the usual. Grace wore her painting clothes, not the white gloves or colorful Sunday Best, since that would be tomorrow. I wore the usual, a moderately appropriate summer aloha shirt, and since the nice couple from the Midway Museum Library were stopping by, I got out the old flight jacket to enhance the […]

The Head Shed got the note last night. It was forwarded by a source who has reported reliably in the past, and the alert was sent shortly before the President came on. Mr. Socotra wanted the word out, generally, but specifically wanted to know how to step up to the new….sorry. Almost used one of […]

We are at mid-week and the Editorial Board of Socotra House was flummoxed. You know, from long experience, we do not use terms like that lightly. But the Hundred Days of Mr. Biden’s term has been astonishing, and is worthy of celebration. They have arranged for him to address two hundred assorted people at the […]

Editor’s Note: Some alien being has claimed use of my name and may be sending mail appealing for some sort of impolite relief from everyone in my address book. Please do not reply, open or click on an attachment from any email address purporting to be using my full name but with some unfamiliar address. […]

So, morning. Delightful. The air over the Piedmont is calm and not intrusive. And there is an opportunity to leave the property! That said, exiting The Farm Bubble has its challenges. Not a crisis, per se, but the seventy miles between here and the Mercedes service shop is a fairly big deal. You and I […]

Screen Shot 2021-04-24 at 11.30.02 AM.png (This lovely vista is of the International Airport named for John Foster Dulles at the moment. We are confident a better one can be suggested shortly. It is a view accompanied by apprehension at departure, and joy on return). Ah, lovely morning here. No Buzzards present at the Barn […]

(This lovely vista is of the International Airport named for John Foster Dulles at the moment. We are confident a better one can be suggested shortly. It is a view accompanied by apprehension at departure, and joy on return). Ah, lovely morning here. No Buzzards present at the Barn this morning, and no line of […]

Editor’s Note: I had an extended conversation with Marlow yesterday. It included an update on his progress on the book exploring his new home in the Coastal Empire of Savannah. I had been working on a small story of a Great Man who passed this week. The individual was Walter “Fritz” Mondale, a former Vie […]

(Socotra House Staff, formerly known as “those people down by the loading dock.” Front Row, L-R, “HR.” Responsible for a variety of support tasks, including in-office medical emergencies, moving the lap-top from one unoccupied table to others, management of the Socotra LLC 401k portfolio, donuts and general Staff well being. Middle Row, L-R: “Compliance Personnel.” […]