We got the news yesterday with the old picture of Robert Hansen, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation. He had been sentenced to Life in Prison some twenty-two years ago for deliberate espionage against this nation. Some of the materials he compromised were the basic data we used at the Fleet Ocean Surveillance Center Pacific […]

A 2005 Cessna Citation Bravo business jet. Susan Montoya Bryan/Associated Press. NPR’s Joe Hernandez and Russell Lewis contributed to this report. Which we lifted in whole since we cut the “news feed” a couple weeks ago. There was a consensus that the “news” was getting out of control and getting us down. There was other […]

It is the Anniversary this morning and the memories flood back. They were new for us then, a shared recollection of a Naval battle that stands with Trafalgar and a few others in the history of of wars fought on the waters. It started when my disparaging remarks about General Douglas Macarthur came to the […]

(Our Realtor Maggie used this shot taken by drone to demonstrate the sweep of the little Horse Property. We spent the lock-down days of the pandemic quietly, but we discovered where our original plan had some deficiencies. The “Aging Thing” had not been fully explored, and the actual experience made us realize the acreage was […]

It feels like summer, and the meteorologic answer is simple. The hot season started yesterday, and will, with increasing humidity, be with us until the end of August. We yell the morning forecast across the fence in the morning to let the entire Writer’s Collective know what they should be prepared for in the course […]

We will start with the usual disclaimer that we support without reservation any Government official specifically referenced in the provisions of UCMJ Article 88. The Legal section at Socotra House is taking the weekend off, so they sent a text about staying away from any comment on the situation at the Border, which as DHS […]

Well, there it is. All that stuff is going on, all the elements surging around us in those curious distinct bands of info and misinformation. As a matter of custom, we will avoid talk about the contents of all those little bullets to avoid liability in case of abrupt changes of law. On this morning, […]

There was already one this morning, and you may have seen it. You know, it’s another in the torrent of information in which the narratives successfully immerse us. There is still “breaking news,” of course, but it is under constant manipulation to suit the various Greater Purposes. We were told before we even got seated […]

It is Sunday, and you caught us in transition mode between “production” and “assembly.” Big progress on the “Traveling Music” book about exotic ventures in hot spots around the world. The manuscript has been moved successfully from one in basket to another. That was enough to prompt an afternoon of dining and horticulture and left […]