So, DeMille has been cranky. He claims it is the weather’s impact on his arthritis. Despite his still erect posture and residual military bearing, he wants to find an excuse promising things will get better. There is a case for optimism, after all. This day is starting well with bright blue sky, not a cloud […]

We have some interesting developments in the world we all call temporary home. We are not sure exactly how to characterize them. There have been some video clips of all sorts of them. Our Secretary of Homeland Security, a Cabinet Officer, was grilled pretty hard about the border for which he is- at least theoretically- […]

We got lost in the Canal Zone yesterday- “Zoning” is the term these days that shares some of the original meaning. First though, the morning news. There is a bunch of it. Local stuff first. George Washington University, home of the Colonials, has announced they are abandoning that team nick-name. We understand the people who […]

So, this represents some of the redecorating going on at the East Wing of Big Pink. You will note the variety of old black-and-white (hope that term isn’t cultural appropriation) on the shelf below the 72″ Television: Grace had a bunch of hers she wanted to display- not unusual in a family with 9 siblings- […]

This is a morning with a touch of frantic family activity. We will have guests from both sides to show off the new digs to the kids who will have to clear things out when we are done with what we laughingly term “the Last Place.” The are grandchildren who will be accommodated under sunny […]

(District Stone SE9 is that dark block in the middle of the image, which took three tries to visit. It was not much different for the people who placed them all. In 1789, President George Washington gave personal orders to erect forty stones to mark the boundary of the intended capital city that would be […]

(This was the first attempt at documenting a neat little adventure in Washington, DC. The watercolor is by a good friend and by permission). We enjoyed the warmest temperature of this day right at dawn. The darkness blended with departing night in petulant clouds hanging low over the west wing of Big Pink. There were […]

Visitors march past Yoshino cherry blossoms near the Tidal Basin on Thursday, March 23, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard) Memorandum for the Director, Naval Intelligence The Pentagon, Washington, D.C. “May I take this opportunity of commending your officer for his efforts in this matter; without the knowledge of the French language, he was able […]

Third day of Spring? OK. We are prepared to deal with it. The Banks? Some of them seem to be failing. It isn’t the Fall of the West, or at least not exactly. China’s President Xi is visiting Moscow to establish a new global order. It is curiously inverted from the one we used to […]

(The decor? Joel owned the place for nearly twenty years. He used it as the executive suite for his business, suitable for hosting guests for as many days as the business took. He is a Texan by birth, and the place exudes a certain ‘oughties look. In fact, it looks a little like the Willow […]