There is a new trend in the morning updates. This holiday week has concentrated on the sad news of murder. The ones in Idaho started things off, and had sensational aspects that follow the hunt for the still-unlocated perpetrator. This morning it was about the murders at the Walmart. That line evolved a little as […]

(Accidental motif captured as boxes emptied themselves with energy. Seeing blank wall reformation into ‘home’ is welcome for the onset of the Holidays!) The morning has already had some moments. You know that moving is a disorienting thing with that dichotomy of excitement and loss. It happened here a couple days ago with some progress. […]

(Author’s Note: We could recount some of the horrific news this morning. There is the case of the murders in Idaho, three young women and a boyfriend stabbed to death with perpetrator unknown. Or about reports of what it is like to live in a 21st-floor condo in Kiev, Ukraine. A unit without energy due […]

As usual, something, or some things, happened a while ago. They popped up again in the recent tumult of transport from Piedmont to population center. The Writer’s Section has embarked on a fairly major project to follow “The Last (Cold War) Cruise.” That account went to press last week. Dealing with the events of the […]

We have a piece we are gnawing at. It is not ready for publication, and yet here is publication time. That means we have to generate something else. Splash likes it up here in Arlington. Loma concurs, since there are public taprooms within walking distance and not a four-mile drive to town. That first part […]

Ruth-Ann was at her usual place at Big Pink. I thought I should take her a copy of a book we penned some years ago about a magical decade that followed “Y2K,” a three-character term that referred to the passing of the 20th Century and the arrival of another one. There was supposed to be […]

Man, it was cold this morning! Pale blue skyThe Lady in Red on the flatscreen claimed the current cold wave would make things seem to be the depth of Winter for a few days before it passes. The duty Scribe at the circle- well, it actually isn’t a circle and no one wanted to drag […]

It’s got a military connotation with that “movement report” jargon. It was a more active day than normal yesterday, requiring detailed planning and extensive preparation. We uprooted from Farm to Town for management issues. Not quite lock-stock-and-whatever, but close enough. The Chairman indicates he will hold onto it for a while, just in case. We […]

Author’s Note: Morning! The Farm is in a state this morning, all hands on deck, so this came up in discussions around the Fire Ring. The immediate subject is the election aftermath, of course, and what is likely to come of it. We think the House will go GOP by a narrow margin, and the […]

So, here we go on a busy week. It has been a helter of skelters lately down here at The Farm. Moving tomorrow. Bewildering in fact, looking at the assorted estate debris that has surfaced over the last few weeks. We have inflicted some of it on you already, and we apologize. We don’t even […]