Editor’s Note: The Supremes are at it again. The last of their decisions for this term will curb the power of regulatory agencies as “unconstitutional.” There may be another one on the “Remain in Mexico” policy later this morning. This will provoke more discussion atop the decisions on the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 10th and […]

The light of this new day is brilliant on the Piedmont’s rolling hills. There is an expression of vitality in this part of our world, of rich green growing forces erupting from our soil. On the pasture below the Bunk House a single young deer stands inviolate, doing as it will. Unmolested. Free. The Hummingbirds […]

There apparently were some decisions released by a court in Washington this week. Reports on the early and late news- the times management does not attempt to regulate what material we have access for viewing- was that there were some emotional responses to them. You can imagine the reaction in the Writers Section at Refuge […]

Amanda was very stern with us this morning. It fit the skies, which had retreated from severe dark booming and bright flashes of lightning to a more gentle but persistent rainfall. The Chairman was in an agitated state over the annual chimney cleaning, a necessary job in the country, but the idea of workmen on […]

(You must look down to the right to see our Ruby Throat. Capturing this image required phone and constant attention- and eight attempts. Photo Socotra). There was controversy that started before the normal Production Meeting of the Writer’s Section of Socotra House LLC this morning. As you may have gathered, Management is under pressure in […]

(The 22-Story House of Soviets in Kaliningrad, formerly Konigsberg) The Very Small Group at the Writer’s Circle did not immediately gravitate to the Fire Ring down the slope from the Bunk House on this first day of Piedmont Summer. The Ring is now unlikely to be used for a few months as the Piedmont’s soggy […]

Bill Reddig- the fellow we called Dad- did his version of the electric car back in the mid-1950s as a stylist at American Motors. The thoughts about what were to come in this amazing world were around then, and AMC’s Chief of Design, Mr. Ed Anderson, had the idea that what was coming should look […]

We are almost free for a little while. The 4th of July is coming up on Monday, and Washington is clearing out to get back to crucial District events and fireworks more limited in scope than in the Swamp to our north. There was one here in town before the break. We checked with our […]

He was back this magical morning. We don’t know about the precise identity of our avian friend, the large graceful shape with dark body plumage and the elegant white trailing feathers on the broad, strong wings. It seems bigger than the hawks we see, stronger and more martial in appearance than our baleful buzzards who […]

So, this is the Friday morning to try to close out another breathtaking week. Well, if it were actually before noon and you were breathing when it started. Anyway, that is the context for why Splash grunted as he sat down under the brilliant blue skies that seemed to have an unexpected density. The air […]