The whole situation is surreal in changing weather. It is strange enough to make the stones by the Fire Ring look comfortable. The War is underway, third day, and there is stiff resistance by Ukrainian units and people. They have a foe with a history. Our panel of former experts remembers individual Soviet units of […]

The Russians are still going at it in Ukraine today. It is interesting of course, but it is being played out in levels ranging from abrupt and brutal violence through several levels of expertise and interpretation. That naturally depends on the volume of the crowd closest to your hearing. We are jarred at the news […]

(Entrance to the National Conference Center, Leesburg, Virginia. Soon to host an interesting conference sponsored by our Department of Homeland Security). As you might imagine, several of the key nodes of communication at Refuge Farm include military planners and veterans of other conflicts. Ukraine has their attention this morning, as it does ours. But we […]

We were working on the “Weather Report” chart we use weekly to keep track of what is going on around us. It is deliberately intended to be non-partisan to avoid rhetorical attacks on people who seem to intentionally be doing many of the things that pass without comment. As a point of order, we try […]

Lot of “number 2s” in the news this morning. They even rhyme, in a crude sort of way. Which is interesting, since we have been counting the number of flash points in today’s world in the number “3.” We have been muttering about that for months, and readers have only complained moderately. Rocket was unusually […]

(A Retrospective viewed from 21 February 2022) I am leaving the original copyright date on this one, a two-part evolution I was not sure we would get to this morning. There has been a vigorous discussion between old Cold Warriors whose service lingered into the age of the Sole Remaining Superpower. You may remember that. […]

It is a brilliant morning at The Farm. The waning moon- waning but still bright enough to cast shadows in the darkness- rules in the western sky as the new bright sun floods the fields with life to the east. It was bright enough to cause sleep to be light and filled with illumination and […]

01 April 2003 This morning there are big events to report, The Queen of English is ailing from something that might be Covid and could be a fatal affliction, given her age. The Olympics we did not watch have just concluded in Beijing, and that may be a signal for the Russians to play their […]

I am sorry to be late on a glorious Saturday morning. There is a lot going on. The War might be tomorrow, according to the people in Washington. They seem to be releasing what we knew as “classified” information in an off-the-cuff manner intended to undermine the Russian narrative that somehow the Ukrainian government is […]

Sorry- this is a topic we have been working on at the Farm. It ties into everything that is going on, but in the words of a recent candidate for high office, “At this point what difference does it make?” Well, here is how. The Three Felonies story dates back aways, and was one of […]