Editor’s Note: Some of old America is happening out there. We will see what the system produces in our names when they get to it, right? – Vic – Author’s Note: I don’t have as reliable an answer as I once did. – Marlow  What’s Keeping America? What used to keep America aloft, enlivening its […]

Editor’s Note: It’s Halloween. Marlow lines up the lines of memory this morning. As a fellow traveler in his cohort on this globe in this time, one of his observations struck home. “Remembering all this stuff after so many years tells me I was truly alive before I died. Lucky SOB.” Like Marlow, I had […]

Editor’s Note: Marlow chimes in this morning about the extraordinary events in Your Nation’s Capital. He manages his usual comprehensive approach. With the discussion of COP26 at the heart of this morning’s meeting, Marlow sets the stage for the events which will transpire in the Virginia Governor’s Race, the conference in Glasgow, and another dozen […]

Editor’s Note: As has been noted elsewhere, this is a Tuesday that feels like a second Monday. Nestled in Virginia’s rolling Piedmont, we here at Refuge Farm are subject to all sorts of political turmoil. It is piled up on the way to our loopy Virginia off-peak election next week. Former Presidents and governors visited […]

Editor’s Note: There are a hundred stories to tell about the Editorial Staff’s recent sojourn on the Western Shore of America. It will take a little while to sort them out- fractured families, new unified versions, great joy and a lovely bride. This is an image of a proud father and a joyful Groom. A […]

Editor’s Note: Something caused Marlow and the writer’s Section to delve into a past that developed us all this morning. Independent, yet sharing a time of motion and wonder at all that is around us veteran’s of what we called “The American Century.” – Vic Author’s note: A little over five years ago upon our […]

Editor’s Note: This was an interesting day and it is almost done! This morning we published a “Winds of Change” article including some background on some of the current events, Columbus Day’s replacement, and a 1,400 year conflict summed up with an Ode from Arrias on “Admiral of the Ocean Sea.” It is at the […]

Editor’s Note: The Writer’s Section at Socotra House struggled to find a “good news, heartwarming story” this morning. As usual, Marlow cuts straight to the chase. Join him this afternoon for a musical trip through a mean old world…And in the photo is an Olds Delta 88. They may look funny now, but they were […]

Eggs and Sausage  But I Still Want a Burgundy Editor’s Note: There was mild chaos left over today at Refuge Farm, with family sadness on the one hand, and five working parties of skilled and ebullient people laboring to bring order to the outbuildings and rationality to infrastructure: plumbing, electrical and HVAC. Stop me if […]

Editor’s Note: We had scrambled dreams in our night at Refuge Farm. My sister’s lovely daughter traveled to be with her. My brother, stalwart that he is, dropped his affairs in New England, and made it to Alaska to be with our sister last night. “Telling stories,” were the words he used to sum up […]