Author’s Note: Woke up this morning under windy, grey, Nicole-sodden skies with cable channel talking heads yammering on about “Blue or Red.” My immediate rough response was “Same as Black…” -Marlow Blue or red, just like black Blue or red, just like black Night cold fell hard again, we’re all alone Skin wet and chilled […]

Author’s Note: Now that this transformational mid-term hoo-haa election with the impact of a small dry fart is dissipating, I have this short piece to offer. -Marlow Let’s talk a bit about today’s subject after a decidedly ho-hum election where hair-on-fire predictions of coming possible frauds were rampant. Despite some huffing and puffing on various […]

Editor’s Note: a NSFW image concludes Marlow’s Election Day Essay. You can save yourself from seeing the expletive if you just read the lucid words and quickly hit the exit button as you get further on and see the top of the colorful image. You might go vote. – Vic 08 November “Election Day” 2022 […]

This is how it looks in Marlow’s Coastal Empire on the Day We Do Our Civic Deed: Vote!

Thoughts on being stuck in doctors’ office waiting rooms with TV’s blaring This piece’s topic during the late run up to this election year day of days is like being consigned erroneously to Hell. By now we all can lip synch the political commercials. It does not matter knowing which party they are for or […]

Editor’s Note: At Refuge Farm we had the weekly visit from the wound care lady. She looked at the covering over the ankle injury, inserted a glove-clad finger on the edge and popped it off. “Healed,” she said. There was mild applause that the one-year medical adventure was complete. – Vic Author’s Note: We had […]

Bloodsucking Zombies From Outer Space Politicos (endless Bloody Unholy Christmases, uh-oh) Un, deux, trois, conclusions are easy to draw But it’s not like we don’t care, oh no ‘Cause we’re told it all the time but they never let us know On TV, the net or media, pshaw They’re young, their hearts’re pure But every […]

Author’s Note: Thirty or so years ago, Savannah houses — many large and most of its small — were of stone and wood, shabby, run-down, some almost derelict. The occasional front or side yard was uncared for; most of the few people on the streets were cheaply dressed. There was a meanness of atmosphere. Many […]

Editor’s Note: Marlow captures some of the emotion flying around. Some of the Salts have tried to follow the ground combat in Europe. It is a horror. – Vic Author’s Note: I spent the better part of the past several days reviewing longitudinally many months of Ukrainian-Russian battle maps, video war footage and reporting imagery. […]

​Author’s Note: We just completed our civic duty this afternoon by early voting in this year’s election. Here’s hoping that these blues lift, and our spirits rise. -Marlow How Voting Became a Central Issue in the Georgia Governor’s Race – The New York Times Early voting in the Empire in 2020 Copyright 2022 My Aisle […]