Monthly Archives: December 2021

DECEMBER 9, THURSDAY

GOD IS DOG DOG IS GOD or a Bill Mosher take on what it is to be human. The question that keeps striking me and which I am a little nervous to mention, is the almost blasphemous similarity, to me,

DECEMBER 9, THURSDAY

GOD IS DOG DOG IS GOD or a Bill Mosher take on what it is to be human. The question that keeps striking me and which I am a little nervous to mention, is the almost blasphemous similarity, to me,

DECEMBER 8, WEDNESDAY

GOOD PEOPLE For a week or longer I have been concerned in these daily posts about coming home to a divided country and have been agonizing over how to deal with my fellow Americans who disagree with me. As in

DECEMBER 8, WEDNESDAY

GOOD PEOPLE For a week or longer I have been concerned in these daily posts about coming home to a divided country and have been agonizing over how to deal with my fellow Americans who disagree with me. As in

DECEMBER 7, TUESDAY

STROLLING THROUGH ASHEVILLE

DECEMBER 7, TUESDAY

STROLLING THROUGH ASHEVILLE

DECEMBER 6, MONDAY

18537 ARKEO In wondering about my own experience of changes in forms of communication since I was born and how it connects with changes that are turning the world upside down I looked at my baby book to see how

DECEMBER 6, MONDAY

18537 ARKEO In wondering about my own experience of changes in forms of communication since I was born and how it connects with changes that are turning the world upside down I looked at my baby book to see how

DECEMBER 5, SUNDAY

But first a little Christmas cheer of people feeling good together at CeCe’s Christmas party last night to lighten things up. LISTENING, UNDERSTANDING AND THEN WHAT? PREAMBLE First I have have to listen to MAGA voters and to understand them

DECEMBER 5, SUNDAY

But first a little Christmas cheer of people feeling good together at CeCe’s Christmas party last night to lighten things up. LISTENING, UNDERSTANDING AND THEN WHAT? PREAMBLE First I have have to listen to MAGA voters and to understand them

DECEMBER 4, SATURDAY

DIFFERENCES Even on the flight from Munchen to Charlotte, without being aware that I was doing it, I was sorting people out, sorting out my fellow Americans. On the flight the announcements were made first in German and then in

DECEMBER 4, SATURDAY

DIFFERENCES Even on the flight from Munchen to Charlotte, without being aware that I was doing it, I was sorting people out, sorting out my fellow Americans. On the flight the announcements were made first in German and then in

DECEMBER 3, FRIDAY

HOME I’ve been back two days and slowly I am shifting to sleeping till 4 and going to bed at 9. But jet lag means that your body is on one rhythm and is being forced into another and is

DECEMBER 3, FRIDAY

HOME I’ve been back two days and slowly I am shifting to sleeping till 4 and going to bed at 9. But jet lag means that your body is on one rhythm and is being forced into another and is

DECEMBER 2, THURSDAY

JET LAG, CULTURE SHOCK AND TWITTERING I am up at 4 a.m. in Swannanoa in the dark. The December temperature today promises to be 72F/22C with sunshine all day but with chillier days ahead. Jet Lag catches up to me

DECEMBER 2, THURSDAY

JET LAG, CULTURE SHOCK AND TWITTERING I am up at 4 a.m. in Swannanoa in the dark. The December temperature today promises to be 72F/22C with sunshine all day but with chillier days ahead. Jet Lag catches up to me

DECEMBER 1, WEDNESDAY

MY KAFKAESQUE, MAGIC FLIGHT HOME I was driven by Oliver, my landlord to the Celle train station at 6 in the morning and got there in plenty of time. By bus I would have had only three to seven minutes

DECEMBER 1, WEDNESDAY

MY KAFKAESQUE, MAGIC FLIGHT HOME I was driven by Oliver, my landlord to the Celle train station at 6 in the morning and got there in plenty of time. By bus I would have had only three to seven minutes