Monthly Archives: January 2022

JANUARY 9, SUNDAY

MARDI GRAS I won‘t be here on February 27 when Asheville has their annual Mardi Gras Parade on the South Slope of downtown Asheville, a celebration that New Orleans is better known for than Asheville, but that Asheville celebrates with

JANUARY 9, SUNDAY

MARDI GRAS I won‘t be here on February 27 when Asheville has their annual Mardi Gras Parade on the South Slope of downtown Asheville, a celebration that New Orleans is better known for than Asheville, but that Asheville celebrates with

JANUARY 8, SATURDAY

HARMONY OR WRENCHING CHANGE Let’s just assume for a minute that I was onto something a couple of days ago when I suggested that what makes Maggie the dog and me the human, fully alive and sensing meaning, is some

JANUARY 8, SATURDAY

HARMONY OR WRENCHING CHANGE Let’s just assume for a minute that I was onto something a couple of days ago when I suggested that what makes Maggie the dog and me the human, fully alive and sensing meaning, is some

JANUARY 7, FRIDAY

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0V5kuVsbwqCdx MARSHALL MERMAIDS AND PIRATES PARADE Another example of people in the Asheville area having a good time together. If the universe is an absurd place without any absolute meaning, these people sure don’t show it. Instead they are exuberantly

JANUARY 7, FRIDAY

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0V5kuVsbwqCdx MARSHALL MERMAIDS AND PIRATES PARADE Another example of people in the Asheville area having a good time together. If the universe is an absurd place without any absolute meaning, these people sure don’t show it. Instead they are exuberantly

JANUARY 6, THURSDAY

ON THE ROAD TO MOKSHA I realize that I am not going to figure out the problem that baffled me two days ago. What is has meaning in an absurd chance universe? What is absolutely real? But maybe I can

JANUARY 6, THURSDAY

ON THE ROAD TO MOKSHA I realize that I am not going to figure out the problem that baffled me two days ago. What is has meaning in an absurd chance universe? What is absolutely real? But maybe I can

JANUARY 5, WEDNESDAY

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR https://share.icloud.com/photos/007c2srEJ9SaGWZwnte–jJdghttps://share.icloud.com/photos /007c2srEJ9SaGWZwnte–jJdg Every year in October a version of the Agricultural State Fair comes to the Agricultural Extension Center outside of Ashville. There is judging of cows and pigs and other farm activities, but the

JANUARY 5, WEDNESDAY

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR https://share.icloud.com/photos/007c2srEJ9SaGWZwnte–jJdghttps://share.icloud.com/photos /007c2srEJ9SaGWZwnte–jJdg Every year in October a version of the Agricultural State Fair comes to the Agricultural Extension Center outside of Ashville. There is judging of cows and pigs and other farm activities, but the

JANUARY 4, TUESDAY

EVOLUTION I am not a scientist. I don‘t know any more about science than the common knowledge that everyone gets in high school or from reading National Geographic. Yet I am stuck with trying to figure out what this common

JANUARY 4, TUESDAY

EVOLUTION I am not a scientist. I don‘t know any more about science than the common knowledge that everyone gets in high school or from reading National Geographic. Yet I am stuck with trying to figure out what this common

JANUARY 3, MONDAY

FROM SUMMER SEASHORE TO MOUNTAIN SNOW A week ago I was watching the waves in summer weather and now everything in the mountains is frozen in the snow.

JANUARY 3, MONDAY

FROM SUMMER SEASHORE TO MOUNTAIN SNOW A week ago I was watching the waves in summer weather and now everything in the mountains is frozen in the snow.

JANUARY 2, SUNDAY

The Living Dead, The Dead Alive My last post was about the living dead, the brief moment when each of us is alive. We are alive, but in a way we are already among the dead, where we will certainly

JANUARY 2, SUNDAY

The Living Dead, The Dead Alive My last post was about the living dead, the brief moment when each of us is alive. We are alive, but in a way we are already among the dead, where we will certainly

JANUARY 1, SATURDAY

THE LIVING DEAD Soon after I began photographing in 1998 I discovered that a person that I had photographed was no longer alive. I photographed the people in a village close to Mussoorie, India and was particularly struck by the

JANUARY 1, SATURDAY

THE LIVING DEAD Soon after I began photographing in 1998 I discovered that a person that I had photographed was no longer alive. I photographed the people in a village close to Mussoorie, India and was particularly struck by the

DECEMBER 31, FRIDAY

FREEDOM I’ve tried to write this post a couple of times and realize that I have bitten off more than I can chew. Partly this is because I am confused, and partly it is because the subject is so big

DECEMBER 31, FRIDAY

FREEDOM I’ve tried to write this post a couple of times and realize that I have bitten off more than I can chew. Partly this is because I am confused, and partly it is because the subject is so big