Monthly Archives: March 2022

MARCH 21, MONDAY

BLINDNESS Today was a good day. I slept well in a comfortable bed, had a good breakfast, counted out my pills for my trip to Paris, searched for an Airbnb in London, had a very nice lunch with Beverly Ohler

MARCH 21, MONDAY

BLINDNESS Today was a good day. I slept well in a comfortable bed, had a good breakfast, counted out my pills for my trip to Paris, searched for an Airbnb in London, had a very nice lunch with Beverly Ohler

MARCH 20, SUNDAY

BASKETBALL FANS We were all sorts of people at Sunday night’s game, which in South Carolina, a conservative state, were probably evenly divided between MAGA Republicans and Liberal Democrats. But it didn‘t matter. We were all religions and races and

MARCH 20, SUNDAY

BASKETBALL FANS We were all sorts of people at Sunday night’s game, which in South Carolina, a conservative state, were probably evenly divided between MAGA Republicans and Liberal Democrats. But it didn‘t matter. We were all religions and races and

MARCH 19, REALLY SUNDAY MARCH 20

BASKETBALL AGAIN This is the American college basketball tournament of tournaments in which 64 college teams compete for the national championship. My son Tom invited me to go along with his friends Greenville, South Carolina, an hour away when one

MARCH 19, REALLY SUNDAY MARCH 20

BASKETBALL AGAIN This is the American college basketball tournament of tournaments in which 64 college teams compete for the national championship. My son Tom invited me to go along with his friends Greenville, South Carolina, an hour away when one

MARCH 18, FRIDAY

UKRAINE AND ME (ALL IN THE SAME BOAT) And yet, in an odd way that I can’t get my head around, we are all in the same boat. We are all dropped into the world by chance with the many

MARCH 18, FRIDAY

UKRAINE AND ME (ALL IN THE SAME BOAT) And yet, in an odd way that I can’t get my head around, we are all in the same boat. We are all dropped into the world by chance with the many

MARCH 17, THURSDAY

UKRAINE AND ME (PAINFUL CONTRAST) In 9 days I will be driven on a Sunday afternoon to the Asheville Airport and get on one flight and then another and at breakfast time will take the metro to Montmartre and by

MARCH 17, THURSDAY

UKRAINE AND ME (PAINFUL CONTRAST) In 9 days I will be driven on a Sunday afternoon to the Asheville Airport and get on one flight and then another and at breakfast time will take the metro to Montmartre and by

MARCH 16, WEDNESDAY

THE WYETHS A full size reproduction of Christina’s World painted by Andrew Wyeth hung in my parents’ home in Ithaca for years. I am guessing that it was bought at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which

MARCH 16, WEDNESDAY

THE WYETHS A full size reproduction of Christina’s World painted by Andrew Wyeth hung in my parents’ home in Ithaca for years. I am guessing that it was bought at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which

MARCH 15, TUESDAY

BUNGALOW NUMBER ONE, YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN In 2012 Susie and I were in Varanasi for our every other year month in Varanasi and decided to visit the Agricultural Institute in Allahabad, 60 miles away, 60 years after I

MARCH 15, TUESDAY

BUNGALOW NUMBER ONE, YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN In 2012 Susie and I were in Varanasi for our every other year month in Varanasi and decided to visit the Agricultural Institute in Allahabad, 60 miles away, 60 years after I

MARCH 14, MONDAY

BUNGALOW NUMBER ONE My father was Principal of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute. Our house was bungalow number one of about seven or eight similar bungalows where the American missionary staff lived. It was a large house with a grassy lawn

MARCH 14, MONDAY

BUNGALOW NUMBER ONE My father was Principal of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute. Our house was bungalow number one of about seven or eight similar bungalows where the American missionary staff lived. It was a large house with a grassy lawn

MARCH 13, SUNDAY

GORGEOUS GUSSIE When my family lived in Allahabad where my father was the Principal of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute, our long vacation was in the winter because Woodstock School, the missionary boarding school I attended was in the lower Himalayas

MARCH 13, SUNDAY

GORGEOUS GUSSIE When my family lived in Allahabad where my father was the Principal of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute, our long vacation was in the winter because Woodstock School, the missionary boarding school I attended was in the lower Himalayas

MARCH 12, SATURDAY

HUNTING IN INDIA In January, 1951, I was living in India. I was 13 and my brother, Ted, was 11, my mother was in the United States for medical treatment and my father was traveling, probably also to the United

MARCH 12, SATURDAY

HUNTING IN INDIA In January, 1951, I was living in India. I was 13 and my brother, Ted, was 11, my mother was in the United States for medical treatment and my father was traveling, probably also to the United