Monthly Archives: September 2022
SEPTEMBER 9, FRIDAY
RANDALL’S HOUSE Randall Lanier is a fellow octogenarian, a former social worker, who lives in the hills above Hot Springs at the edge of the Pisgah National Forest and the Appalachian Trail on enough land that his two sons and
SEPTEMBER 9, FRIDAY
RANDALL’S HOUSE Randall Lanier is a fellow octogenarian, a former social worker, who lives in the hills above Hot Springs at the edge of the Pisgah National Forest and the Appalachian Trail on enough land that his two sons and
SEPTEMBER 8, THURSDAY
TODD AND SUSIE’S PLACE This was my home for the next three days as we drove around Western North Carolina to feasts and celebrations. I was very comfortable sleeping in Susie’S studio. Todd and Susie had just finished making a
SEPTEMBER 8, THURSDAY
TODD AND SUSIE’S PLACE This was my home for the next three days as we drove around Western North Carolina to feasts and celebrations. I was very comfortable sleeping in Susie’S studio. Todd and Susie had just finished making a
SEPTEMBER 7, WEDNESDAY
TODD AND SUSIE’S PLACE I am invited this weekend to spend a night or two at Todd and Susie’s country home. Twenty two years ago Todd and Susie heard about 15 acres for sale in Madison County, down in a
SEPTEMBER 7, WEDNESDAY
TODD AND SUSIE’S PLACE I am invited this weekend to spend a night or two at Todd and Susie’s country home. Twenty two years ago Todd and Susie heard about 15 acres for sale in Madison County, down in a
SEPTEMBER 6, TUESDAY
LIFE STAGES I had breakfast in Asheville this morning, invited by Jude Stuecker and Emily Staton, former Warren Wilson college students who traveled to India with me years ago. Emily was here in town visiting Jude, and breakfast was before
SEPTEMBER 6, TUESDAY
LIFE STAGES I had breakfast in Asheville this morning, invited by Jude Stuecker and Emily Staton, former Warren Wilson college students who traveled to India with me years ago. Emily was here in town visiting Jude, and breakfast was before
SEPTEMBER 5, MONDAY
PERUVIO All the time that I was responding to the folk artists featured in the visiting exhibit at the Asheville Art Museum, I thought about Peruvio. Peruvio lived in Asheville most of his life. His real name was John Barnwell,
SEPTEMBER 5, MONDAY
PERUVIO All the time that I was responding to the folk artists featured in the visiting exhibit at the Asheville Art Museum, I thought about Peruvio. Peruvio lived in Asheville most of his life. His real name was John Barnwell,
SEPTEMBER 3, SATURDAY
MY FELLOW AMERICANS Politicians put their arm around me and welcome to their televised speech without knowing who I am. But I’m guessing that when they reach out through the television that they imagine that they are embracing someone who
SEPTEMBER 3, SATURDAY
MY FELLOW AMERICANS Politicians put their arm around me and welcome to their televised speech without knowing who I am. But I’m guessing that when they reach out through the television that they imagine that they are embracing someone who
SEPTEMBER 2, FRIDAY
GRANDMA MOSES Yesterday I contrasted the live’s of the ordinary people who were driven by something within them to paint or quilt with the upper class elegance of the Asheville Art Museum and the high society way the museum funds
SEPTEMBER 2, FRIDAY
GRANDMA MOSES Yesterday I contrasted the live’s of the ordinary people who were driven by something within them to paint or quilt with the upper class elegance of the Asheville Art Museum and the high society way the museum funds
SEPTEMBER 1, THURSDAY
AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM, NEW YORK I went to town to see the traveling exhibit from the American Folk Art Museum in New York City which has been there all summer while I was away and then sick and about
SEPTEMBER 1, THURSDAY
AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM, NEW YORK I went to town to see the traveling exhibit from the American Folk Art Museum in New York City which has been there all summer while I was away and then sick and about
AUGUST 31, WEDNESDAY
ESSAOURIA In February I was days from flying to Barcelona and then on to Marrakech and a bus ride to Essaouria, Morocco. But a new panic over Covid was hanging over Europe, one of my flights was cancelled, I didn’t
AUGUST 31, WEDNESDAY
ESSAOURIA In February I was days from flying to Barcelona and then on to Marrakech and a bus ride to Essaouria, Morocco. But a new panic over Covid was hanging over Europe, one of my flights was cancelled, I didn’t
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