Monthly Archives: November 2022
NOVEMBER 25, FRIDAY
MEMORIES After writing about my house in India yesterday, I realized that I am the only one I know who knew the house as it was when I was a boy. It is still clear in my mind but that
NOVEMBER 25, FRIDAY
MEMORIES After writing about my house in India yesterday, I realized that I am the only one I know who knew the house as it was when I was a boy. It is still clear in my mind but that
NOVEMBER 24, THURSDAY
YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN When Susie and I were in Varanasi, India, in March of 2012 we decided to go to the city of Allahabad and visit where I had lived during my grade school and high school years
NOVEMBER 24, THURSDAY
YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN When Susie and I were in Varanasi, India, in March of 2012 we decided to go to the city of Allahabad and visit where I had lived during my grade school and high school years
NOVEMBER 23, WEDNESDAY
MONUMENTS TO THE UNTHINKABLE This morning I read a November 14 New Yorker article entitled “Monuments to the Unthinkable”. The writer, Clint Smith, was examining the removal of memorial to Civil War Confederate heros and what further steps are being
NOVEMBER 23, WEDNESDAY
MONUMENTS TO THE UNTHINKABLE This morning I read a November 14 New Yorker article entitled “Monuments to the Unthinkable”. The writer, Clint Smith, was examining the removal of memorial to Civil War Confederate heros and what further steps are being
NOVEMBER 22, TUESDAY
AMERICAN CULTURAL PATTERNS This is a little lecture to myself as I try to understand why I sometimes fit into American cultural patterns (I am writing in American English after all) and sometimes I feel uncomfortable fitting in and want
NOVEMBER 22, TUESDAY
AMERICAN CULTURAL PATTERNS This is a little lecture to myself as I try to understand why I sometimes fit into American cultural patterns (I am writing in American English after all) and sometimes I feel uncomfortable fitting in and want
NOVEMBER 21, MONDAY
LIVING IN A DOLL HOUSE A long time ago Kathe and I invited an aquaintance and his wife who had gone on a trip to India with me to our house for dinner. Both he and his wife had a
NOVEMBER 21, MONDAY
LIVING IN A DOLL HOUSE A long time ago Kathe and I invited an aquaintance and his wife who had gone on a trip to India with me to our house for dinner. Both he and his wife had a
NOVEMBER 20, SUNDAY
MARSHALL CHRISTMAS HAND MADE MARKET Every year Marshall, a half hour down the French Broad River from Asheville has a handmade Christmas Market in the what used to be the old high school but is now a building full of
NOVEMBER 20, SUNDAY
MARSHALL CHRISTMAS HAND MADE MARKET Every year Marshall, a half hour down the French Broad River from Asheville has a handmade Christmas Market in the what used to be the old high school but is now a building full of
NOVEMBER 19, SATURDAY
SHE SAID Tonight Susie, Todd and I went to the first movie in a movie theater that I have been to in three years. It was in the little 60 seat Grail Theater in the River Arts District of Asheville
NOVEMBER 19, SATURDAY
SHE SAID Tonight Susie, Todd and I went to the first movie in a movie theater that I have been to in three years. It was in the little 60 seat Grail Theater in the River Arts District of Asheville
NOVEMBER 18, FRIDAY
ANTICIPATING ASSI GHAT The ancient city of Varanasi is one of the most sacred places in India. It is built along the carved out curve of the Ganges River, the Ganga, with permanent stone steps descending down the steep bank
NOVEMBER 18, FRIDAY
ANTICIPATING ASSI GHAT The ancient city of Varanasi is one of the most sacred places in India. It is built along the carved out curve of the Ganges River, the Ganga, with permanent stone steps descending down the steep bank
NOVEMBER 17, THURSDAY
BLIND BLUE JAY FURY A blue jay regularly appears at my side window over looking the Swannanoa Valley. He perches on a bare branch three feet from the the window, sees a blue jay in the mirror of the window
NOVEMBER 17, THURSDAY
BLIND BLUE JAY FURY A blue jay regularly appears at my side window over looking the Swannanoa Valley. He perches on a bare branch three feet from the the window, sees a blue jay in the mirror of the window
NOVEMBER 16, WEDNESDAY
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Two days ago in responding to Stephen Jenkinson I satisfied myself that since the future wasn’t here yet and was unknown that it wasn’t real and I could live my remaining days in the present only
NOVEMBER 16, WEDNESDAY
PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Two days ago in responding to Stephen Jenkinson I satisfied myself that since the future wasn’t here yet and was unknown that it wasn’t real and I could live my remaining days in the present only
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 