Monthly Archives: January 2023
JANUARY 18, WEDNESDAY
SENIOR TRAVEL I want to meditate a little bit on senior travel. Really I am only meditating on my own senior travel and can’t speak for any other seniors. This is written on my first full day in Delhi while
JANUARY 18, WEDNESDAY
SENIOR TRAVEL I want to meditate a little bit on senior travel. Really I am only meditating on my own senior travel and can’t speak for any other seniors. This is written on my first full day in Delhi while
JANUARY 17, TUESDAY
SO MUCH FOR CHEAP FLIGHTS My enthusiasm for Scott’s Cheap Flights has been unbounded this year. Scott’s Cheap Flights has recently changed it’s name to Going.com. So far Scott has only listed flights within or to and from the United
JANUARY 17, TUESDAY
SO MUCH FOR CHEAP FLIGHTS My enthusiasm for Scott’s Cheap Flights has been unbounded this year. Scott’s Cheap Flights has recently changed it’s name to Going.com. So far Scott has only listed flights within or to and from the United
JANUARY 16, MONDAY
AT THE UROLOGIST I didn’t sleep well the night before my visit to the urologist. I mentioned earlier that when a young woman phoned me on Wednesday that she had offered me a February 6 appointment, and then when I
JANUARY 16, MONDAY
AT THE UROLOGIST I didn’t sleep well the night before my visit to the urologist. I mentioned earlier that when a young woman phoned me on Wednesday that she had offered me a February 6 appointment, and then when I
JANUARY 15, SUNDAY
PARIS FLEA MARKET Today is a good day for getting out. The sun is shining in Swannanoa, but it is very cold, 21 degrees. So I went to the Paris flea market, instead, behind Montmartre where Todd and Susie are
JANUARY 15, SUNDAY
PARIS FLEA MARKET Today is a good day for getting out. The sun is shining in Swannanoa, but it is very cold, 21 degrees. So I went to the Paris flea market, instead, behind Montmartre where Todd and Susie are
JANUARY 14, SATURDAY
ALICE NEEL It is a cold, grey winter morning in Swannanoa and in Paris it is mild and raining hard. Since I am in both places at once it is a good time to be inside and luckily there is
JANUARY 14, SATURDAY
ALICE NEEL It is a cold, grey winter morning in Swannanoa and in Paris it is mild and raining hard. Since I am in both places at once it is a good time to be inside and luckily there is
JANUARY 13, FRIDAY
It was good to get back again today to La Samaritaine, the enormous, every elegant department store on the bank of the Seine in Paris. Nine months ago Susie and I discovered it by accident. We had never heard of
JANUARY 13, FRIDAY
It was good to get back again today to La Samaritaine, the enormous, every elegant department store on the bank of the Seine in Paris. Nine months ago Susie and I discovered it by accident. We had never heard of
JANUARY 12, THURSDAY
BASTILLE THURSDAY MARKET This morning I woke at 6 and visited the Bastille Thursday market. It was a grey drizzly day at the market but the market was full of people. There were fish stands displaying ugly fish, flower stands,
JANUARY 12, THURSDAY
BASTILLE THURSDAY MARKET This morning I woke at 6 and visited the Bastille Thursday market. It was a grey drizzly day at the market but the market was full of people. There were fish stands displaying ugly fish, flower stands,
January 11, WEDNESDAY
HUNG UP ON I had an odd experience on Wednesday. I was still floating. First in the early morning Susie Factimed me from their little $20 a day apartment in Bastille. On the flight to Paris Susie had sat next
January 11, WEDNESDAY
HUNG UP ON I had an odd experience on Wednesday. I was still floating. First in the early morning Susie Factimed me from their little $20 a day apartment in Bastille. On the flight to Paris Susie had sat next
JANUARY 10, TUESDAY
FLOATING It is a very odd feeling. I have suddenly begun to float along untethered to anything. Last Tuesday I was locked into leaving today for a three month trip around India and Europe, everything concentrated on being ready for
JANUARY 10, TUESDAY
FLOATING It is a very odd feeling. I have suddenly begun to float along untethered to anything. Last Tuesday I was locked into leaving today for a three month trip around India and Europe, everything concentrated on being ready for
JANUARY 9, MONDAY
TOLERANCE Last night I argued that MAGA people and the January 6th insurrectionists feel that they are good, moral people defending basic American values. Yet I think from a liberal perspective that the insurrection was not good and was certainly
JANUARY 9, MONDAY
TOLERANCE Last night I argued that MAGA people and the January 6th insurrectionists feel that they are good, moral people defending basic American values. Yet I think from a liberal perspective that the insurrection was not good and was certainly
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 