Monthly Archives: April 2023
APRIL 10, MONDAY
APRIL 10, MONDAY GOING My friend Nick Royal, who with his wife Ruth, hosted me in Santa Cruz last summer during my Amtrak tour of the United States just asked me for the address of Going, the website I use
APRIL 10, MONDAY
APRIL 10, MONDAY GOING My friend Nick Royal, who with his wife Ruth, hosted me in Santa Cruz last summer during my Amtrak tour of the United States just asked me for the address of Going, the website I use
APRIL 9, EASTER SUNDAY
WHAT WAS JESUS’S NARROW WORLD? I went to church on Easter Sunday, partly as an attempt to fit back in, partly because Kathe loved Easter and loved going to church on Easter where for most of her life she was
APRIL 9, EASTER SUNDAY
WHAT WAS JESUS’S NARROW WORLD? I went to church on Easter Sunday, partly as an attempt to fit back in, partly because Kathe loved Easter and loved going to church on Easter where for most of her life she was
APRIL 8, SATURDAY
FITTING BACK IN I have to confess that my greatest cross-cultural difficulties have not been spending a night in a Gujurati village or getting raging flu on an Indian train trip or dealing with a Parisian metro strike or being
APRIL 8, SATURDAY
FITTING BACK IN I have to confess that my greatest cross-cultural difficulties have not been spending a night in a Gujurati village or getting raging flu on an Indian train trip or dealing with a Parisian metro strike or being
APRIL 7, FRIDAY
SHARING YOUR TRIP On Friday I went to my Friday men’s group at the CornerStone restaurant where we meet once a month for a full breakfast, the other three Fridays we drink senior coffee at McDonalds. My group was glad
APRIL 7, FRIDAY
SHARING YOUR TRIP On Friday I went to my Friday men’s group at the CornerStone restaurant where we meet once a month for a full breakfast, the other three Fridays we drink senior coffee at McDonalds. My group was glad
APRIL 6, THURSDAY
FIRST IMPRESSIONS WHILE COMING BACK We were up early yesterday, cleaned the Airbnb, met Henny at the parking garage right next to us since we had all of our luggage, but still not much. It didn’t occur to me until
APRIL 6, THURSDAY
FIRST IMPRESSIONS WHILE COMING BACK We were up early yesterday, cleaned the Airbnb, met Henny at the parking garage right next to us since we had all of our luggage, but still not much. It didn’t occur to me until
APRIL 5, WEDNESDAY
LETTER TO MYRA Myra Downie VanUxam was a classmate of mine at Woodstock School from which we graduated 70 years ago. She heard about my daily posts somehow but had the wrong address Billy baba.com instead of billybaba.com. So she
APRIL 5, WEDNESDAY
LETTER TO MYRA Myra Downie VanUxam was a classmate of mine at Woodstock School from which we graduated 70 years ago. She heard about my daily posts somehow but had the wrong address Billy baba.com instead of billybaba.com. So she
APRIL 4, TUESDAY
A WALK THROUGH THE DUNES After walking yesterday in the park around the private great house near her home in Haarlem, Henny had one more place where she often walks to show us. She wanted us to take a walk
APRIL 4, TUESDAY
A WALK THROUGH THE DUNES After walking yesterday in the park around the private great house near her home in Haarlem, Henny had one more place where she often walks to show us. She wanted us to take a walk
APRIL 3, MONDAY
BUITENPLAATS ELSWOUT PARK In the morning Henny took us for a walk in a park near her home where she walks almost every day when she isn’t walking on the dunes or the beach. At the center of the park
APRIL 3, MONDAY
BUITENPLAATS ELSWOUT PARK In the morning Henny took us for a walk in a park near her home where she walks almost every day when she isn’t walking on the dunes or the beach. At the center of the park
APRIL 1, SATURDAY
NORTH TO BERGEN Again, we walked through the Saturday market beside the huge church, on our way to be picked up by Henny for another marvelous tour of her favorite places, this time to a town north of Haarlem on
APRIL 1, SATURDAY
NORTH TO BERGEN Again, we walked through the Saturday market beside the huge church, on our way to be picked up by Henny for another marvelous tour of her favorite places, this time to a town north of Haarlem on
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 