Monthly Archives: June 2023
JUNE 29, THURSDAY
ANTHROPOCENE I am half way through The Rise And Reign Of The Mammals which started 300 million years or so ago, way before the rise and fall of the dinosaurs but only a brief period in the history of earth.
JUNE 29, THURSDAY
ANTHROPOCENE I am half way through The Rise And Reign Of The Mammals which started 300 million years or so ago, way before the rise and fall of the dinosaurs but only a brief period in the history of earth.
JUNE 28, WEDNESDAY
CULTURE Thinking more about travel today I am wondering about the culture in which I am embedded and the two sides of culture for me. Again this is a subject that is beyond me. But at the least I can
JUNE 28, WEDNESDAY
CULTURE Thinking more about travel today I am wondering about the culture in which I am embedded and the two sides of culture for me. Again this is a subject that is beyond me. But at the least I can
JUNE 27, TUESDAY
THE CASE AGAINST TRAVEL Apple News+ brings me articles from a wide variety of magazines that I don’t need to subscribe to and has expanded my understanding of science and politics and religion. A New Yorker article yesterday seemed directed
JUNE 27, TUESDAY
THE CASE AGAINST TRAVEL Apple News+ brings me articles from a wide variety of magazines that I don’t need to subscribe to and has expanded my understanding of science and politics and religion. A New Yorker article yesterday seemed directed
JUNE 26, MONDAY
OLD FORT The town of Old Fort is about twenty minutes away on Interstate 40. It is just over the Black Mountains which rise above the town of Black Mountain. At the top of the hill is the continental divide
JUNE 26, MONDAY
OLD FORT The town of Old Fort is about twenty minutes away on Interstate 40. It is just over the Black Mountains which rise above the town of Black Mountain. At the top of the hill is the continental divide
JUNE 25, SUNDAY
RESTORATION HOTEL AND TAORMINA Last night at Old Asheville Jail Hotel and Bar Rob Amberg told me a little more about Taormina which is five miles from the seaside hotel where he is going to celebrate his 75th birthday on
JUNE 25, SUNDAY
RESTORATION HOTEL AND TAORMINA Last night at Old Asheville Jail Hotel and Bar Rob Amberg told me a little more about Taormina which is five miles from the seaside hotel where he is going to celebrate his 75th birthday on
JUNE 24, SATURDAY
TOURIST SATURDAY Saturday Susie and I went to town to look at the Black Mountain College Museum exhibit on the connection between Black Mountain College and Mexico organized by Eric Baden who has just retired from teaching photography at Warren
JUNE 24, SATURDAY
TOURIST SATURDAY Saturday Susie and I went to town to look at the Black Mountain College Museum exhibit on the connection between Black Mountain College and Mexico organized by Eric Baden who has just retired from teaching photography at Warren
JUNE 23, FRIDAY
SUMMER France may have too many tourists, but so does Black Mountain five miles from my house. I went out for supper with Tom, my son. We drove by Swannanoa, which has fought zoning and looks like a dump and
JUNE 23, FRIDAY
SUMMER France may have too many tourists, but so does Black Mountain five miles from my house. I went out for supper with Tom, my son. We drove by Swannanoa, which has fought zoning and looks like a dump and
JUNE 22, THURSDAY
UNDER A CLOUD When writing about Irina yesterday and the way that ordinary people are caught in the tides of history I began to wonder about this issue in a wider way. It seems as if almost everyone on earth
JUNE 22, THURSDAY
UNDER A CLOUD When writing about Irina yesterday and the way that ordinary people are caught in the tides of history I began to wonder about this issue in a wider way. It seems as if almost everyone on earth
JUNE 21, WEDNESDAY
IRINA I don’t know Irina well. She was a student of mine at Warren Wilson College, I forget in which class, maybe 30 years ago, and I recently reconnected with her. Irina grew up in Russia where both of her
JUNE 21, WEDNESDAY
IRINA I don’t know Irina well. She was a student of mine at Warren Wilson College, I forget in which class, maybe 30 years ago, and I recently reconnected with her. Irina grew up in Russia where both of her
JUNE 20, TUESDAY
SUMMER IN BLACK MOUNTAIN School is out and summer vacation has begun. France may have too many tourists, but Black Mountain, five miles from my house, is just as crowded. I went out for supper with Tom to Black Mountain.
JUNE 20, TUESDAY
SUMMER IN BLACK MOUNTAIN School is out and summer vacation has begun. France may have too many tourists, but Black Mountain, five miles from my house, is just as crowded. I went out for supper with Tom to Black Mountain.
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 