Monthly Archives: June 2023
JUNE 18, SUNDAY
MISSING JUNETEENTH Walking through downtown Asheville I encounter all kinds of people. They touch me for one reason or another, some of which I couldn’t put my finger on. I went downtown on Sunday to see the second day of
JUNE 18, SUNDAY
MISSING JUNETEENTH Walking through downtown Asheville I encounter all kinds of people. They touch me for one reason or another, some of which I couldn’t put my finger on. I went downtown on Sunday to see the second day of
JUNE 17, SATURDAY
BOSE HEADPHONES It is magic. I just sit here in the corner of my room and the whole world comes to me. Yesterday it was Bose earphones that transformed my world. They are usually $379 and beyond reach, but last
JUNE 17, SATURDAY
BOSE HEADPHONES It is magic. I just sit here in the corner of my room and the whole world comes to me. Yesterday it was Bose earphones that transformed my world. They are usually $379 and beyond reach, but last
JUNE 16, FRIDAY
VISITING PARIS Everyone seems to be going to Paris these days and every one of us discovers and is delighted by a different part of Paris. So while everyone else is going to Paris I am going to remember the
JUNE 16, FRIDAY
VISITING PARIS Everyone seems to be going to Paris these days and every one of us discovers and is delighted by a different part of Paris. So while everyone else is going to Paris I am going to remember the
JUNE 15, THURSDAY
EVOLUTION In college I took a science class titled, I think, Evolution. Why I took this class I have no idea. I think I met the science requriment by taking Physics simply out of curiosity because I didn‘t know anything
JUNE 15, THURSDAY
EVOLUTION In college I took a science class titled, I think, Evolution. Why I took this class I have no idea. I think I met the science requriment by taking Physics simply out of curiosity because I didn‘t know anything
JUNE 14, WEDNESDAY
ENCELADUS I read in the New York Times yesterday about the great excitement over one of the 58 moons of the planet Saturn spouting geysers of water that had phosphorous in it. Apparently there are six elements needed to form
JUNE 14, WEDNESDAY
ENCELADUS I read in the New York Times yesterday about the great excitement over one of the 58 moons of the planet Saturn spouting geysers of water that had phosphorous in it. Apparently there are six elements needed to form
JUNE 13, TUESDAY
MEURAL FRAME For all my talk about how the digital revolution has connected us with a world of music and books and paintings, bringing these closer and closer to us, allowing us to store everything on a hard disk or
JUNE 13, TUESDAY
MEURAL FRAME For all my talk about how the digital revolution has connected us with a world of music and books and paintings, bringing these closer and closer to us, allowing us to store everything on a hard disk or
JUNE 12, MONDAY
ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON VERMEER A few days ago I wondered about different responses to the recent exhibit of 27 Vermeer paintings at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, an exhibit Susie, Todd and I would have tried to see but was sold
JUNE 12, MONDAY
ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON VERMEER A few days ago I wondered about different responses to the recent exhibit of 27 Vermeer paintings at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, an exhibit Susie, Todd and I would have tried to see but was sold
JUNE 11, SUNDAY
CLOSE TO VERMEER Susie and I went to a movie at the Fine Arts Theater in downtown Asheville on Sunday afternoon. We wanted to see Close to Vermeer because when we were in Haarlem a few months ago we had
JUNE 11, SUNDAY
CLOSE TO VERMEER Susie and I went to a movie at the Fine Arts Theater in downtown Asheville on Sunday afternoon. We wanted to see Close to Vermeer because when we were in Haarlem a few months ago we had
JUNE 10, SATURDAY
TWO CULTURES Saturday I want to the Uncommon Market in Hendersonville, an hour‘s drive from Asheville. I hadn‘t been to Hendersonville in a while since some time before the pandemic. The Main Street was blocked off and the tents of
JUNE 10, SATURDAY
TWO CULTURES Saturday I want to the Uncommon Market in Hendersonville, an hour‘s drive from Asheville. I hadn‘t been to Hendersonville in a while since some time before the pandemic. The Main Street was blocked off and the tents of
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 