Monthly Archives: September 2023
SEPTEMBER 17, SUNDAY
ZILLICOAH BEER COMPANY Susie was looking for a place to meet on Sunday afternoon and found the Zillicoah Beer Company in Woodfin with a Filipino food truck in Woodfin on the bank of the French Broad River, half way between
SEPTEMBER 17, SUNDAY
ZILLICOAH BEER COMPANY Susie was looking for a place to meet on Sunday afternoon and found the Zillicoah Beer Company in Woodfin with a Filipino food truck in Woodfin on the bank of the French Broad River, half way between
SEPTEMBER 16, SATURDAY
BLOCK PARTY Every fall our street has a block party, an outdoor potluck on the street, where everyone on our street gathers to sit around a fire pit and then to sit around a long table and eat together. Anna
SEPTEMBER 16, SATURDAY
BLOCK PARTY Every fall our street has a block party, an outdoor potluck on the street, where everyone on our street gathers to sit around a fire pit and then to sit around a long table and eat together. Anna
SEPTEMBER 15, FRIDAY
LAKE PEOPLE Joanna says that there are a number of Russians who have houseboats on the part of Lake Fontana where houseboats are allowed. We wondered if that was similar to the dachas, the country getaways, that wealthy Russians escape
SEPTEMBER 15, FRIDAY
LAKE PEOPLE Joanna says that there are a number of Russians who have houseboats on the part of Lake Fontana where houseboats are allowed. We wondered if that was similar to the dachas, the country getaways, that wealthy Russians escape
SEPTEMBER 14, THURSDAY
LAKE FONTANA This was the day we visited Lake Fontana. In my 60 years of living in Asheville I had never been to Lake Fontana, either. Lake Fontana is a man made lake, built by the Tennessee Valley Authority, the
SEPTEMBER 14, THURSDAY
LAKE FONTANA This was the day we visited Lake Fontana. In my 60 years of living in Asheville I had never been to Lake Fontana, either. Lake Fontana is a man made lake, built by the Tennessee Valley Authority, the
SEPTEMBER 13, WEDNESDAY
INGLES (WEDNESDAY (THROUGH THURSDAY) We looked for grocery store in West Canton and then in Clyde, which didn’t seem to be a town at all, and had little hope of finding more than a convenience store. But back on the
SEPTEMBER 13, WEDNESDAY
INGLES (WEDNESDAY (THROUGH THURSDAY) We looked for grocery store in West Canton and then in Clyde, which didn’t seem to be a town at all, and had little hope of finding more than a convenience store. But back on the
SEPTEMBER 12, TUESDAY
TUESDAY (THROUGH THURSDAY) I am looking back from Monday, September 18 at my second week back and responding to that week in posts. Two weeks ago I was in Buenos Aires, two weeks from tomorrow I will be in Milan.
SEPTEMBER 12, TUESDAY
TUESDAY (THROUGH THURSDAY) I am looking back from Monday, September 18 at my second week back and responding to that week in posts. Two weeks ago I was in Buenos Aires, two weeks from tomorrow I will be in Milan.
SEPTEMBER 11, MONDAY
MY ARTIFICIAL CULTURAL BUBBLE After a month of living by myself in Montevideo and Buenos Aires and not being able to speak Spanish or to know how to do even simple things like how to catch and pay for a
SEPTEMBER 11, MONDAY
MY ARTIFICIAL CULTURAL BUBBLE After a month of living by myself in Montevideo and Buenos Aires and not being able to speak Spanish or to know how to do even simple things like how to catch and pay for a
SEPTEMBER 10, SUNDAY
MARRAKECH (really Saturday) The first thing I read this morning was that there was a large earthquake in Morocco at 11 p.m. last night which has killed 1000 people in and around Marrakech. The center of the quake was 50
SEPTEMBER 10, SUNDAY
MARRAKECH (really Saturday) The first thing I read this morning was that there was a large earthquake in Morocco at 11 p.m. last night which has killed 1000 people in and around Marrakech. The center of the quake was 50
SEPTEMBER 9, SATURDAY
TWO WAYS OF TOURING I came back from Montevideo on Thursday and while the experience traveling solo and clueless is still fresh in my mind I want to wonder about it a little more. I live in a tourist town,
SEPTEMBER 9, SATURDAY
TWO WAYS OF TOURING I came back from Montevideo on Thursday and while the experience traveling solo and clueless is still fresh in my mind I want to wonder about it a little more. I live in a tourist town,
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 