Monthly Archives: December 2023

DECEMBER 9, SATURDAY

INCLUSION MAGA has been on my mind all year, but particularly these days as the polarization becomes more intense and Republicans insist on excluding marginalized people: women and the control over their own bodies, gay or trans people, immigrants fleeing

DECEMBER 9, SATURDAY

INCLUSION MAGA has been on my mind all year, but particularly these days as the polarization becomes more intense and Republicans insist on excluding marginalized people: women and the control over their own bodies, gay or trans people, immigrants fleeing

DECEMBER 8, FRIDAY

OLD MEN GATHERING On Friday our old men‘s group meets in McDonalds. There was another group of old men in the Black Mountain McDonalds gathered in a circle as there was in the harbor cafe in Hydra last week and

DECEMBER 8, FRIDAY

OLD MEN GATHERING On Friday our old men‘s group meets in McDonalds. There was another group of old men in the Black Mountain McDonalds gathered in a circle as there was in the harbor cafe in Hydra last week and

DECEMBER 7, THURSDAY

HUGE This is a response to my next door neighbor, Don Collins, who built an observatory In his back yard which houses a powerful telescope hooked to a computer which allows him to explore the universe on clear nights. Once

DECEMBER 7, THURSDAY

HUGE This is a response to my next door neighbor, Don Collins, who built an observatory In his back yard which houses a powerful telescope hooked to a computer which allows him to explore the universe on clear nights. Once

DECEMBER 6, WEDNESDAY

MARSHALL Wednesday I met Susie in Marshall for lunch at Zuma, a restaurant in the center of town. Before my last trip to Sicily, Marshall was an interesting small town twenty miles down the French Broad River from Asheville where

DECEMBER 6, WEDNESDAY

MARSHALL Wednesday I met Susie in Marshall for lunch at Zuma, a restaurant in the center of town. Before my last trip to Sicily, Marshall was an interesting small town twenty miles down the French Broad River from Asheville where

DECEMBER 5, TUESDAY

SMALLNESS Today I began reading A TANGLED TREE: A RADICAL NEW HISTORY OF LIFE by David Quammen. Which took me completely away from Swannanoa. David Quammen writes clearly and simply about the history of evolution and how recent science has

DECEMBER 5, TUESDAY

SMALLNESS Today I began reading A TANGLED TREE: A RADICAL NEW HISTORY OF LIFE by David Quammen. Which took me completely away from Swannanoa. David Quammen writes clearly and simply about the history of evolution and how recent science has

DECEMBER 4, MONDAY

FEELING STRANGE Monday I don‘t think I left the house. Nothing pulled me out so I sat still all day and listened to music and read about the island of Hydra. I started Peel Me A Lotus by Charmian Clift

DECEMBER 4, MONDAY

FEELING STRANGE Monday I don‘t think I left the house. Nothing pulled me out so I sat still all day and listened to music and read about the island of Hydra. I started Peel Me A Lotus by Charmian Clift

DECEMBER 3, SUNDAY

CHURCH Sunday I went to church, partly because Kathe, my wife, who died two years ago and who liked to sing in the choir liked to go to church so much, I also went partly because it would get me

DECEMBER 3, SUNDAY

CHURCH Sunday I went to church, partly because Kathe, my wife, who died two years ago and who liked to sing in the choir liked to go to church so much, I also went partly because it would get me

DECEMBER 2, SATURDAY

MALAISE I am writing this on Friday the December 8 as I begin to fill in the posts for the last week. Every day for the two months that I was in Sicily and in Greece something stimulating would happen.

DECEMBER 2, SATURDAY

MALAISE I am writing this on Friday the December 8 as I begin to fill in the posts for the last week. Every day for the two months that I was in Sicily and in Greece something stimulating would happen.

DECEMBER 1, FRIDAY

HOME BUT WITH HYDRA ON MY MIND Friday morning my men’s group met in the Cornerstone Restaurant in Asheville as we do on the first Friday of every month. It was in a way as if I had never left.

DECEMBER 1, FRIDAY

HOME BUT WITH HYDRA ON MY MIND Friday morning my men’s group met in the Cornerstone Restaurant in Asheville as we do on the first Friday of every month. It was in a way as if I had never left.

NOVEMBER 30, THURSDAY

COMING HOME After our ferry docked and we rode the metro to Syntagma Square it was beginning to be dark. In the two days since we were here the square was festooned with Christmas lights and decorations. We walked to

NOVEMBER 30, THURSDAY

COMING HOME After our ferry docked and we rode the metro to Syntagma Square it was beginning to be dark. In the two days since we were here the square was festooned with Christmas lights and decorations. We walked to