Monthly Archives: August 2024
AUGUST 31, SATURDAY
USAQUEN MARKET Susie discovered an upscale market in well to do part of Bogata. Instead of walking we took a taxi, which is lucky because it took us most of an hour to get there through traffic that was stop
AUGUST 31, SATURDAY
USAQUEN MARKET Susie discovered an upscale market in well to do part of Bogata. Instead of walking we took a taxi, which is lucky because it took us most of an hour to get there through traffic that was stop
AUGUST 30, FRIDAY
BOGATA DAY TWO Again, after breakfast in our Airbnb, we headed out for the Plaza del Paloquemoa, a huge wholesale market for vegetables, fruits, meat and almost everything else. Again we walked by the street vendors for forty minutes and
AUGUST 30, FRIDAY
BOGATA DAY TWO Again, after breakfast in our Airbnb, we headed out for the Plaza del Paloquemoa, a huge wholesale market for vegetables, fruits, meat and almost everything else. Again we walked by the street vendors for forty minutes and
AUGUST 29, THURSDAY
BOGATA I arrived at 2:30 in the morning Asheville time. Susie met me with a taxi driver and we were asleep in our 14th floor Airbnb by 3:30. The Airbnb has a marvelous view of the city. There is a
AUGUST 29, THURSDAY
BOGATA I arrived at 2:30 in the morning Asheville time. Susie met me with a taxi driver and we were asleep in our 14th floor Airbnb by 3:30. The Airbnb has a marvelous view of the city. There is a
AUGUST 27, TUESDAY
TRANSITION Most of yesterday and today I have tried to wrap up loose ends and to finally do things that I have put off for weeks. This happens on every trip. Everything I put off, car registration, paying bills suddenly
AUGUST 27, TUESDAY
TRANSITION Most of yesterday and today I have tried to wrap up loose ends and to finally do things that I have put off for weeks. This happens on every trip. Everything I put off, car registration, paying bills suddenly
AUGUST 26, MONDAY
PREJUDICE I am about leave for Colombia with what I am sure is a head full of false ideas about Colombia. The thing I am most aware of is my lack of knowledge about South America or Latin America. I
AUGUST 26, MONDAY
PREJUDICE I am about leave for Colombia with what I am sure is a head full of false ideas about Colombia. The thing I am most aware of is my lack of knowledge about South America or Latin America. I
AUGUST 25, SUNDAY
GETTING OLD I went to church on Sunday at the Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church. As with so many main line churches the congregation was dwindling and there were only about 40 people in a church that would hold at least
AUGUST 25, SUNDAY
GETTING OLD I went to church on Sunday at the Warren Wilson Presbyterian Church. As with so many main line churches the congregation was dwindling and there were only about 40 people in a church that would hold at least
AUGUST 24, SATURDAY
JESUS, BUDDHA AND GANDHI I have no excuse. The greatest teachers, them all of them, told us that the richer you are and the more you possess the less fully alive you will be. The more you possess when others
AUGUST 24, SATURDAY
JESUS, BUDDHA AND GANDHI I have no excuse. The greatest teachers, them all of them, told us that the richer you are and the more you possess the less fully alive you will be. The more you possess when others
AUGUST 24, SATURDAY
JESUS, BUDDHA AND GANDHI I have no excuse. The greatest teachers, them all of them, told us that the richer you are and the more you possess the less fully alive you will be. The more you possess when others
AUGUST 24, SATURDAY
JESUS, BUDDHA AND GANDHI I have no excuse. The greatest teachers, them all of them, told us that the richer you are and the more you possess the less fully alive you will be. The more you possess when others
AUGUST 23, FRIDAY
SWANNANOA CAR SHOW Swannanoa is certainly coming up in the world. Today when we went to Ace Hardware in Swannanoa the entire parking lot was filled with gleaming automobiles from former days or vehicles transformed into marvelous new forms. While
AUGUST 23, FRIDAY
SWANNANOA CAR SHOW Swannanoa is certainly coming up in the world. Today when we went to Ace Hardware in Swannanoa the entire parking lot was filled with gleaming automobiles from former days or vehicles transformed into marvelous new forms. While
AUGUST 22, THURSDAY
PRACTICAL STUFF In the last month or so I have spent money on three kinds of things which have cut into the pandemic savings that I have used for travel and when I compare what I have spent money on
AUGUST 22, THURSDAY
PRACTICAL STUFF In the last month or so I have spent money on three kinds of things which have cut into the pandemic savings that I have used for travel and when I compare what I have spent money on
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 