Monthly Archives: June 2025
JUNE 17, TUESDAY
MARSHALL STUDIOS I spent the day in my apartment reading and writing so have little to report. But during the morning I made a visit the few hundred yards to the Studios on the Island in the middle of the
JUNE 17, TUESDAY
MARSHALL STUDIOS I spent the day in my apartment reading and writing so have little to report. But during the morning I made a visit the few hundred yards to the Studios on the Island in the middle of the
JUNE 16, MONDAY
TED’S VISIT We had breakfast at my apartment before Ted drove at 10 to Charlotte. Again we looked through photographs. But I forgot to post about dinner on Saturday evening when Ted first drove to Marshall. We met in Asheville
JUNE 16, MONDAY
TED’S VISIT We had breakfast at my apartment before Ted drove at 10 to Charlotte. Again we looked through photographs. But I forgot to post about dinner on Saturday evening when Ted first drove to Marshall. We met in Asheville
JUNE 15, SUNDAY
TED WIMSATT’S VISIT My sister Anne’s second son, Ted, Susie’s cousin, stopped by Marshall from Phoenix on his way to a business meeting on Monday in Charlotte. He came over from his Airbnb outside Marshall for breakfast. It rained off
JUNE 15, SUNDAY
TED WIMSATT’S VISIT My sister Anne’s second son, Ted, Susie’s cousin, stopped by Marshall from Phoenix on his way to a business meeting on Monday in Charlotte. He came over from his Airbnb outside Marshall for breakfast. It rained off
JUNE 14, SATURDAY
BLUFF MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL I have read announcements of the Bluff Mountain Festival for several years but never visited it. It is a festival in Hot Springs, about a half hour downstream from Marshall on the French Broad river. It takes
JUNE 14, SATURDAY
BLUFF MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL I have read announcements of the Bluff Mountain Festival for several years but never visited it. It is a festival in Hot Springs, about a half hour downstream from Marshall on the French Broad river. It takes
JUNE 13, FRIDAY
OLD MEN’S GROUP Six of us old men, retired from working at Warren Wilson College or married to someone who worked there, meet every Friday at 10 a.m. at the McDonalds in Black Mountain. We meet at McDonalds because their
JUNE 13, FRIDAY
OLD MEN’S GROUP Six of us old men, retired from working at Warren Wilson College or married to someone who worked there, meet every Friday at 10 a.m. at the McDonalds in Black Mountain. We meet at McDonalds because their
JUNE 12, THURSDAY
JENNY ODELL Thursday evening, at 6:15 p.m., after a Trader Joe Indian meal, I sat opened the window of my apartment that faced the French Broad river and sat at my desk, wondering what to write about on my iPad,
JUNE 12, THURSDAY
JENNY ODELL Thursday evening, at 6:15 p.m., after a Trader Joe Indian meal, I sat opened the window of my apartment that faced the French Broad river and sat at my desk, wondering what to write about on my iPad,
JUNE 11, WEDNESDAY
BALLAD SWAP In the morning I showed the house I am selling to the last person who has shown interest. To my surprise they seemed very interested. But the tension of dealing with the sale of house without any experience
JUNE 11, WEDNESDAY
BALLAD SWAP In the morning I showed the house I am selling to the last person who has shown interest. To my surprise they seemed very interested. But the tension of dealing with the sale of house without any experience
JUNE 10, TUESDAY
MOVING There are people who buy and sell houses and get a kick out of it. There are people who read about the stock market and love making their choices and getting rich. I have a colleague on the same
JUNE 10, TUESDAY
MOVING There are people who buy and sell houses and get a kick out of it. There are people who read about the stock market and love making their choices and getting rich. I have a colleague on the same
JUNE 9, MONDAY
THUD Today, with a thud, I was back from three weeks of wandering, first to Memphis for my granddaughter, Hannah’s college graduation, then two and a half weeks in Winsen and Celle, Germany and finally two days at the Woodstock
JUNE 9, MONDAY
THUD Today, with a thud, I was back from three weeks of wandering, first to Memphis for my granddaughter, Hannah’s college graduation, then two and a half weeks in Winsen and Celle, Germany and finally two days at the Woodstock
JUNE 7, SATURDAY (AND 8TH)
WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OLD STUDENTS REUNION Saturday morning I again shifted, not so much in space as in time. Woodstock School, the Himalayan North Indian boarding school that I attended through elementary and high school, has a USA reunion every year
JUNE 7, SATURDAY (AND 8TH)
WOODSTOCK SCHOOL OLD STUDENTS REUNION Saturday morning I again shifted, not so much in space as in time. Woodstock School, the Himalayan North Indian boarding school that I attended through elementary and high school, has a USA reunion every year
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 