Monthly Archives: July 2025

JUNE 28, SATURDAY

POTLUCK AT RONALD’S HOUSE Susie let me tag along with her to a potluck at Ronald’s house which was high up the hill above Marshall. It was a house which, because he does fine wood carpentry, he restored himself. It

JUNE 28, SATURDAY

POTLUCK AT RONALD’S HOUSE Susie let me tag along with her to a potluck at Ronald’s house which was high up the hill above Marshall. It was a house which, because he does fine wood carpentry, he restored himself. It

JUNE 27, FRIDAY

DREAMING OF MALLORCA I was invited out to lunch by Owen Bailey, a former student who went on the very first student trip to India that I organized, or rather disorganized, since I got everyone onto the plane with a

JUNE 27, FRIDAY

DREAMING OF MALLORCA I was invited out to lunch by Owen Bailey, a former student who went on the very first student trip to India that I organized, or rather disorganized, since I got everyone onto the plane with a

JUNE 26, THURSDAY

NOODLE SHOP, MARSHALL A Noodle Shop opened up in Marshall two weeks before the Helene and when the flood poured through Marshall it was washed away. It had been a big hit in those two weeks but Susie never had

JUNE 26, THURSDAY

NOODLE SHOP, MARSHALL A Noodle Shop opened up in Marshall two weeks before the Helene and when the flood poured through Marshall it was washed away. It had been a big hit in those two weeks but Susie never had

JUNE 25, WEDNESDAY

HANNAH’S BIRTHDAY My granddaughter Hannah, who invited me first to her graduation a month ago and then to Germany turned 22 today. In our family her Oma (grandmother) kept track of birthdays and always had a nice present ready. Since

JUNE 25, WEDNESDAY

HANNAH’S BIRTHDAY My granddaughter Hannah, who invited me first to her graduation a month ago and then to Germany turned 22 today. In our family her Oma (grandmother) kept track of birthdays and always had a nice present ready. Since

JUNE 23, MONDAY

BLUEGRASS MUSICAL EVENING AT MAL’S BAR This evening Susie and I went to Mal’s Bar where on Tuesday evenings anyone who wants to can come together and join in playing bluegrass music on fiddles or guitars. For some reason, maybe

JUNE 23, MONDAY

BLUEGRASS MUSICAL EVENING AT MAL’S BAR This evening Susie and I went to Mal’s Bar where on Tuesday evenings anyone who wants to can come together and join in playing bluegrass music on fiddles or guitars. For some reason, maybe

JUNE 22, SUNDAY

BREAKFAST AT THE MED Tom and I went to the MED, formerly the Mediterranean, a Greek Place, but now run by their hip kids, upscale, where I had fried green tomatoes for the first time in my life, apparently a

JUNE 22, SUNDAY

BREAKFAST AT THE MED Tom and I went to the MED, formerly the Mediterranean, a Greek Place, but now run by their hip kids, upscale, where I had fried green tomatoes for the first time in my life, apparently a

JUNE 21, SATURDAY

ASHEVILLE SOCCER CLUB Today, my daughter-in-law Kathy was in Boston helping Hannah, my granddaughter, to find an apartment in Boston near Northeastern where she will be a graduate student next year. So my son, Tom, and I went to a

JUNE 21, SATURDAY

ASHEVILLE SOCCER CLUB Today, my daughter-in-law Kathy was in Boston helping Hannah, my granddaughter, to find an apartment in Boston near Northeastern where she will be a graduate student next year. So my son, Tom, and I went to a