Monthly Archives: October 2025

OCTOBER 19, SUNDAY

REFLECTIONS ON NO KING’S DAY At the end of the parade around town I ached from my neck on down and and ready to collapse. It was only on Sunday that I began to reflect on what had happened. The

OCTOBER 19, SUNDAY

REFLECTIONS ON NO KING’S DAY At the end of the parade around town I ached from my neck on down and and ready to collapse. It was only on Sunday that I began to reflect on what had happened. The

OCTOBER 18, SATURDAY

NO KINGS DAY At 4 in the afternoon six of us drove from Marshall to Asheville to join the No Kings Day protest. We stopped at 828 Pizza for dinner and then parked across the expressway downtown, expecting parking to

OCTOBER 18, SATURDAY

NO KINGS DAY At 4 in the afternoon six of us drove from Marshall to Asheville to join the No Kings Day protest. We stopped at 828 Pizza for dinner and then parked across the expressway downtown, expecting parking to

OCTOBER 17, FRIDAY

PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS: CAN EVERYTHING BE MENDED? In the morning I confessed to my old man’s group meeting in McDonalds that after talking about it for a month and trying three times to find someone to accompany me on

OCTOBER 17, FRIDAY

PENLAND SCHOOL OF CRAFTS: CAN EVERYTHING BE MENDED? In the morning I confessed to my old man’s group meeting in McDonalds that after talking about it for a month and trying three times to find someone to accompany me on

OCTOBER 16, THURSDAY

BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM: JOHN CAGE A week or two ago Susie and I heard two women, Olivia Black and Lea Bertucci, play their own compositions in the tradition of John Cage and Black Mountain College music. Tonight we heard

OCTOBER 16, THURSDAY

BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM: JOHN CAGE A week or two ago Susie and I heard two women, Olivia Black and Lea Bertucci, play their own compositions in the tradition of John Cage and Black Mountain College music. Tonight we heard

OCTOBER 15, WEDNESDAY

ZADIE’S: CASEY DRIESSEN Casey Driessen with his marvelous fiddle playing has played once a month on Wednesday at Zadie’s this summer. At the end of this week he is off to Finland for a convention of fiddle players. Tonight he

OCTOBER 15, WEDNESDAY

ZADIE’S: CASEY DRIESSEN Casey Driessen with his marvelous fiddle playing has played once a month on Wednesday at Zadie’s this summer. At the end of this week he is off to Finland for a convention of fiddle players. Tonight he

OCTOBER 12, SUNDAY

BANDALOOP Actually this happened on Saturday afternoon after I visited Celia Miles book signing. Rare Bird Farm in Madison County has been turned into an event space and apparently many of their events are fundraisers for good causes. To get

OCTOBER 12, SUNDAY

BANDALOOP Actually this happened on Saturday afternoon after I visited Celia Miles book signing. Rare Bird Farm in Madison County has been turned into an event space and apparently many of their events are fundraisers for good causes. To get

OCTOBER 11, SATURDAY

BOOK SIGNING AT ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART After lunch I went to a book signing by my friend Celia Miles. This is her 12th novel. She started writing novels late in life and has self published all of them. The

OCTOBER 11, SATURDAY

BOOK SIGNING AT ASHEVILLE GALLERY OF ART After lunch I went to a book signing by my friend Celia Miles. This is her 12th novel. She started writing novels late in life and has self published all of them. The