Monthly Archives: November 2025
NOVEMBER 18, TUESDAY
TOUCHED BY PATTI Tuesday morning when I woke up before I left my recliner I looked at Apple news and happened on an interview of Patti Smith by Ezra Klein in the New York Times. It was a podcast, but
NOVEMBER 18, TUESDAY
TOUCHED BY PATTI Tuesday morning when I woke up before I left my recliner I looked at Apple news and happened on an interview of Patti Smith by Ezra Klein in the New York Times. It was a podcast, but
NOVEMBER 17, MONDAY
REFLECTION All day Monday I thought about what had depressed me on Sunday and didn’t find a way out.
NOVEMBER 17, MONDAY
REFLECTION All day Monday I thought about what had depressed me on Sunday and didn’t find a way out.
NOVEMBER 16, SUNDAY
FALLING APART Three things happened today which shook me. These are my problem, I realize, not anyone else’s. The first was that on the way to church it suddenly popped into my head that the central figure in Christianity, Jesus,
NOVEMBER 16, SUNDAY
FALLING APART Three things happened today which shook me. These are my problem, I realize, not anyone else’s. The first was that on the way to church it suddenly popped into my head that the central figure in Christianity, Jesus,
NOVEMBER 15, SATURDAY Returned to Marshall
BACK HOME Today Sue Coke flew home to England and I returned home to Marshall although “home” doesn’t sound like quite the right word. For years home was 140 College View Drive with Kathe my wife. For the two of
NOVEMBER 15, SATURDAY Returned to Marshall
BACK HOME Today Sue Coke flew home to England and I returned home to Marshall although “home” doesn’t sound like quite the right word. For years home was 140 College View Drive with Kathe my wife. For the two of
NOVEMBER 14, FRIDAY
ZOOM CALL RESPONSE Another thing that happened to me during this ZOOM call yesterday was a sense of validation. Several in the group had been back to India, often several times, and others had gone on to travel extensively in
NOVEMBER 14, FRIDAY
ZOOM CALL RESPONSE Another thing that happened to me during this ZOOM call yesterday was a sense of validation. Several in the group had been back to India, often several times, and others had gone on to travel extensively in
NOVEMBER 13, THURSDAY
INDIA TRIP 1973 ZOOM CALL Tonight, for an hour and a half, the group that I led to India in the winter of 1973-74, gathered on a ZOOM call for the first time and reminisced about the trip and got
NOVEMBER 13, THURSDAY
INDIA TRIP 1973 ZOOM CALL Tonight, for an hour and a half, the group that I led to India in the winter of 1973-74, gathered on a ZOOM call for the first time and reminisced about the trip and got
NOVEMBER 12, WEDNESDAY
DINNER AT ZADIE’S This evening Susie, Todd and I were invited by Sue and Primrose Coke to have dinner at Zadie’s. It turned out to also be Ballad Swap night at Zadie’s so ten traditional ballad singers from the area
NOVEMBER 12, WEDNESDAY
DINNER AT ZADIE’S This evening Susie, Todd and I were invited by Sue and Primrose Coke to have dinner at Zadie’s. It turned out to also be Ballad Swap night at Zadie’s so ten traditional ballad singers from the area
NOVEMBER 11, TUESDAY
88 1/4 I was born on August 11, 1937, which makes me 88. I didn’t pay much attention to my age until 80 when I had a glorious birthday party at Todd and Susie’s place in the country. But after
NOVEMBER 11, TUESDAY
88 1/4 I was born on August 11, 1937, which makes me 88. I didn’t pay much attention to my age until 80 when I had a glorious birthday party at Todd and Susie’s place in the country. But after
NOVEMBER 9, SUNDAY
FOOTBALL Tom likes to watch American football, Kathy doesn’t. I am ambivalent, but I get sucked right in. One thing that seems very odd to me, even as an American, and must seen nuts to people from other countries, is
NOVEMBER 9, SUNDAY
FOOTBALL Tom likes to watch American football, Kathy doesn’t. I am ambivalent, but I get sucked right in. One thing that seems very odd to me, even as an American, and must seen nuts to people from other countries, is
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 