Author Archives: billybaba
JUNE 1, WEDNESDAY
MARSHALL On Wednesday afternoon I drove to Marshall, half an hour from Asheville for an exhibit by a woodworker, Drew Langsamer, at the refurbished Madison County Arts Council display area on Main Street. The woodworking show which featured wooden chairs
JUNE 1, WEDNESDAY
MARSHALL On Wednesday afternoon I drove to Marshall, half an hour from Asheville for an exhibit by a woodworker, Drew Langsamer, at the refurbished Madison County Arts Council display area on Main Street. The woodworking show which featured wooden chairs
MAY 31, WEDNESDAY
WHAT MAKES A GOOD TRIP? Everyone is flying somewhere, or wanting to. With the pandemic over everyone wants to cut loose. I’ve been hearing stories of people who just came back from Paris or other parts of Europe. And I’m
MAY 31, WEDNESDAY
WHAT MAKES A GOOD TRIP? Everyone is flying somewhere, or wanting to. With the pandemic over everyone wants to cut loose. I’ve been hearing stories of people who just came back from Paris or other parts of Europe. And I’m
MAY 30, TUESDAY
MY SHINGRIX VACCINATION This afternoon I got the first of two Shingrix shots to prevent shingles. I’ve known about the shot for several years. It was said to be very effective in preventing Shingles which itself is somehow connected to
MAY 30, TUESDAY
MY SHINGRIX VACCINATION This afternoon I got the first of two Shingrix shots to prevent shingles. I’ve known about the shot for several years. It was said to be very effective in preventing Shingles which itself is somehow connected to
MAY 29, MONDAY
VISITING THE PATELS (2) When I was a child in India in the old British Raj, the British colonial rule of India, I was a white supremacist without being aware of it. All the rich people I knew were white.
MAY 29, MONDAY
VISITING THE PATELS (2) When I was a child in India in the old British Raj, the British colonial rule of India, I was a white supremacist without being aware of it. All the rich people I knew were white.
SUNDAY, MAY 28
VISITING THE PATELS In February Todd, Susie and I spent a week in Virampur, Gujurat, India at the Sarvodaya Ashram founded and directed by Hasmukh Patel. In 1984 I took a group of Warren Wilson students to visit the Sarvodaya
SUNDAY, MAY 28
VISITING THE PATELS In February Todd, Susie and I spent a week in Virampur, Gujurat, India at the Sarvodaya Ashram founded and directed by Hasmukh Patel. In 1984 I took a group of Warren Wilson students to visit the Sarvodaya
MAY 27, SATURDAY
BUYING A PRINTER (2) What I was going to write about here was buying a new printer. But I realize that what I am really writing about is the place of technology in my life and more than that, my
MAY 27, SATURDAY
BUYING A PRINTER (2) What I was going to write about here was buying a new printer. But I realize that what I am really writing about is the place of technology in my life and more than that, my
MAY 26, FRIDAY
BUYING A PRINTER Today I bought an Epson Eco Tank Photo 8500 printer on Amazon, sight unseen. But buying a printer is not as easy as it sounds. It is knowing what I can do with the printer and then
MAY 26, FRIDAY
BUYING A PRINTER Today I bought an Epson Eco Tank Photo 8500 printer on Amazon, sight unseen. But buying a printer is not as easy as it sounds. It is knowing what I can do with the printer and then
MAY 25, THURSDAY
INNER DRIVE One of the things you can wonder about if you lie in bed in the morning waiting for something to catapault you out of bed with delight, especially when it doesn’t happen, is what inner drive might impels
MAY 25, THURSDAY
INNER DRIVE One of the things you can wonder about if you lie in bed in the morning waiting for something to catapault you out of bed with delight, especially when it doesn’t happen, is what inner drive might impels
MAY 24, WEDNESDAY
GETTING OUT OF BED I have often wondered what inner unconscious drive gets me out of bed in the morning. I started wondering about this when I was in college and had a room to myself because my roommate had
MAY 24, WEDNESDAY
GETTING OUT OF BED I have often wondered what inner unconscious drive gets me out of bed in the morning. I started wondering about this when I was in college and had a room to myself because my roommate had
MAY 23, TUESDAY
CONCEPTUAL ART Last night my daughter Susie sent me a link to a segment of the PBS Newshour which she had just seen on You Tube. It was a response by Sarah Sze to the show of her work which
MAY 23, TUESDAY
CONCEPTUAL ART Last night my daughter Susie sent me a link to a segment of the PBS Newshour which she had just seen on You Tube. It was a response by Sarah Sze to the show of her work which
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