Author Archives: billybaba
APRIL 15, SATURDAY
LISTENING An article in the Washington Post on the current celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Accord struck me. When George Mitchell, who brought the warring sides, Catholic and Protestant, together was asked what the key ingredient
APRIL 15, SATURDAY
LISTENING An article in the Washington Post on the current celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Accord struck me. When George Mitchell, who brought the warring sides, Catholic and Protestant, together was asked what the key ingredient
APRIL 14, FRIDAY
OVERNIGHT TRAINS (Written April 20th) I read an article on The Street which appeared on Apple News which gives me access to a huge number of newspapers and magazines and saves me money on subscriptions with no need to recycle
APRIL 14, FRIDAY
OVERNIGHT TRAINS (Written April 20th) I read an article on The Street which appeared on Apple News which gives me access to a huge number of newspapers and magazines and saves me money on subscriptions with no need to recycle
APRIL 13, THURSDAY
CHANCE AND RISK (Post delayed to the April 20) On April 18th as I prepared to go to my financial advisor I wondered what in my life, the important events, were a result of chance and how much was something
APRIL 13, THURSDAY
CHANCE AND RISK (Post delayed to the April 20) On April 18th as I prepared to go to my financial advisor I wondered what in my life, the important events, were a result of chance and how much was something
APRIL 12, WEDNESDAY
BLIND The Dutch seem to have parks everywhere. When Henny took us to Bergen, a very elegant town with boutique shops with beautiful clothing and objects in every one, there in the center of the town was a park bordered
APRIL 12, WEDNESDAY
BLIND The Dutch seem to have parks everywhere. When Henny took us to Bergen, a very elegant town with boutique shops with beautiful clothing and objects in every one, there in the center of the town was a park bordered
APRIL 11, TUESDAY
COMPARING ESTATES In trying to learn more about Elswout Park in Haarlem with its grand central house and beautifully laid out park I discovering that there were parks all over Europe that were laid out with similar features of ponds,
APRIL 11, TUESDAY
COMPARING ESTATES In trying to learn more about Elswout Park in Haarlem with its grand central house and beautifully laid out park I discovering that there were parks all over Europe that were laid out with similar features of ponds,
APRIL 10, MONDAY
APRIL 10, MONDAY GOING My friend Nick Royal, who with his wife Ruth, hosted me in Santa Cruz last summer during my Amtrak tour of the United States just asked me for the address of Going, the website I use
APRIL 10, MONDAY
APRIL 10, MONDAY GOING My friend Nick Royal, who with his wife Ruth, hosted me in Santa Cruz last summer during my Amtrak tour of the United States just asked me for the address of Going, the website I use
APRIL 9, EASTER SUNDAY
WHAT WAS JESUS’S NARROW WORLD? I went to church on Easter Sunday, partly as an attempt to fit back in, partly because Kathe loved Easter and loved going to church on Easter where for most of her life she was
APRIL 9, EASTER SUNDAY
WHAT WAS JESUS’S NARROW WORLD? I went to church on Easter Sunday, partly as an attempt to fit back in, partly because Kathe loved Easter and loved going to church on Easter where for most of her life she was
APRIL 8, SATURDAY
FITTING BACK IN I have to confess that my greatest cross-cultural difficulties have not been spending a night in a Gujurati village or getting raging flu on an Indian train trip or dealing with a Parisian metro strike or being
APRIL 8, SATURDAY
FITTING BACK IN I have to confess that my greatest cross-cultural difficulties have not been spending a night in a Gujurati village or getting raging flu on an Indian train trip or dealing with a Parisian metro strike or being
APRIL 7, FRIDAY
SHARING YOUR TRIP On Friday I went to my Friday men’s group at the CornerStone restaurant where we meet once a month for a full breakfast, the other three Fridays we drink senior coffee at McDonalds. My group was glad
APRIL 7, FRIDAY
SHARING YOUR TRIP On Friday I went to my Friday men’s group at the CornerStone restaurant where we meet once a month for a full breakfast, the other three Fridays we drink senior coffee at McDonalds. My group was glad
APRIL 6, THURSDAY
FIRST IMPRESSIONS WHILE COMING BACK We were up early yesterday, cleaned the Airbnb, met Henny at the parking garage right next to us since we had all of our luggage, but still not much. It didn’t occur to me until
APRIL 6, THURSDAY
FIRST IMPRESSIONS WHILE COMING BACK We were up early yesterday, cleaned the Airbnb, met Henny at the parking garage right next to us since we had all of our luggage, but still not much. It didn’t occur to me until
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