Author Archives: billybaba
JANUARY 15, SUNDAY
PARIS FLEA MARKET Today is a good day for getting out. The sun is shining in Swannanoa, but it is very cold, 21 degrees. So I went to the Paris flea market, instead, behind Montmartre where Todd and Susie are
JANUARY 15, SUNDAY
PARIS FLEA MARKET Today is a good day for getting out. The sun is shining in Swannanoa, but it is very cold, 21 degrees. So I went to the Paris flea market, instead, behind Montmartre where Todd and Susie are
JANUARY 14, SATURDAY
ALICE NEEL It is a cold, grey winter morning in Swannanoa and in Paris it is mild and raining hard. Since I am in both places at once it is a good time to be inside and luckily there is
JANUARY 14, SATURDAY
ALICE NEEL It is a cold, grey winter morning in Swannanoa and in Paris it is mild and raining hard. Since I am in both places at once it is a good time to be inside and luckily there is
JANUARY 13, FRIDAY
It was good to get back again today to La Samaritaine, the enormous, every elegant department store on the bank of the Seine in Paris. Nine months ago Susie and I discovered it by accident. We had never heard of
JANUARY 13, FRIDAY
It was good to get back again today to La Samaritaine, the enormous, every elegant department store on the bank of the Seine in Paris. Nine months ago Susie and I discovered it by accident. We had never heard of
JANUARY 12, THURSDAY
BASTILLE THURSDAY MARKET This morning I woke at 6 and visited the Bastille Thursday market. It was a grey drizzly day at the market but the market was full of people. There were fish stands displaying ugly fish, flower stands,
JANUARY 12, THURSDAY
BASTILLE THURSDAY MARKET This morning I woke at 6 and visited the Bastille Thursday market. It was a grey drizzly day at the market but the market was full of people. There were fish stands displaying ugly fish, flower stands,
January 11, WEDNESDAY
HUNG UP ON I had an odd experience on Wednesday. I was still floating. First in the early morning Susie Factimed me from their little $20 a day apartment in Bastille. On the flight to Paris Susie had sat next
January 11, WEDNESDAY
HUNG UP ON I had an odd experience on Wednesday. I was still floating. First in the early morning Susie Factimed me from their little $20 a day apartment in Bastille. On the flight to Paris Susie had sat next
JANUARY 10, TUESDAY
FLOATING It is a very odd feeling. I have suddenly begun to float along untethered to anything. Last Tuesday I was locked into leaving today for a three month trip around India and Europe, everything concentrated on being ready for
JANUARY 10, TUESDAY
FLOATING It is a very odd feeling. I have suddenly begun to float along untethered to anything. Last Tuesday I was locked into leaving today for a three month trip around India and Europe, everything concentrated on being ready for
JANUARY 9, MONDAY
TOLERANCE Last night I argued that MAGA people and the January 6th insurrectionists feel that they are good, moral people defending basic American values. Yet I think from a liberal perspective that the insurrection was not good and was certainly
JANUARY 9, MONDAY
TOLERANCE Last night I argued that MAGA people and the January 6th insurrectionists feel that they are good, moral people defending basic American values. Yet I think from a liberal perspective that the insurrection was not good and was certainly
JANUARY 8, SUNDAY
AMERICAN BELIEF(S) I just read a New Yorker article on What The January 6 Report Is Missing in which the writer, Jill Lepore, states that the January 6th report “is less an account of a conspiracy than a bill of
JANUARY 8, SUNDAY
AMERICAN BELIEF(S) I just read a New Yorker article on What The January 6 Report Is Missing in which the writer, Jill Lepore, states that the January 6th report “is less an account of a conspiracy than a bill of
JANUARY 7, SATURDAY
READING 2 One reason that I stopped reading even as I continued to buy books I wanted to read was because when given a choice I preferred to write than to read. The reason I read so much when I
JANUARY 7, SATURDAY
READING 2 One reason that I stopped reading even as I continued to buy books I wanted to read was because when given a choice I preferred to write than to read. The reason I read so much when I
JANUARY 6, FRIDAY
READING 1 Suddenly after anticipating the trip and feeling pushed to get ready I have nothing to do. A couple of nights ago I had nothing to do so went to sleep at 7. But I couldn’t fall asleep. So
JANUARY 6, FRIDAY
READING 1 Suddenly after anticipating the trip and feeling pushed to get ready I have nothing to do. A couple of nights ago I had nothing to do so went to sleep at 7. But I couldn’t fall asleep. So
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 