Author Archives: billybaba
OCTOBER 31, MONDAY
LIVING IN THE FUTURE I am puzzled by how much of my life I‘ve lived in the future. Something in my human DNA makes me feel more alive when I live in the future, because, of course, you can‘t live
OCTOBER 31, MONDAY
LIVING IN THE FUTURE I am puzzled by how much of my life I‘ve lived in the future. Something in my human DNA makes me feel more alive when I live in the future, because, of course, you can‘t live
OCTOBER 30, SUNDAY
TRAPPED BY HOME But even as I was writing the last post about the irreconcilable differences between traditional American values and progressive liberal American values I realized that I have another problem. And it starts with my depression a few
OCTOBER 30, SUNDAY
TRAPPED BY HOME But even as I was writing the last post about the irreconcilable differences between traditional American values and progressive liberal American values I realized that I have another problem. And it starts with my depression a few
OCTOBER 29, SATURDAY
PERSUADING EACH OTHER I’ve been thinking about the differences in identity that that divide Americans and are the root of polarization. For MAGA Americans who feel that their traditional American identity is being threatened it is their white majority and
OCTOBER 29, SATURDAY
PERSUADING EACH OTHER I’ve been thinking about the differences in identity that that divide Americans and are the root of polarization. For MAGA Americans who feel that their traditional American identity is being threatened it is their white majority and
OCTOBER 28, FRIDAY
POLARIZATION AGAIN The election is coming in a little over a week. And I wondered this week whether one of the things that caused my malaise and inability to fit into American culture again was the tremendous polarization in American
OCTOBER 28, FRIDAY
POLARIZATION AGAIN The election is coming in a little over a week. And I wondered this week whether one of the things that caused my malaise and inability to fit into American culture again was the tremendous polarization in American
OCTOBER 27, THURSDAY
CULTURE SHOCK MALAISE A few days ago I stopped writing posts, I stopped doing most everything, and since that time I have been wondering why. And now I am going to try in a few posts, written mainly to myself,
OCTOBER 27, THURSDAY
CULTURE SHOCK MALAISE A few days ago I stopped writing posts, I stopped doing most everything, and since that time I have been wondering why. And now I am going to try in a few posts, written mainly to myself,
OCTOBER 26, WEDNESDAY
ASHEVILLE EYE AND FAITH Today I went to Asheville Eye Associates—Retina. Over a month ago I made an appointment at Asheville Eye Associates to see the doctor who replaced my cataracts several years ago becasue I thought that I couldn’t
OCTOBER 26, WEDNESDAY
ASHEVILLE EYE AND FAITH Today I went to Asheville Eye Associates—Retina. Over a month ago I made an appointment at Asheville Eye Associates to see the doctor who replaced my cataracts several years ago becasue I thought that I couldn’t
OCTOBER 25, TUESDAY
POLITICS When Kathe got sick almost two years ago she no longer wanted to watch the news. Until then she watched MSNBC religiously and was very much caught in the tensions between MAGA people and Liberals. She couldn’t tear herself
OCTOBER 25, TUESDAY
POLITICS When Kathe got sick almost two years ago she no longer wanted to watch the news. Until then she watched MSNBC religiously and was very much caught in the tensions between MAGA people and Liberals. She couldn’t tear herself
OCTOBER 24, MONDAY
CONFESSION I just came back from a long flight across the Atlantic and back. In the back of my mind I know that the flight itself contributes to global warming. In a year this is my third round trip flight
OCTOBER 24, MONDAY
CONFESSION I just came back from a long flight across the Atlantic and back. In the back of my mind I know that the flight itself contributes to global warming. In a year this is my third round trip flight
OCTOBER 23, SUNDAY
LEAF SEASON IN ASHEVILLE In October, on a good year when the weather has been not too wet and not too drive and the nights are chilly but not yet freezing, the leaves turn brilliant reds and yellows and orange.
OCTOBER 23, SUNDAY
LEAF SEASON IN ASHEVILLE In October, on a good year when the weather has been not too wet and not too drive and the nights are chilly but not yet freezing, the leaves turn brilliant reds and yellows and orange.
OCTOBER 22, SATURDAY
MEN DRINKING TEA I almost couldn’t write this post. One of the things that struck Susie and me the most about Morocco was the number of sidewalk tea shops with only men in them, often solitary, one at a table,
OCTOBER 22, SATURDAY
MEN DRINKING TEA I almost couldn’t write this post. One of the things that struck Susie and me the most about Morocco was the number of sidewalk tea shops with only men in them, often solitary, one at a table,
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 