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SEPTEMBER 12, MONDAY
FAMILY OF MAN Today I stopped by Mr. K’s, a second hand bookstore in Asheville to look for inexpensive photography books and found my favorite photography book of all time, The Family of Man. The Family of Man was a
SEPTEMBER 12, MONDAY
FAMILY OF MAN Today I stopped by Mr. K’s, a second hand bookstore in Asheville to look for inexpensive photography books and found my favorite photography book of all time, The Family of Man. The Family of Man was a
SEPTEMBER 11, SUNDAY
DRIVING THROUGH WESTERN CAROLINA Sunday started out with breakfast with Dana Nagle and Julia Tarr, friends since childhood. Julia lives in Chapel Hill but was here to visit her friend, Dana. She was also a student of mine who made
SEPTEMBER 11, SUNDAY
DRIVING THROUGH WESTERN CAROLINA Sunday started out with breakfast with Dana Nagle and Julia Tarr, friends since childhood. Julia lives in Chapel Hill but was here to visit her friend, Dana. She was also a student of mine who made
SEPTEMBER 10, SATURDAY
THE FEAST It rained all day Saturday and we were shut in until in the middle of the afternoon it finally let up a little. We drove to a feast being cooked up by Paul Dixon who loves to cook
SEPTEMBER 10, SATURDAY
THE FEAST It rained all day Saturday and we were shut in until in the middle of the afternoon it finally let up a little. We drove to a feast being cooked up by Paul Dixon who loves to cook
SEPTEMBER 9, FRIDAY
RANDALL’S HOUSE Randall Lanier is a fellow octogenarian, a former social worker, who lives in the hills above Hot Springs at the edge of the Pisgah National Forest and the Appalachian Trail on enough land that his two sons and
SEPTEMBER 9, FRIDAY
RANDALL’S HOUSE Randall Lanier is a fellow octogenarian, a former social worker, who lives in the hills above Hot Springs at the edge of the Pisgah National Forest and the Appalachian Trail on enough land that his two sons and
SEPTEMBER 8, THURSDAY
TODD AND SUSIE’S PLACE This was my home for the next three days as we drove around Western North Carolina to feasts and celebrations. I was very comfortable sleeping in Susie’S studio. Todd and Susie had just finished making a
SEPTEMBER 8, THURSDAY
TODD AND SUSIE’S PLACE This was my home for the next three days as we drove around Western North Carolina to feasts and celebrations. I was very comfortable sleeping in Susie’S studio. Todd and Susie had just finished making a
SEPTEMBER 7, WEDNESDAY
TODD AND SUSIE’S PLACE I am invited this weekend to spend a night or two at Todd and Susie’s country home. Twenty two years ago Todd and Susie heard about 15 acres for sale in Madison County, down in a
SEPTEMBER 7, WEDNESDAY
TODD AND SUSIE’S PLACE I am invited this weekend to spend a night or two at Todd and Susie’s country home. Twenty two years ago Todd and Susie heard about 15 acres for sale in Madison County, down in a
SEPTEMBER 6, TUESDAY
LIFE STAGES I had breakfast in Asheville this morning, invited by Jude Stuecker and Emily Staton, former Warren Wilson college students who traveled to India with me years ago. Emily was here in town visiting Jude, and breakfast was before
SEPTEMBER 6, TUESDAY
LIFE STAGES I had breakfast in Asheville this morning, invited by Jude Stuecker and Emily Staton, former Warren Wilson college students who traveled to India with me years ago. Emily was here in town visiting Jude, and breakfast was before
SEPTEMBER 5, MONDAY
PERUVIO All the time that I was responding to the folk artists featured in the visiting exhibit at the Asheville Art Museum, I thought about Peruvio. Peruvio lived in Asheville most of his life. His real name was John Barnwell,
SEPTEMBER 5, MONDAY
PERUVIO All the time that I was responding to the folk artists featured in the visiting exhibit at the Asheville Art Museum, I thought about Peruvio. Peruvio lived in Asheville most of his life. His real name was John Barnwell,
SEPTEMBER 3, SATURDAY
MY FELLOW AMERICANS Politicians put their arm around me and welcome to their televised speech without knowing who I am. But I’m guessing that when they reach out through the television that they imagine that they are embracing someone who
SEPTEMBER 3, SATURDAY
MY FELLOW AMERICANS Politicians put their arm around me and welcome to their televised speech without knowing who I am. But I’m guessing that when they reach out through the television that they imagine that they are embracing someone who
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