Author Archives: billybaba
MARCH 26, SATURDAY
GRAFFITI ART On my last full day in Asheville Susie, Tom and I went to White Duck Taco by the French Broad River and then for a walk on the pedestrian paths along the river. It was a cold windy
MARCH 26, SATURDAY
GRAFFITI ART On my last full day in Asheville Susie, Tom and I went to White Duck Taco by the French Broad River and then for a walk on the pedestrian paths along the river. It was a cold windy
MARCH 25, FRIDAY
RISK AND REASON Two months ago I changed my mind about going to Morocco for a month. I did it partly because I could do it. The airlines changed my flight times so I could ask for a refund. I
MARCH 25, FRIDAY
RISK AND REASON Two months ago I changed my mind about going to Morocco for a month. I did it partly because I could do it. The airlines changed my flight times so I could ask for a refund. I
MARCH 24, THURSDAY
PHOTOGRAPHING A WALL Asheville has street art all over town. But there is one painting of a wall in downtown Asheville that I have taken over and over and over again without ever tiring of it.
MARCH 24, THURSDAY
PHOTOGRAPHING A WALL Asheville has street art all over town. But there is one painting of a wall in downtown Asheville that I have taken over and over and over again without ever tiring of it.
MARCH 23, WEDNESDAY
CLEANING THE AUGEAN STABLE Three days to go before I get on the plane to Paris and I suddenly had a great realization. For months since coming back from Greece and Germany I have woken up in the morning with
MARCH 23, WEDNESDAY
CLEANING THE AUGEAN STABLE Three days to go before I get on the plane to Paris and I suddenly had a great realization. For months since coming back from Greece and Germany I have woken up in the morning with
MARCH 22, TUESDAY
BEING HERE AND NOT BEING HERE Again I am in two places at once, and today suddenly in three places at once. This happened before to me before leaving for Greece six months ago, I was neither here nor there,
MARCH 22, TUESDAY
BEING HERE AND NOT BEING HERE Again I am in two places at once, and today suddenly in three places at once. This happened before to me before leaving for Greece six months ago, I was neither here nor there,
MARCH 21, MONDAY
BLINDNESS Today was a good day. I slept well in a comfortable bed, had a good breakfast, counted out my pills for my trip to Paris, searched for an Airbnb in London, had a very nice lunch with Beverly Ohler
MARCH 21, MONDAY
BLINDNESS Today was a good day. I slept well in a comfortable bed, had a good breakfast, counted out my pills for my trip to Paris, searched for an Airbnb in London, had a very nice lunch with Beverly Ohler
MARCH 20, SUNDAY
BASKETBALL FANS We were all sorts of people at Sunday night’s game, which in South Carolina, a conservative state, were probably evenly divided between MAGA Republicans and Liberal Democrats. But it didn‘t matter. We were all religions and races and
MARCH 20, SUNDAY
BASKETBALL FANS We were all sorts of people at Sunday night’s game, which in South Carolina, a conservative state, were probably evenly divided between MAGA Republicans and Liberal Democrats. But it didn‘t matter. We were all religions and races and
MARCH 19, REALLY SUNDAY MARCH 20
BASKETBALL AGAIN This is the American college basketball tournament of tournaments in which 64 college teams compete for the national championship. My son Tom invited me to go along with his friends Greenville, South Carolina, an hour away when one
MARCH 19, REALLY SUNDAY MARCH 20
BASKETBALL AGAIN This is the American college basketball tournament of tournaments in which 64 college teams compete for the national championship. My son Tom invited me to go along with his friends Greenville, South Carolina, an hour away when one
MARCH 18, FRIDAY
UKRAINE AND ME (ALL IN THE SAME BOAT) And yet, in an odd way that I can’t get my head around, we are all in the same boat. We are all dropped into the world by chance with the many
MARCH 18, FRIDAY
UKRAINE AND ME (ALL IN THE SAME BOAT) And yet, in an odd way that I can’t get my head around, we are all in the same boat. We are all dropped into the world by chance with the many
MARCH 17, THURSDAY
UKRAINE AND ME (PAINFUL CONTRAST) In 9 days I will be driven on a Sunday afternoon to the Asheville Airport and get on one flight and then another and at breakfast time will take the metro to Montmartre and by
MARCH 17, THURSDAY
UKRAINE AND ME (PAINFUL CONTRAST) In 9 days I will be driven on a Sunday afternoon to the Asheville Airport and get on one flight and then another and at breakfast time will take the metro to Montmartre and by
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 