Author Archives: billybaba
FEBRUARY 3, THURSDAY
MARQUEE In late September I visited and photographed an Uncommon Market of outdoor vendors in Asheville’s River Arts District. And after returning from Germany, I photographed the indoor Christmas Uncommon Market. The same people who organized those markets, Robert Nicholas
FEBRUARY 3, THURSDAY
MARQUEE In late September I visited and photographed an Uncommon Market of outdoor vendors in Asheville’s River Arts District. And after returning from Germany, I photographed the indoor Christmas Uncommon Market. The same people who organized those markets, Robert Nicholas
FEBRUARY 2, WEDNESDAY
THE PATELS Hasmukh Patel is a Gandhian leader in Gujurat who has dedicated his life to the adivasis, the tribal people of India. He has organized many programs for these people including organizing schools, building of dams, running all kinds
FEBRUARY 2, WEDNESDAY
THE PATELS Hasmukh Patel is a Gandhian leader in Gujurat who has dedicated his life to the adivasis, the tribal people of India. He has organized many programs for these people including organizing schools, building of dams, running all kinds
FEBRUARY 1, TUESDAY
SCINDHI’S SWEET SHOP The flavors of food are a huge part of a culture. Eating together or drinking together is the way that people, family or tribes, bond together. More than any other way, besides living together, it is drinking
FEBRUARY 1, TUESDAY
SCINDHI’S SWEET SHOP The flavors of food are a huge part of a culture. Eating together or drinking together is the way that people, family or tribes, bond together. More than any other way, besides living together, it is drinking
JANUARY 31, MONDAY
BREAKING OUT OF CONVENTIONS Yesterday I talked myself into feeling that the inner visceral drives embedded in my DNA are what impel me through life and are projected out so that, for me personally, certain objects and people and activities
JANUARY 31, MONDAY
BREAKING OUT OF CONVENTIONS Yesterday I talked myself into feeling that the inner visceral drives embedded in my DNA are what impel me through life and are projected out so that, for me personally, certain objects and people and activities
JANUARY 30, SUNDAY
NATURE/NURTURE I have gotten myself into a corner again. It starts with a personal assumption, without really understanding the science of genetics, that I have embedded within my DNA visceral drives to eat, drink, keep warm and protect myself as
JANUARY 30, SUNDAY
NATURE/NURTURE I have gotten myself into a corner again. It starts with a personal assumption, without really understanding the science of genetics, that I have embedded within my DNA visceral drives to eat, drink, keep warm and protect myself as
JANUARY 29, SATURDAY (ACTUALLY SUNDAY)
SNOW One last look at the beautiful snowfall left from yesterday. I thought global warming was taking us into the sun belt. There was almost no snow last year but this year we have had snow three weekends in a
JANUARY 29, SATURDAY (ACTUALLY SUNDAY)
SNOW One last look at the beautiful snowfall left from yesterday. I thought global warming was taking us into the sun belt. There was almost no snow last year but this year we have had snow three weekends in a
JANUARY 28, FRIDAY (ACTUALLY SATURDAY)
SNOW Today, Saturday, New York and Massachusetts are set to have a blizzard and we were waiting last night expectantly for the worst to happen to them. Jim Cantore would be there with the blizzard almost whiting him out. This
JANUARY 28, FRIDAY (ACTUALLY SATURDAY)
SNOW Today, Saturday, New York and Massachusetts are set to have a blizzard and we were waiting last night expectantly for the worst to happen to them. Jim Cantore would be there with the blizzard almost whiting him out. This
JANUARY 27, THURSDAY
THE GOTT FAMILY Last night I met the Gott family. The grown up children, Tim and Susi, had been students at Warren Wilson College and I knew of them but never had them in class. And Peter Gott had built
JANUARY 27, THURSDAY
THE GOTT FAMILY Last night I met the Gott family. The grown up children, Tim and Susi, had been students at Warren Wilson College and I knew of them but never had them in class. And Peter Gott had built
JANUARY 26, WEDNESDAY
BARCELONA, LA RAMBLAS 2015 Today would have been my first day wandering Barcelona for eight days before flying to Marrakech and Essouria, Morocco. I came within an inch of flying yesterday. If I had been informed that my ticket wouldn’t
JANUARY 26, WEDNESDAY
BARCELONA, LA RAMBLAS 2015 Today would have been my first day wandering Barcelona for eight days before flying to Marrakech and Essouria, Morocco. I came within an inch of flying yesterday. If I had been informed that my ticket wouldn’t
JANUARY 25, TUESDAY
CONCENTRATION Long ago I saw a film on Buddhism, I forget the name, I think it was on PBS, but what I remember most distinctly is a section in which a Buddhist monk did a kind of walking meditation in
JANUARY 25, TUESDAY
CONCENTRATION Long ago I saw a film on Buddhism, I forget the name, I think it was on PBS, but what I remember most distinctly is a section in which a Buddhist monk did a kind of walking meditation in
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 