Author Archives: billybaba

JANUARY 14, FRIDAY

ADDICTION As usual, I have talked myself into a corner and don’t know how to get out of a problem which for most people isn’t even a problem. Most people don’t spend hours painting themselves into a corner and therefore

JANUARY 14, FRIDAY

ADDICTION As usual, I have talked myself into a corner and don’t know how to get out of a problem which for most people isn’t even a problem. Most people don’t spend hours painting themselves into a corner and therefore

JANUARY 13, THURSDAY

JANUARY 13, THURSDAY FAITH: FEAR AND ATTRACTION This post is back to the issue of what it is to be a human being, using my own experience as a guide but realizing that my own experience is not an adequate

JANUARY 13, THURSDAY

JANUARY 13, THURSDAY FAITH: FEAR AND ATTRACTION This post is back to the issue of what it is to be a human being, using my own experience as a guide but realizing that my own experience is not an adequate

JANUARY 12, WEDNESDAY

BLIND FAITH Today I went to see my financial advisor. So this is my attempt to be a little bit coherent about something that I rarely think about, my finances, I didn’t appear to be an 84 year old dunce

JANUARY 12, WEDNESDAY

BLIND FAITH Today I went to see my financial advisor. So this is my attempt to be a little bit coherent about something that I rarely think about, my finances, I didn’t appear to be an 84 year old dunce

JANUARY 11, TUESDAY

DISSATISFACTION I’ve been thinking about the tensions in married life between nurturing children and being independent and doing a job well and having time to sit and wonder. Women have to make all these choices. But in thinking about their

JANUARY 11, TUESDAY

DISSATISFACTION I’ve been thinking about the tensions in married life between nurturing children and being independent and doing a job well and having time to sit and wonder. Women have to make all these choices. But in thinking about their

JANUARY 10, MONDAY

I‘M CONFUSED, I‘M SCARED, I‘M BEWILDERED Today‘s post is going to be a very short one and not a very profound one, more a confession and a way of facing my fears, than advice to anyone else. It is a

JANUARY 10, MONDAY

I‘M CONFUSED, I‘M SCARED, I‘M BEWILDERED Today‘s post is going to be a very short one and not a very profound one, more a confession and a way of facing my fears, than advice to anyone else. It is a

JANUARY 9, SUNDAY

MARDI GRAS I won‘t be here on February 27 when Asheville has their annual Mardi Gras Parade on the South Slope of downtown Asheville, a celebration that New Orleans is better known for than Asheville, but that Asheville celebrates with

JANUARY 9, SUNDAY

MARDI GRAS I won‘t be here on February 27 when Asheville has their annual Mardi Gras Parade on the South Slope of downtown Asheville, a celebration that New Orleans is better known for than Asheville, but that Asheville celebrates with

JANUARY 8, SATURDAY

HARMONY OR WRENCHING CHANGE Let’s just assume for a minute that I was onto something a couple of days ago when I suggested that what makes Maggie the dog and me the human, fully alive and sensing meaning, is some

JANUARY 8, SATURDAY

HARMONY OR WRENCHING CHANGE Let’s just assume for a minute that I was onto something a couple of days ago when I suggested that what makes Maggie the dog and me the human, fully alive and sensing meaning, is some

JANUARY 7, FRIDAY

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0V5kuVsbwqCdx MARSHALL MERMAIDS AND PIRATES PARADE Another example of people in the Asheville area having a good time together. If the universe is an absurd place without any absolute meaning, these people sure don’t show it. Instead they are exuberantly

JANUARY 7, FRIDAY

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0V5kuVsbwqCdx MARSHALL MERMAIDS AND PIRATES PARADE Another example of people in the Asheville area having a good time together. If the universe is an absurd place without any absolute meaning, these people sure don’t show it. Instead they are exuberantly

JANUARY 6, THURSDAY

ON THE ROAD TO MOKSHA I realize that I am not going to figure out the problem that baffled me two days ago. What is has meaning in an absurd chance universe? What is absolutely real? But maybe I can

JANUARY 6, THURSDAY

ON THE ROAD TO MOKSHA I realize that I am not going to figure out the problem that baffled me two days ago. What is has meaning in an absurd chance universe? What is absolutely real? But maybe I can

JANUARY 5, WEDNESDAY

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR https://share.icloud.com/photos/007c2srEJ9SaGWZwnte–jJdghttps://share.icloud.com/photos /007c2srEJ9SaGWZwnte–jJdg Every year in October a version of the Agricultural State Fair comes to the Agricultural Extension Center outside of Ashville. There is judging of cows and pigs and other farm activities, but the

JANUARY 5, WEDNESDAY

WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA STATE FAIR https://share.icloud.com/photos/007c2srEJ9SaGWZwnte–jJdghttps://share.icloud.com/photos /007c2srEJ9SaGWZwnte–jJdg Every year in October a version of the Agricultural State Fair comes to the Agricultural Extension Center outside of Ashville. There is judging of cows and pigs and other farm activities, but the