Author Archives: billybaba
JUNE 12, SUNDAY
SERENDIPITY I will give one example of something that can happen on a trip when you are clueless about what is going on but jump right in. It happened in Virampur where my friend Hasmukh Patel has organized a Gandhian
JUNE 12, SUNDAY
SERENDIPITY I will give one example of something that can happen on a trip when you are clueless about what is going on but jump right in. It happened in Virampur where my friend Hasmukh Patel has organized a Gandhian
JUNE 11, FRIDAY
SEARCHING FOR SYMPATHY Sometimes lately I have tried to gain sympathy for my adventures, such my problems with this Amtrak trip that I am about to leave on. My body is aching, I don’t know what I am getting myself
JUNE 11, FRIDAY
SEARCHING FOR SYMPATHY Sometimes lately I have tried to gain sympathy for my adventures, such my problems with this Amtrak trip that I am about to leave on. My body is aching, I don’t know what I am getting myself
JUNE 10, FRIDAY
OLD AGE AND DON QUIXOTE I may have lived partially in imagination all along but now the fantasies and the Don Quixote drive become much more intense. Partly it is because I have moved from the householder stage where I
JUNE 10, FRIDAY
OLD AGE AND DON QUIXOTE I may have lived partially in imagination all along but now the fantasies and the Don Quixote drive become much more intense. Partly it is because I have moved from the householder stage where I
JUNE 9, THURSDAY
SACRED AND PROFANE, MYTH AND FACT (From one Don Quixote to another, remember when reading this that Don Quixote was nuts and so accept my own nuttiness.) Don Quixote Des La Manchas is Spain’s greatest novel. I think iit has
JUNE 9, THURSDAY
SACRED AND PROFANE, MYTH AND FACT (From one Don Quixote to another, remember when reading this that Don Quixote was nuts and so accept my own nuttiness.) Don Quixote Des La Manchas is Spain’s greatest novel. I think iit has
JUNE 8, WEDNESDAY
DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANZA I sit in the early morning while it is still dark full of visions and ready to take on the world, a 14 year old amazed to be alive and filled with delight as the
JUNE 8, WEDNESDAY
DON QUIXOTE AND SANCHO PANZA I sit in the early morning while it is still dark full of visions and ready to take on the world, a 14 year old amazed to be alive and filled with delight as the
JUNE 7, TUESDAY
FLOATING AROUND AMERICA It seemed so simple three months ago. Amtrak offered a discount on their 30 day, 10 segment, ticket, down from $500 to $400. So I bought the ticket before going to Paris. The ticket was only good
JUNE 7, TUESDAY
FLOATING AROUND AMERICA It seemed so simple three months ago. Amtrak offered a discount on their 30 day, 10 segment, ticket, down from $500 to $400. So I bought the ticket before going to Paris. The ticket was only good
JUNE 6, MONDAY
INDIAN HOLI AND MARSHALL MERMAIDS Half way around the world in India on a spring full moon day, in this case at Varanasi at Assi Ghat, March 12, 2012, people are having the same wild time celebrating Holi that the
JUNE 6, MONDAY
INDIAN HOLI AND MARSHALL MERMAIDS Half way around the world in India on a spring full moon day, in this case at Varanasi at Assi Ghat, March 12, 2012, people are having the same wild time celebrating Holi that the
JUNE 3, FRIDAY (REALLY SUNDAY)
MARSHALL MERMAID PARADE The annual Mermaids and Pirates celebration in Marshall, NC, just up the French Broad River from Asheville, is a chance for the whole town to let go and celebrate. And this year, it was simply named the
JUNE 3, FRIDAY (REALLY SUNDAY)
MARSHALL MERMAID PARADE The annual Mermaids and Pirates celebration in Marshall, NC, just up the French Broad River from Asheville, is a chance for the whole town to let go and celebrate. And this year, it was simply named the
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 