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JUNE 2, THURSDAY
MY ELECTRIC THROW Last week I ordered an electric throw for my Amtrak trip circling the country. I‘ve read that there is an electrical outlet for every seat but that they are placed next to the window seat and that
JUNE 2, THURSDAY
MY ELECTRIC THROW Last week I ordered an electric throw for my Amtrak trip circling the country. I‘ve read that there is an electrical outlet for every seat but that they are placed next to the window seat and that
JUNE 1, WEDNESDAY
MY AGING BODY Yesterday I visited my family doctor, Alan Baumgarten. I like visiting with him and talking with him although we can’t talk much in the short time allotted to a wellness visit. He has been watching over Kathe
JUNE 1, WEDNESDAY
MY AGING BODY Yesterday I visited my family doctor, Alan Baumgarten. I like visiting with him and talking with him although we can’t talk much in the short time allotted to a wellness visit. He has been watching over Kathe
MAY 31, TUESDAY
DINOSAURS I have always been fascinated by dinosaurs. It is not so much the shape or size or threatening nature of dinosaurs that fascinates me. It is the fact that the dinosaurs were here for eons and eons and then
MAY 31, TUESDAY
DINOSAURS I have always been fascinated by dinosaurs. It is not so much the shape or size or threatening nature of dinosaurs that fascinates me. It is the fact that the dinosaurs were here for eons and eons and then
MAY 30, MONDAY
FEAR Fear is one of my most intense emotions. Pain is the way my body tells me that something is wrong and protects me. Fear is my way of sensing things that threaten my well being or my identity. I
MAY 30, MONDAY
FEAR Fear is one of my most intense emotions. Pain is the way my body tells me that something is wrong and protects me. Fear is my way of sensing things that threaten my well being or my identity. I
MAY 29, SUNDAY
PEOPLE When we moved her Asheville was a tourist town. But in the last ten years it has become flooded with tourists. Hotel after hotel has sprung up and there are restaurants everywhere. Cars are lined up leading to the
MAY 29, SUNDAY
PEOPLE When we moved her Asheville was a tourist town. But in the last ten years it has become flooded with tourists. Hotel after hotel has sprung up and there are restaurants everywhere. Cars are lined up leading to the
MAY 28, SATURDAY
THE BLOCK Yesterday Susie and I visited The Block, the former Black center of Asheville. For decades it was the center of black life in Asheville with a hundred black owned businesses. By the time my family moved to Asheville
MAY 28, SATURDAY
THE BLOCK Yesterday Susie and I visited The Block, the former Black center of Asheville. For decades it was the center of black life in Asheville with a hundred black owned businesses. By the time my family moved to Asheville
MAY 27, FRIDAY
ART SHOW COLOR On a cool, windy, sunny Memorial Day weekend Asheville was filled with tourists. Susie and I wanted to go to the Asheville Art Museum but it was closed because of low water pressure of all things. But
MAY 27, FRIDAY
ART SHOW COLOR On a cool, windy, sunny Memorial Day weekend Asheville was filled with tourists. Susie and I wanted to go to the Asheville Art Museum but it was closed because of low water pressure of all things. But
MAY 26, THURSDAY
SRI LANKA Here are more photographs of the lush greenery and bright colors of Sri Lanka. The Sarvodaya village development organization which we visited on each trip has helped villagers to transform their villages by working together and supporting each
MAY 26, THURSDAY
SRI LANKA Here are more photographs of the lush greenery and bright colors of Sri Lanka. The Sarvodaya village development organization which we visited on each trip has helped villagers to transform their villages by working together and supporting each
MAY 25, WEDNESDAY
SRI LANKA CALLING Yesterday Winsor Kanakaratne phoned me from Sri Lanka. I had tried emailing him over a month ago and the message didn’t go through. But several days ago I found him through the Sarvodaya district office in Moratuwa.
MAY 25, WEDNESDAY
SRI LANKA CALLING Yesterday Winsor Kanakaratne phoned me from Sri Lanka. I had tried emailing him over a month ago and the message didn’t go through. But several days ago I found him through the Sarvodaya district office in Moratuwa.
MAY 24, TUESDAY
PATRIOTIC MOTORCYCLE PILGRIMAGE I missed the 2 mile Run To The Wall motorcycle parade through Swannanoa, stopping at the Harley Davidson Motorcycle store right next to my CVS pharmacy. I read about it two days later in the Asheville Citizen-Times
MAY 24, TUESDAY
PATRIOTIC MOTORCYCLE PILGRIMAGE I missed the 2 mile Run To The Wall motorcycle parade through Swannanoa, stopping at the Harley Davidson Motorcycle store right next to my CVS pharmacy. I read about it two days later in the Asheville Citizen-Times
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 