Author Archives: billybaba
MAY 23, MONDAY
UNSHOCKED Why are we shocked when a gunman enters a school and kills 14 children and four others? We live in a country that is awash in guns, we live in a country where personal freedom comes first, we live
MAY 23, MONDAY
UNSHOCKED Why are we shocked when a gunman enters a school and kills 14 children and four others? We live in a country that is awash in guns, we live in a country where personal freedom comes first, we live
MAY 22, SUNDAY
UNCOMMON MARKET The Uncommon Market is an outdoor market at the River Arts District of Asheville and is a chance to photograph the graffiti on the walls of old warehouses, the people attending the market, and the artist’s tented stalls
MAY 22, SUNDAY
UNCOMMON MARKET The Uncommon Market is an outdoor market at the River Arts District of Asheville and is a chance to photograph the graffiti on the walls of old warehouses, the people attending the market, and the artist’s tented stalls
MAY 21, SATURDAY
A BORING AMERICAN POST To day I was locked out of my house because my house key wasn’t on my set of Kia car keys. So I called my son Tom and he was at the Highland Football Club fundraiser
MAY 21, SATURDAY
A BORING AMERICAN POST To day I was locked out of my house because my house key wasn’t on my set of Kia car keys. So I called my son Tom and he was at the Highland Football Club fundraiser
MAY 20, FRIDAY
WINGING IT ON AMTRAK A year ago I signed up for an Amtrak credit card that gave me 50,000 points if I would charge a certain amount within several months, which I did. I haven‘t used them yet. And then
MAY 20, FRIDAY
WINGING IT ON AMTRAK A year ago I signed up for an Amtrak credit card that gave me 50,000 points if I would charge a certain amount within several months, which I did. I haven‘t used them yet. And then
MAY 19, THURSDAY
TRIBALISM AGAIN After sharing the same double bed with my brother after he joined me at Lili’s Airbnb for a week, he flew to Italy where both he and his wife, Chris, have come down with Covid, feeling uncomfortably sick,
MAY 19, THURSDAY
TRIBALISM AGAIN After sharing the same double bed with my brother after he joined me at Lili’s Airbnb for a week, he flew to Italy where both he and his wife, Chris, have come down with Covid, feeling uncomfortably sick,
MAY 18, WEDNESDAY
CULTURE AS RADICAL IMAGINATION A couple of days I wondered about why stepping outside of your culture into another can be so alive and why stepping back in can seem constricting and flat. When your own culture becomes fundamental, the
MAY 18, WEDNESDAY
CULTURE AS RADICAL IMAGINATION A couple of days I wondered about why stepping outside of your culture into another can be so alive and why stepping back in can seem constricting and flat. When your own culture becomes fundamental, the
MAY 17, TUESDAY
SWANNANOA AGAIN I have been back for five days. As on every trip abroad it has been hard to fit back in. All my life the most intense culture shock has been coming back home. As with every trip I
MAY 17, TUESDAY
SWANNANOA AGAIN I have been back for five days. As on every trip abroad it has been hard to fit back in. All my life the most intense culture shock has been coming back home. As with every trip I
MAY 15, SUNDAY
POD The last three days I have been summing up the things I experienced in my two weeks in London. In the meantime I spent nine hours on Friday flying to Chicago and two hours after a two hour delay,
MAY 15, SUNDAY
POD The last three days I have been summing up the things I experienced in my two weeks in London. In the meantime I spent nine hours on Friday flying to Chicago and two hours after a two hour delay,
MAY 14, SATURDAY
TRAVEL COMPANIONS A third thing I learned in London is the disquieting effect that the tensions of travel can have on travelers. I learned some of this from Lili. When she questioned my attitude toward bathing or felt that my
MAY 14, SATURDAY
TRAVEL COMPANIONS A third thing I learned in London is the disquieting effect that the tensions of travel can have on travelers. I learned some of this from Lili. When she questioned my attitude toward bathing or felt that my
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 