Author Archives: billybaba

DECEMBER 5, SUNDAY

But first a little Christmas cheer of people feeling good together at CeCe’s Christmas party last night to lighten things up. LISTENING, UNDERSTANDING AND THEN WHAT? PREAMBLE First I have have to listen to MAGA voters and to understand them

DECEMBER 5, SUNDAY

But first a little Christmas cheer of people feeling good together at CeCe’s Christmas party last night to lighten things up. LISTENING, UNDERSTANDING AND THEN WHAT? PREAMBLE First I have have to listen to MAGA voters and to understand them

DECEMBER 4, SATURDAY

DIFFERENCES Even on the flight from Munchen to Charlotte, without being aware that I was doing it, I was sorting people out, sorting out my fellow Americans. On the flight the announcements were made first in German and then in

DECEMBER 4, SATURDAY

DIFFERENCES Even on the flight from Munchen to Charlotte, without being aware that I was doing it, I was sorting people out, sorting out my fellow Americans. On the flight the announcements were made first in German and then in

DECEMBER 3, FRIDAY

HOME I’ve been back two days and slowly I am shifting to sleeping till 4 and going to bed at 9. But jet lag means that your body is on one rhythm and is being forced into another and is

DECEMBER 3, FRIDAY

HOME I’ve been back two days and slowly I am shifting to sleeping till 4 and going to bed at 9. But jet lag means that your body is on one rhythm and is being forced into another and is

DECEMBER 2, THURSDAY

JET LAG, CULTURE SHOCK AND TWITTERING I am up at 4 a.m. in Swannanoa in the dark. The December temperature today promises to be 72F/22C with sunshine all day but with chillier days ahead. Jet Lag catches up to me

DECEMBER 2, THURSDAY

JET LAG, CULTURE SHOCK AND TWITTERING I am up at 4 a.m. in Swannanoa in the dark. The December temperature today promises to be 72F/22C with sunshine all day but with chillier days ahead. Jet Lag catches up to me

DECEMBER 1, WEDNESDAY

MY KAFKAESQUE, MAGIC FLIGHT HOME I was driven by Oliver, my landlord to the Celle train station at 6 in the morning and got there in plenty of time. By bus I would have had only three to seven minutes

DECEMBER 1, WEDNESDAY

MY KAFKAESQUE, MAGIC FLIGHT HOME I was driven by Oliver, my landlord to the Celle train station at 6 in the morning and got there in plenty of time. By bus I would have had only three to seven minutes

NOVEMBER 30, TUESDAY

TRANSITION COMPLETED My last day in Winsen I let go. I wrote a daily response to the trip in which I compared the transition of going from Winsen to Swannanoa to the transition from life to death, then I said

NOVEMBER 30, TUESDAY

TRANSITION COMPLETED My last day in Winsen I let go. I wrote a daily response to the trip in which I compared the transition of going from Winsen to Swannanoa to the transition from life to death, then I said

NOVEMBER 29, MONDAY

RULES, TRANSITION AND DEATH I went to Heinrich‘s and Elke‘s house yesterday evening after going nowhere on a gloomy day. They are going to a funeral today of a childhood friend of Heinrich‘s who Kathe also knew. It is at

NOVEMBER 29, MONDAY

RULES, TRANSITION AND DEATH I went to Heinrich‘s and Elke‘s house yesterday evening after going nowhere on a gloomy day. They are going to a funeral today of a childhood friend of Heinrich‘s who Kathe also knew. It is at

NOVEMBER 28, SUNDAY

FAMILY Here it comes again, another transition. This trip has been full of transitions. To Athens, then Naousa, then Athens again, then Aschaffenburg, then Winsen all with new and interesting people and old friends. Each dislocation brings something new. And

NOVEMBER 28, SUNDAY

FAMILY Here it comes again, another transition. This trip has been full of transitions. To Athens, then Naousa, then Athens again, then Aschaffenburg, then Winsen all with new and interesting people and old friends. Each dislocation brings something new. And

NOVEMBER 27, SATURDAY

CELLE WEIHNACHT’S MARKT Saturday was a gloomy day with light rain in the morning. I had been planning to go to Celle to photograph the Christmas market but misread the bus schedule and thought there were not buses. But in

NOVEMBER 27, SATURDAY

CELLE WEIHNACHT’S MARKT Saturday was a gloomy day with light rain in the morning. I had been planning to go to Celle to photograph the Christmas market but misread the bus schedule and thought there were not buses. But in

NOVEMBER 26, FRIDAY

SO WHAT TO DO? Today Elke and Heinrich had to go to a funeral and a meal afterwards of a good friend. They will have to do that again on Tuesday. So I had the day to myself, a gloomy,

NOVEMBER 26, FRIDAY

SO WHAT TO DO? Today Elke and Heinrich had to go to a funeral and a meal afterwards of a good friend. They will have to do that again on Tuesday. So I had the day to myself, a gloomy,