Author Archives: billybaba
OCTOBER 27, WEDNESDAY
NEIN, DANKE Two things happened yesterday. It was blustery and windy but with the sun bright on the white houses on and off. (You won‘t believe how irksome it is to keep uncapitalizing White House’s, always with an apostrophe s,
OCTOBER 27, WEDNESDAY
NEIN, DANKE Two things happened yesterday. It was blustery and windy but with the sun bright on the white houses on and off. (You won‘t believe how irksome it is to keep uncapitalizing White House’s, always with an apostrophe s,
OCTOBER 26, TUESDAY
CATS There are cats everywhere on Paros. In the beautiful mountain town of Kostas at siesta time we saw a dozen cats but no people. There seem to be as many cats as people in Naousa. But except for Susie
OCTOBER 26, TUESDAY
CATS There are cats everywhere on Paros. In the beautiful mountain town of Kostas at siesta time we saw a dozen cats but no people. There seem to be as many cats as people in Naousa. But except for Susie
OCTOBER 25, MONDAY
NHT/EHT NOTHING HAPPENED TODAY. I got up early in the dark with the wind banging the door to the roof. I looked at my email, removing shrill pleas from Democrats to throw myself into battle (I don‘t hear from the
OCTOBER 25, MONDAY
NHT/EHT NOTHING HAPPENED TODAY. I got up early in the dark with the wind banging the door to the roof. I looked at my email, removing shrill pleas from Democrats to throw myself into battle (I don‘t hear from the
OCTOBER 24, SUNDAY
WHITE HOUSES AND SHORT GREEN GRASS I‘ll leave cats as a backup for tomorrow because I have another question about Greece and again I don‘t know who to ask. I think it is a question without an answer. The question
OCTOBER 24, SUNDAY
WHITE HOUSES AND SHORT GREEN GRASS I‘ll leave cats as a backup for tomorrow because I have another question about Greece and again I don‘t know who to ask. I think it is a question without an answer. The question
OCTOBER 23, SATURDAY
HOT WATER AND WEAK COFFEE I think I have the answer for why I don‘t have a solar hot water heater and tank on my roof in Swannanoa. After consulting with Phil Diehn, a Swannanoa neighbor who understands solar water
OCTOBER 23, SATURDAY
HOT WATER AND WEAK COFFEE I think I have the answer for why I don‘t have a solar hot water heater and tank on my roof in Swannanoa. After consulting with Phil Diehn, a Swannanoa neighbor who understands solar water
OCTOBER 22, FRIDAY
SNAILS, CELEBRATION AND COVID Two things I learned last night, how your prepare and eat snails for dinner and how having a good time and drinking beer is when Covid is most a risk. I was invited to dinner at
OCTOBER 22, FRIDAY
SNAILS, CELEBRATION AND COVID Two things I learned last night, how your prepare and eat snails for dinner and how having a good time and drinking beer is when Covid is most a risk. I was invited to dinner at
OCTOBER 21, THURSDAY
EFI Last night, after I had sat on the roof as the sun set looking at the harbor and was about to go to the grill restaurant with the good gyros just down the street that had reopened, Wolfgang knocked
OCTOBER 21, THURSDAY
EFI Last night, after I had sat on the roof as the sun set looking at the harbor and was about to go to the grill restaurant with the good gyros just down the street that had reopened, Wolfgang knocked
OCTOBER 20, WEDNESDAY
A MEDITATION ON HOT WATER HEATERS Another NHT day but it turns out that what is happening is not what I do but what I think. Feeling my way through Naousa is not a matter of sightseeing or shopping or
OCTOBER 20, WEDNESDAY
A MEDITATION ON HOT WATER HEATERS Another NHT day but it turns out that what is happening is not what I do but what I think. Feeling my way through Naousa is not a matter of sightseeing or shopping or
OCTOBER 19, TUESDAY
THE FRUGAL TRAVELER Another NHT day. I thought I would have nothing to write about. I stayed in all day reading and writing and only ventured out at 5 to go to the place that I have discovered has ready
OCTOBER 19, TUESDAY
THE FRUGAL TRAVELER Another NHT day. I thought I would have nothing to write about. I stayed in all day reading and writing and only ventured out at 5 to go to the place that I have discovered has ready
OCTOBER 18, MONDAY
SNAILS, MATCH MAKING, JEWELRY AND COMFORT FOOD The sun was out all day yesterday. At about 10 Wolfgang invited me to see the secret surprise that he and Efi had brought back from the mountains the day before. It was
OCTOBER 18, MONDAY
SNAILS, MATCH MAKING, JEWELRY AND COMFORT FOOD The sun was out all day yesterday. At about 10 Wolfgang invited me to see the secret surprise that he and Efi had brought back from the mountains the day before. It was
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 