Author Archives: billybaba
MARCH 18, FRIDAY
UKRAINE AND ME (ALL IN THE SAME BOAT) And yet, in an odd way that I can’t get my head around, we are all in the same boat. We are all dropped into the world by chance with the many
MARCH 18, FRIDAY
UKRAINE AND ME (ALL IN THE SAME BOAT) And yet, in an odd way that I can’t get my head around, we are all in the same boat. We are all dropped into the world by chance with the many
MARCH 17, THURSDAY
UKRAINE AND ME (PAINFUL CONTRAST) In 9 days I will be driven on a Sunday afternoon to the Asheville Airport and get on one flight and then another and at breakfast time will take the metro to Montmartre and by
MARCH 17, THURSDAY
UKRAINE AND ME (PAINFUL CONTRAST) In 9 days I will be driven on a Sunday afternoon to the Asheville Airport and get on one flight and then another and at breakfast time will take the metro to Montmartre and by
MARCH 16, WEDNESDAY
THE WYETHS A full size reproduction of Christina’s World painted by Andrew Wyeth hung in my parents’ home in Ithaca for years. I am guessing that it was bought at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which
MARCH 16, WEDNESDAY
THE WYETHS A full size reproduction of Christina’s World painted by Andrew Wyeth hung in my parents’ home in Ithaca for years. I am guessing that it was bought at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, which
MARCH 15, TUESDAY
BUNGALOW NUMBER ONE, YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN In 2012 Susie and I were in Varanasi for our every other year month in Varanasi and decided to visit the Agricultural Institute in Allahabad, 60 miles away, 60 years after I
MARCH 15, TUESDAY
BUNGALOW NUMBER ONE, YOU CAN’T GO HOME AGAIN In 2012 Susie and I were in Varanasi for our every other year month in Varanasi and decided to visit the Agricultural Institute in Allahabad, 60 miles away, 60 years after I
MARCH 14, MONDAY
BUNGALOW NUMBER ONE My father was Principal of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute. Our house was bungalow number one of about seven or eight similar bungalows where the American missionary staff lived. It was a large house with a grassy lawn
MARCH 14, MONDAY
BUNGALOW NUMBER ONE My father was Principal of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute. Our house was bungalow number one of about seven or eight similar bungalows where the American missionary staff lived. It was a large house with a grassy lawn
MARCH 13, SUNDAY
GORGEOUS GUSSIE When my family lived in Allahabad where my father was the Principal of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute, our long vacation was in the winter because Woodstock School, the missionary boarding school I attended was in the lower Himalayas
MARCH 13, SUNDAY
GORGEOUS GUSSIE When my family lived in Allahabad where my father was the Principal of the Allahabad Agricultural Institute, our long vacation was in the winter because Woodstock School, the missionary boarding school I attended was in the lower Himalayas
MARCH 12, SATURDAY
HUNTING IN INDIA In January, 1951, I was living in India. I was 13 and my brother, Ted, was 11, my mother was in the United States for medical treatment and my father was traveling, probably also to the United
MARCH 12, SATURDAY
HUNTING IN INDIA In January, 1951, I was living in India. I was 13 and my brother, Ted, was 11, my mother was in the United States for medical treatment and my father was traveling, probably also to the United
MARCH 11, FRIDAY (ACTUALLY SATURDAY)
COLD BUT NOT IN KYIV Last night the American way of distributing power, by stringing electric wires past trees that can fall at any time, finally caught up with us. We have had two big snowstorms with ten inches of
MARCH 11, FRIDAY (ACTUALLY SATURDAY)
COLD BUT NOT IN KYIV Last night the American way of distributing power, by stringing electric wires past trees that can fall at any time, finally caught up with us. We have had two big snowstorms with ten inches of
MARCH 10, THURSDAY
GOSSIP (GOD+SIBB) AND PRACTICAL ADVICE The other day I wondered about Sheila Heti’s book Motherhood. One of the things I wondered about was about whether it was autofiction or not. I wondered whether stories of actual events seem most real
MARCH 10, THURSDAY
GOSSIP (GOD+SIBB) AND PRACTICAL ADVICE The other day I wondered about Sheila Heti’s book Motherhood. One of the things I wondered about was about whether it was autofiction or not. I wondered whether stories of actual events seem most real
MARCH 9, WEDNESDAY
IDENTITY AND FUNDAMENTALISM I just read an article by David Brooks in the New York Times about the reason that Putin has ordered a Russian invasion of Ukraine and why he has general Russian support. He argues that the reason
MARCH 9, WEDNESDAY
IDENTITY AND FUNDAMENTALISM I just read an article by David Brooks in the New York Times about the reason that Putin has ordered a Russian invasion of Ukraine and why he has general Russian support. He argues that the reason
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 