Author Archives: billybaba
OCTOBER 7, WEDNESDAY
ATHENS Finally I am over jetlag enough to take a photograph of my dinner tonight and of the restaurant in which I ate. I am beginning to come to life again after being bleary eyed and numb with tiredness for
OCTOBER 7, WEDNESDAY
ATHENS Finally I am over jetlag enough to take a photograph of my dinner tonight and of the restaurant in which I ate. I am beginning to come to life again after being bleary eyed and numb with tiredness for
OCTOBER 5, TUESDAY
ARRIVING A two hour ride to Charlotte yesterday with Todd and Susie, with a stop in Hickory at the Taj Indian restaurant for a very good lunch of puries and Rogan Josh with so much food that I ate it
OCTOBER 5, TUESDAY
ARRIVING A two hour ride to Charlotte yesterday with Todd and Susie, with a stop in Hickory at the Taj Indian restaurant for a very good lunch of puries and Rogan Josh with so much food that I ate it
OCTOBER 4, MONDAY
LEAVING TODAY The transition from one place to another is always dislocating. It is so hard to cope with the feeling that you are comfortably in one place where everything is normal, to suddenly being on the other side of
OCTOBER 4, MONDAY
LEAVING TODAY The transition from one place to another is always dislocating. It is so hard to cope with the feeling that you are comfortably in one place where everything is normal, to suddenly being on the other side of
OCTOBER 3, SUNDAY
NHT So what do I write about when nothing happened yesterday? My little brother Ted who died eight years ago kept a journal at the age of 8 which he kept in his fantasy fort between the roots of a
OCTOBER 3, SUNDAY
NHT So what do I write about when nothing happened yesterday? My little brother Ted who died eight years ago kept a journal at the age of 8 which he kept in his fantasy fort between the roots of a
OCTOBER 2, SATURDAY
BEING ROBBED I‘ve been robbed a number of times on trips. This is the first time I have been robbed, or robbery attempted, I will find out, while sitting right here in my living room preparing for the trip. For
OCTOBER 2, SATURDAY
BEING ROBBED I‘ve been robbed a number of times on trips. This is the first time I have been robbed, or robbery attempted, I will find out, while sitting right here in my living room preparing for the trip. For
OCTOBER 1, FRIDAY
FOOD I am looking forward to the food in Greece, particularly the seafood, but nothing could be more exotic or more of a cross-cultural experience than the Ostrich carpaccio, thinly sliced raw ostrich with greens, followed up by char-grilled octopus
OCTOBER 1, FRIDAY
FOOD I am looking forward to the food in Greece, particularly the seafood, but nothing could be more exotic or more of a cross-cultural experience than the Ostrich carpaccio, thinly sliced raw ostrich with greens, followed up by char-grilled octopus
SEPTEMBER 30, THURSDAY
STUFF I am at the stage in life where the weight of all the stuff that you have begins to weigh on you. I can’t take it with me, I have to get rid of it somehow. I live in
SEPTEMBER 30, THURSDAY
STUFF I am at the stage in life where the weight of all the stuff that you have begins to weigh on you. I can’t take it with me, I have to get rid of it somehow. I live in
SEPTEMBER 29, WEDNESDAY
GONE I am sitting on the back deck of my house overlooking the Warren Wilson farm and with a row of evergreens that I have looked at for years without every finding the name of lining Warren Wilson Road that
SEPTEMBER 29, WEDNESDAY
GONE I am sitting on the back deck of my house overlooking the Warren Wilson farm and with a row of evergreens that I have looked at for years without every finding the name of lining Warren Wilson Road that
SEPTEMBER 28, TUESDAY
LETTING GO Yesterday, like every day before this trip I thought of the practical things that I have to do before I go. That is an issue probably for everyone who is going away for awhile. All the things that
SEPTEMBER 28, TUESDAY
LETTING GO Yesterday, like every day before this trip I thought of the practical things that I have to do before I go. That is an issue probably for everyone who is going away for awhile. All the things that
SEPTEMBER 27, MONDAY 2021
Being Here and Being There I fly to Athens from Charlotte a week from today. It is the beginning of an eight month odyssey in which I will rotate, be away for a month or two and back home for
SEPTEMBER 27, MONDAY 2021
Being Here and Being There I fly to Athens from Charlotte a week from today. It is the beginning of an eight month odyssey in which I will rotate, be away for a month or two and back home for
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 