Author Archives: billybaba
NOVEMBER 23, TUESDAY
DRIVEN BY EMOTION Today I am going to wrestle with several personal issues that seem to me to be connected with the hyper emotional tension between vaxxers and antivaxxers, left and right, conservatives and liberals. I have long wondered what
NOVEMBER 23, TUESDAY
DRIVEN BY EMOTION Today I am going to wrestle with several personal issues that seem to me to be connected with the hyper emotional tension between vaxxers and antivaxxers, left and right, conservatives and liberals. I have long wondered what
NOVEMBER 22, MONDAY
NHT (NOTHING HAPPENED TODAY), AGAIN It was an NHT day. I stayed in my quite spacious little apartment with a Living room, kitchen/dining room, bedroom and bathroom all day except for walking to Aldi to shop for a few needed
NOVEMBER 22, MONDAY
NHT (NOTHING HAPPENED TODAY), AGAIN It was an NHT day. I stayed in my quite spacious little apartment with a Living room, kitchen/dining room, bedroom and bathroom all day except for walking to Aldi to shop for a few needed
NOVEMBER 21, SUNDAY
DAY OF THE DEAD Sunday morning at 5:45 a.m. Susie caught a taxi, driven by an Iraqi taxi driver, to Celle where she caught the train to Hannover airport and the flight home. At 8 Elke phoned me to ask
NOVEMBER 21, SUNDAY
DAY OF THE DEAD Sunday morning at 5:45 a.m. Susie caught a taxi, driven by an Iraqi taxi driver, to Celle where she caught the train to Hannover airport and the flight home. At 8 Elke phoned me to ask
NOVEMBER 20, SATURDAY
UNDER THE SURFACE As an outsider it is hard to see below the surface of German life, as it must be for a German when visiting Asheville. On the surface yesterday was a lively Saturday market day in Celle. We
NOVEMBER 20, SATURDAY
UNDER THE SURFACE As an outsider it is hard to see below the surface of German life, as it must be for a German when visiting Asheville. On the surface yesterday was a lively Saturday market day in Celle. We
NOVEMBER 19, FRIDAY
FISCHERHUDE AND WORPSWEDE AND BIRCH TREES We drove to Fischerhude on our last big adventure ride, stopping at Vatter along the way for Spiegeleier (fried eggs) and brotchen. It was a gloomy day, almost every day in Germany has been
NOVEMBER 19, FRIDAY
FISCHERHUDE AND WORPSWEDE AND BIRCH TREES We drove to Fischerhude on our last big adventure ride, stopping at Vatter along the way for Spiegeleier (fried eggs) and brotchen. It was a gloomy day, almost every day in Germany has been
NOVEMBER 18, THURSDAY
NOT IN SWANNANOA Today was going to be another off day, another NHT day. The only thing scheduled was lunch with Heinrich and Elke in some nearby inn and maybe a brief visit to a little village church with an
NOVEMBER 18, THURSDAY
NOT IN SWANNANOA Today was going to be another off day, another NHT day. The only thing scheduled was lunch with Heinrich and Elke in some nearby inn and maybe a brief visit to a little village church with an
NOVEMBER 17, WEDNESDAY
GEBLITZED Another day on the road in the shiny white Skoda. First we went back to Garssen to see if we could find the well Kathe‘s mother is standing by with Kathe in her arms that is pictured in Kathe‘s
NOVEMBER 17, WEDNESDAY
GEBLITZED Another day on the road in the shiny white Skoda. First we went back to Garssen to see if we could find the well Kathe‘s mother is standing by with Kathe in her arms that is pictured in Kathe‘s
NOVEMBER 16, TUESDAY
BEING LIBERATED IN GERMANY Today was going to be an off day, a quiet day, with only one event planned, an invitation by Heinrich and Elke to Hartman, the former name of Restaurant Stadt Bremen, a Café where Kathe and
NOVEMBER 16, TUESDAY
BEING LIBERATED IN GERMANY Today was going to be an off day, a quiet day, with only one event planned, an invitation by Heinrich and Elke to Hartman, the former name of Restaurant Stadt Bremen, a Café where Kathe and
NOVEMBER 15, MONDAY
Cruising North Germany Yesterday we drove all day in the shiny white Skoda that Marie rented for us. We got started a little late, at 9:30 or so, and got only as far as Wilhelm‘s Bakery in Winsen where we
NOVEMBER 15, MONDAY
Cruising North Germany Yesterday we drove all day in the shiny white Skoda that Marie rented for us. We got started a little late, at 9:30 or so, and got only as far as Wilhelm‘s Bakery in Winsen where we
NOVEMBER 14, SUNDAY
HITTING A WALL Yesterday both Susie and I hit a wall. It was our wall and had nothing to do with Germany or the people Kathe felt at home with or the people we had come to feel at home
NOVEMBER 14, SUNDAY
HITTING A WALL Yesterday both Susie and I hit a wall. It was our wall and had nothing to do with Germany or the people Kathe felt at home with or the people we had come to feel at home
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