Author Archives: billybaba

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

OCTOBER 17, SUNDAY

LOST Another NHT day because the only thing that happened all day was that I sat here and wrote and read. While sitting and reading and writing doesn‘t seem noteworthy, it is as much the reason I came as anything

OCTOBER 17, SUNDAY

LOST Another NHT day because the only thing that happened all day was that I sat here and wrote and read. While sitting and reading and writing doesn‘t seem noteworthy, it is as much the reason I came as anything

OCTOBER 16, SATURDAY

SUNSET OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD Today looked as if it would be a NHT day as rain kept me in all day. In the morning my adventure was driving Susie in our rented stick shift car through narrow

OCTOBER 16, SATURDAY

SUNSET OF THE LIVING AND THE DEAD Today looked as if it would be a NHT day as rain kept me in all day. In the morning my adventure was driving Susie in our rented stick shift car through narrow