Author Archives: billybaba

JUNE 19, THURSDAY

SOMETHING HAPPENED TODAY: SAN MIGUEL AND COUNTRY MUSIC Compared to yesterday something happened today. In the early afternoon I met Martha Nelson at Pulp and Spout Vegan Cafe For lunch. She is setting up two yoga weeklong retreats in San

JUNE 19, THURSDAY

SOMETHING HAPPENED TODAY: SAN MIGUEL AND COUNTRY MUSIC Compared to yesterday something happened today. In the early afternoon I met Martha Nelson at Pulp and Spout Vegan Cafe For lunch. She is setting up two yoga weeklong retreats in San

JUNE 18, WEDNESDAY

NHT Truely nothing happened today or nothing that I can remember. No activities, no photographs, nothing to report. Everything that happened was internal, wondering about selling my house, wondering about how to use my Olympus cameras, wondering about the meaning

JUNE 18, WEDNESDAY

NHT Truely nothing happened today or nothing that I can remember. No activities, no photographs, nothing to report. Everything that happened was internal, wondering about selling my house, wondering about how to use my Olympus cameras, wondering about the meaning

JUNE 17, TUESDAY

MARSHALL STUDIOS I spent the day in my apartment reading and writing so have little to report. But during the morning I made a visit the few hundred yards to the Studios on the Island in the middle of the

JUNE 17, TUESDAY

MARSHALL STUDIOS I spent the day in my apartment reading and writing so have little to report. But during the morning I made a visit the few hundred yards to the Studios on the Island in the middle of the

JUNE 16, MONDAY

TED’S VISIT We had breakfast at my apartment before Ted drove at 10 to Charlotte. Again we looked through photographs. But I forgot to post about dinner on Saturday evening when Ted first drove to Marshall. We met in Asheville

JUNE 16, MONDAY

TED’S VISIT We had breakfast at my apartment before Ted drove at 10 to Charlotte. Again we looked through photographs. But I forgot to post about dinner on Saturday evening when Ted first drove to Marshall. We met in Asheville

JUNE 15, SUNDAY

TED WIMSATT’S VISIT My sister Anne’s second son, Ted, Susie’s cousin, stopped by Marshall from Phoenix on his way to a business meeting on Monday in Charlotte. He came over from his Airbnb outside Marshall for breakfast. It rained off

JUNE 15, SUNDAY

TED WIMSATT’S VISIT My sister Anne’s second son, Ted, Susie’s cousin, stopped by Marshall from Phoenix on his way to a business meeting on Monday in Charlotte. He came over from his Airbnb outside Marshall for breakfast. It rained off

JUNE 14, SATURDAY

BLUFF MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL I have read announcements of the Bluff Mountain Festival for several years but never visited it. It is a festival in Hot Springs, about a half hour downstream from Marshall on the French Broad river. It takes

JUNE 14, SATURDAY

BLUFF MOUNTAIN FESTIVAL I have read announcements of the Bluff Mountain Festival for several years but never visited it. It is a festival in Hot Springs, about a half hour downstream from Marshall on the French Broad river. It takes

JUNE 13, FRIDAY

OLD MEN’S GROUP Six of us old men, retired from working at Warren Wilson College or married to someone who worked there, meet every Friday at 10 a.m. at the McDonalds in Black Mountain. We meet at McDonalds because their

JUNE 13, FRIDAY

OLD MEN’S GROUP Six of us old men, retired from working at Warren Wilson College or married to someone who worked there, meet every Friday at 10 a.m. at the McDonalds in Black Mountain. We meet at McDonalds because their

JUNE 12, THURSDAY

JENNY ODELL Thursday evening, at 6:15 p.m., after a Trader Joe Indian meal, I sat opened the window of my apartment that faced the French Broad river and sat at my desk, wondering what to write about on my iPad,

JUNE 12, THURSDAY

JENNY ODELL Thursday evening, at 6:15 p.m., after a Trader Joe Indian meal, I sat opened the window of my apartment that faced the French Broad river and sat at my desk, wondering what to write about on my iPad,

JUNE 11, WEDNESDAY

BALLAD SWAP In the morning I showed the house I am selling to the last person who has shown interest. To my surprise they seemed very interested. But the tension of dealing with the sale of house without any experience

JUNE 11, WEDNESDAY

BALLAD SWAP In the morning I showed the house I am selling to the last person who has shown interest. To my surprise they seemed very interested. But the tension of dealing with the sale of house without any experience

JUNE 10, TUESDAY

MOVING There are people who buy and sell houses and get a kick out of it. There are people who read about the stock market and love making their choices and getting rich. I have a colleague on the same

JUNE 10, TUESDAY

MOVING There are people who buy and sell houses and get a kick out of it. There are people who read about the stock market and love making their choices and getting rich. I have a colleague on the same