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SEPTEMBER 27, TROPICAL STORM HELENE
Today was the day that hurricane Helene arrived with force in Asheville, Swannanoa and Marshall, the towns that I have been writing about. The Swannanoa river is a small river about 50 feet to 100 feet wide which in times
SEPTEMBER 27, TROPICAL STORM HELENE
Today was the day that hurricane Helene arrived with force in Asheville, Swannanoa and Marshall, the towns that I have been writing about. The Swannanoa river is a small river about 50 feet to 100 feet wide which in times
SEPTEMBER 26, THURSDAY
It turns out that this Thursday was a surreal day. I was up at 3:15 a.m. and out of my Airbnb at 3:45 a.m.. The taxi ride to the airport was quick, but the lines there were long. Hurricane Helene
SEPTEMBER 26, THURSDAY
It turns out that this Thursday was a surreal day. I was up at 3:15 a.m. and out of my Airbnb at 3:45 a.m.. The taxi ride to the airport was quick, but the lines there were long. Hurricane Helene
SEPTEMBER 25, WEDNESDAY
INTERNET FRUSTRATION On my last day in Bogata I got a message from American Airlines saying that even though I had a basic ticket because Miami airport was likely to be affected by hurricane Helene which was predicted to be
SEPTEMBER 25, WEDNESDAY
INTERNET FRUSTRATION On my last day in Bogata I got a message from American Airlines saying that even though I had a basic ticket because Miami airport was likely to be affected by hurricane Helene which was predicted to be
SEPTEMBER 24, TUESDAY
LOOKING FOR A BARBER In the afternoon I decided to get a haircut. I had seen barber shops in Bogota with their red and white striped symbol outside. But then I walked along Carrera 7 I couldn’t find any. I
SEPTEMBER 24, TUESDAY
LOOKING FOR A BARBER In the afternoon I decided to get a haircut. I had seen barber shops in Bogota with their red and white striped symbol outside. But then I walked along Carrera 7 I couldn’t find any. I
SEPTEMBER 30, MONDAY (OUT OF ORDER)
On Friday, September 27, I wrote my response to arrival of Hurricane Helene, now a powerful tropical storm, to Asheville, the day after I flew in from Bogota, Colombia. I am now posting an update on Monday just to let
SEPTEMBER 30, MONDAY (OUT OF ORDER)
On Friday, September 27, I wrote my response to arrival of Hurricane Helene, now a powerful tropical storm, to Asheville, the day after I flew in from Bogota, Colombia. I am now posting an update on Monday just to let
SEPTEMBER 23, MONDAY
LETTING GO On every trip in the week before I leave I begin to let go. I am sitting in my house in Swannanoa, but something in me anticipates my being somewhere else, wondering in this case about Colombia, so
SEPTEMBER 23, MONDAY
LETTING GO On every trip in the week before I leave I begin to let go. I am sitting in my house in Swannanoa, but something in me anticipates my being somewhere else, wondering in this case about Colombia, so
SEPTEMBER 22, SUNDAY
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART In the afternoon I again walked with the huge Sunday crowds on Carrera 7 and took photographs. I met Sanchez the Tarot reader, age 79, who had printed out for me a listing of over the
SEPTEMBER 22, SUNDAY
MUSEUM OF MODERN ART In the afternoon I again walked with the huge Sunday crowds on Carrera 7 and took photographs. I met Sanchez the Tarot reader, age 79, who had printed out for me a listing of over the
SEPTEMBER 21, SATURDAY
CARRERA 7 On the weekend Carrera 7, the wide street with hawkers everywhere, is crowded with people. I don‘t know where the people come from. They can‘t all be living in the high rise apartment buildings where my apartment is.
SEPTEMBER 21, SATURDAY
CARRERA 7 On the weekend Carrera 7, the wide street with hawkers everywhere, is crowded with people. I don‘t know where the people come from. They can‘t all be living in the high rise apartment buildings where my apartment is.
SEPTEMBER 20, FRIDAY
CARRERA 7 A block and a half from Akros, the apartment building, where my Airbnb is on the 14th floor (if I read Google Maps right) is Carrera 7, a very wide street that is a pedestrian only street with
SEPTEMBER 20, FRIDAY
CARRERA 7 A block and a half from Akros, the apartment building, where my Airbnb is on the 14th floor (if I read Google Maps right) is Carrera 7, a very wide street that is a pedestrian only street with
SEPTEMBER 19, THURSDAY
ALONE Susie left at 4 in the morning, flying first to Miami, then Atlanta and finally Asheville where she arrived at 7 p.m. totally exhausted and then had trouble getting from the airport to my house by Uber. I spent
SEPTEMBER 19, THURSDAY
ALONE Susie left at 4 in the morning, flying first to Miami, then Atlanta and finally Asheville where she arrived at 7 p.m. totally exhausted and then had trouble getting from the airport to my house by Uber. I spent
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 