Author Archives: billybaba
AUGUST 9, FRIDAY
SOURWOOD FESTIVAL On Saturday morning Susie and I went to the Sourwood Festival in Black Mountain just down the road. The center of town was blocked off and there were white tents by vendors up and down the Main Street
AUGUST 9, FRIDAY
SOURWOOD FESTIVAL On Saturday morning Susie and I went to the Sourwood Festival in Black Mountain just down the road. The center of town was blocked off and there were white tents by vendors up and down the Main Street
AUGUST 8, THURSDAY
PEGGY’S NEW HOUSE Saturday afternoon Todd and Susie were going to the housewarming party of Peggy, one of their Marshall friends and a person my wife Kathe liked to be with. Peggy has been renting a tiny house and is
AUGUST 8, THURSDAY
PEGGY’S NEW HOUSE Saturday afternoon Todd and Susie were going to the housewarming party of Peggy, one of their Marshall friends and a person my wife Kathe liked to be with. Peggy has been renting a tiny house and is
AUGUST 7, WEDNESDAY
BOGATA I have asked almost everyone I have met if they would like to go with me to Bogata next month. I have an air ticket for the month of September, leaving August 28 and have reserved an Airbnb with
AUGUST 7, WEDNESDAY
BOGATA I have asked almost everyone I have met if they would like to go with me to Bogata next month. I have an air ticket for the month of September, leaving August 28 and have reserved an Airbnb with
AUGUST 6, TUESDAY
BOTIWALLA Susie and I went to Botiwalla for lunch today. I am lucky to live in a town with a large number of Indian restaurants. Among them are my favorites, the restaurants of Maherwan Irani, a James Beard Award winning
AUGUST 6, TUESDAY
BOTIWALLA Susie and I went to Botiwalla for lunch today. I am lucky to live in a town with a large number of Indian restaurants. Among them are my favorites, the restaurants of Maherwan Irani, a James Beard Award winning
AUGUST 5, MONDAY
BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS Today I went into the laundry room where there are milk boxes full of photography books balanced five high on top of each other. I culled out magazines and damaged books and filled three boxes with thick
AUGUST 5, MONDAY
BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS Today I went into the laundry room where there are milk boxes full of photography books balanced five high on top of each other. I culled out magazines and damaged books and filled three boxes with thick
AUGUST 4, SUNDAY
INGLES FAMILY FUN DAY AT MCCORMICK FIELD Today I went with my son-in=law Todd and our mutual friend Randall and his son Laird and Laird’s father-in-law to the baseball game at McCormick Field in Asheville. The temperature was 85 F
AUGUST 4, SUNDAY
INGLES FAMILY FUN DAY AT MCCORMICK FIELD Today I went with my son-in=law Todd and our mutual friend Randall and his son Laird and Laird’s father-in-law to the baseball game at McCormick Field in Asheville. The temperature was 85 F
AUGUST 3, SATURDAY
PASSAGES I was walking around downtown Asheville the other day among tourists from all over the world and local people shopping. A quite pregnant woman with a kid in the stroller asked me the way to Prichard Park. It was
AUGUST 3, SATURDAY
PASSAGES I was walking around downtown Asheville the other day among tourists from all over the world and local people shopping. A quite pregnant woman with a kid in the stroller asked me the way to Prichard Park. It was
AUGUST 2, FRIDAY
OLYMPIC TRIBALISM I’ve discovered that I have the Peacock streaming app and that I can watch the Olympics, or at least much of it. Many of the sports are sports that I never watch, or watch at most every 4
AUGUST 2, FRIDAY
OLYMPIC TRIBALISM I’ve discovered that I have the Peacock streaming app and that I can watch the Olympics, or at least much of it. Many of the sports are sports that I never watch, or watch at most every 4
AUGUST 1, THURSDAY
WEAVERVILLE I joined Susie for supper in Weaverville, just north of Asheville on the way to Marshall. We ate in a Japanese restaurant and then walked up and down the Main Street of Weaverville. I took a few photographs of
AUGUST 1, THURSDAY
WEAVERVILLE I joined Susie for supper in Weaverville, just north of Asheville on the way to Marshall. We ate in a Japanese restaurant and then walked up and down the Main Street of Weaverville. I took a few photographs of
JULY 31, WEDNESDAY
BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS Today Susie suggested that I decide what to do with the books in my front hallway that have been there for a several months waiting for me to sort through them. I tried. For half an hour
JULY 31, WEDNESDAY
BOOKS, BOOKS, BOOKS Today Susie suggested that I decide what to do with the books in my front hallway that have been there for a several months waiting for me to sort through them. I tried. For half an hour
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 