Author Archives: billybaba
JULY 30, TUESDAY
ARGUING Why do we argue? Why do we need to correct someone who sees the world differently from the way that we do? Why can’t we wonder how two thoughtful people who see the world in two different ways have
JULY 30, TUESDAY
ARGUING Why do we argue? Why do we need to correct someone who sees the world differently from the way that we do? Why can’t we wonder how two thoughtful people who see the world in two different ways have
JULY 29, MONDAY
ACADEMIC MAJORS This is a follow up to yesterday’s question about why certain sound waves touch us so deeply. Schubert must have felt fully alive when he was hearing the sounds of music and must have delighted in arranging those
JULY 29, MONDAY
ACADEMIC MAJORS This is a follow up to yesterday’s question about why certain sound waves touch us so deeply. Schubert must have felt fully alive when he was hearing the sounds of music and must have delighted in arranging those
JULY 28, SUNDAY
SOUNDS I have been reading a book, The Immense World, which describes the way animals, including us, each sense the world in a different way. Some are guided by smell and have weak touch, some have acute hearing but weak
JULY 28, SUNDAY
SOUNDS I have been reading a book, The Immense World, which describes the way animals, including us, each sense the world in a different way. Some are guided by smell and have weak touch, some have acute hearing but weak
JULY 27, SATURDAY
FIBER FAIR Susie came to stay with me on Sunday. Since then, all week, she has been sorting through the yarn and knitting needles and sewing materials in Kathe’s knitting room. Kathe had a wonderful sense of color and whenever
JULY 27, SATURDAY
FIBER FAIR Susie came to stay with me on Sunday. Since then, all week, she has been sorting through the yarn and knitting needles and sewing materials in Kathe’s knitting room. Kathe had a wonderful sense of color and whenever
JULY 26, FRIDAY
CENTRISM Today I read a New York Times opinion piece by Jennifer Rubin arguing that what is necessary in a democracy is centrism. Democracy needs to be able to accept the possibility that each side of a polarizing issue has
JULY 26, FRIDAY
CENTRISM Today I read a New York Times opinion piece by Jennifer Rubin arguing that what is necessary in a democracy is centrism. Democracy needs to be able to accept the possibility that each side of a polarizing issue has
JULY 25, THURSDAY
COLLECTING One of the things that Kathe and I had great fun doing was going to yard sales. For years before that I was addicted to the Asheville Dreamland Flea Market. Kathe also enjoyed finding beautiful clothing at marked down
JULY 25, THURSDAY
COLLECTING One of the things that Kathe and I had great fun doing was going to yard sales. For years before that I was addicted to the Asheville Dreamland Flea Market. Kathe also enjoyed finding beautiful clothing at marked down
JULY 24, WEDNESDAY
COLLECTING One of the things that Kathe and I had great fun doing was going to yard sales. For years before that I was addicted to the Asheville Dreamland Flea Market. Kathe also enjoyed finding beautiful clothing at marked down
JULY 24, WEDNESDAY
COLLECTING One of the things that Kathe and I had great fun doing was going to yard sales. For years before that I was addicted to the Asheville Dreamland Flea Market. Kathe also enjoyed finding beautiful clothing at marked down
JULY 23, TUESDAY
OLD AGE AND CHOICES For the next ten days or so I have been caught in thinking about a huge choice for me, selling my house because it is too big for me and then deciding how to dispose of
JULY 23, TUESDAY
OLD AGE AND CHOICES For the next ten days or so I have been caught in thinking about a huge choice for me, selling my house because it is too big for me and then deciding how to dispose of
JULY 21, SUNDAY
GUILD CRAFT FAIR OF THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS Yesterday was the last day of the craft fair in the Harrah’s Civic Center in Asheville. It is a twice yearly event and is really fun for a photographer to visit because every
JULY 21, SUNDAY
GUILD CRAFT FAIR OF THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS Yesterday was the last day of the craft fair in the Harrah’s Civic Center in Asheville. It is a twice yearly event and is really fun for a photographer to visit because every
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 