Author Archives: billybaba
NOVEMBER 25, TUESDAY
MY CLUELESS HOSTING My brother Richard and his wife Chris arrived from New York yesterday. On their first day here they had pizza dinner on the roof of a inn in downtown Asheville with a marvelous view with my son
NOVEMBER 25, TUESDAY
MY CLUELESS HOSTING My brother Richard and his wife Chris arrived from New York yesterday. On their first day here they had pizza dinner on the roof of a inn in downtown Asheville with a marvelous view with my son
NOVEMBER 24, MONDAY
MARSHALL HANDMADE MARKET Sunday afternoon I drove from my old world at Warren Wilson Collge to my new world of Marshall for the yearly Marshall Handmade Market, ordinarily held yearly in the Marshall High artist’s studios on Blanahassett Island as
NOVEMBER 24, MONDAY
MARSHALL HANDMADE MARKET Sunday afternoon I drove from my old world at Warren Wilson Collge to my new world of Marshall for the yearly Marshall Handmade Market, ordinarily held yearly in the Marshall High artist’s studios on Blanahassett Island as
NOVEMBER 23, SUNDAY
TWO WORLDS Since moving to Marshall I have tried to stay in two worlds. I live in Marshall but twice a week I return to the Swannanoa Valley where I lived for 50 years. I go to the old men’s
NOVEMBER 23, SUNDAY
TWO WORLDS Since moving to Marshall I have tried to stay in two worlds. I live in Marshall but twice a week I return to the Swannanoa Valley where I lived for 50 years. I go to the old men’s
NOVEMBER 22, SATURDAY
TALK On a bright, cool Saturday morning I luxuriated in simply sitting at my desk and writing, then walking over the French Broad River bridge to Zuma Cafe in Marshall where I sat for two hours drinking half a cup
NOVEMBER 22, SATURDAY
TALK On a bright, cool Saturday morning I luxuriated in simply sitting at my desk and writing, then walking over the French Broad River bridge to Zuma Cafe in Marshall where I sat for two hours drinking half a cup
NOVEMBER 21, FRIDAY
MEANING OF LIFE My Old Man’s group met in McDonald’s this morning. Usually I can’t remember anything we have said. All I remember is the good feeling of sitting together and listening to each other and saying whatever comes into
NOVEMBER 21, FRIDAY
MEANING OF LIFE My Old Man’s group met in McDonald’s this morning. Usually I can’t remember anything we have said. All I remember is the good feeling of sitting together and listening to each other and saying whatever comes into
NOVEMBER 19, WEDNESDAY
ORDINARY EVENTS The other thing that happened yesterday, in addition to being touched by Patti, was a visit to the Madison County Public Library up the hill outside of Marshall and stopping by Beans and Tunes at Mal’s Bar in
NOVEMBER 19, WEDNESDAY
ORDINARY EVENTS The other thing that happened yesterday, in addition to being touched by Patti, was a visit to the Madison County Public Library up the hill outside of Marshall and stopping by Beans and Tunes at Mal’s Bar in
NOVEMBER 18, TUESDAY
TOUCHED BY PATTI Tuesday morning when I woke up before I left my recliner I looked at Apple news and happened on an interview of Patti Smith by Ezra Klein in the New York Times. It was a podcast, but
NOVEMBER 18, TUESDAY
TOUCHED BY PATTI Tuesday morning when I woke up before I left my recliner I looked at Apple news and happened on an interview of Patti Smith by Ezra Klein in the New York Times. It was a podcast, but
NOVEMBER 17, MONDAY
REFLECTION All day Monday I thought about what had depressed me on Sunday and didn’t find a way out.
NOVEMBER 17, MONDAY
REFLECTION All day Monday I thought about what had depressed me on Sunday and didn’t find a way out.
NOVEMBER 16, SUNDAY
FALLING APART Three things happened today which shook me. These are my problem, I realize, not anyone else’s. The first was that on the way to church it suddenly popped into my head that the central figure in Christianity, Jesus,
NOVEMBER 16, SUNDAY
FALLING APART Three things happened today which shook me. These are my problem, I realize, not anyone else’s. The first was that on the way to church it suddenly popped into my head that the central figure in Christianity, Jesus,
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 