Author Archives: billybaba
MAY 25, SATURDAY
ASHEVILLE: TOURIST TOWN I went to Asheville and parked in the parking garage on Biltmore Avenue (the avenue going to Biltmore I realize for the first time in fifty years here) and then walked up to Pack Square. There were
MAY 25, SATURDAY
ASHEVILLE: TOURIST TOWN I went to Asheville and parked in the parking garage on Biltmore Avenue (the avenue going to Biltmore I realize for the first time in fifty years here) and then walked up to Pack Square. There were
MAY 24, FRIDAY
MARSHALL, TOWN OF MARVELOUS PEOPLE This evening I drove out to Marshall to join Susie in looking at the opening exhibit of the Madison County Arts Council of new art works in a variety of media by local artists. The
MAY 24, FRIDAY
MARSHALL, TOWN OF MARVELOUS PEOPLE This evening I drove out to Marshall to join Susie in looking at the opening exhibit of the Madison County Arts Council of new art works in a variety of media by local artists. The
MAY 23, THURSDAY
ADVENTURE FILMS I don’t watch adventure movies, in fact I rarely watch a film of any kind, but on my computer screen I see the ads for adventure films in which all kinds of violent things happen with characters in
MAY 23, THURSDAY
ADVENTURE FILMS I don’t watch adventure movies, in fact I rarely watch a film of any kind, but on my computer screen I see the ads for adventure films in which all kinds of violent things happen with characters in
MAY 22, WEDNESDAY
BIG BOX STORES I’ve complained often here, comparing the permanence of European architecture and the careful use of European land to the ugly sprawl of flimsy American buildings that look as if one huff and a puff would blow them
MAY 22, WEDNESDAY
BIG BOX STORES I’ve complained often here, comparing the permanence of European architecture and the careful use of European land to the ugly sprawl of flimsy American buildings that look as if one huff and a puff would blow them
MAY 21, TUESDAY
INTERNET AND THE ON LINE WORLD Today was for me a tech day. Before going to Germany I finally cancelled Spectrum TV because I was paying for it even when I was abroad and they wouldn’t let me suspend my
MAY 21, TUESDAY
INTERNET AND THE ON LINE WORLD Today was for me a tech day. Before going to Germany I finally cancelled Spectrum TV because I was paying for it even when I was abroad and they wouldn’t let me suspend my
MAY 20, MONDAY
FAKE ADDICTIVE NEWS AND HONEST HEALTHY NEWS It occurs to me that because of the Apple News and the Internet I get news from many sources about many more things than I did before. So in my case, instead of
MAY 20, MONDAY
FAKE ADDICTIVE NEWS AND HONEST HEALTHY NEWS It occurs to me that because of the Apple News and the Internet I get news from many sources about many more things than I did before. So in my case, instead of
MAY 19, SUNDAY
AZUL Azul is a an artist‘s haven in rural Madison County north of Asheville, built and guided by Camille, a French woman who married an American who worked in the Hot Springs post office in Madison County. Her husband contracted
MAY 19, SUNDAY
AZUL Azul is a an artist‘s haven in rural Madison County north of Asheville, built and guided by Camille, a French woman who married an American who worked in the Hot Springs post office in Madison County. Her husband contracted
MAY 18, SATURDAY
ASHEVILLE SOUTH SLOPE Saturday evening Susie spent the night at my house. We met at a new food truck on the South Slope of Asheville. I‘ve never thought of it that way but the town of Asheville was built on
MAY 18, SATURDAY
ASHEVILLE SOUTH SLOPE Saturday evening Susie spent the night at my house. We met at a new food truck on the South Slope of Asheville. I‘ve never thought of it that way but the town of Asheville was built on
MAY 17, FRIDAY
ADDICTION Today I met my old man‘s group. I usually forget what we talk about because what we talk about about is not important, what is important is five old men sitting around a McDonalds table and talking, it is
MAY 17, FRIDAY
ADDICTION Today I met my old man‘s group. I usually forget what we talk about because what we talk about about is not important, what is important is five old men sitting around a McDonalds table and talking, it is
MAY 16, THURSDAY
FLATNESS As I’ve been thinking about the difference between flat screen photographs and spatial photographs I remember that over the long history of Western art we have seen and depicted the world around us on flat surfaces in very different
MAY 16, THURSDAY
FLATNESS As I’ve been thinking about the difference between flat screen photographs and spatial photographs I remember that over the long history of Western art we have seen and depicted the world around us on flat surfaces in very different
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