Author Archives: billybaba

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

MAY 15, WEDNESDAY

PHOTOGRAPHY IN. 3 DIMENSIONS I feel a little odd about discussing 3D spatial movies and photographs when I can’t show anyone what I am talking about unless I put my Apple Vision Pro goggles on their head so that they

MAY 15, WEDNESDAY

PHOTOGRAPHY IN. 3 DIMENSIONS I feel a little odd about discussing 3D spatial movies and photographs when I can’t show anyone what I am talking about unless I put my Apple Vision Pro goggles on their head so that they

MAY 14, TUESDAY

SCAMMING This is the second time someone has approached me about publishing Kathe‘s story, To Think That The Same Sun Shines Over All Of Us. It is her life story and a beautiful, well written and moving story. I knew

MAY 14, TUESDAY

SCAMMING This is the second time someone has approached me about publishing Kathe‘s story, To Think That The Same Sun Shines Over All Of Us. It is her life story and a beautiful, well written and moving story. I knew

MAY 13, MONDAY

COMMUNITY I went to church on Sunday and the sermon was about believing in Jesus and accepting Jesus and loving like Jesus. Love will make you fully alive and love will transform the world. In the announcements were a number

MAY 13, MONDAY

COMMUNITY I went to church on Sunday and the sermon was about believing in Jesus and accepting Jesus and loving like Jesus. Love will make you fully alive and love will transform the world. In the announcements were a number