Author Archives: billybaba
JANUARY 5, FRIDAY
Floating This is another partial response to listening to the conversation between Ken Burns and Cassidy Hutchinson. It has to do with my state of mind today and how this might connect with the way that Cassidy Hutchinson and MAGA
JANUARY 5, FRIDAY
Floating This is another partial response to listening to the conversation between Ken Burns and Cassidy Hutchinson. It has to do with my state of mind today and how this might connect with the way that Cassidy Hutchinson and MAGA
JANUARY 4, THURSDAY
Responding to Cassidy Hutchinson I’ve split my response to Cassidy Huthinson into two days in order to catch up on my posts. In this second part I am going to critique my own attempts to figure out a useful approach
JANUARY 4, THURSDAY
Responding to Cassidy Hutchinson I’ve split my response to Cassidy Huthinson into two days in order to catch up on my posts. In this second part I am going to critique my own attempts to figure out a useful approach
JANUARY 3, WEDNESDAY
Listening to Cassidy Hutchinson I’ve been shut off from the world with nothing to photograph and nothing exotic to report and so I’ve stopped writing posts. But for an old man writing a daily post, whether anyone reads it or
JANUARY 3, WEDNESDAY
Listening to Cassidy Hutchinson I’ve been shut off from the world with nothing to photograph and nothing exotic to report and so I’ve stopped writing posts. But for an old man writing a daily post, whether anyone reads it or
JANUARY 2, TUESDAY
4 YEARS OF COVID Since coming back from Virginia Beach with Susie sick with Covid in the back seat and the windows open on the 8 hour ride, I’ve stayed in the house, afraid that if I went out I
JANUARY 2, TUESDAY
4 YEARS OF COVID Since coming back from Virginia Beach with Susie sick with Covid in the back seat and the windows open on the 8 hour ride, I’ve stayed in the house, afraid that if I went out I
JANUARY 1, MONDAY 2024
NEW YEAR Sunday night was New Year’s Eve. I had spent the day alone. I read through my email and deleted a host of emails from people asking for money for colleges, for politicians, for public television, for every good
JANUARY 1, MONDAY 2024
NEW YEAR Sunday night was New Year’s Eve. I had spent the day alone. I read through my email and deleted a host of emails from people asking for money for colleges, for politicians, for public television, for every good
DECEMBER 31, SUNDAY
BUILDINGS CONTINUED Traditionless. But what I wonder is why strip malls would be anything else. It is almost as if the United States has started from scratch, with no traditions, with only low cost and efficiency in mind. These strip
DECEMBER 31, SUNDAY
BUILDINGS CONTINUED Traditionless. But what I wonder is why strip malls would be anything else. It is almost as if the United States has started from scratch, with no traditions, with only low cost and efficiency in mind. These strip
DECEMBER 30, SATURDAY
BUILDINGS In the last week I’ve been disturbed by the strip malls along the highway both on the way to Virginia Beach and in Swannanoa. But I am beginning to question my dismissal of everyday architecture in the United States.
DECEMBER 30, SATURDAY
BUILDINGS In the last week I’ve been disturbed by the strip malls along the highway both on the way to Virginia Beach and in Swannanoa. But I am beginning to question my dismissal of everyday architecture in the United States.
DECEMBER 29, FRIDAY
BACK BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AGAIN This was our first completely sunny day. Covid hung over us with three of us still testing positive but no one new. So we sat on the porch in the sunshine or indoors with
DECEMBER 29, FRIDAY
BACK BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AGAIN This was our first completely sunny day. Covid hung over us with three of us still testing positive but no one new. So we sat on the porch in the sunshine or indoors with
DECEMBER 28, THURSDAY
STUCK AT VIRGINIA BEACH Today a group was to go to the Virginia Beach Museum in the afternoon. I took a nap to get ready. But when I woke up Craig had gone back to Charlottesville to be with his
DECEMBER 28, THURSDAY
STUCK AT VIRGINIA BEACH Today a group was to go to the Virginia Beach Museum in the afternoon. I took a nap to get ready. But when I woke up Craig had gone back to Charlottesville to be with his
DECEMBER 27, WEDNESDAY
CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART Yesterday was the most unsettled day of all the Mahy gatherings over the years. Craig, Mary’s husband, arrived from Charlottesville where he had been since he flew in from Geneva a couple of weeks ago where
DECEMBER 27, WEDNESDAY
CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART Yesterday was the most unsettled day of all the Mahy gatherings over the years. Craig, Mary’s husband, arrived from Charlottesville where he had been since he flew in from Geneva a couple of weeks ago where
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 