Author Archives: billybaba
DECEMBER 26, TUESDAY
BACK BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE Yesterday the Boright family arrived. They have been friends with the Mahy family since both families lived in Vienna, Austria 45 years ago. John Boright, the father, is a scientist with the National Academy of
DECEMBER 26, TUESDAY
BACK BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE Yesterday the Boright family arrived. They have been friends with the Mahy family since both families lived in Vienna, Austria 45 years ago. John Boright, the father, is a scientist with the National Academy of
DECEMBER 25, MONDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY
MAHY CHRISTMAS Not all of us were here yet but after breakfast Sara Mahy had filled a stocking for each of us which we opened all at once. And then we went ahead, without everyone here, and opened our secret
DECEMBER 25, MONDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY
MAHY CHRISTMAS Not all of us were here yet but after breakfast Sara Mahy had filled a stocking for each of us which we opened all at once. And then we went ahead, without everyone here, and opened our secret
DECEMBER 24, SUNDAY, CHRISTMAS EVE
VIRGINIA BEACH I sat in the car a much of yesterday and woke up today in Virginia Beach where the Mahy family, my son-in-law Todd‘s family, is having a week long gathering. Lisa and her children, Lulu and Kalifa, have
DECEMBER 24, SUNDAY, CHRISTMAS EVE
VIRGINIA BEACH I sat in the car a much of yesterday and woke up today in Virginia Beach where the Mahy family, my son-in-law Todd‘s family, is having a week long gathering. Lisa and her children, Lulu and Kalifa, have
DECEMBER 23, SATURDAY
STRIP MALLS I am an unpatriotic grouch. I guess since getting back from Greece three weeks ago I haven‘t paid much attention to Asheville architecture. But now that I think about it, Swannanoa highway architecture has really bothered me in
DECEMBER 23, SATURDAY
STRIP MALLS I am an unpatriotic grouch. I guess since getting back from Greece three weeks ago I haven‘t paid much attention to Asheville architecture. But now that I think about it, Swannanoa highway architecture has really bothered me in
DECEMBER 22, FRIDAY
MOSHER ASHEVILLE CHRISTMAS Friday night Susie, Todd and I joined my son Tom and his wife Kathy with their two daughters, Hannah and Caroline for our family Christmas. We celebrated in the basement of their new house because the upstairs
DECEMBER 22, FRIDAY
MOSHER ASHEVILLE CHRISTMAS Friday night Susie, Todd and I joined my son Tom and his wife Kathy with their two daughters, Hannah and Caroline for our family Christmas. We celebrated in the basement of their new house because the upstairs
DECEMBER 21, THURSDAY
ROMARE BEARDEN Also at the Asheville Art Museum yesterday was an exhibit that I almost missed. It consisted of an hour long film on the life of Romare Bearden and an exhibit of about twenty of his paintings. Romare Bearden,
DECEMBER 21, THURSDAY
ROMARE BEARDEN Also at the Asheville Art Museum yesterday was an exhibit that I almost missed. It consisted of an hour long film on the life of Romare Bearden and an exhibit of about twenty of his paintings. Romare Bearden,
DECEMBER 20, WENESDAY
PHOTOREALISM TodayI went to the Asheville Art Museum where I saw and photographed two exhibits. One was on Photorealism, a form of painting which uses multiple photographs or enhanced photographs to create a set for a painting, which is often
DECEMBER 20, WENESDAY
PHOTOREALISM TodayI went to the Asheville Art Museum where I saw and photographed two exhibits. One was on Photorealism, a form of painting which uses multiple photographs or enhanced photographs to create a set for a painting, which is often
DECEMBER 18, MONDAY
ASHEVILLE CHRISTMAS On Saturday I photographed the Marshall Christmas Parade. I‘ve only been back from Greece for two weeks and until Saturday it had barely dawned on me that Christmas is here. Christmas was my wife Kathe‘s favorite time of
DECEMBER 18, MONDAY
ASHEVILLE CHRISTMAS On Saturday I photographed the Marshall Christmas Parade. I‘ve only been back from Greece for two weeks and until Saturday it had barely dawned on me that Christmas is here. Christmas was my wife Kathe‘s favorite time of
DECEMBER 17, SUNDAY
THE TERMINAL BUILDING A year ago on June 30th I got on Amtrak in Greenville, South Carolina at 2 in the morning and circled the borders of the United States, returning 30 days later. A high point of that trip
DECEMBER 17, SUNDAY
THE TERMINAL BUILDING A year ago on June 30th I got on Amtrak in Greenville, South Carolina at 2 in the morning and circled the borders of the United States, returning 30 days later. A high point of that trip
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 