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DECEMBER 16, SATURDAY
MARSHALL CHRISTMAS PARADE Small town Marshall has a number of events during the year which are a way of bringing the town together and having a good time. I’ve mentioned before that Marshall, the County seat of Madison County, a
DECEMBER 16, SATURDAY
MARSHALL CHRISTMAS PARADE Small town Marshall has a number of events during the year which are a way of bringing the town together and having a good time. I’ve mentioned before that Marshall, the County seat of Madison County, a
DECEMBER 15, FRIDAY
ALTERNATIVE FACTS Another personal attempt to understand the world around me and one that may fit no one else. I was always a little stupefied by the claims that Trump and others made about alternative facts, an alternative reality. When
DECEMBER 15, FRIDAY
ALTERNATIVE FACTS Another personal attempt to understand the world around me and one that may fit no one else. I was always a little stupefied by the claims that Trump and others made about alternative facts, an alternative reality. When
DECEMBER 14, THURSDAY
ROB AMBERG’S PLACE On Thursday Susie, Todd and I were invited for butternut soup and a salad at the home of Rob Amberg and Leslie Stillwell who hosted Rob’s 75th birthday party in Letojanni. We wound up a dirt road
DECEMBER 14, THURSDAY
ROB AMBERG’S PLACE On Thursday Susie, Todd and I were invited for butternut soup and a salad at the home of Rob Amberg and Leslie Stillwell who hosted Rob’s 75th birthday party in Letojanni. We wound up a dirt road
DECEMBER 13, WEDNESDAY
OLD MARSHALL JAIL, OLD TIME FOLK SINGING Last night I joined Susie at the Old Marshall Jail, now a hotel and eatery in Marshall, where we sat outside in an area sheltered by clear plastic walls with propane heaters every
DECEMBER 13, WEDNESDAY
OLD MARSHALL JAIL, OLD TIME FOLK SINGING Last night I joined Susie at the Old Marshall Jail, now a hotel and eatery in Marshall, where we sat outside in an area sheltered by clear plastic walls with propane heaters every
DECEMBER 12, TUESDAY
HYDRA ON MY MIND I have been reading two books about the Greek island of Hydra where I was just two weeks ago. The first, Peel Me A Lotus, is by Charmian Clift who moved with her husband and children
DECEMBER 12, TUESDAY
HYDRA ON MY MIND I have been reading two books about the Greek island of Hydra where I was just two weeks ago. The first, Peel Me A Lotus, is by Charmian Clift who moved with her husband and children
DECEMBER 11, MONDAY
SRI LANKA Monday, Owen Bailey who was a student of mine at Warren Wilson College 50 years ago, and is now long retired and who lives just over the hill from me invited me to breakfast at First Watch in
DECEMBER 11, MONDAY
SRI LANKA Monday, Owen Bailey who was a student of mine at Warren Wilson College 50 years ago, and is now long retired and who lives just over the hill from me invited me to breakfast at First Watch in
DECEMBER 10, SUNDAY
STORIES: CHURCH, MYTH, THE GODS I’m going to puzzle through, for myself, an issue that has long disturbed me. This is my answer for myself, for today anyway. If you have wondered about the same thing you’ll have to puzzle
DECEMBER 10, SUNDAY
STORIES: CHURCH, MYTH, THE GODS I’m going to puzzle through, for myself, an issue that has long disturbed me. This is my answer for myself, for today anyway. If you have wondered about the same thing you’ll have to puzzle
DECEMBER 9, SATURDAY
INCLUSION MAGA has been on my mind all year, but particularly these days as the polarization becomes more intense and Republicans insist on excluding marginalized people: women and the control over their own bodies, gay or trans people, immigrants fleeing
DECEMBER 9, SATURDAY
INCLUSION MAGA has been on my mind all year, but particularly these days as the polarization becomes more intense and Republicans insist on excluding marginalized people: women and the control over their own bodies, gay or trans people, immigrants fleeing
DECEMBER 8, FRIDAY
OLD MEN GATHERING On Friday our old men‘s group meets in McDonalds. There was another group of old men in the Black Mountain McDonalds gathered in a circle as there was in the harbor cafe in Hydra last week and
DECEMBER 8, FRIDAY
OLD MEN GATHERING On Friday our old men‘s group meets in McDonalds. There was another group of old men in the Black Mountain McDonalds gathered in a circle as there was in the harbor cafe in Hydra last week and
DECEMBER 7, THURSDAY
HUGE This is a response to my next door neighbor, Don Collins, who built an observatory In his back yard which houses a powerful telescope hooked to a computer which allows him to explore the universe on clear nights. Once
DECEMBER 7, THURSDAY
HUGE This is a response to my next door neighbor, Don Collins, who built an observatory In his back yard which houses a powerful telescope hooked to a computer which allows him to explore the universe on clear nights. Once
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