Author Archives: billybaba
DECEMBER 6, WEDNESDAY
MARSHALL Wednesday I met Susie in Marshall for lunch at Zuma, a restaurant in the center of town. Before my last trip to Sicily, Marshall was an interesting small town twenty miles down the French Broad River from Asheville where
DECEMBER 6, WEDNESDAY
MARSHALL Wednesday I met Susie in Marshall for lunch at Zuma, a restaurant in the center of town. Before my last trip to Sicily, Marshall was an interesting small town twenty miles down the French Broad River from Asheville where
DECEMBER 5, TUESDAY
SMALLNESS Today I began reading A TANGLED TREE: A RADICAL NEW HISTORY OF LIFE by David Quammen. Which took me completely away from Swannanoa. David Quammen writes clearly and simply about the history of evolution and how recent science has
DECEMBER 5, TUESDAY
SMALLNESS Today I began reading A TANGLED TREE: A RADICAL NEW HISTORY OF LIFE by David Quammen. Which took me completely away from Swannanoa. David Quammen writes clearly and simply about the history of evolution and how recent science has
DECEMBER 4, MONDAY
FEELING STRANGE Monday I don‘t think I left the house. Nothing pulled me out so I sat still all day and listened to music and read about the island of Hydra. I started Peel Me A Lotus by Charmian Clift
DECEMBER 4, MONDAY
FEELING STRANGE Monday I don‘t think I left the house. Nothing pulled me out so I sat still all day and listened to music and read about the island of Hydra. I started Peel Me A Lotus by Charmian Clift
DECEMBER 3, SUNDAY
CHURCH Sunday I went to church, partly because Kathe, my wife, who died two years ago and who liked to sing in the choir liked to go to church so much, I also went partly because it would get me
DECEMBER 3, SUNDAY
CHURCH Sunday I went to church, partly because Kathe, my wife, who died two years ago and who liked to sing in the choir liked to go to church so much, I also went partly because it would get me
DECEMBER 2, SATURDAY
MALAISE I am writing this on Friday the December 8 as I begin to fill in the posts for the last week. Every day for the two months that I was in Sicily and in Greece something stimulating would happen.
DECEMBER 2, SATURDAY
MALAISE I am writing this on Friday the December 8 as I begin to fill in the posts for the last week. Every day for the two months that I was in Sicily and in Greece something stimulating would happen.
DECEMBER 1, FRIDAY
HOME BUT WITH HYDRA ON MY MIND Friday morning my men’s group met in the Cornerstone Restaurant in Asheville as we do on the first Friday of every month. It was in a way as if I had never left.
DECEMBER 1, FRIDAY
HOME BUT WITH HYDRA ON MY MIND Friday morning my men’s group met in the Cornerstone Restaurant in Asheville as we do on the first Friday of every month. It was in a way as if I had never left.
NOVEMBER 30, THURSDAY
COMING HOME After our ferry docked and we rode the metro to Syntagma Square it was beginning to be dark. In the two days since we were here the square was festooned with Christmas lights and decorations. We walked to
NOVEMBER 30, THURSDAY
COMING HOME After our ferry docked and we rode the metro to Syntagma Square it was beginning to be dark. In the two days since we were here the square was festooned with Christmas lights and decorations. We walked to
NOVEMBER 29, WEDNESDAY
HYDRA TO ATHENS We had planned to leave on the 7:30 ferry to Athens and the 2:45 p.m. ferry was not certain because of high winds. So we had one last great morning in Hydra. It was a warm, sunny
NOVEMBER 29, WEDNESDAY
HYDRA TO ATHENS We had planned to leave on the 7:30 ferry to Athens and the 2:45 p.m. ferry was not certain because of high winds. So we had one last great morning in Hydra. It was a warm, sunny
NOVEMBER 27, MONDAY
ATHENS TO HYDRA We originally planned to stop on the island of Syros on the way to Athens and looked forward to that. But the ferry schedule prevented that. Then Susie talked with Todd who had seen a Rick Steves
NOVEMBER 27, MONDAY
ATHENS TO HYDRA We originally planned to stop on the island of Syros on the way to Athens and looked forward to that. But the ferry schedule prevented that. Then Susie talked with Todd who had seen a Rick Steves
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 