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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
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
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