Author Archives: billybaba
JANUARY 20, SATURDAY
IMMERSED This was my second day in Anuradhapura in northern Sri Lanka, the ancient capitol of Sri Lanka. I arrived on Thursday and slept after the long drive from Colombo. Friday was a rest day and all I did was
JANUARY 20, SATURDAY
IMMERSED This was my second day in Anuradhapura in northern Sri Lanka, the ancient capitol of Sri Lanka. I arrived on Thursday and slept after the long drive from Colombo. Friday was a rest day and all I did was
JANUARY 19, FRIDAY
BEING HERE It is so simple, really, that I wonder why it amazes me. I am sitting in Swannanoa looking out at Four Brothers mountain with the low today of about zero, and then I sit in a plane (four
JANUARY 19, FRIDAY
BEING HERE It is so simple, really, that I wonder why it amazes me. I am sitting in Swannanoa looking out at Four Brothers mountain with the low today of about zero, and then I sit in a plane (four
JANUARY 18, THURSDAY
COMMOTION I arrived at Bandaranaike National Airport in Colombo at 5 a.m. Sri Lankan time, 5:30 p.m. Swannanoa time. Where I wandered from counter to counter after discovering I needed to pay $60 for a tourist visa available on entry,
JANUARY 18, THURSDAY
COMMOTION I arrived at Bandaranaike National Airport in Colombo at 5 a.m. Sri Lankan time, 5:30 p.m. Swannanoa time. Where I wandered from counter to counter after discovering I needed to pay $60 for a tourist visa available on entry,
JANUARY 17, WEDNESDAY
INDIAN BUREAUCRACY Again and again over the years I have run into Indian Bureaucracy, whether writing down all my computers when I entered India to make sure I took them out again or refusing on the last trip to India
JANUARY 17, WEDNESDAY
INDIAN BUREAUCRACY Again and again over the years I have run into Indian Bureaucracy, whether writing down all my computers when I entered India to make sure I took them out again or refusing on the last trip to India
JANUARY 16, TUESDAY
SPACE AND TIME This is the first time I have flown directly from the United States to Sri Lanka. In all the many times that I have come to Sri Lanka I have been leading a group and I scheduled
JANUARY 16, TUESDAY
SPACE AND TIME This is the first time I have flown directly from the United States to Sri Lanka. In all the many times that I have come to Sri Lanka I have been leading a group and I scheduled
JANUARY 16, TUESDAY
SPACE AND TIME This is the first time I have flown directly from the United States to Sri Lanka. In all the many times that I have come to Sri Lanka I have been leading a group and I scheduled
JANUARY 16, TUESDAY
SPACE AND TIME This is the first time I have flown directly from the United States to Sri Lanka. In all the many times that I have come to Sri Lanka I have been leading a group and I scheduled
JANUARY 15, MONDAY
SARVODAYA Tomorrow I leave for Sri Lanka. In the early 1980’s Chris Ahrens, an adjunct at Warren Wilson College told me about Sarvodaya, a Gandhian Buddhist village development program in Sri Lanka. Before this I had taken several groups of
JANUARY 15, MONDAY
SARVODAYA Tomorrow I leave for Sri Lanka. In the early 1980’s Chris Ahrens, an adjunct at Warren Wilson College told me about Sarvodaya, a Gandhian Buddhist village development program in Sri Lanka. Before this I had taken several groups of
JANUARY 14, SUNDAY
LETTING GO Again I have the intense feeling of being two or more places at once. Sunday I went out to brunch in Black Mountain with my son Tom and his wife Kathy. We went to The Blue Ridge Biscuit
JANUARY 14, SUNDAY
LETTING GO Again I have the intense feeling of being two or more places at once. Sunday I went out to brunch in Black Mountain with my son Tom and his wife Kathy. We went to The Blue Ridge Biscuit
JANUARY 13, SATURDAY
CONFESSION I confess. I have always avoided Walmart. I have always thought that Walmart was place was dingy and depressing. The goods are stacked up, the aisles are narrow, the lights are bright but not used to highlight the produce,
JANUARY 13, SATURDAY
CONFESSION I confess. I have always avoided Walmart. I have always thought that Walmart was place was dingy and depressing. The goods are stacked up, the aisles are narrow, the lights are bright but not used to highlight the produce,
JANUARY 12, FRIDAY
INSANITY When my old men’s group met this morning I mentioned that I had taken the very first step to unloading the storage locker that I have rented for at least 20 years for $65 a month. It was $65
JANUARY 12, FRIDAY
INSANITY When my old men’s group met this morning I mentioned that I had taken the very first step to unloading the storage locker that I have rented for at least 20 years for $65 a month. It was $65
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