Author Archives: billybaba
JANUARY 1, MONDAY 2024
NEW YEAR Sunday night was New Year’s Eve. I had spent the day alone. I read through my email and deleted a host of emails from people asking for money for colleges, for politicians, for public television, for every good
JANUARY 1, MONDAY 2024
NEW YEAR Sunday night was New Year’s Eve. I had spent the day alone. I read through my email and deleted a host of emails from people asking for money for colleges, for politicians, for public television, for every good
DECEMBER 31, SUNDAY
BUILDINGS CONTINUED Traditionless. But what I wonder is why strip malls would be anything else. It is almost as if the United States has started from scratch, with no traditions, with only low cost and efficiency in mind. These strip
DECEMBER 31, SUNDAY
BUILDINGS CONTINUED Traditionless. But what I wonder is why strip malls would be anything else. It is almost as if the United States has started from scratch, with no traditions, with only low cost and efficiency in mind. These strip
DECEMBER 30, SATURDAY
BUILDINGS In the last week I’ve been disturbed by the strip malls along the highway both on the way to Virginia Beach and in Swannanoa. But I am beginning to question my dismissal of everyday architecture in the United States.
DECEMBER 30, SATURDAY
BUILDINGS In the last week I’ve been disturbed by the strip malls along the highway both on the way to Virginia Beach and in Swannanoa. But I am beginning to question my dismissal of everyday architecture in the United States.
DECEMBER 29, FRIDAY
BACK BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AGAIN This was our first completely sunny day. Covid hung over us with three of us still testing positive but no one new. So we sat on the porch in the sunshine or indoors with
DECEMBER 29, FRIDAY
BACK BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AGAIN This was our first completely sunny day. Covid hung over us with three of us still testing positive but no one new. So we sat on the porch in the sunshine or indoors with
DECEMBER 28, THURSDAY
STUCK AT VIRGINIA BEACH Today a group was to go to the Virginia Beach Museum in the afternoon. I took a nap to get ready. But when I woke up Craig had gone back to Charlottesville to be with his
DECEMBER 28, THURSDAY
STUCK AT VIRGINIA BEACH Today a group was to go to the Virginia Beach Museum in the afternoon. I took a nap to get ready. But when I woke up Craig had gone back to Charlottesville to be with his
DECEMBER 27, WEDNESDAY
CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART Yesterday was the most unsettled day of all the Mahy gatherings over the years. Craig, Mary’s husband, arrived from Charlottesville where he had been since he flew in from Geneva a couple of weeks ago where
DECEMBER 27, WEDNESDAY
CHRYSLER MUSEUM OF ART Yesterday was the most unsettled day of all the Mahy gatherings over the years. Craig, Mary’s husband, arrived from Charlottesville where he had been since he flew in from Geneva a couple of weeks ago where
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
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