Author Archives: billybaba
JULY 13, THURSDAY
LIBRARIES I got a gentle nudge today from Philip McEldowney, who graduated from the same high school that I did, Woodstock School in the lower Himalayas in India. He is a retired librarian from the University of Virginia. As he
JULY 13, THURSDAY
LIBRARIES I got a gentle nudge today from Philip McEldowney, who graduated from the same high school that I did, Woodstock School in the lower Himalayas in India. He is a retired librarian from the University of Virginia. As he
JULY 12, WEDNESDAY
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING Milan Kundera died yesterday at 94 in Paris. I read his The Unbearable Lightness of Being years ago without being aware of the point that he was trying to make. I liked the title. He
JULY 12, WEDNESDAY
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF BEING Milan Kundera died yesterday at 94 in Paris. I read his The Unbearable Lightness of Being years ago without being aware of the point that he was trying to make. I liked the title. He
JULY 11, MONDAY
RHIZOMES My neighbor down the street, Gwen Diehn, is an artist. She taught in the art department at Warren Wilson College and published a number of Lark Books on using drawings in journal writing. Since retiring she has continued to
JULY 11, MONDAY
RHIZOMES My neighbor down the street, Gwen Diehn, is an artist. She taught in the art department at Warren Wilson College and published a number of Lark Books on using drawings in journal writing. Since retiring she has continued to
JULY 10, SUNDAY
CROISSANTS For the last week I have been eating croissants for breakfast with salami and Swiss cheese and coffee from my new pour over travel coffee maker. The reason for choosing croissants is purely nostalgia, pretending that I am in
JULY 10, SUNDAY
CROISSANTS For the last week I have been eating croissants for breakfast with salami and Swiss cheese and coffee from my new pour over travel coffee maker. The reason for choosing croissants is purely nostalgia, pretending that I am in
JULY 9, SATURDAY
DYSFUNCTIONAL YOUNG MEN I’ve been reading that American young men are in crisis mode. This is my narrow take on that because being male it could be that I am in crisis mode myself and am writing from a biased
JULY 9, SATURDAY
DYSFUNCTIONAL YOUNG MEN I’ve been reading that American young men are in crisis mode. This is my narrow take on that because being male it could be that I am in crisis mode myself and am writing from a biased
JULY 8, FRIDAY
HERD BEHAVIOR Today was my yearly physical checkup. Each year my passage through life is a little more perilous and the chance of my doctor finding something ominous increases. But he checked me out and didn’t find anything. I am
JULY 8, FRIDAY
HERD BEHAVIOR Today was my yearly physical checkup. Each year my passage through life is a little more perilous and the chance of my doctor finding something ominous increases. But he checked me out and didn’t find anything. I am
JULY 7, THURSDAY
THE PERFECT CUP OF HOT COFFEE AT ASSI GHAT This is a very technical report which should only be read by people traveling abroad who want to be able to make and drink hot coffee for hours at a time
JULY 7, THURSDAY
THE PERFECT CUP OF HOT COFFEE AT ASSI GHAT This is a very technical report which should only be read by people traveling abroad who want to be able to make and drink hot coffee for hours at a time
JULY 6, THURSDAY
ANIMAL FRIENDS Reading about the evolution of all life on earth and how all life is connected has made me more aware of the life around me. Living by myself I more open to the company of other animals. I
JULY 6, THURSDAY
ANIMAL FRIENDS Reading about the evolution of all life on earth and how all life is connected has made me more aware of the life around me. Living by myself I more open to the company of other animals. I
JULY 5, WEDNESDAY
FANS—RAGE AND JOY Fan clubs, I suppose, are people who idolize a film star and herd together to hear stories about him or her. Influencers are people who are popular on line for one reason or another who are then
JULY 5, WEDNESDAY
FANS—RAGE AND JOY Fan clubs, I suppose, are people who idolize a film star and herd together to hear stories about him or her. Influencers are people who are popular on line for one reason or another who are then
JULY 4, TUESDAY
CULTURE—FITTING IN, BREAKING OUT I keep wrestling with culture, any culture, with the conventions that tie a group of people together, which gives them identity, which they will fight to preserve while at the same time these cultural conventions that
JULY 4, TUESDAY
CULTURE—FITTING IN, BREAKING OUT I keep wrestling with culture, any culture, with the conventions that tie a group of people together, which gives them identity, which they will fight to preserve while at the same time these cultural conventions that
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