Author Archives: billybaba
JUNE 23, FRIDAY
SUMMER France may have too many tourists, but so does Black Mountain five miles from my house. I went out for supper with Tom, my son. We drove by Swannanoa, which has fought zoning and looks like a dump and
JUNE 23, FRIDAY
SUMMER France may have too many tourists, but so does Black Mountain five miles from my house. I went out for supper with Tom, my son. We drove by Swannanoa, which has fought zoning and looks like a dump and
JUNE 22, THURSDAY
UNDER A CLOUD When writing about Irina yesterday and the way that ordinary people are caught in the tides of history I began to wonder about this issue in a wider way. It seems as if almost everyone on earth
JUNE 22, THURSDAY
UNDER A CLOUD When writing about Irina yesterday and the way that ordinary people are caught in the tides of history I began to wonder about this issue in a wider way. It seems as if almost everyone on earth
JUNE 21, WEDNESDAY
IRINA I don’t know Irina well. She was a student of mine at Warren Wilson College, I forget in which class, maybe 30 years ago, and I recently reconnected with her. Irina grew up in Russia where both of her
JUNE 21, WEDNESDAY
IRINA I don’t know Irina well. She was a student of mine at Warren Wilson College, I forget in which class, maybe 30 years ago, and I recently reconnected with her. Irina grew up in Russia where both of her
JUNE 20, TUESDAY
SUMMER IN BLACK MOUNTAIN School is out and summer vacation has begun. France may have too many tourists, but Black Mountain, five miles from my house, is just as crowded. I went out for supper with Tom to Black Mountain.
JUNE 20, TUESDAY
SUMMER IN BLACK MOUNTAIN School is out and summer vacation has begun. France may have too many tourists, but Black Mountain, five miles from my house, is just as crowded. I went out for supper with Tom to Black Mountain.
JUNE 18, SUNDAY
MISSING JUNETEENTH Walking through downtown Asheville I encounter all kinds of people. They touch me for one reason or another, some of which I couldn’t put my finger on. I went downtown on Sunday to see the second day of
JUNE 18, SUNDAY
MISSING JUNETEENTH Walking through downtown Asheville I encounter all kinds of people. They touch me for one reason or another, some of which I couldn’t put my finger on. I went downtown on Sunday to see the second day of
JUNE 17, SATURDAY
BOSE HEADPHONES It is magic. I just sit here in the corner of my room and the whole world comes to me. Yesterday it was Bose earphones that transformed my world. They are usually $379 and beyond reach, but last
JUNE 17, SATURDAY
BOSE HEADPHONES It is magic. I just sit here in the corner of my room and the whole world comes to me. Yesterday it was Bose earphones that transformed my world. They are usually $379 and beyond reach, but last
JUNE 16, FRIDAY
VISITING PARIS Everyone seems to be going to Paris these days and every one of us discovers and is delighted by a different part of Paris. So while everyone else is going to Paris I am going to remember the
JUNE 16, FRIDAY
VISITING PARIS Everyone seems to be going to Paris these days and every one of us discovers and is delighted by a different part of Paris. So while everyone else is going to Paris I am going to remember the
JUNE 15, THURSDAY
EVOLUTION In college I took a science class titled, I think, Evolution. Why I took this class I have no idea. I think I met the science requriment by taking Physics simply out of curiosity because I didn‘t know anything
JUNE 15, THURSDAY
EVOLUTION In college I took a science class titled, I think, Evolution. Why I took this class I have no idea. I think I met the science requriment by taking Physics simply out of curiosity because I didn‘t know anything
JUNE 14, WEDNESDAY
ENCELADUS I read in the New York Times yesterday about the great excitement over one of the 58 moons of the planet Saturn spouting geysers of water that had phosphorous in it. Apparently there are six elements needed to form
JUNE 14, WEDNESDAY
ENCELADUS I read in the New York Times yesterday about the great excitement over one of the 58 moons of the planet Saturn spouting geysers of water that had phosphorous in it. Apparently there are six elements needed to form
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 