Author Archives: billybaba
NOVEMBER 9, THURSDAY
WALKING THROUGH NAOUSA For days I’ve been holed up in my room or sitting out on the porch under the pink bougainvillea. I only leave to go for a walk to the grocery store. Here are a few photographs of
NOVEMBER 9, THURSDAY
WALKING THROUGH NAOUSA For days I’ve been holed up in my room or sitting out on the porch under the pink bougainvillea. I only leave to go for a walk to the grocery store. Here are a few photographs of
NOVEMBER 8, WEDNESDAY
EFI’S MEALS I was going to wrestle with the issue of how to reconcile MAGA Republicans and Liberal Democrats but wrestle as I may I’m not having much luck. So instead I will write about the lunches Efi Tripolitsioti brings
NOVEMBER 8, WEDNESDAY
EFI’S MEALS I was going to wrestle with the issue of how to reconcile MAGA Republicans and Liberal Democrats but wrestle as I may I’m not having much luck. So instead I will write about the lunches Efi Tripolitsioti brings
NOVEMBER 7, TUESDAY
HEAVEN AND HELL I am sitting at the white table on the white porch surrounded by pink bougainvillea with a jar of cookies, freshly baked by Efi, in front of me. Up the lane a man is making repairs to
NOVEMBER 7, TUESDAY
HEAVEN AND HELL I am sitting at the white table on the white porch surrounded by pink bougainvillea with a jar of cookies, freshly baked by Efi, in front of me. Up the lane a man is making repairs to
NOVEMBER 6, MONDAY
NEWS Even here in the peace and quiet of Naousa news of the world seeps in. When I first started taking students to India in 1973, you couldn’t fly to India from Charlotte or even Atlanta. You had to fly
NOVEMBER 6, MONDAY
NEWS Even here in the peace and quiet of Naousa news of the world seeps in. When I first started taking students to India in 1973, you couldn’t fly to India from Charlotte or even Atlanta. You had to fly
NOVEMBER 5, SUNDAY
CALM I am writing this on Tuesday the 7th after taking a couple of days off. I am sitting on a white balcony on a white chair with my iPad in front of me on a white table in the
NOVEMBER 5, SUNDAY
CALM I am writing this on Tuesday the 7th after taking a couple of days off. I am sitting on a white balcony on a white chair with my iPad in front of me on a white table in the
NOVEMBER 4, SATURDAY
GREEK CHURCH SERVICE I was ready for the 40 day celebration of Efi’s mother with my dark sweater on, on a windy day, to look dressed up when Efi called me down the stairs. She drove me and another woman
NOVEMBER 4, SATURDAY
GREEK CHURCH SERVICE I was ready for the 40 day celebration of Efi’s mother with my dark sweater on, on a windy day, to look dressed up when Efi called me down the stairs. She drove me and another woman
NOVEMBER 3, FRIDAY
PEACE I did nothing today except to sit up on the flat roof up a winding staircase with no railing from my room on the second floor. There are comfortable chairs and tables here under a sunshade. I did at
NOVEMBER 3, FRIDAY
PEACE I did nothing today except to sit up on the flat roof up a winding staircase with no railing from my room on the second floor. There are comfortable chairs and tables here under a sunshade. I did at
NOVEMBER 2, THURSDAY
NAOUSA VILLAGE I spent the first morning on my own in my room at my kitchen table and then at the round table on the little white balcony outside my room above the narrow street that Efi’s Rooms is on.
NOVEMBER 2, THURSDAY
NAOUSA VILLAGE I spent the first morning on my own in my room at my kitchen table and then at the round table on the little white balcony outside my room above the narrow street that Efi’s Rooms is on.
NOVEMBER 1, WEDNESDAY
GOODBYE Today we packed up, Tom and Caroline helped me take my things to Efi’s Rooms where I will stay for a month, we had lunch at a seaside cafe and then the ride arrived to take Caroline and Tom
NOVEMBER 1, WEDNESDAY
GOODBYE Today we packed up, Tom and Caroline helped me take my things to Efi’s Rooms where I will stay for a month, we had lunch at a seaside cafe and then the ride arrived to take Caroline and Tom
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 