Author Archives: billybaba
JUNE 13, TUESDAY
MEURAL FRAME For all my talk about how the digital revolution has connected us with a world of music and books and paintings, bringing these closer and closer to us, allowing us to store everything on a hard disk or
JUNE 13, TUESDAY
MEURAL FRAME For all my talk about how the digital revolution has connected us with a world of music and books and paintings, bringing these closer and closer to us, allowing us to store everything on a hard disk or
JUNE 12, MONDAY
ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON VERMEER A few days ago I wondered about different responses to the recent exhibit of 27 Vermeer paintings at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, an exhibit Susie, Todd and I would have tried to see but was sold
JUNE 12, MONDAY
ANOTHER PERSPECTIVE ON VERMEER A few days ago I wondered about different responses to the recent exhibit of 27 Vermeer paintings at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, an exhibit Susie, Todd and I would have tried to see but was sold
JUNE 11, SUNDAY
CLOSE TO VERMEER Susie and I went to a movie at the Fine Arts Theater in downtown Asheville on Sunday afternoon. We wanted to see Close to Vermeer because when we were in Haarlem a few months ago we had
JUNE 11, SUNDAY
CLOSE TO VERMEER Susie and I went to a movie at the Fine Arts Theater in downtown Asheville on Sunday afternoon. We wanted to see Close to Vermeer because when we were in Haarlem a few months ago we had
JUNE 10, SATURDAY
TWO CULTURES Saturday I want to the Uncommon Market in Hendersonville, an hour‘s drive from Asheville. I hadn‘t been to Hendersonville in a while since some time before the pandemic. The Main Street was blocked off and the tents of
JUNE 10, SATURDAY
TWO CULTURES Saturday I want to the Uncommon Market in Hendersonville, an hour‘s drive from Asheville. I hadn‘t been to Hendersonville in a while since some time before the pandemic. The Main Street was blocked off and the tents of
JUNE 9, FRIDAY
FAMILIES This weekend my sister Anne’s two sons, Ted and Mike, got together in Asheville with their families and invited, Katie, my brother’s daughter and my two children, Susie and Tom, who are already here, to join them. Katie wasn’t
JUNE 9, FRIDAY
FAMILIES This weekend my sister Anne’s two sons, Ted and Mike, got together in Asheville with their families and invited, Katie, my brother’s daughter and my two children, Susie and Tom, who are already here, to join them. Katie wasn’t
JUNE 8, THURSDAY
CHANCE I was going to go to Tuscany, Italy, with my granddaughter Caroline in the fall. I have been dreaming of Tuscany for months. Rob Amberg, a photographer I know in Marshall, had invited anyone who could come to his
JUNE 8, THURSDAY
CHANCE I was going to go to Tuscany, Italy, with my granddaughter Caroline in the fall. I have been dreaming of Tuscany for months. Rob Amberg, a photographer I know in Marshall, had invited anyone who could come to his
JUNE 7, WEDNESDAY
STILL SHRINKING I‘ve mentioned this before, but this shrinking was discussing yesterday still amazes me. Years ago at the beginning of the computer age I had a small radio shack computer with a tiny one inch high computer screen on
JUNE 7, WEDNESDAY
STILL SHRINKING I‘ve mentioned this before, but this shrinking was discussing yesterday still amazes me. Years ago at the beginning of the computer age I had a small radio shack computer with a tiny one inch high computer screen on
JUNE 6, TUESDAY
MY SHRINKING WONDERLAND In Alice in Wonderland Alice is suddenly in a world where everything has shrunken down and she is enormous. When she stands up her head hits the ceiling. She is completely dislocated. I am beginning to have
JUNE 6, TUESDAY
MY SHRINKING WONDERLAND In Alice in Wonderland Alice is suddenly in a world where everything has shrunken down and she is enormous. When she stands up her head hits the ceiling. She is completely dislocated. I am beginning to have
JUNE 5, MONDAY
INNOVATION (2) HOW TO ACCEPT IT So now I am trying to absorb these two new ways of functioning and relating to the everyday world. My first and very intuitive question is to ask what can either of these two
JUNE 5, MONDAY
INNOVATION (2) HOW TO ACCEPT IT So now I am trying to absorb these two new ways of functioning and relating to the everyday world. My first and very intuitive question is to ask what can either of these two
JUNE 4, SUNDAY (really Monday)
INNOVATION A week ago I got to sit in Mihir Patel‘s Tesla as he took us out to lunch at Sahib, an Indian restaurant in Johnson City. On the way to Sahib he demonstrated his Tesla‘s ability to drive itself.
JUNE 4, SUNDAY (really Monday)
INNOVATION A week ago I got to sit in Mihir Patel‘s Tesla as he took us out to lunch at Sahib, an Indian restaurant in Johnson City. On the way to Sahib he demonstrated his Tesla‘s ability to drive itself.
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 