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NOVEMBER 23, WEDNESDAY

MONUMENTS TO THE UNTHINKABLE This morning I read a November 14 New Yorker article entitled “Monuments to the Unthinkable”. The writer, Clint Smith, was examining the removal of memorial to Civil War Confederate heros and what further steps are being

NOVEMBER 23, WEDNESDAY

MONUMENTS TO THE UNTHINKABLE This morning I read a November 14 New Yorker article entitled “Monuments to the Unthinkable”. The writer, Clint Smith, was examining the removal of memorial to Civil War Confederate heros and what further steps are being

NOVEMBER 22, TUESDAY

AMERICAN CULTURAL PATTERNS This is a little lecture to myself as I try to understand why I sometimes fit into American cultural patterns (I am writing in American English after all) and sometimes I feel uncomfortable fitting in and want

NOVEMBER 22, TUESDAY

AMERICAN CULTURAL PATTERNS This is a little lecture to myself as I try to understand why I sometimes fit into American cultural patterns (I am writing in American English after all) and sometimes I feel uncomfortable fitting in and want

NOVEMBER 21, MONDAY

LIVING IN A DOLL HOUSE A long time ago Kathe and I invited an aquaintance and his wife who had gone on a trip to India with me to our house for dinner. Both he and his wife had a

NOVEMBER 21, MONDAY

LIVING IN A DOLL HOUSE A long time ago Kathe and I invited an aquaintance and his wife who had gone on a trip to India with me to our house for dinner. Both he and his wife had a

NOVEMBER 20, SUNDAY

MARSHALL CHRISTMAS HAND MADE MARKET Every year Marshall, a half hour down the French Broad River from Asheville has a handmade Christmas Market in the what used to be the old high school but is now a building full of

NOVEMBER 20, SUNDAY

MARSHALL CHRISTMAS HAND MADE MARKET Every year Marshall, a half hour down the French Broad River from Asheville has a handmade Christmas Market in the what used to be the old high school but is now a building full of

NOVEMBER 19, SATURDAY

SHE SAID Tonight Susie, Todd and I went to the first movie in a movie theater that I have been to in three years. It was in the little 60 seat Grail Theater in the River Arts District of Asheville

NOVEMBER 19, SATURDAY

SHE SAID Tonight Susie, Todd and I went to the first movie in a movie theater that I have been to in three years. It was in the little 60 seat Grail Theater in the River Arts District of Asheville

NOVEMBER 18, FRIDAY

ANTICIPATING ASSI GHAT The ancient city of Varanasi is one of the most sacred places in India. It is built along the carved out curve of the Ganges River, the Ganga, with permanent stone steps descending down the steep bank

NOVEMBER 18, FRIDAY

ANTICIPATING ASSI GHAT The ancient city of Varanasi is one of the most sacred places in India. It is built along the carved out curve of the Ganges River, the Ganga, with permanent stone steps descending down the steep bank

NOVEMBER 17, THURSDAY

BLIND BLUE JAY FURY A blue jay regularly appears at my side window over looking the Swannanoa Valley. He perches on a bare branch three feet from the the window, sees a blue jay in the mirror of the window

NOVEMBER 17, THURSDAY

BLIND BLUE JAY FURY A blue jay regularly appears at my side window over looking the Swannanoa Valley. He perches on a bare branch three feet from the the window, sees a blue jay in the mirror of the window

NOVEMBER 16, WEDNESDAY

PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Two days ago in responding to Stephen Jenkinson I satisfied myself that since the future wasn’t here yet and was unknown that it wasn’t real and I could live my remaining days in the present only

NOVEMBER 16, WEDNESDAY

PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE Two days ago in responding to Stephen Jenkinson I satisfied myself that since the future wasn’t here yet and was unknown that it wasn’t real and I could live my remaining days in the present only

NOVEMBER 15, TUESDAY

ANTICIPATING PARIS Yesterday I decided the future wasn’t real and that only the present is real. But today I’m dreaming of walking around in Montmartre in Paris again. I’m dreaming in the present but I’m walking around in the future

NOVEMBER 15, TUESDAY

ANTICIPATING PARIS Yesterday I decided the future wasn’t real and that only the present is real. But today I’m dreaming of walking around in Montmartre in Paris again. I’m dreaming in the present but I’m walking around in the future

NOVEMBER 14, MONDAY

CHOOSE YOUR REALITY One of the things that Stephen Jenkinson felt strongly about was was why he was here on earth to begin with. His feeling is that he, and presumably everyone else, is here on earth is because they

NOVEMBER 14, MONDAY

CHOOSE YOUR REALITY One of the things that Stephen Jenkinson felt strongly about was was why he was here on earth to begin with. His feeling is that he, and presumably everyone else, is here on earth is because they