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SEPTEMBER 5, MONDAY

PERUVIO All the time that I was responding to the folk artists featured in the visiting exhibit at the Asheville Art Museum, I thought about Peruvio. Peruvio lived in Asheville most of his life. His real name was John Barnwell,

SEPTEMBER 5, MONDAY

PERUVIO All the time that I was responding to the folk artists featured in the visiting exhibit at the Asheville Art Museum, I thought about Peruvio. Peruvio lived in Asheville most of his life. His real name was John Barnwell,

SEPTEMBER 4, SUNDAY

MORE OF MY FELLOW AMERICANS

SEPTEMBER 4, SUNDAY

MORE OF MY FELLOW AMERICANS

SEPTEMBER 3, SATURDAY

MY FELLOW AMERICANS Politicians put their arm around me and welcome to their televised speech without knowing who I am. But I’m guessing that when they reach out through the television that they imagine that they are embracing someone who

SEPTEMBER 3, SATURDAY

MY FELLOW AMERICANS Politicians put their arm around me and welcome to their televised speech without knowing who I am. But I’m guessing that when they reach out through the television that they imagine that they are embracing someone who

SEPTEMBER 2, FRIDAY

GRANDMA MOSES Yesterday I contrasted the live’s of the ordinary people who were driven by something within them to paint or quilt with the upper class elegance of the Asheville Art Museum and the high society way the museum funds

SEPTEMBER 2, FRIDAY

GRANDMA MOSES Yesterday I contrasted the live’s of the ordinary people who were driven by something within them to paint or quilt with the upper class elegance of the Asheville Art Museum and the high society way the museum funds

SEPTEMBER 1, THURSDAY

AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM, NEW YORK I went to town to see the traveling exhibit from the American Folk Art Museum in New York City which has been there all summer while I was away and then sick and about

SEPTEMBER 1, THURSDAY

AMERICAN FOLK ART MUSEUM, NEW YORK I went to town to see the traveling exhibit from the American Folk Art Museum in New York City which has been there all summer while I was away and then sick and about

AUGUST 31, WEDNESDAY

ESSAOURIA In February I was days from flying to Barcelona and then on to Marrakech and a bus ride to Essaouria, Morocco. But a new panic over Covid was hanging over Europe, one of my flights was cancelled, I didn’t

AUGUST 31, WEDNESDAY

ESSAOURIA In February I was days from flying to Barcelona and then on to Marrakech and a bus ride to Essaouria, Morocco. But a new panic over Covid was hanging over Europe, one of my flights was cancelled, I didn’t

AUGUST 30, TUESDAY

LAUGHTER Something about Frederich Buechner, whom I wrote about a few days ago, has puzzled me since. And so, for myself, I am going to wrestle a little bit with it. Frederick Beuchner says that the phrase by the great

AUGUST 30, TUESDAY

LAUGHTER Something about Frederich Buechner, whom I wrote about a few days ago, has puzzled me since. And so, for myself, I am going to wrestle a little bit with it. Frederick Beuchner says that the phrase by the great

AUGUST 29, MONDAY

UNCOMMON MARKET 2 Here are some more photographs of the Uncommon Market.

AUGUST 29, MONDAY

UNCOMMON MARKET 2 Here are some more photographs of the Uncommon Market.

AUGUST 28, SUNDAY

UNCOMMON MARKET Once a month the Uncommon Market is held at the River Arts District near 12 Bones and other Asheville eateries. Sunday was a warm sunny day and the walkways and bicycle paths along the French Broad River were

AUGUST 28, SUNDAY

UNCOMMON MARKET Once a month the Uncommon Market is held at the River Arts District near 12 Bones and other Asheville eateries. Sunday was a warm sunny day and the walkways and bicycle paths along the French Broad River were

AUGUST 27, SATURDAY

IMPROV My photographs are not very good and I didn’t take very many of them, but on Saturday evening I went for the second time to the home of Paul Dixon and Jude Stuecker to an evening if Improv, improvisations.

AUGUST 27, SATURDAY

IMPROV My photographs are not very good and I didn’t take very many of them, but on Saturday evening I went for the second time to the home of Paul Dixon and Jude Stuecker to an evening if Improv, improvisations.