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MAY 28, SATURDAY
THE BLOCK Yesterday Susie and I visited The Block, the former Black center of Asheville. For decades it was the center of black life in Asheville with a hundred black owned businesses. By the time my family moved to Asheville
MAY 28, SATURDAY
THE BLOCK Yesterday Susie and I visited The Block, the former Black center of Asheville. For decades it was the center of black life in Asheville with a hundred black owned businesses. By the time my family moved to Asheville
MAY 27, FRIDAY
ART SHOW COLOR On a cool, windy, sunny Memorial Day weekend Asheville was filled with tourists. Susie and I wanted to go to the Asheville Art Museum but it was closed because of low water pressure of all things. But
MAY 27, FRIDAY
ART SHOW COLOR On a cool, windy, sunny Memorial Day weekend Asheville was filled with tourists. Susie and I wanted to go to the Asheville Art Museum but it was closed because of low water pressure of all things. But
MAY 26, THURSDAY
SRI LANKA Here are more photographs of the lush greenery and bright colors of Sri Lanka. The Sarvodaya village development organization which we visited on each trip has helped villagers to transform their villages by working together and supporting each
MAY 26, THURSDAY
SRI LANKA Here are more photographs of the lush greenery and bright colors of Sri Lanka. The Sarvodaya village development organization which we visited on each trip has helped villagers to transform their villages by working together and supporting each
MAY 25, WEDNESDAY
SRI LANKA CALLING Yesterday Winsor Kanakaratne phoned me from Sri Lanka. I had tried emailing him over a month ago and the message didn’t go through. But several days ago I found him through the Sarvodaya district office in Moratuwa.
MAY 25, WEDNESDAY
SRI LANKA CALLING Yesterday Winsor Kanakaratne phoned me from Sri Lanka. I had tried emailing him over a month ago and the message didn’t go through. But several days ago I found him through the Sarvodaya district office in Moratuwa.
MAY 24, TUESDAY
PATRIOTIC MOTORCYCLE PILGRIMAGE I missed the 2 mile Run To The Wall motorcycle parade through Swannanoa, stopping at the Harley Davidson Motorcycle store right next to my CVS pharmacy. I read about it two days later in the Asheville Citizen-Times
MAY 24, TUESDAY
PATRIOTIC MOTORCYCLE PILGRIMAGE I missed the 2 mile Run To The Wall motorcycle parade through Swannanoa, stopping at the Harley Davidson Motorcycle store right next to my CVS pharmacy. I read about it two days later in the Asheville Citizen-Times
MAY 23, MONDAY
UNSHOCKED Why are we shocked when a gunman enters a school and kills 14 children and four others? We live in a country that is awash in guns, we live in a country where personal freedom comes first, we live
MAY 23, MONDAY
UNSHOCKED Why are we shocked when a gunman enters a school and kills 14 children and four others? We live in a country that is awash in guns, we live in a country where personal freedom comes first, we live
MAY 22, SUNDAY
UNCOMMON MARKET The Uncommon Market is an outdoor market at the River Arts District of Asheville and is a chance to photograph the graffiti on the walls of old warehouses, the people attending the market, and the artist’s tented stalls
MAY 22, SUNDAY
UNCOMMON MARKET The Uncommon Market is an outdoor market at the River Arts District of Asheville and is a chance to photograph the graffiti on the walls of old warehouses, the people attending the market, and the artist’s tented stalls
MAY 21, SATURDAY
A BORING AMERICAN POST To day I was locked out of my house because my house key wasn’t on my set of Kia car keys. So I called my son Tom and he was at the Highland Football Club fundraiser
MAY 21, SATURDAY
A BORING AMERICAN POST To day I was locked out of my house because my house key wasn’t on my set of Kia car keys. So I called my son Tom and he was at the Highland Football Club fundraiser
MAY 20, FRIDAY
WINGING IT ON AMTRAK A year ago I signed up for an Amtrak credit card that gave me 50,000 points if I would charge a certain amount within several months, which I did. I haven‘t used them yet. And then
MAY 20, FRIDAY
WINGING IT ON AMTRAK A year ago I signed up for an Amtrak credit card that gave me 50,000 points if I would charge a certain amount within several months, which I did. I haven‘t used them yet. And then
MAY 19, THURSDAY
TRIBALISM AGAIN After sharing the same double bed with my brother after he joined me at Lili’s Airbnb for a week, he flew to Italy where both he and his wife, Chris, have come down with Covid, feeling uncomfortably sick,
MAY 19, THURSDAY
TRIBALISM AGAIN After sharing the same double bed with my brother after he joined me at Lili’s Airbnb for a week, he flew to Italy where both he and his wife, Chris, have come down with Covid, feeling uncomfortably sick,
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 