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FEBRUARY 20, SUNDAY
APRIL IN PARIS, MY NEW DIGS I was too busy getting used to my new digs today to write. It will take me a while to settle in in imagination, but in a little over a month you‘ll find me
FEBRUARY 20, SUNDAY
APRIL IN PARIS, MY NEW DIGS I was too busy getting used to my new digs today to write. It will take me a while to settle in in imagination, but in a little over a month you‘ll find me
FEBRUARY 19, SATURDAY
UNMASKED IN ASHEVILLE When I went into Asheville a day ago with Todd and Susie it was windy but warm in the sun. We had lunch outside in the sun at a new Cuban restaurant called Little Chango. The food
FEBRUARY 19, SATURDAY
UNMASKED IN ASHEVILLE When I went into Asheville a day ago with Todd and Susie it was windy but warm in the sun. We had lunch outside in the sun at a new Cuban restaurant called Little Chango. The food
FEBRUARY 18, FRIDAY
BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM Just down the road to the east of Warren Wilson College is the site of the former Black Mountain College. Before and during WWII it was a refuge for German artists fleeing Germany and a Mecca
FEBRUARY 18, FRIDAY
BLACK MOUNTAIN COLLEGE MUSEUM Just down the road to the east of Warren Wilson College is the site of the former Black Mountain College. Before and during WWII it was a refuge for German artists fleeing Germany and a Mecca
FEBRUARY 17, THURSDAY
PURE COLOUR I just finished reading Sheila Heti’s Pure Colour. It is a short novel with almost no plot that doesn’t take long to read. While reading it I thought of William Blake, a seer, a person who can see
FEBRUARY 17, THURSDAY
PURE COLOUR I just finished reading Sheila Heti’s Pure Colour. It is a short novel with almost no plot that doesn’t take long to read. While reading it I thought of William Blake, a seer, a person who can see
FEBRUARY 16, WEDNESDAY
EYE TO EYE On the wall of my dark narrow hallway that connects all the rooms of my house I’ve put about 25 Mixtile portraits around a larger framed portrait. These are Indians whose faces have touched me during India
FEBRUARY 16, WEDNESDAY
EYE TO EYE On the wall of my dark narrow hallway that connects all the rooms of my house I’ve put about 25 Mixtile portraits around a larger framed portrait. These are Indians whose faces have touched me during India
FEBRUARY 15, TUESDAY
GETTING OLD It is 8 in the evening and I haven’t written a post for the day. I have been sitting here all day at the dining room table where I sit and type every day. I did take the
FEBRUARY 15, TUESDAY
GETTING OLD It is 8 in the evening and I haven’t written a post for the day. I have been sitting here all day at the dining room table where I sit and type every day. I did take the
FEBRUARY 14, MONDAY
FEBRUARY 14, MONDAY CAUGHT, COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU When Susie came to visit Germany in November for two weeks we went to a car rental place in Celle to try and rent a car for a week. It
FEBRUARY 14, MONDAY
FEBRUARY 14, MONDAY CAUGHT, COMING TO A TOWN NEAR YOU When Susie came to visit Germany in November for two weeks we went to a car rental place in Celle to try and rent a car for a week. It
FEBRUARY 13, SUNDAY
SUPER BOWL BLUES Last night was the Super Bowl, the National Football League Championship, a huge event in American life, rivaling Christmas and the 4th of July, and a celebration of everything American. In years past my son, Tom, and
FEBRUARY 13, SUNDAY
SUPER BOWL BLUES Last night was the Super Bowl, the National Football League Championship, a huge event in American life, rivaling Christmas and the 4th of July, and a celebration of everything American. In years past my son, Tom, and
FEBRUARY 12, SATURDAY
MAKING GOOD PEOPLE COMFORTABLE I have argued in several posts that the people who want to Make America Great Again are good people who go to church, respect the flag, obey the law and simply want to restore traditional American
FEBRUARY 12, SATURDAY
MAKING GOOD PEOPLE COMFORTABLE I have argued in several posts that the people who want to Make America Great Again are good people who go to church, respect the flag, obey the law and simply want to restore traditional American
FEBRUARY 11, FRIDAY
VARANASI On my 84 1/2 birthday as winter wears on and on in Swannanoa with occasional warmer days such as today, I would like to make this February walk from the Assi Ghat along the stone steps of ghat after
FEBRUARY 11, FRIDAY
VARANASI On my 84 1/2 birthday as winter wears on and on in Swannanoa with occasional warmer days such as today, I would like to make this February walk from the Assi Ghat along the stone steps of ghat after
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 