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NOVEMBER 1, FRIDAY
LOIS’S DOLLS The day after Halloween Susie took a bag with her on a walk along the French Broad River in Marshall. She was hoping to find objects with which she could make an installation of objects as a response
NOVEMBER 1, FRIDAY
LOIS’S DOLLS The day after Halloween Susie took a bag with her on a walk along the French Broad River in Marshall. She was hoping to find objects with which she could make an installation of objects as a response
OCTOBER 31, THURSDAY
HALLOWEEN Halloween is a time for dressing up in outlandish costumes with children going from house to house asking for candy. Trick or treat is what children sing out, promising a trick if they don’t get candy, but the days
OCTOBER 31, THURSDAY
HALLOWEEN Halloween is a time for dressing up in outlandish costumes with children going from house to house asking for candy. Trick or treat is what children sing out, promising a trick if they don’t get candy, but the days
OCTOBER 30, WEDNESDAY
HEARTLAND I happened on an online interview with a young woman, Sarah Smarsh, who grew up in Kansas where she lived a hard childhood near the poverty line. She had enough to eat and a roof over her head but
OCTOBER 30, WEDNESDAY
HEARTLAND I happened on an online interview with a young woman, Sarah Smarsh, who grew up in Kansas where she lived a hard childhood near the poverty line. She had enough to eat and a roof over her head but
OCTOBER 29, TUESDAY
DEALING WITH THE ELECTION One week until the election and like so many people I can’t understand how America can be so divided. Support for Donald Trump, who seems obviously so unfit to be President and who seems from my
OCTOBER 29, TUESDAY
DEALING WITH THE ELECTION One week until the election and like so many people I can’t understand how America can be so divided. Support for Donald Trump, who seems obviously so unfit to be President and who seems from my
OCTOBER 28, MONDAY
PRIMROSE‘S TEA TENT Susie and I went to Nanostead to see if there were people there whose portraits we could make. But there seemed to be few people we hadn‘t photographed so instead of setting up our photo booth we
OCTOBER 28, MONDAY
PRIMROSE‘S TEA TENT Susie and I went to Nanostead to see if there were people there whose portraits we could make. But there seemed to be few people we hadn‘t photographed so instead of setting up our photo booth we
OCTOBER 27, SUNDAY
MAKING SORGHUM SYRUP Sunday, Todd, Susie and I visited our friend Randall Lanier‘s family mountain place where his extended family and friends were crushing and boiling sorghum and turning it into syrup. A week ago I wrote about visiting Tony
OCTOBER 27, SUNDAY
MAKING SORGHUM SYRUP Sunday, Todd, Susie and I visited our friend Randall Lanier‘s family mountain place where his extended family and friends were crushing and boiling sorghum and turning it into syrup. A week ago I wrote about visiting Tony
OCTOBER 26, SATURDAY
PORTRAITS OF NANOSTEAD VOLUNTEERS 5 Susie and I went back again to Nanostead, the floor relief staging area above Marshall to make portraits of volunteers workers. I got to take the photograph of Joel who is planning to restore Zuma’s
OCTOBER 26, SATURDAY
PORTRAITS OF NANOSTEAD VOLUNTEERS 5 Susie and I went back again to Nanostead, the floor relief staging area above Marshall to make portraits of volunteers workers. I got to take the photograph of Joel who is planning to restore Zuma’s
OCTOBER 25, FRIDAY
TOM’S BIRTHDAY Friday was my son, Tom’s, 59th birthday. For much of my life I considered 60 to be really old, the end of the road. But at 87 60 seems youthful to me, the prime of life and now
OCTOBER 25, FRIDAY
TOM’S BIRTHDAY Friday was my son, Tom’s, 59th birthday. For much of my life I considered 60 to be really old, the end of the road. But at 87 60 seems youthful to me, the prime of life and now
OCTOBER 24, THURSDAY
LISTENING TO MY BARBER Today I had my first haircut in two months. I got one just before heading to Bogota two months ago, tried to get on there but couldn’t find a barber, and then when I got back
OCTOBER 24, THURSDAY
LISTENING TO MY BARBER Today I had my first haircut in two months. I got one just before heading to Bogota two months ago, tried to get on there but couldn’t find a barber, and then when I got back
OCTOBER 23, WEDNESDAY
AUTUMN LEAVES This week, maybe because it hasn’t rained since the Helene deluge, the fall autumn colors were at their brilliant peak. Usually Asheville would be crowded with tourists come to see the fall colors and to visit the Biltmore
OCTOBER 23, WEDNESDAY
AUTUMN LEAVES This week, maybe because it hasn’t rained since the Helene deluge, the fall autumn colors were at their brilliant peak. Usually Asheville would be crowded with tourists come to see the fall colors and to visit the Biltmore
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 