FEBRUARY 2, MONDAY
ICE ON THE RIVER This morning I walked across long bridge over the French Broad River to Zuma where I sat for 2 1/2 hours drinking one mug and a refill of coffee kept hot by my Ember battery heated
FEBRUARY 2, MONDAY
ICE ON THE RIVER This morning I walked across long bridge over the French Broad River to Zuma where I sat for 2 1/2 hours drinking one mug and a refill of coffee kept hot by my Ember battery heated
FEBRUARY 1, SUNDAY
ICE AGENTS AGAIN Today the names of the two men who shot Alex Pretti were revealed. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez. Both have Spanish or Latin sounding names. Somehow I had imagined that the two “federal agents” who killed Alex
FEBRUARY 1, SUNDAY
ICE AGENTS AGAIN Today the names of the two men who shot Alex Pretti were revealed. Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez. Both have Spanish or Latin sounding names. Somehow I had imagined that the two “federal agents” who killed Alex
JANUARY 31, SATURDAY
GUILT Today we learn that the man the ICE agents were pursuing when they shot Pretti was Jose Huerta Chuma from Ecuador who has been living in USA for two decades. The agents saw him driving, turned and followed him
JANUARY 31, SATURDAY
GUILT Today we learn that the man the ICE agents were pursuing when they shot Pretti was Jose Huerta Chuma from Ecuador who has been living in USA for two decades. The agents saw him driving, turned and followed him
JANUARY 30, FRIDAY
COMFORT HERE, TERROR THERE Confusion. I went to my old man’s coffee at McDonalds and had a great time with friends, then I was invited for soup and sandwiches at the Collins house partly to get me to stay for
JANUARY 30, FRIDAY
COMFORT HERE, TERROR THERE Confusion. I went to my old man’s coffee at McDonalds and had a great time with friends, then I was invited for soup and sandwiches at the Collins house partly to get me to stay for
JANUARY 29, THURSDAY
PLEASANT DAY Again I lived a pleasant day, going out to lunch with my son at the Centerville Luncheonette in Weaverville and welcoming Susie to spend the night in my guest bedroom while the weight of Minneapolis hung over me.
JANUARY 29, THURSDAY
PLEASANT DAY Again I lived a pleasant day, going out to lunch with my son at the Centerville Luncheonette in Weaverville and welcoming Susie to spend the night in my guest bedroom while the weight of Minneapolis hung over me.
JANUARY 27, TUESDAY
FEATHERING MY NEST A very strange idea just occured to me. When I look around my apartment, the way that I have feathered my nest, the things that I have collected and placed all around me, are things from all
JANUARY 27, TUESDAY
FEATHERING MY NEST A very strange idea just occured to me. When I look around my apartment, the way that I have feathered my nest, the things that I have collected and placed all around me, are things from all
JANUARY 26, MONDAY
STAYED IN Today everyone was still forced to stay inside. It was too slick to drive anywhere. The storm was over and we hadn’t lost power and everything was ok. We just couldn’t go anywhere. Again, all I could think
JANUARY 26, MONDAY
STAYED IN Today everyone was still forced to stay inside. It was too slick to drive anywhere. The storm was over and we hadn’t lost power and everything was ok. We just couldn’t go anywhere. Again, all I could think
JANUARY 25, SUNDAY
THE STORM Today was the day of the storm, the day I was supposed to return from San Miguel. For some reason the storm pretty much curled around Western North Carolina. There was a thin film of ice and no
JANUARY 25, SUNDAY
THE STORM Today was the day of the storm, the day I was supposed to return from San Miguel. For some reason the storm pretty much curled around Western North Carolina. There was a thin film of ice and no
JANUARY 24, SATURDAY
GLOOM At 9 a.m. this morning Alex Pretti was shot, murdered as he was helping a woman to her feet then sprayed with tear gas and assaulted and the shot ten times. This darkened all of the next week. It
JANUARY 24, SATURDAY
GLOOM At 9 a.m. this morning Alex Pretti was shot, murdered as he was helping a woman to her feet then sprayed with tear gas and assaulted and the shot ten times. This darkened all of the next week. It
BILLYBABA’S WANDERING 