Author Archives: MrBill

Traveling Back

Hopkinton High School, class of 1960 – 71 students.  Class reunions are not always eagerly attended.  Not all high school experiences are friendly and some folks have a hard time relaxing and understanding that their classmates, after 25 years, really … Continue reading

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Celebrating August

Hotter than normal, but breezy compared to DC.  SAM and I celebrated our 3rd (together), or 43rd, (as friends) anniversary, depending on when you start counting.  Town Mountain Road climbs up to the NE into the hills above Asheville.  We enjoyed … Continue reading

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Bele Chere

For over 30 years Ashevile has hosted a weekend-long,  free fesitval of arts, music and food called Bele Chere.  Some locals have come to dislike the intrusion, other make piles of dough, and hundreds of thousands just have a good … Continue reading

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Oh My Gourd

Last year, to show our harvest time and Halloween spirit, we bought a fat orange pumpkin to decorate our little yard.  It gradually decomposed and was covered with autumn leaves and later more than a few inches of winter snow.  … Continue reading

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Granola Park

Every day Asheville has a couple of dozen entertainment events and hundreds of other cultural, arts, crafts, spiritual, gastronomic and marketing affairs as well.  Chronicling all this and reporting important regional news for locals and visitors is the popular – … Continue reading

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Upgrade Time..

I’ve upgraded this journal to WordPress 3.o.  So, while I learn this new version and presentation theme, please bear with me.

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Summer Begins with Gags and Cocktails

Summer, 2010.  My favorite season – warm sunny days and cool evenings, and as SAM says, “the weird things in my head.”  Thoughts of summers past and the one ahead. Memorial Day for the past twelve years has meant a … Continue reading

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Derivitives Explained?

Nah, not in this space.  These days I’m long on history, and short on auto-painting. Here’s a summary since my last post: my sons each celebrated birthdays – 26 and 28, so we enjoyed two catch-up dinners and jokes about … Continue reading

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Southern California, CDS and Sculpture

The Mommas and Papas lyrics for “It Never Rains…” were playin’ in our heads as we pulled on our sweaters and grabbed our umbrellas for springtime in Huntington Beach, CA.  The weather was unseasonably cool and rainy, but it was … Continue reading

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Making Sausage?

Rant. Watching the final house debate on the health care reform legislation was for me, encouraging in the final outcome, but revolting with respect to the process. Maybe it’s to be expected. Our representatives largely represent the special interests that … Continue reading

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