These haikus were written as exercises in mindfulness— an attempt to catch the fleeting moment in my daily walks, while reading, listening to music, and pondering about life. (Underlined words are not for emphasis but to web links.) This web page best viewed with Times font size 14.

Sunday, July 1, 2007, 12:34 pm Showers Drive & El Camino, Mountain View Bus #22 pass me by as I run to catch it. Run, run, run— I catch Bus 22 just in time heading for Stanford.	Sunday, July 1, 2007, 12:55 pm Galvez Street, Palo Alto— Woman jogging through eucalyptus grove with her dog. Woman jogging by— her cocker spaniel panting, running far behind.
Sunday, July 1, 2007, 1:08 pm Landau Economics Bldg & Memorial Auditorium, I name the 7 pine trees "Seven sages of wisdom" after passing by them & not noticing their shape. Seven pine trees bent like the letter J— Growing vision to the Light!	Sunday, July 1, 2007, 1:11 pm Bing Wing behind Hoover Tower— ∞ twisted rubber band on sidewalk is still here near a young maple tree. Rubber band still here— "Infinity" tells me that "I and It are One."
Sunday, July 1, 2007, 1:45 pm Email from Jane that her Mom Cay spoke for the first time after her horrific car accident of June 3rd. It's a miracle! On her 28th day— Cay's finally speaking!	Sunday, July 1, 2007, 2:00 pm Elisa's email on baby Sophia being a night owl, most alert around 3-4 am. I realize Athena's bird is the owl. Sophie's a night owl— Isn't that Athena's bird? Goddess of Wisdom!
Monday, July 2, 2007, 10:08 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Leonard Bernstein conducting Ludwig van Beethoven (Listen) Symphony #3 "Eroica", 3rd Movement (1804) Rising from ashes of despair, he's a phoenix soaring to new heights!	Monday, July 2, 2007, 10:08 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Pinchas Zukerman conducting Antonio Vivaldi, (listen) "The Four Seasons: Winter" (1723) Winter snowflakes fall silently on the village, painting it all white.
Monday, July 2, 2007, 11:30 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Edvard Grieg (Listen) Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, Op. 65 #6 (1892) Grieg writes this for their Silver Anniversary— wedding bells ringing!	Monday, July 2, 2007, 2:00 pm Friend takes me grocery shopping: Longs, Walgreens, Trader Joe, Milk Pail, and Safeway Spices, Deluxe Nuts, Eggs, Bananas, Bell Pepper, Raspberries and Milk.
Monday, July 2, 2007, 8:30 pm Jane's July 1 email on her Mom Cay speaking finally on her 28th day "and she sounds GREAT!! Sacred, very shaken, but just fantastic. It's the sweetest sound I've ever heard." She sounds Great!— Sacred, very shaken, fantastic— Sweetest sound I've heard.	Monday, July 2, 2007, 9:30 pm I realized Jane's typo "Sacred" for "Scared" and her unintended poem may be related to Genesis I.3— "And God said Let there be light." since "shaken" sound waves came before light. First sound is sacred— sweetest to the universe is "Let there be light!"
Tuesday, July 3, 2007, 12:45 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Mendelssohn (listen) (1833) Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage. Op. 27 Calm sea to voyage abroad and home— good wishes for friends travelling.	Tuesday, July 3, 2007, 2:20 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Tchaikovsky (listen) (1893) Symphony #6 in B minor, Op. 74 "Pathétique" Third movement is bright— lilting waltz dance tune before the gloom of despair.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007, 9:00 pm Reading Palo Alto Daily News, July 1, 2007 'Moon Man' publishes autobiography: Barry McArdle sold 170,000 people plots of the moon. He sold the moon at $1 an acre and thousands bought them.	Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 10:55 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM radio George Gershwin (Listen) (1924) Alston performs on YouTube Americana— music to celebrate birth of this great nation.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 11:05 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Benjamin Carr Yankee Doodle Rondo (1804) (Listen) Yankee Doodle Boy— Born on the Fourth of July— Good Old USA!	Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 11:11 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Mozart (Listen) Marriage of Figaro: Overture (1786) Everyone's jumping around— the busiest day of one's life— marriage!
Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 1:27 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Santa Cruz Mountains overlooking Half Moon Bay Hawk flies overhead— Yellow mustard flowers smile at me as we park.	Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 2:00 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Hiking on the Harkins Ridge Trail Wide expanse of green Douglas firs and redwoods with ocean view afar.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 2:22 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Giant redwood on the Harkins Ridge Trail O giant redwood tree! Sentinel of this forest— Bless this earth with peace.	Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 2:38 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Forget-Me-Nots on the North Ridge Trail Tiny blue flowers— Forget-Me-Nots remind me of all my good friends.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 3:22 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Ocean spray on Hikers-only North Ridge Trail Creamy-white foam cluster of ocean spray flowers next to thimbleberries.	Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 3:37 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Panoramic view on the North Ridge Trail How green my valley— vista of calm rolling hills makes my mind serene.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 3:35 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Madrone tree on the North Ridge Trail Beautiful Madrone— I hug your cool bark as you bend toward the sea.	Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 4:45 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Giant redwood stump on the Redwood Trail A giant redwood stump cut down a century ago— sorrels by your side.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 5:40 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Near beginning of Redwood Trail is an old redwood stump 6 feet wide I stretch my arms end to end to touch your stump— Ask for your blessings.	Wednesday, July 4, 2007, 5:50 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods, Redwood Trail, I sit on bench dedicated to Jean Fassler, San Mateo County Supervisor (1965-1976) I look up and see this giant redwood towering high to the blue sky!
Thursday, July 5, 2007, 10:33 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Domenico Zipoli Elevazione (1715) (listen) Music such as this helps the soul's ascent into the inner sanctum.	Thursday, July 5, 2007, 10:50 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Sergeo Rachmaninoff (listen) Piano Concerto #2 in C minor, Op. 18 (1901) His writer's block cured not by visiting Tolstoy but a hypnotist.
Thursday, July 5, 2007, 11:32 am KDFC 102.1 FM Radio: Frederic Chopin Waltzes, Op. 70, #1-3 (1829) (Listen) Three Chopin waltz tunes light and lilting to dance to on a summer day.	Thursday, July 5, 2007, 11:45 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Robert Schumann (listen) Symphony #3 in E-Flat "Rhenish" (1851) Schumann's brightest work— buoyant rustic folk tunes end in sunlight splendor!
Thursday, July 5, 2007, 10:00 pm Email from Jane on Cay's progress & resolve Cay day 33: planning to head west! Head-on collision! Punctured lungs, broken arm and legs— She wants to hike!	Friday, July 6, 2007, 6:00 am Home in Mountain View: Finding Rudy's gift of fruits from his aunt's yard in Thornton Two buckets of plums, three lemons large as mangos lots of apple pears.
Friday, July 6, 2007, 9:28 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Mozart (Listen) Magic Flute: Overture (1791) Climbing the Ladder of Jacob, I scale thirty- three bones of my spine.	Friday, July 6, 2007, 10:33 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Georgs Pelecis (listen) Meeting with A Friend (2001) Sunshine sweetness when meeting a good friend— Rumi and Shams of Tabriz!
Friday, July 6, 2007, 10:42 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Tomaso Albinoni Adagio in G minor (1958) (Listen) With eyes closed, I ride a magic carpet soaring over the blue earth.	Friday, July 6, 2007, 12:00 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference Appreciation Hall, Foothill College Dozen of workshops to hone one's craft of writing— May new poems blossom!
Friday, July 6, 2007, 2:30 pm Room 3106, Andrea Hollander Budy "Small as a Postcard, Large as the World" How to write good poems— Learn from the poets themselves by reading great poems.	Friday, July 6, 2007, 3:00 pm Room 3106, Andrea Hollander Budy "Small as a Postcard, Large as the World" Show rather than tell— "She twisted her hair" rather than "she felt nervous".
Friday, July 6, 2007, 3:30 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference Room 3202, Cecilia Woloch "Beauty of Error: Turning Mistakes into Poetry" Poem leaps off the page when you make a mistake— Grab it and run with it!	Friday, July 6, 2007, 3:40 pm Cecilia asked me "Mistake?" With a blank mind, I coughed up the reason for a girlfriend not coming to folk dancing over 30 years ago You can't come because you're having a menstrual flow— "No! It's minstrel show!"
Saturday, July 7, 2007, 9:55 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Domenico Zipoli Elevazione (1715) (listen) Why is this an all- time favorite?— Because we find our Inner Self.	Saturday, July 7, 2007, 10:38 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Henry Purcell (listen) King Arthur: Overture (1691) The Knights have gathered at King Arthur's Round Table in quest of the Grail.
Saturday, July 7, 2007, 1:45 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference, Room 3106 A poet tells me: "Lots of women getting married today so husbands won't forget their anniversary" Can't forget this date— 7-7-07 More weddings today!	Saturday, July 7, 2007, 2:30 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference Room 3106, Ellen Bass & Cecilia Woloch "The List Poem"— List poems I'd write: Places to visit. Awakened minds to see through. New things to invent.
Saturday, July 7, 2007, 2:45 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference Room 3106, Ellen Bass & Cecilia Woloch Writing List Poem: "Music to Another World" Swan Lake, Gypsy Airs, Meditation... Ascension... Dance of Blessed Spirits.	Saturday, July 7, 2007, 3:30 pm Room 3202, Andrea Hollander Budy "Line Versus Line Break: Capturing and Controlling the Power of the Line" Most important word is the last in line, the next is the first in line.
Saturday, July 7, 2007, 4:30 pm Room 3202, Andrea Hollander Budy "Line Versus Line Break: Exercises Adam Zagajewski, "Moment" Clear moments, so short— Much more darkness than light. More ocean than firm land.	Saturday, July 7, 2007, 5:00 pm Room 3202, Andrea Hollander Budy "Line Versus Line Break: Exercises Charles Wright, "A Journal of English Days" Nice to think that God is an abstract noun living under the dead leaves.
Sunday, July 8, 2007, 1:45 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference Room 3307, Morton Marcus "Ten Things Every Writer Should Know" Get out of yourself and into the world— too much self-confessionals!	Sunday, July 8, 2007, 2:30 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference Room 3307, Morton Marcus "Ten Things Every Writer Should Know" Experience is first— Be concrete. Write with insight, surprise and vision.
Sunday, July 8, 2007, 3:45 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference Room 3305, Michael C. Ford "Make-Believe Ballroom: Integrating Imagination & Music" Write on the time of day to this piece of music New York City streets— Breakfast at Tiffany with Audrey Hepburn here.	Sunday, July 8, 2007, 5:00 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference Room 3305, Michael C. Ford "Make-Believe Ballroom": Add visual image. Write on Dell paperback #467 cover— Peter B. Kyne's "Money to Burn" (1950) Heiress to billions— she's got money to burn and her eyes are on me!
Monday, July 9, 2007, 7:30 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Baptist Cramer Piano Concerto #7 in E, Op. 56 (CD) Best pianist during Beethoven's time— Wake-up tune for morning breakfast.	Monday, July 9, 2007, 8:15 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Sergei Rachmaninoff (Listen) Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 (1934) Dreaming on a hill of daffodils— floating up like a puffy cloud.
Monday, July 9, 2007, 2:00 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference Room 3202, Sharon Doubiago "Autobiography of the Soul": After Sharon said she didn't write for 5 years until Anne Sexton committed suicide, three other women confessed doing the same, one saying October 4, 1974 Four women began writing when they heard about Anne Sexton's suicide.	Monday, July 9, 2007, 3:00 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference Room 3202, Sharon Doubiago "Autobiography of the Soul" After writing about my 3-year old memory of dropping pebbles in the well in China. Reason for writing your first memory The well— deep holder of secrets, dark nourisher of life in this world.
Monday, July 9, 2007, 3:30 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference, Room 3304 Carol Lem, "Memoir as Poetry & Prose" Autobiography contains all memories. Memoirs focus on pivotal moments. Pivotal moments leading to major changes in life— that's memoir.	Monday, July 9, 2007, 5:00 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference, Room 3304 Carol Lem, "Memoir as Poetry & Prose" Write poem of a pivotal moments in your life. Swami Satchidanananda at lunch time (1970). Made a basket from his napkin. Arranged orange peels like a lotus.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 3:30 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference Room 3106, Sharon Doubiago "The Long Poem" Pound's Cantos, Williams' Paterson, Ginsberg's Kaddish, are modern long poems.	Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 3:30 pm 31st Foothill Writers' Conference, Room 3201 Leo Litwak & Tom Parker "Criticism: How to Give, How to Receive, How to Profit" Improve your writing by taking criticism as your faithful friend.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 8:30 pm Foothill Writers' Conference, Appreciation Hall Adrienne Rich: Last poem in Poetry Reading "Telephone Ringing in the Labyrinth" You could be silent in twelve languages— Phone rings! Minatour calling!	Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 10:40 pm Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Radio Piotr Tchaikovsky (listen) Violin Concerto in D, Op.35 (1878) Everything coming to a crescendo after calm winds and strings.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 8:24 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Jahja Ling conducting Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F, (1721) (listen) Refreshed waking up to Bach's music this morning— to cosmic ocean!	Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 10:15 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Claudio Abbado conducting Ludwig van Beethoven (Listen) Symphony #3 "Eroica", 1st Movement (1804) This music stirs up the hero in all of us— Do something that's art!
Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 9:50 am Mountain View, Insight after Breakfast When you close yourself to someone, you close yourself to the Infinite.	Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 9:55 am Mountain View, Insight after Breakfast Compassionate to all sentient beings, Buddha lives in the Infinite.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 1:30 pm California Ave & El Camino, Palo Alto After she drives by, I realize it's Ying, the usher at Stanford Theatre, and didn't tell her I can't come— it's my work day. "Peter!" she yells from her car— "See you tomorrow at Stanford Theatre!"	Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 1:34 pm While waiting for Stanford Bus C-Line, I see Palo Alto's Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels, 477 California Ave, which reminds me of Isidor Rabi explaining his creativity Mom asked at dinner— "Izzy what question did you ask in class today?"
Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 7:20 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Fred Astaire, "Flying Down to Rio" (1933) Fred and Ginger— first time together dance up a storm, stealing the show!	Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 9:15 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Fred Astaire, "Swing Time" (1936) Pick yourself up— waltz in swing time, never gonna dance a fine romance.
Thursday, July 12, 2007, 10:40 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Luigi Boccherini (listen) Guitar Quintet #4 in D, "Fandango", (1798) Flamenco dancing— Hands clapping, fingers snapping, castanets on fire!	Thursday, July 12, 2007, 11:11 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Mozart (Listen) Piano Sonata #16 in C, K. 545 (1788) Slow stroll in the park— Children on see-saws and swings. Squirrel standing still.
Thursday, July 12, 2007, 12:20 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Max Bruch (listen) Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46, (1880) Sprightly Scottish tunes— a four movements fantasy that's fun to dance to!	Thursday, July 12, 2007, 1:00 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Maurice Ravel Bolero (1928) (Listen) Ravel's masterpiece— two melodies repeated over and over.
Thursday, July 12, 2007, 2:30 pm Foothill College Seamans Library Reading Anne Sexton's "Transformation" (1971), I find her book begins & ends with "Death" "Death starts like a dream... God help— this life after death?" Book sandwiched by Death!	Thursday, July 12, 2007, 8:38 pm Foothill College, Middlefield Campus Parking Lot Behind Computer Building-I Admiring sunset cirrus clouds for five minutes Light orange brushstrokes against pale blue canvas sky a hawk glides northward.
Friday, July 13, 2007, 11:00 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Jacques Offenbach (listen) Orpheus in the Underworld Overture, (1858) Music calm and slow— then party livens up— dance with wild abandon!	Friday, July 13, 2007, 11:45 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Manuel de Falla La Vida Breve (1905) (Listen) Sad— life is so short! Be mindful. Practice art so your life may be long!
Friday, July 13, 2007, 2:15 pm Green Library, Stanford University Dr. I. H. Coriat coined a new word in "Abnormal Psychology" (1911) Irrational fear— triskaidekaphobia of number 13.	Friday, July 13, 2007, 2:40 pm Green Library, Stanford University 209th anniversary of Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey" (July 13, 1798) Therefore am I still, lover of meadows and woods and all we behold.
Friday, July 13, 2007, 7:20 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Fred Astaire, "The Sky's the Limit" (1943) Distance and closeness— too far away to embrace her— my shining star!	Friday, July 13, 2007, 9:10 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto, Fred Astaire, "You Were Never Lovelier" (1942) (lyrics) Moonbeams fly down to light your face— you were never lovelier than tonight!
Saturday, July 14, 2007, 11:00 am Home listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Radio Playing music of French composers to celebrate Bastille Day Bastille Day! What's locked up in your mind? Let it free— Open Sesame!	Saturday, July 14, 2007, 12:38 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Joshua Bell plays Jules Massenet (listen) Thaïs: Meditation, (1894) Swans gliding in lake surrounded by willow trees— Socrates asleep.
Saturday, July 14, 2007, 4:00 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Fred Astaire & Leroy Daniels dancing "Shine on My Shoes" in "The Band Wagon" (1953) 42nd Street Arcade livens up to their free-spirited dance!	Saturday, July 14, 2007, 4:15 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Vincente Minnelli, "The Band Wagon" (1953) Fred Astaire as Tony Hunter finally rebels I hereby declare 1776— my independence!
Saturday, July 14, 2007, 4:30 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Fred Astaire & Cyd Charisse dancing "Dancing in the Dark" in "Band Wagon" (1953) Dancing in the dark somewhere in Central Park or swirling amidst the stars!	Saturday, July 14, 2007, 5:15 pm Vincente Minnelli, "The Band Wagon" (1953) Gabrielle Girard (Cyd Charisse) tells Tony Hunter (Fred Astaire) at the end of the show (and film) The show's a big hit... going to run for a long time— to run forever.
Sunday, July 15, 2007, 9:56 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Mozart (Listen) (1788) Piano Concerto #26 in D, K. 537 "Coronation" How nice to wake up to Mozart in the morning on a summer day!	Sunday, July 15, 2007, 10:22 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Beethoven (Listen) (1801) Piano Sonata #14 in C-sharp minor "Moonlight" Fickle sickle moon— a metaphor for woman, night and the ocean.
Sunday, July 15, 2007, 7:20 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto— Fred Astaire (Bert Kalmer), Red Skelton (Harry Ruby) Vera-Ellen in "Three Little Words" (1950) You changed my mind with three little words— that's all it took to change my mind!	Sunday, July 15, 2007, 10:40 pm "Royal Wedding" (1951): Fred Astaire plays Tom Bown who's in love with Anne Ashmond (Sarah Churchill, daughter of Winston Churchill) She took him to see her Dad, owner of a pub— could've been Sir Winston!
Monday, July 16, 2007, 9:50 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Frederic Chopin Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 "Heroic" (1842) (Listen), (YouTube: Rubinstein, Horowitz) Till the end of time this tune travels in my mind thinking just of you.	Monday, July 16, 2007, 10:10 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Sebastian Bach Little Suite from Anna Megdalena Notebook, Menuett in G Major, BMV Anh. 114, (Listen) Between minuet dances, the court jester pranced to the King's delight.
Monday, July 16, 2007, 7:50 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Fred Astaire & Judy Garland in "Easter Parade" (1948) (lyrics) I'll write a sonnet on your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it.	Monday, July 16, 2007, 8:00 pm "Easter Parade"— Fred Astaire tells Judy Garland "A dancer must be exotic, she must be a peach" and Judy says "I suppose that I'm a lemon." You're not a lemon. You're a peach of a singer and a dancer too!
Monday, July 16, 2007, 9:15 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Surprised meeting Sally, we dance in the lobby after "Easter Parade" while the organ played Fred and Judy in my heart, I waltz around with Sally in my arms.	Monday, July 16, 2007, 9:20 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto A blonde lady cuts in on Sally to dance with me in the lobby during intermission Feeling like Astaire, I swirl a blonde stranger while the organ played.
Monday, July 16, 2007, 10:00 pm Rouben Mamoulian, "Silk Stockings" (1957) First time Astaire & Charisse dance is similar to their first movement in "The Band Wagon" Fred and Cyd dancing— Mamoulian lauds Minnelli's "Dancing in the Dark".	Monday, July 16, 2007, 10:40 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Rouben Mamoulian, "Silk Stockings" (1957) starring Fred Astaire & Cyd Charisse That's all silk stockings— all of you, satin and silk, the Ritz roll and rock.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 10:58 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Paul Dukas (Listen) Sorcerer's Apprentice (1897) (Fantasia, 1940) Goethe wrote this tale and Faust— Beware of perils playing the Black Arts!	Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 12:12 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Mozart (Listen) Piano Concerto #22 in E-flat, K. 482 (1785) Written for Advent— festival celebrating the coming of Christ.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 8:00 pm Foothill College, Middlefield Campus Lab Reading "Poetry Summons Us to Life" Conversation with Adam Zagajewski Pure poetry is a gift the poet receives— it's a taste of bliss!	Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 8:55 pm Foothill College, Middlefield Campus Parking Lot Behind Computer Building-I Admiring crescent moon and Venus at dusk Beautiful crescent moon like a bow above bright Venus and Saturn.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007, 10:10 am Hoyt Smith playing music of royalty on KDFC 102.1 FM: Jeremiah Clarke (Listen) The Prince of Denmark March (1699) Royalty not by birth— Hans Christian Andersen is my Prince of Denmark.	Wednesday, July 18, 2007, 10:22 am Hoyt Smith playing music of royalty on KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven (Listen) Piano Concerto #5 in Eb, Op.73, "Emperor" (1809) Beethoven is right— Artists and poets are the true kings of this world!
Thursday, July 19, 2007, 11:58 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Frederic Chopin (Listen) Piano Concerto #1 in E, Op. 11 (1830) Virtuosity— Chopin showed this writing it when he's twenty-one!	Thursday, July 19, 2007, 12:40 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Strauss, Jr. (Listen) Overture to "Die Fledermaus" (1874) Flying squirrel is the bat bringing good fortune and joy to your home.
Friday, July 20, 2007, 6:10 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Pachelbel Canon and Gigue in D (1680) (Listen) Sparrows are singing just before sunrise suffuse the sky with its song.	Friday, July 20, 2007, 6:22 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Liszt (listen) Hungarian Rhapsody #6 (1853) Men in a circle— their glimmering boots polished, dancing the Verbunk.
Friday, July 20, 2007, 4:17 pm Green Library, Stanford University 38th anniversary of Moon Landing Eagle has landed! Armstrong, first man on the moon— our space dream came true!	Friday, July 20, 2007, 5:00 pm Did William Shakespeare aged 46 insert his name in Psalms 46 of the King James Bible (1611)? Shake— 46th word from top, spear— 46th word from bottom— Surprised?
Friday, July 20, 2007, 7:00 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers dancing "Changing Partners" in "Carefree" (1938) Won't you change partners and dance with me? Then you may never change again.	Friday, July 20, 2007, 9:00 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe in Howard Hawks, "Monkey Business" (1952) Elixir of youth gets in the water cooler— we're all young again!
Saturday, July 21, 2007, 11:00 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Sebastian Bach Brandenburg Concerto #4 in G, (1721) (listen) The little brook flows into a river ever onward to the sea.	Saturday, July 21, 2007, 11:25 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Piotr Tchaikovsky (listen) Violin Concerto in D, Op. 35 (1878) His depression swept away by the calm Swiss shore writing zingy music.
Saturday, July 21, 2007, 2:30 pm Green Library, Stanford University Wendy Abraham, Chinese For Dummies In numerology, Wendy = Abraham = China = 26 Her first and last name both add up to 26— the same as China.	Saturday, July 21, 2007, 3:00 pm Green Library, Stanford University 52nd Hexagram of "I Ching": Kên / Keeping Still 52nd word of "Genesis I" (King James) = God Psalms 46:10— "Be still and know that I am God"— Practice this well.
Saturday, July 21, 2007, 9:00 pm Mary Fisher brings a stupa cake for party in honor of Wendy Abraham at Menlo Park home of Robert Visser A stupa cake and Tibetan turquoise necklace— gifts for Wendy's work.	Saturday, July 21, 2007, 9:30 pm Robert Visser party, Menlo Park I read poem for Wendy Abraham: "The Arc of Your Smile" You're an Apsaras, a Kuan-yin blessing us all— Thanks Wendy— Thank you!
Sunday, July 22, 2007, 10:50 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Sebastian Bach (listen) Cantata #208: Sheep May Safely Graze, (1713) Pasture full of sheep grazing under the Swiss Alps— shepherd sound asleep.	Sunday, July 22, 2007, 11:36 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Mozart (Listen) Piano Sonata #12 in F, K. 332 (1783) Hymn-like melody slow & sweet— music for prayer before the dance tunes.
Monday, July 23, 2007, 10:03 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Itzhak Perlman plays Vivaldi, "The Four Seasons: Winter" (1723) (listen) My first poem flowed out at Cornell when I heard this and wrote "I See Joy".	Monday, July 23, 2007, 10:57 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Wynton Marsalis plays Paganini, "Perpetual Motion" (1820) (listen) Who's moving all this?— Galaxies of stars moved by the Unmoved Mover.
Monday, July 23, 2007, 2:00 pm Ortega Ave. & Latham St., Mountain View Seeing robin redbreast after Safeway shopping A worm in its mouth, robin redbreast hops by me under the pine tree.	Tuesday, July 24, 2007, 10:30 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Schubert (listen) Symphony #9 in C "Great" (1827) On fast-moving train, one scene after another— Who is the seer?
Tuesday, July 24, 2007, 10:03 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven (Listen) Symphony #9 in D, Op.125 "Choral" (May 7, 1824) He saw but couldn't hear the five standing ovations. How ironic not hearing the applause to his Choral Symphony.	Tuesday, July 24, 2007, 11:50 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Narciso Yepes & Stanley Myers, "Romance (1952) / Cavatina" (1970) (listen) Films: Walking Stick (1970); Deer Hunter (1979) This haunting tune from René Clément's Forbidden Games— film hard to forget.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007, 9:10 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Cary Grant & Rosalind Russell in Howard Hawks, "His Girl Friday" (1940) Why he's an auteur— Snappy dialogues, visual style, great sense of timing.	Friday, July 24, 2007, 10:00 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Fred Astaire & Eleanor Powell, in "Broadway Melody of 1940" (1940) Jukebox girl singing Jukebox Dance as they tap tap right into your heart!
Tuesday, July 24, 2007, 10:30 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Fred Astaire, George Murphy, Eleanor Powell, in "Broadway Melody of 1940" (1940) Begin the Beguine— Astaire and Eleanor Powell— best tap dance ever!	Tuesday, July 24, 2007, 10:50 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Fred Astaire, George Murphy, Eleanor Powell, in "Broadway Melody of 1940" (1940) Happy tapping feet dance across the mirrored floor swirling like the stars.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007, 10:25 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Fritz Kreisler (Listen) La Gitana "Gypsy Caprice" (1934) I'm in the Balkans awakened by gypsy tunes on the violin.	Wednesday, July 25, 2007, 11:22 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Tchaikovsky (listen) Swan Lake, Op. 20: Scenes (1875) Swans, symbol for soul— that's why swans are so graceful and so beautiful.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007, 1:55 pm I visit Palo Alto's Izzy's Brooklyn Bagels, admire the vintage photos of Brooklyn Dodgers, and have nice chat with proprietor Israel Rind He likes my story of Izzy and wants to put it up on his wall.	Wednesday, July 25, 2007, 3:00 pm Green Library, Stanford University Reading Richard Geldard's "Spiritual Teachings of Ralph Waldo Emerson" on Thomas Taylor I'm overjoyed that Emerson drank from Taylor's Plato as I did.
Wednesday, July 25, 2007, 10:30 pm KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast.am. Realizing the dangers of George Noory's Ouiji Board Experiment, I center myself reading Plotinus "Enneads", IV.4.44 on contemplation to ward off evil magic spells. I chant Om's, place books of sages around radio as warrior of light.	Thursday, July 26, 2007, 12:30 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast.am Jordan Maxwell, Rosemary Ellen Gulley, Bruce Goldberg in LA studio as George Noory cancels Ouiji Board Experiment at last second. What courage to back out to protect your audience from harm's way.
Thursday, July 26, 2007, 10:50 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Georges Enesco (listen) Romanian Rhapsody #1, Op. 11 (1901) Cossacks spinning in mad frenzy as audience shouts out "Bravo! Bravo!"	Thursday, July 26, 2007, 12:46 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Mozart (listen), Finale, Symphony #41 in C, K. 551 "Jupiter" (1788) King of Olympiad— fitting title for Mozart's final symphony.
Friday, July 27, 2007, 10:40 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (listen) Flight of the Bumblebee: Orchestral interlude for opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" (1900) Today is Bug Bunny's birthday: July 27, 1940 Busy busy bee bumbling in the bushes finding Bugs Bunny!	Friday, July 27, 2007, 10:44 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Camille Saint-Saens (Listen) Carnival of the Animals: The Swan (1886) Lushly romantic cello solo played over rippling 16ths in one piano and rolled chords in the other. Swans glide slowly by in the park pond mirroring the clear cloudless sky.
Friday, July 27, 2007, 11:00 am Home in Mountain View: Friend phones and asks me to complete sentence: "Heaven is..." Heaven is you— when you discard the ego for your true Cosmic Self.	Friday, July 27, 2007, 11:11 am Continual contemplation on the nature of heaven Heaven is now here when seeing through a child's eye— Bliss is everywhere!
Friday, July 27, 2007, 9:10 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Cary Grant & Joan Fontaine in Alfred Hitchcock's "Suspicion" (1941) The poisonous milk in Suspicion used again in Notorious.	Friday, July 27, 2007, 10:30 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Fred Astaire & Joan Fontaine in "A Damsel in Distress" (1936) Put me to the test— nice work if you can get it, things are looking up.
Saturday, July 28, 2007, 10:52 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Frederic Chopin Polonaise in A-flat major, Op. 53 "Heroic" (1842) (Listen), (YouTube: Rubinstein, Horowitz) Chopin's Polonaise brings out the hero in us to act with courage.	Saturday, July 28, 2007, 11:42 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Joseph Haydn (listen) Symphony #82 in C "The Bear" (1798) Dow tumbles 678 points this week. Bear market? Rumi's tale of bear clawing teacher, Haydn's Bear Symphony— Sell! Sell!
Saturday, July 28, 2007, 12:12 pm Friend takes me to the bank and grocery shopping at Milk Pail Black- and strawberries, cauliflower, green onions, and alfafa sprouts.	Saturday, July 28, 2007, 2:30 pm Discussing yoga with two young Indian software engineers while walking to Stanford. Vijay says: Jnana yogi has to go to God who comes to the bhakti yogi.
Sunday, July 29, 2007, 10:10 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Mozart (listen) Piano Concerto #21 in C, K467 (1785) Heaven is waking up to Mozart music from a beautiful dream.	Sunday, July 29, 2007, 2:12 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Mendelssohn (listen) Hebrides Overture, "Fingal's Cave", Op. 26 (1832) Waves clashing on rocks— a symphony of sounds from Father of the waves.
Monday, July 30, 2007, 10:50 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Frederic Chopin (Listen) Nocturne #2 in Eb, Op. 9 #2 (YouTube) Rippling waterfall cascades from this tune as we fly above as doves.	Monday, July 30, 2007, 1:30 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Sergei Rachmaninoff (Listen) Piano Concerto #2 in C, Op. 18 (1900) Tolling of bells, slow chords of strings, piano & flute— a chef's magic blend!
Monday, July 30, 2007, 4:00 pm Full Moon Greenwich Time: 7-30-2007, 0:48 Full Moon of July is Blood Moon or Buck Moon. Quote from Invocation to "Isa Upanishad" That is full, this is full... Merge this fullness in that fullness, all that remains is fullness.	Monday, July 30, 2007, 4:32 pm Full Moon Greenwich Time: 7-30-2007, 0:48 Full Moon of July is Blood Moon or Buck Moon. Birthday of writer, sculptor, & painter Emily Bronte's birthday as well as Henry Moore and Vasari.
Monday, July 30, 2007, 8:00 pm Ingmar Bergman (7/14-/1918-7/30/2007) Swedish film director died today (NY Times) Smiles of a Summer Night, Seventh Seal, Virgin Spring, and Wild Strawberries.	Monday, July 30, 2007, 8:00 pm Ingmar Bergman (7/14-/1918-7/30/2007) Swedish film director died today (NY Times) Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light, The Silence— our face to face with God.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007, 10:50 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Schubert (listen) "Trout" Piano Quintet in A major (1819) Music for fishing— the trout rising and falling in the rapid stream.	Tuesday, July 31, 2007, 1:25 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Joseph Haydn (listen) Symphony #101 in D "Clock" (1793) The clock measures time and the ruler measures space. What measures the mind?
Tuesday, July 31, 2007, 8:00 pm Michelangelo Antonioni (9/29/1912-7/30/2007) Italian film director died same day as Bergman Saw Antonioni films at Cornell in the mid-1960's L'Avventura, La Notte, L'Eclisse, Red Desert, Blowup— films that shaped my youth.	Tuesday, July 31, 2007, 8:30 pm Memorable Quote from Antonioni's "La Notte" (1962): Letter from Lidia (Jeanne Moreau) to Giovanni (Marcello Mastroianni) Beyond your face is a pure vision showing us as one for all times.

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