Haikus: June 2008

HAIKUS: June 2008

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

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, June 1, 2008, 11:00-11:06 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Jules Massenet,
Thaïs: Meditation, (1894)
(Listen), CD, YouTube
Music sweet and sad
for the soul to reminisce
its long long journey. Sunday, June 1, 2008, 11:46-11:59 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gustav Holst,
The Planets: Venus, Op. 32 (1916)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Venus— the Morning
and Evening Star that Wise Men
followed for guidance.

Sunday, June 1, 2008, 2:00-9:00 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Reading Robert Bly's "The Thousands" (2001)
"Ancient Friendships between Sounds"
Robert Creeley's poem so full of sounds:

Love comes quietly,
finally, drops around me,
on me, in the old ways. Sunday, June 1, 2008, 10:00-11:45 pm
Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University
Stanford Flicks, Matt Reeves
directs "Cloverfield" (2008),
starring Michael Stahl-David & Jessica Lucas

Monster attacks New York—
more devastating than
King Kong or Godzilla.

Monday, June 2, 2008, 11:44-11:59 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Felix Mendelssohn,
Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, Op. 21 (1828), (Listen), CD, YouTube

We're all dreaming this
world is real— but where is it
in dreamless deep sleep? Monday, June 2, 2008, 12:05-12:19 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (1810)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Beethoven inspired
by Goethe's tale of Egmont—
set it to music.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 11:51-11:59 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Luigi Boccherini,
Guitar Quintet #4 in D, "Fandango" (1798), (Listen), CD, YouTube

This is passionate
music to snap your fingers
and stomp your feet too! Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 2:00-2:08 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Camille Saint-Saens,
Carnival of the Animals: The Swan (1886)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

I'm reading about
the soul and "The Swan"
is playing on the radio.

Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 6:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Reading e.e. cummings quote
next to Dee Piazzale's watercolor on the wall
titled "Leaping Greenly Spirits Of Trees"
(later found to be from "Xaipe" 65)

Thank you God for blue
dream of sky and everything
infinite which is yes. Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 11:55 pm
Green Library, Stanford University
Wrote poem "Sophia's First Birthday"
and made First Birthday Card for grandniece
with Sun, Möbius Strip, and Raphael's "Plato"

Plato's finger points
to the One from which all things
flow with joy to you.

Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 11:33-11:44 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43, Finale (1801), (Listen), CD, YouTube

Prometheus brings fire
to mankind— now Beethoven
lights us with music! Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 12:40 pm
Home in Mountain View: Reading about
Wang Yang Ming's sigh and sorrow (#303)
in "Instructions for Practical Living" (1518)

The sage said with a sigh:
"Those who know do not share
the good with others."

Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 12:45 pm
Home in Mountain View: Reading about
Wang Yang Ming's sigh and sorrow (#176)
in "Instructions for Practical Living" (1518)

When all are merry
running after falsehood,
I alone weep and lament. Wednesday, June 4, 2008, 3:15-5:45 pm
Building 460, Room 334, Stanford University
Eavan Boland runs Bly's Last Poetry Class:
Discussion on process & product of poetry

She's hard on mistakes
in a poem— it's a scorpion
that ruins everything!

Thursday, June 5, 2008, 12:21-12:28 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
Symphony #5 in E minor, Waltz, Op. 64 (1888), (Listen), CD, YouTube

Tchaikovsky's Waltz from
his Fifth Symphony slips me
back into deep sleep. Thursday, June 5, 2008, 12:44-12:48 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
The Magic Flute: "Queen of the Night" aria (1791), (Listen), CD, YouTube

Sun is King of Day.
Moon is Queen of Night. Is our
Earth the Court Jester?

Thursday, June 5, 2008, 2:30-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway on California Street
and buying coupon items at half price.

Raisin Bran, Honey
with Oats, Granola Bars,
and Mozarella Cheese. Thursday, June 5, 2008, 4:44 pm
Riding Bus #22 on El Camino, Palo Alto,
heading for Stanford Green Library
and pondering on Bly's "soul weight"

When a person has
a deep sigh, is he gaining
or losing soul weight?

Friday, June 6, 2008, 2:43-3:02 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: James Ehnes plays Max Bruch,
Scottish Fantasy in E-flat major, Op. 46 (1880), (Listen), CD, YouTube

Loch Ness monster sleeping
in a Scottish lagoon—
Fact or fantasy? Friday, June 6, 2008, 3:42 pm
Riding Bus #40 on San Antonio Road
to the Los Altos Library & recalling
Eavan Boland's June 4 poetry class

Hemingway's Six words
short story— For Sale.
Baby Shoes. Never Worn.

Friday, June 6, 2008, 7:30-9:45 pm
Friends' House, 957 Colorado, Palo Alto
Waverley Writers' Featured Reader:
Doren Robbins, Foothill College,
reads poem "Elegy for Pablo Neruda"

There is no phoenix
now— only in your poems
we feel you still flying. Friday, June 6, 2008, 7:30-9:45 pm
Friends' House, 957 Colorado, Palo Alto
Waverley Writers' Poetry Reading:
I read two ramage poems from Bly's class:
"Bazaar Dreams" & "The Aha Moment"

My Aha moment—
Breathe in the Ah but keep
the Ha in your heart.

Saturday, June 7, 2008, 9:37-9:43 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Mikhail Pletnev
plays Edvard Grieg, Op. 65, #6
Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (1897),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

It's Grieg's wedding day
and the trolls are romping
with mischievous delight. Saturday, June 7, 2008, 10:15-10:26 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Yo-Yo Ma
plays John Williams,
Seven Years in Tibet (1997),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

High peak mountains surround
Tibet inducing higher
states of consciousness.

Sunday, June 8, 2008, 11:39-11:45 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Claude Debussy,
Reverie (1890),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Waking, dream, deep sleep—
three states of consciousness
teaching us what is Real. Sunday, June 8, 2008, 1:20-1:42 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Robert Schumann,
Symphony #3 in E-Flat, Op. 97 "Rhenish" (1850),
(Listen), CD, YouTube (born June 8, 1810)

It's Schumann's birthday—
He and Clara nourished Brahms'
music in their home.

Sunday, June 8, 2008, 2:24-2:35 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Sarah Chang plays Vivaldi,
Four Seasons: "Autumn" Op. 8, #3 (1725)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Vivaldi's Winter rain
inspired my first poem
on this day— "I See Joy". Sunday, June 8, 2008, 3:14 pm
Showers Drive, Mountain View
Caught 3:14 pm Shuttle Bus to Stanford
and pondering on the mysteries of π

Apple pie, pizza pie
honor pi— that round
transcendental number.

Sunday, June 8, 2008, 7:30 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Composing web page Haikus: Bly's
Poetry Workshop— June 2008

Bly has flown to Maine
but these haikus are still
flowing out like flowers. Sunday, June 8, 2008, 8:11 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Recalling my first poem that flowed
to me on 6-8-1968— "I See Joy"

I see joy in her smile
and pure goodness in
her heart helping others.

Monday, June 9, 2008, 1:00-1:24 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Felix Mendelssohn,
Symphony #4 in A major "Italian",
Op. 90 (1833), (Listen), CD, YouTube

Music is upbeat—
inherited by Felix
from Grandpa Moses. Monday, June 9, 2008, 1:40-1:44 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Sebastian Bach,
Cantata #140: Sleepers Awake (1731)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

We're all Rip Van Winkles
asleep to what is Real—
O My Friend: Wake up!

Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 11:40-11:47 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Claude Debussy,
Reflection in the Water (1890),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Narcissus fell in love
with his water reflection
and drowned in the pool. Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 12:15-1:45 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me
grocery shopping at Trader Joe's,
Milk Pail, and Safeway

Sesame sticks, green grapes
and onions, alfafa sprouts,
pizza, milk, and cheese.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 3:30-4:30 pm
Gentle Dental, 3920 Middlefield Road,
Palo Alto: My dentist Dr. John Glerum
glues back my front tooth that fell off.
(Crown for tooth #10 done in 2004)

They have a new glue
with chemical bonding that'll
keep this tooth in place. Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 5:44-6:10 pm
On Shopping Express Shuttle Bus to Stanford
Recall: After reading 20 books on Plato, Sufi,
and Zen masters, I dreamt of my teeth falling
out (1968), and Tony Damiani told me:

"You're biting more than
you can chew— wisdom
takes a lifetime, not a week!"

Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
Bette Davis in "The Letter" (1940)
directed by William Wyler

Eye of the Moon sees
it all and when covered by
clouds, death will follow. Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 9:15-11:15 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
Bette Davis and Paul Henreid in
"Now, Voyager" (1942), Music by Max Steiner

Love can make us so
happy if we could only
let it bloom slowly.

Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 11:55 pm
Walking across the Stanford campus,
I see hundreds of students marching
from Old Union to Meyer Library

Students finished with finals,
now marching across campus—
yelling "Let's have a beer!" Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 12:00-2:00 am
Green Library, Stanford University
(Last night of library extended hours)
Return to finish poem "Soul Weight"

The soul is in our heart—
smaller than an atom,
larger than all of space.

Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 1:00-1:30 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Joaquín Rodrigo,
"Fantasy for a Gentleman" (1954)
(CD), YouTube (* Omar Khayyam, Rubaiyat XI *)

What's your fantasy?—
Book of verse and Thou
beside me inspired by It. Wednesday, June 11, 2008, 4:30-5:30 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Finding Monday's Yahoo story
on the killer interview question

Why should we hire you?
Because I walk the extra
mile and get things done.

Thursday, June 12, 2008, 11:51 am-12:10 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Sebastian Bach
(Listen) (CD) (YouTube), (1725)
Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook: Little Suite

The elves are dancing
while they work— making toys
for the new-born bluebirds. Thursday, June 12, 2008, 1:01-1:40 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Schubert,
Symphony #4 in C minor "Tragic" (1816)
(Listen), (CD), YouTube

Composed when nineteen,
played two decades after his death—
Schubert's "Tragic" Symphony.

Thursday, June 12, 2008, 2:15 pm
Home in Mountain View: Reading
Emily Dickinson's Poem #378 (circa 1862)
"I saw no Way— The Heavens were stitched—"

A speck on a ball—
she went to Circumference—
beyond the Dip of Bell— Thursday, June 12, 2008, 2:33 pm
El Camino & Showers Drive, Mountain View
Waiting for Bus #22 when fly flew to my eye
on a hot day when temperature was over 90^oF

The fly went for my eye
what moisture there was to drink
before flying away.

Thursday, June 12, 2008, 7:30-9:10 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
James Stewart in "The Far Country" (1954)
directed by Anthony Mann

Alaska's pure snow
tainted by man's greed for gold—
There's only one hope. Thursday, June 12, 2008, 9:20-11:00 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
James Stewart in "Bend of the River" (1952)
directed by Anthony Mann

Two former outlaws
lead a wagon train of food—
Are they worthy of trust?

Friday, June 13, 2008, 12:33-12:43 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: John Williams, Indiana Jones
& the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Heroic march through
the Amazon jungles
to find the crystal skull. Friday, June 13, 2008, 1:00-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at New Castro Street Market,
and Kaiser Permanente Pharmacy

Bean curd, firm tofu,
bran dough, water chestnuts,
and baby bok choy.

Friday, June 13, 2008, 2:10 pm
Mountain View Post Office: Didn't pick
up my mail in a month. Surprise letter
from a stranger who likes my web site

Surprise letter from Joy
who loves poetry, art,
and the human spirit. Friday, June 13, 2008, 8:00-8:25 pm
Rose's Hair Salon, Mountain View
Green Library closed at 6 pm today,
so I got home early to get a haircut

The sun is real red
tonight with the sky aflame
as I go for haircut.

Friday, June 13, 2008, 9:21-9:37 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ciprian Porumbescu,
Ballade for Violin & Orchestra, Op. 29 (1880),
(Listen), CD, YouTube, Notes

Violin strings sing song
of the soul— Is our universe
made of 11-strings? Saturday, June 14, 2008, 3:00-4:00 am
Home in Mountain View: Reading Ann's 5/31 gift
"The New Criterion" (April 2008), Eric Ormsby
essay "Walter de la Mare's Kingdom"

Poet of silence
and Kingdom-of-Never-to-Be—
Walter de la Mare.

Saturday, June 14, 2008, 5:00 pm
Green Library, Stanford University
Completing Notes: What Is the Address?

When the Address is known—
no need to go anywhere
for Heaven is home! Saturday, June 14, 2008, 8:23 pm
Showers Drive, Mountain View: Waiting for
Bus #35 to Palo Alto for Ballroom Dancing

Sun sets in the west,
Moon high in the eastern sky—
I spin in between.

Sunday, June 15, 2008, 11:47-11:52 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Edo De Waart
conducts Ottorino Respighi,
The Birds: The Dove (1927),
(Listen), CD, YouTube, Notes

O Columba— Dove
of Discovery— guide me
to the golden light. Sunday, June 15, 2008, 11:52 am-12:01 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Yundi Li
plays Franz Liszt,
Liebestraum for Piano, S541, #3 (1850),
(Listen), CD, YouTube: Rubinstein, Notes

Dreams of Love— that which
is everlasting is love
for the Higher Self.

Sunday, June 15, 2008, 7:30-9:25 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
Audrey Hepburn & Cary Grant in
"Charade" (1963) directed by Stanley Donen

Great music, script, and
suspense— Donen's film
is even better than Hitchcock. Sunday, June 15, 2008, 9:35-11:35 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
Audrey Hepburn & Peter O'Toole
in "How to Steal a Million" (1966)

Boomerang triggers
alarm so they turned it off—
then they stoled Venus.

Monday, June 16, 2008, 10:33-10:45 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Aram Khachaturian,
Masquerade: Romance (1944)
Listen, CD, YouTube

Is God masquerading
as Nature— hiding in
every nook and cranny? Monday, June 16, 2008, 1:10-1:31 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Joseph Haydn,
Symphony #92 in G major "Oxford" (1789),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Commencement— always
be a beginner doing
something fresh and new!

Monday, June 16, 2008, 2:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Trader Joe's, Milk Pail, Safeway

Eggs, alfafa sprouts,
red, orange, yellow bell peppers,
and potato salad. Monday, June 16, 2008, 6:00-9:30 pm
Foothill Middlefield Lab, Palo Alto
More insights on π = 3.14

First and millionth digits
of pi is One— both next
to the Trinity!

Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 12:03-12:19 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Piano Concerto #5 "Emperor" (1809)
(Listen), CD, YouTube, Analysis

Overslept an hour—
Beethoven's Emperor Concerto
wakes me up! Tuesday, June 17, 2008,, 2:03-2:09 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Jules Massenet,
Thaïs: Meditation, (1894)
(Listen), CD, YouTube, Notes

Birds chirping outside
and inside I'm full of joy
in peaceful bliss.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 11:45-11:50 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Rage Over a Lost Penny, Op. 129 (1795)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Awakened by mice
scurrying in and out
carrying cheese to their den. Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 12:06-12:23 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Frederic Chopin,
Piano Sonata #3 in B minor, Op. 58, (1844)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Storming beginning
leads to a mellow serene
soothing melody.

Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 9:39-10:00 pm
On Bus #22 going home to Mountain View
Reading Oprah Winfrey's Commencement Address
in Stanford Report (6-18-2008)

Oprah Winfrey's secret
for success— "To move forward,
you have to give back." Wednesday, June 18, 2008, 9:39-10:00 pm
On Bus #22 going home to Mountain View
Reading Oprah Winfrey's Commencement Address
in Stanford Report (6-18-2008)

Feelings are your GPS—
If it doesn't feel
right— Don't do it!

Thursday, June 19, 2008, 10:08-10:25 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Liszt,
Hungarian Rhapsody #2 in C-sharp minor (1847)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Joined holy order
to pursue God— found joy
in composing music. Thursday, June 19, 2008, 10:26-10:34 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Domenico Zipoli,
Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings (1715),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

This monk experienced
peaceful bliss— we feel it
in his uplifting tunes.

Friday, June 20, 2008, 12:00-1:18 pm
Appreciation Hall, Foothill College,
Los Altos Hills, CTIS Appreciation
of Greg McIlhiney (1950-2008)

Greg McIlniney—
best Foothill teacher,
always caring for students. Friday, June 20, 2008, 12:00-1:18 pm
Appreciation Hall, Foothill College,
Janet Davis tells how Greg dragged her
back to class after she slipped out quietly.

Greg told her "You're a
multimedia specialist."
Now she works for Adobe.

Friday, June 20, 2008, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
"Love Is A Many Splendid Thing" (1955)
directed by Henry King,
starring William Holden & Jennifer Jones

Romantic film with
beautiful Hong Kong vistas
and major hit song. Friday, June 20, 2008, 9:25-11:00 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
John Houston directs "Beat the Devil" (1954),
starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones,
Peter Lorre, Robert Morley & Gina Lollobrigida

Great film cult classic
with snappy dialogues written
by Truman Capote.

Saturday, June 21, 2008, 11:11-11:17 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Antonin Dvorak,
Rusalka: Song to the Moon (1900)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

The Strawberry Moon
or Rose Moon of June
was so beautiful last night. Saturday, June 21, 2008, 11:35-11:42 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Isaac Albeniz,
Tango and Puerta de Tierra (1887),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Delacroix's painting—
Jacob Wrestling the Angel
or dancing the tango?

Sunday, June 22, 2008, 11:47-11:55 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Piano Sonata #12 in F major, K. 332 (1781)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Mozart just married
Constance and wrote this
music to show his delight. Sunday, June 22, 2008, 11:53 am-12:03 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: John Williams,
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

The Jedi Knight is
ready to fight the Evil
Empire in Star Wars.

Sunday, June 22, 2008, 2:43 pm
Wunderlich County Park, Skyline Boulevard
Bear Gulch Entrance, San Mateo County
Entering Alambique Trail (2190 feet)

Hiking with friend at
Wunderlich County Park—
What wonder will I see? Sunday, June 22, 2008, 3:03 pm
Wunderlich County Park, Skyline Boulevard
Bear Gulch Entrance, San Mateo County
Hiking on Alambique Trail (2190 feet)

Butterfly flew by—
I breathe in deeply, mingling
my soul with the woods.

Sunday, June 22, 2008, 3:35 pm
Wunderlich County Park, San Mateo County
Alambique Trail: Coast Live Oak with
hollowed trunk resembling Greek letter Λ

Platonic Lambda—
cosmological constant or
Soul of the universe? Sunday, June 22, 2008, 4:04 pm
Wunderlich County Park, San Mateo County
Alambique Trail: A spot of grey leaves
amidst tall green Douglas Fir trees

Grey-hair grandma tree
amidst her tall green children
in this forest garden.

Sunday, June 22, 2008, 4:08 pm
Wunderlich County Park, San Mateo
Alambique Trail: Through the Douglas Fir forest
I catch a glimpse of Stanford Hoover Tower

Hoover Tower viewed
from Wunderlich Park
between tall Douglas Fir trees. Sunday, June 22, 2008, 4:10 pm
Wunderlich County Park, San Mateo
Alambique Trail: Bay Tree
with branches like a giant trident

Trident trunk soaring
to the sky— Neptune's
rod emerging from the ground.

Sunday, June 22, 2008, 4:18 pm
Wunderlich County Park, San Mateo
Alambique Trail: Tan Oak tree
with 8 trunks looking like an octopus

Eight trunks springing out
from the mother root
like a giant octopus! Sunday, June 22, 2008, 4:37 pm
Wunderlich County Park, San Mateo
Alambique Trail: A 300-year old giant
Redwood tree stands by a creek

Near a tiny creek
this giant redwood stands—
sentinel of this forest.

Sunday, June 22, 2008, 5:58 pm
Wunderlich County Park, San Mateo
Skyline Trail: Gigantic Douglas Fir
with branch thicker than most trunks

Giant Douglas Fir with
branch like elephant trunk or
arm flexing its muscles! Sunday, June 22, 2008, 6:17 pm
Wunderlich County Park, San Mateo
Giant rock and tall Douglas Fir tree at
#37 Skyline Boulevard & Bear Gulch

Four and half mile hike
through forest of redwoods
returning to giant rock.

Sunday, June 22, 2008, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
Bette Davis in "Dark Victory" (1939)
with George Brent, Humphrey Bogart

Doctor marries belle
diagnosed with brain tumor
to make her end happy. Sunday, June 22, 2008, 9:25-11:25 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
Bette Davis in "The Little Foxes" (1941)
with Teresa Wright, directed by William Wyler

Shrewd and ruthless mother
gets everything she wants
but loses her daughter.

Monday, June 23, 2008, 11:34-11:44 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: John Ottman,
Superman Returns (2006),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

A rousing drumroll
with soaring trumpet call—
Superman has returned. Monday, June 23, 2008, 12:10-12:25 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Antonio Vivaldi,
Four Seasons: 'Winter', Op. 8 #4 (1725),
(Listen), CD, YouTube (Sarah Chang

Summer Solstice's here—
they're playing Vivaldi's Winter—
my favorite piece!

Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 10:47-10:53 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Frederic Chopin,
Waltz #7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64 #2, (1847)
(Listen), CD, YouTube: Horowitz

Chopin's Waltz #7—
delightful to listen
wakes me this morning. Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 7:30-9:30 pm
Foothill College Middlefield Lab, Palo Alto
Writing web page in appreciation
of colleague Greg McIlhiney (1950-2008)

Students will miss Greg
for his helpfulness, kindness,
and generous heart.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 10:47-10:53 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: George Frederick Handel,
Water Music: Suite #1 in F major, (1717)
(Listen), CD, YouTube: Horowitz

Waking to Handel's
Water Music and feeling
fresh on my birthday. Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 1:45-3:15 pm
HomeTown Buffet, 2670 El Camino Real,
Santa Clara (Moonlite Shopping Center)
Birthday lunch with good friends

Fish fillets, spinach salad,
chocolate milk, cheese cake,
vegetable chowder.

Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 7:30-8:45 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
"Son of the Sheik" (1926 silent film)
starring Rudolph Valentino & Vilma Bánky
with Dennis James on the Wurlitzer

Adventure-romance
with Valentino as
the great dashing lover. Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 8:55-10:20 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
"Road to Morocco" (1942),
starring Bob Hope, Bing Crosby,
Dorothy Lamour & Anthony Quinn

Delightful zany film
with wisecracking camels
and desert mirage.

Thursday, June 26, 2008, 11:46 am-12:30 pm
Home in Mountain View: Cathy phones
from Las Vegas to wish me Happy Birthday,
and shares Anne Sexton's poem "Courage"

Her deceased Dad's favorite
music plays on the radio
on Father's Day. Thursday, June 26, 2008, 9:20 pm
Hitchhiking at Stanford Oval:
Mary Beth Hendrickson gives me a ride
to Cal-Train Station to catch Bus #22

She's taking a film class
and has a Stanford
Ph.D. in philosophy.

Thursday, June 26, 2008, 11:55 pm
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM
Linda Moulton Howe reports on
Arizona abductee William's witness of
alien technology in a gateway rock in Peru

Tau Ceti spaceman
shows him a tube with our
universe as their experiment. Thursday, June 26, 2008, 11:59 pm
Home in Mountain View: After hearing
story of alien's experiment on our
universe in a cube inside a tube,
I recall remarks of Chinese sages

The sage tells students:
"Roll up this universe—
put it under your arms!"

Friday, June 27, 2008, 10:12-10:26 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Strauss, Jr.,
Wiener Bonbons, Op. 307 (1866)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Dad was a baker,
now son makes sweet music
for all of Vienna. Friday, June 27, 2008, 11:47-11:58 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,
Scheherazade (1888),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Son of the Sheik film
seems like a romance tale
from the Arabian Nights.

Saturday, June 28, 2008, 10:00-10:11 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Strauss, Jr.,
Wiener Blut (Viennese Blood), Op. 354 (1873)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Overslept almost
an hour till Strauss's Viennese
Blood waltz woke me up! Saturday, June 28, 2008, 11:32-11:40 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Sebastian Bach,
Brandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major (1719),
(Listen), CD, YouTube: Glenn Gould

Bach's oceanic music
inspired Beethoven
so much to excel.

Sunday, June 29, 2008, 12:51-12:56 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Helen Jane Long,
"Echo" from Porcelain album (1866)
(Listen), CD, Echo (mythology)

Zeus loved the mountain
nymph Echo— his wife Hera
took away her voice. Sunday, June 29, 2008, 12:56-1:09 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Sebastian Bach,
Anna Magdalena Notebook: Little Suite (1722),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Sprightly Bach music
to dance a jig and I join
elves in the Round Dance.

Sunday, June 29, 2008, 9:28 pm
Hitchhiking while walking down Palm Drive:
Valbod Pourahmad, an Iranian Stanford alumni
and electrical engineer gives me ride to catch bus.

After walking four
long blocks, kind couple gives me
ride to train station. Monday, June 30, 2008, 10:13-10:21 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Joseph Haydn,
Symphony #104 in D major "London" (1795),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Haydn's last Symphony
concludes with a folk dance—
that's celebration!

Monday, June 30, 2008, 10:41-10:50 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Antonio Vivaldi,
Four Seasons: 'Winter', Op. 8 #4 (1725),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Every time I hear this—
snowflakes from heaven
bring me immense joy! Monday, June 30, 2008, 11:29-11:39 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: George Frederick Handel,
Solomon: Overture (1749),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

King Solomon's name
is sacred— Sun is chanting
"Sol-OM-on!"