Haikus: June 2009

HAIKUS: June 2009

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.

Monday, June 1, 2009, 10:58-11:04 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Valery Gergiev conducts
Tchaikovsky, Swan Lake: Waltz, (1876),
(Listen) (CD) (YouTube)

Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake
wakes me up to ponder
about God and evil. Monday, June 1, 2009, 11:28-11:37 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gordon Hunt plays
Domenico Zipoli, Elevazione "Ascension"
(1716), (Listen) CD, YouTube

Zipoli's Ascension
lifts us away from evil
to pure goodness.

Monday, June 1, 2009, 1:00-2:30 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Reading Dupuy's handout of Hans Jonas
"Concept of God after Auschwitz" (1966)
on a becoming God who's not omnipotent

After creation,
God is no longer omnipotent
and becomes limited. Monday, June 1, 2009, 2:30-3:05 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Comments on Dupuy's 62-pages paper
"Religion: Natural or Supernatural"
Quotes from Confucius and Plato

Christ's Good Samaritan
superceded by Confucius
Golden Rule.

Monday, June 1, 2009, 3:15-6:15 pm
Building 260, Room 002, Stanford University
Prof. Dupuy's, Class #8: "Problem of Evil"—
Quotes T.S. Eliot's "The Hollow Men" (1925), Text

This is the way the world ends
Not with a bang but a whimper—
Heat death of decay. Monday, June 1, 2009, 3:15-6:15 pm
Building 260, Room 002, Stanford University
Prof. Dupuy's, Class #8: Ingrid reports on
Dupuy's "Religion: Natural or Supernatural"

Nice summary of Dawkins,
Boyer, Dennett, Hitchens—
known as The Brights.

Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 11:51 am-12:05 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,
Scheherazade, Op. 35 (1888)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube)

If your life was at stake
you too will find a way
to Open Sesame! Tuesday, June 2, 2009, 12:45-12:52 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludovico Einaudi,
Divenire: Primavera (2007), (Listen),
(CD) YouTube, Botticelli's "Primavera"

Inspiration flowers
in Spring where Nature's
Mind blossoms in fullness.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 12:52-12:58 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Xue-Fei Yang
plays Traditional: Cavatina" (1970)
or Romance "Forbidden Games" (1952)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube);
Films: Walking Stick (1970); Deer Hunter (1979)

Haunting music from
film Forbidden Games
about two orphans of war. Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 1:00-5:00 am
Mountain View: Consulting Concordance to
Dante's Commedia (1321)— "perfetto" ("perfect")
cited in Inferno, Purgatorio, Paradiso = 1, 3, 7
that resembled α, fine-structure constant in physics
(More perfection as we go from hell to paradise)

1/137—
fine-structure constant
fine tuned by Dante.

Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 10:54-10:59 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Dmitri Shostakovich
Jazz Suite #2 (1938)
(Listen) (CD), (YouTube)

Waking up to waltz
from Shostakovich Jazz Suite
that's so delightful. Wednesday, June 3, 2009, 11:05-11:14 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gustav Holst
The Planets, Op. 32: Jupiter (1916)
(Listen), (CD) YouTube

Holst was thinking
astrology when writing
"Jovial Jupiter".

Thursday, June 4, 2009, 11:04-11:11 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (1936)
(Listen) (CD), (YouTube)

Played at the funerals
of Einstein, Eleanor Roosevelt,
and Prince Rainier of Monaco. Thursday, June 4, 2009, 2:00-4:25 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill College Middlefield Lab
Typing passages on evil from Paul Brunton's
Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga (1941)

Buddha says our conflict
is not between good & evil
but knowledge & ignorance.

Thursday, June 4, 2009, 6:00-6:40 pm
Building 260, Room 111, Stanford University
Meeting with Professor Jean-Pierre Dupuy—
Gave him my poems & "Problem of Evil";
He downloaded the June 1 classroom
PowerPoint presentations to my USB drive

Talked about evil
as illusion, absolute
goodness and perfection. Thursday, June 4, 2009, 6:40-9:30 pm
Building 260, Room 002, Stanford University
FRENGEN 265 "Problem of Evil" Film Screening:
Orson Welles directs "Touch of Evil" (1958)
with Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Orson Welles,
Joseph Calleia & Marlene Dietrich (Discussion)

Corrupt cop Quinlan
played by Orson Welles
just reeked of evil.

Friday, June 5, 2009, 7:40-8:10 pm
Friends' House, 957 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto
Waverley Writers: Featured Reader for June—
Brad Buchanan (CSU Sacramento) reads 16 poems
from "Swimming the Mirror" on 4-year old daughter

On a cloudy day
his child draws orange
sunshine to wipe out the rain. Friday, June 5, 2009, 9:30-9:35 pm
Friends' House, 957 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto
Waverley Writers Monthly Poetry Reading—
Read my poem "Most Evil Man in the Universe".
Audience liked this poem and applauded loudly.

Perhaps the surprise
ending made this "evil guy"
funny and likable.

Saturday, June 6, 2009, 12:10-12:24 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Antonio Vivald
The Four Seasons: Spring, Op. 8 #1 (1723)
(Listen) (CD), (YouTube)

Timeliness— Spring is
the season for planting
and Autumn for harvest. Saturday, June 6, 2009, 12:24-12:31 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Strauss Jr.
Voices of Spring, Op. 410 (1883)
(Listen), (CD) YouTube, Notes

Cycles in Nature—
earth blossoms in Spring and
have its rest in Winter.

Saturday, June 6, 2009, 1:15-2:15 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me
grocery shopping at Safeway
(2580 California Street)

Kashi cereal, wheat thins,
triscuits, salmon fillets,
granola bars, milk. Saturday, June 6, 2009, 8:40-11:55 pm
Palo Alto: Cubberley Pavilion
Ballroom dancing: James Kleinrath
teaches intermediate tango

Promenade right turn,
shadow hold, two steps, backward
turns, swivels, tango close.

Saturday, June 6, 2009, 7:28-7:42 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Maurice Ravel,
Boléro (1928), (Listen), CD, YouTube,
(Wallace Stevens' "Blackbird" Poem, Analysis)

Ravel's Boléro—
like Stevens' "Thirteen Ways
of Looking at a Blackbird". Saturday, June 6, 2009, 7:53-8:01 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: John Barry,
The Beyondness of Things (1998)
(Listen), CD, YouTube, Bio, Notes

Things of this world have
their roots beyond our ken in
realms of the spirit.

Sunday, June 7, 2009, 2:00-3:00 am
Mountain View: Reading Robert Wright
article "Decoding God's Changing Moods"
Time Magazine, June 15, 2009, pp. 42-45
("Nonzero Sumness as the Arc of History")

God of the Bible
swings in mood between
jealousy and tolerance. Sunday, June 7, 2009, 12:05-12:22 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Yo-Yo Ma, Emanuel Ax,
Pamela Frank, Rebecca Young, Edgar Meyer
play Franz Schubert, "Trout" Quintet in A (1819)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Warm clear cloudless day—
ideal for hike in the woods
or go trout fishing.

Sunday, June 7, 2009, 1:30-9:55 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Composing web pages for Dupuy's Class #8
Commentary on Slide #21: "Beauty of Nature"

Practicing his cello
at age 93, Casals says:
"I notice some improvement." Monday, June 8, 2009, 1:10 am
Stanford Oval: Waiting for 1:14 am Shuttle Bus
to Palo Alto Cal-Train Depot and watching
the Full Moon with a fuzzy halo around it.

O Strawberry Moon—
Full Moon of June with halo
blessing me tonight.

Monday, June 8, 2009, 11:34-11:44 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: André Rieu
plays Antonin Dvorak, Rusalka:
Song to the Moon, Op. 114/B203 (1900)
(Listen) CD, YouTube

They're playing Dvorak's
Rusalka: Song to the Moon
for the Strawberry Moon. Monday, June 8, 2009, 3:00-9:55 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Commentary on Dupuy's Slide #21 and
Western films of John Ford & Anthony Mann
Photos of Monument Valley (Utah & Arizona)

Western films with stark
contrast of evil bandits
and Nature's grandeur.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 3:00-5:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM
George Noory interviews Wayne Dyer
& Bruce Lipton on "Mind Viruses & Genetics"
(Dyer's web site, Lipton's Web site)

Memes are viruses
from childhood that limit us
through our false beliefs. Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 3:00-5:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM
George Noory interviews Wayne Dyer
& Bruce Lipton on "Mind Viruses & Genetics"
(Dyer's web site, Lipton's Web site)

Mind is the field that
changes atoms, cells, bodies,
to make us healthy.

Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 12:16-12:25 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Sarah Chang plays
Nicolo Paganini, Violin Concerto #1 in D,
Op. 6 (1817), (Listen) CD, YouTube

Sarah Chang playing
Paganini whom they said
played like a devil. Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 2:00-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Nob Hill Foods and visit
to Wachovia Bank for cash (Grant Road)

Frozen corn and peas,
blueberries, sesame sticks,
Pepperidge Farm cookies.

Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 12:17-12:28 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: George Butterworth,
Six Songs from A Shropshire Lad (1912),
(Listen) CD, A.E. Housman's poems (1896) Text

Loveliest of trees,
the cherry hung with snow,
to the woods I will go. Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 2:22 pm
Mountain View, Showers Drive
Waiting for Bus #35 and watching
a giant fish cloud in the blue sky

Big fish cloud swimming
in the deep sea of sky—
catch it now for supper!

Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 2:45-6:25 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Composing Notes to "Most Evil Man" poem
"Sudden Impact" film: "Go ahead, make my day!"

Dirty Harry and
his Smith-Weston take down
gang of evil bandits. Wednesday, June 10, 2009, 7:30-9:55 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Composing Notes to "Most Evil Man" poem
Twin snakes in caduceus like DNA & Ida-Pingala

Ida and Pingala—
DNA double helix
and Hermes caduceus.

Thursday, June 11, 2009, 11:31-11:48 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,
Scheherazade, Op. 35 (1888)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube)

Will the King sleep well
with stormy sea roaring in
Voyage of Sinbad. Thursday, June 11, 2009, 12:08-12:29 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: George Gershwin,
An American in Paris (1928), (Listen),
CD, (YouTube), Minnelli Film (1951)

Leslie Caron & Gene Kelly
dancing to Gershwin
tunes in Paris.

Thursday, June 11, 2009, 3:45-6:25
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Composing Notes to "Most Evil Man" poem
Palpatine: Most evil man in the universe;
The Top Ten Evil Men in history

Palpatine— most evil
in turning Darth Vader
into the dark side. Thursday, June 11, 2009, 7:30-11:50 pm
Stanford Theatre: Michael Curtis directs
"Casablanca" (1942) starring Humphrey Bogart,
Ingrid Bergman, Paul Henreid, Claude Rains,
Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre

"Round up the usual suspects"—
Read the sages and
you'll be enlightened.

Friday, June 12, 2009, 11:58 am-12:05 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Xue-Fei Yang plays
Traditional folk song Sakura (1868-1912)
depicting Spring, season of cherry blossom
(Listen), CD, (YouTube)

Guitar music for
Sakura— cherry blossoms
fragrant and fleeting. Friday, June 12, 2009, 3:30-6:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composing Notes to "Most Evil Man" poem
Aleister Crowley, "Wickedest Man in the World", (Time, 10-13-1952) & World's Most Evil Man

British occultish
Aleister Crowley— most
evil man in the world?

Saturday, June 13, 2009, 10:21-10:40 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Joaquín Rodrigo,
"Fantasy for a Gentleman" (1954)
Listen, (CD), YouTube

Fantasy is more
important than fact
for your mind can fly away. Saturday, June 13, 2009, 11:32-3:25 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composed web page on Tina Seelig Interview
(San Jose Mercury News, May 10, 2009, 1E, 7E)

Tina Seelig's book
for daring entrepreneurs
to do something new!

Sunday, June 14, 2009, 9:40 am-9:50 pm
Mountain View to San Jose: All day Hike
to the Pinnacles with Henrick & Connie,
Pinnacles National Monument

Went hiking at the
Pinnacles eight years ago
when it was 102^o Sunday, June 14, 2009, 1:32-6:50 pm
San Jose, Hiking at the Pinnacles,
Photos and Haikus of Pinnacles Hike,
5000 Highway 146, Paicines, CA

Condor Gulch, High Peak,
and Bear Gulch Trails with
lovely views of hills & clouds.

Monday, June 15, 2009, 8:47-8:52 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Yundi Li
plays Frederic Chopin,
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 (1835)
Sheet Music, Listen, (CD), YouTube: Yundi Li

Waking up to Chopin's
Fantasy— a good way
to start off the day. Monday, June 15, 2009, 11:22-11:36 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Fazil Say plays Mozart,
Variations on a Nursery Song, K.265 (1782)
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", Notes,
Listen, (CD), YouTube

Recall my 6-year old
niece Elisa teaching
me to play this tune.

Monday, June 15, 2009, 7:30-9:30 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
Orson Welles directs "Citizen Kane" (1941) with
Orson Welles, Joseph Cotten, Dorothy Comingore,
Everett Sloane, Agnes Moorehead, & Ruth Warrick
Spielberg paid highest price for film memorabilia in 1982

Rosebud sled bought
for $60,500
by Steven Spielberg. Monday, June 15, 2009, 9:40-11:25 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen direct
"Singin' in the Rain" (1952), Song, Lyrics,
starring Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor,
Debbie Reynolds, and Jean Hagen

The sun's in my heart,
I've a smile on my face,
I'm singing in the rain.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 12:12-12:17 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gil Shaham plays Chen Gang,
Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (1959)
Listen, (CD), YouTube, Fairy Tale

Chinese version of
Romeo & Juliet romance—
Butterfly Lovers. Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 12:35-12:41 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Jean Sibelius,
Valse Triste, Op. 44 (1906),
Notes, Listen, (CD), YouTube

Sibelius' Valse Triste—
On her deathbed, she recalls
the sad romances.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 1:30-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at 99 Ranch Market (Grant Road)

Broccoli, bok choy,
red peppers, green onions, eggs,
fish balls and dumplings. Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 4:15-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Compose web page on the Seven Chakras

Ascend the chakras
to the Crown— Is this
not Kabbala's Tree of Life?

Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 10:47-10:59 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,
Scheherazade, Op. 35 (1888)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube)

1001 Nights
of adventurous tales
saved her life from death. Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 11:11-11:31 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: George Gershwin,
Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
(Listen), (CD), YouTube

Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue
inspired by his train ride's
railway noises.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 2:00-2:40 pm
Gentle Dental, Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Teeth cleaning and antibiotic Arestin
treatment for pocket below wisdom tooth

Butterfly and frog
on wall remind me of
Chuang Tzu's enlightenment. Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 3:00-6:25 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Compose web page on "Evil Jacket Design"
(Notes on poem: "Most Evil Man in the Universe")

Step-by-step process
on how "The Most Evil Man"
jacket was designed.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 7:30- 8:50 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
Fritz Capra directs "American Madness" (1932)
with Walter Huston, Pat O'Brien,
Kay Johnson & Constance Cummings

Fritz Capra repeated
the bank run scene in
It's a Wonderful Life. Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 9:00-10:50 pm
Stanford Theatre: William Dieterle directs
"The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1941), (Story),
starring Walter Huston, Edward Arnold,
James Craig, Anne Shirley, & Simone Simon

Bernard Herrmann's music
won the Academy Award
for this film.

Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 9:00-10:50 pm
Stanford Theatre: William Dieterle directs
"The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1941)
(Stephen Vincent Benét's story)

Farmer sold his soul
for gold and the shadow
of evil follows him. Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 9:00-10:50 pm
Stanford Theatre: William Dieterle directs
"The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1941)
(Stephen Vincent Benét's story)

Webster makes freedom speech
to the jury to win back
the farmer's soul.

Thursday, June 18, 2009, 10:11-10:16 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludovico Einaudi
Two Sunsets, "Due tramonti" (2003)
(CD) (listen), YouTube

Sunsets more lovely
than sunrise because
they are telling us "farewell". Thursday, June 18, 2009, 11:42-11:45 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: George Frideric Handel,
Solomon: Arrival of Queen of Sheba (1748)
(Listen) CD, YouTube (II. Chronicles 9.13)

Queen of Sheba brings
Solomon her gifts—
666 talents of gold.

Thursday, June 18, 2009, 12:30-9:52 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Searching for book with chakras descriptions
by Zen master Houn Jiyu-Kennett on the web
and finding a lovely statue of Kuan Yin

Kuan Yin in repose
with small Buddha in her crown—
serene and peaceful. Thursday, June 18, 2009, 12:30-9:52 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Reading Michelangelo's first painting (age 13)
"Saint Anthony Tormented by Demons" (1488)
(New York Times, June 18, 2009)

From evil's dark side,
his mind leaps up to God—
to the Sistine Ceiling.

Friday, June 19, 2009, 10:04-10:09 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Aram Khachaturian,
Masquerade: Waltz (1944)
Listen, CD, YouTube

Is God and Satan
playing Masquerade chess game
and we are just pawns? Friday, June 19, 2009, 10:42-10:50 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Piano Sonata #12 in A-Flat, Op. 26 (1801)
(Listen) CD, YouTube (Music Score)

Theme and variations—
Andante first movement
copied by Franz Schubert.

Friday, June 19, 2009, 12:30-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Read about Jane Burden, Pre-Raphaelite model
for Dante Gabriel Rossetti whom he called
"the most beautiful girl in England"

The ugliest girl raised
to be the most beautiful
by an artist's eye. Friday, June 19, 2009, 12:30-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Compose web page on Books on Evil from
Stanford Green Library & Los Altos Library;
Compose web page on Quotes on Evil

Books on evil from
Stanford and Los Altos Libraries
for future reference.

Saturday, June 20, 2009, 9:29-9:38 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gordon Hunt plays
Domenico Zipoli, Elevazione "Ascension"
(1716), (Listen) CD, YouTube

Inspiring music—
Zipoli's Ascension lifts
our hearts heavenward. Saturday, June 20, 2009, 10:02-10:16 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Anne-Sophie Mutter plays Bach,
Violin Concerto #1 in A minor, BWV1041 (1723)
(Listen) CD, YouTube: Hillary Hahn

Rapid river runs
downward to the sea
where the soul rises skyward.

Saturday, June 20, 2009, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me
grocery shopping at Safeway
(2580 California Street)

Granola bars, milk,
potato salad, cooked shrimps,
blueberries, green grapes. Saturday, June 20, 2009, 1:00-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Compose web page on Quotes on Evil ;
Lance Morrow's Evil: An Investigation

Opposite of evil
is not good but hope—
creating new visions.

Saturday, June 20, 2009, 6:57-7:07 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Eugene Ormandy
conducts George Frederick Handel,
Xerxes: Ombra mai fu "Largo" (1738)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

King Xerxes in love
with tree in his courtyard
that provides him with shade. Saturday, June 20, 2009, 8:45-11:55 pm
Palo Alto: Cubberley Pavilion
Ballroom dancing: James Kleinrath
teaches intermediate quickstep.
Last dance (waltz) with Jennifer

She says her soul is
two thousand years old,
and I say mine is timeless.

Sunday, June 21, 2009, 9:40-9:46 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Jules Massenet,
Thaïs: Meditation (1894)
Listen, CD, YouTube: Sarah Chang

Waking up to Thaïs:
Meditation on Summer
Solstice— pure joy! Sunday, June 21, 2009, 9:55-9:59 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Piano Sonata #8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathétique"
(1798), (Listen), CD, YouTube

She dedicates Pathétique
to her Dad who smiled
when she played this tune.

Sunday, June 21, 2009, 10:03-10:08 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gil Shaham plays Chen Gang,
Butterfly Lovers Violin Concerto (1959)
Listen, (CD), YouTube, Fairy Tale; Request for
Father's Day: "Dad & Mom were Butterfly Lovers"

When her Mom died, Dad
played both roles— they were
truly Butterfly Lovers. Sunday, June 21, 2009, 10:26-10:30 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Percy Grainger,
Irish Tune from County Derry (1894)
"Danny Boy", Listen, CD, YouTube; Two Requests
for Father's Day for two Dads named Daniel

Oh Danny boy, the pipes
are calling from glen to glen
down the mountain side.

Sunday, June 21, 2009, 10:46-10:52 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Mischa Maisky plays
Franz Schubert, Ellens Gesang III, D 839
Op. 52 #6 "Ave Maria" (1825), Harp MP3,
Listen, (CD), YouTube, Notes, Summer Solstice

If Winter Solstice
is the Seed of Light,
Summer Solstice is the Fruit. Sunday, June 21, 2009, 11:00 am
Mountain View: Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM
Classical Music requests for Father's Day
Recall Goethe's Italian Journey entry
on Sept. 28, 1787, Frascati (Luke, II.49)

"So my life is happy
because I am about
my father's business."

Sunday, June 21, 2009, 12:37 pm
San Jose: Friend takes me hiking at
Almaden Quicksilver County Park, Hacienda Entrance: Deep Gulch Trail (Photos & Haikus)

After last week's hike
to the Pinnacles, today's
walk should be a breeze. Sunday, June 21, 2009, 7:20 pm
San Jose, Almaden Road:
Driving home after 6-hours hike,
chance sighting of seven animals

Driving home, we see
a deer, three cows, a llama,
and two white horses.

Monday, June 22, 2009, 8:43-8:48 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Symphony #40 in G minor, K.550 (1788)
Listen, (CD), YouTube

Mozart in the morning—
Symphony #40 brings
me to wakefulness. Monday, June 22, 2009, 12:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
West Coast Swing YouTube Video from Cheryl—
Gary & Charlotte Chaney & Debbie Wheelis

"Double Your Pleasure"—
west coast swing dance where man
swirls around two partners.

Monday, June 22, 2009, 12:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Typing passages on evil from Susan Neiman's
"Evil in Modern Thought" for Quotes on Evil

Evil is banal,
just a fungus with no roots
that can be wiped out. Monday, June 22, 2009, 12:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Compose web page for Nature Walks 2009;
Photos of hike to Pinnacles National Monument

Leave computers behind!
Go out on a hike—
Let Nature be your Teacher!

Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 8:52-9:02 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
The Marriage of Figaro: Overture (1784)
CD, YouTube, Notes, Teaching aids

Sprightly Mozart music—
Marriage of Figaro
wakes me up today. Tuesday, June 23, 2009, 9:50-9:55 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Liszt, "Lento placido",
Consolation #3 in D flat major (1850)
Listen, (CD), (YouTube: Horowitz, Rubinstein)

Liszt's Consolation
soothes the soul's sorrow
for brighter days ahead.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 9:21-9:26 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor ("Für Elise"),
WoO 59 (1810), Listen, CD, YouTube, Notes

My niece Elisa played
this music for me when
she was eight years old. Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 10:33-10:37 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Karl Jenkins
Palladio "Diamond Music" (1996)
(Listen) (CD) (YouTube: orchestra, piano)

DeBeers commercials
made Palladio as famous
as the architect.

Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 12:30-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composing Poem and Notes to Poem—
"Summer Solstice on Father's Day": insight on
God the Father's business— "Let there be Light!"

My Father's business—
the wonder of creation,
the joy of real work. Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 9:00 pm
Los Altos Library, San Antonio Road
View of Crescent New Moon like a horn.
Recall Virgil's "Aeneid" VI.893-898:
Gates of Horn & Gate of Ivory

Twin Gates of Sleep, one
of Horn leading to the true—
Is it the New Moon?

Thursday, June 25, 2009, 1:30-4:45 pm
Santa Clara: Hometown Buffet
Free birthday meal lunch with friends.
Conversations about miracle of prayers

Pole vaulter who cracked
his skull was healed when
they prayer to Father Kapuan. Thursday, June 25, 2009, 5:30-6:25 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Lab
Notes: "Summer Solstice on Father's Day"
with link to Dad's NY Times Goethe clipping

"Miracle of Blossoms"—
Apple tree chopped down
but come spring, it still bloomed.

Thursday, June 25, 2009, 7:30-9:10 pm
Stanford Theatre: Rouben Mamoulian
directs "Queen Christina" (1933)
starring Greta Garbo, John Gilbert,
Ian Keith, & Lewis Stone

When John Gilbert died,
Greta Garbo became
reclusive and silent. Thursday, June 25, 2009, 9:20-11:05 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto,
Mark Sandrich directs "The Gay Divorcee" (1934)
starring Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Alice Brady,
Edward Everett Horton, & Erik Rhodes

Fred and Ginger danced
"The Continental" that won
Oscar for Best Song.

Friday, June 26, 2009, 11:11-11:19 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ottorino Respighi,
Pines Of Rome: Pines Of The Janiculum (1924),
(Listen) (CD) (YouTube)

Nightingales singing
in Respighi's Pines of Rome
as if they're outdoors. Friday, June 26, 2009, 1:00-2:00 pm
Mountain View, Grant Road
Friend takes me grocery shopping
at Walgreen's and 99 Ranch Market

Garlic and onion powders,
broccoli, green onions,
daikon cake, spring roll.

Friday, June 26, 2009, 4:00-5:00 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Formatted 15 photos from Pinnacles
hike for Photos & Haikus web page

Finished resizing
43 photos taken
on Pinnacles hike. Friday, June 26, 2009, 8:37-8:55 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Robert Schumann
Kinderszenen, Op. 15: #7, Träumerei (1838)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: Lang Lang, Argerich)

Clara Wieck's father
whisked her away from him
so he wrote this for her.

Saturday, June 27, 2009, 12:00-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM
George Noory interviews Dean Radin
on "Psi Research", (Book: Conscious Universe)

For most of us, Now
is a second, but you can
extend it longer. Saturday, June 27, 2009, 9:15-9:24 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sleeping Beauty: Polacca (1889),
(Listen) (CD) (YouTube), Fairy Tale

Sleeping Beauty and
the beauty of sleep—
greatest mystery of the Mind.

Sunday, June 28, 2009, 3:00-6:15 am
Home in Mountain View: Writing 30-lines
poem "Platonic Lambda at High Peaks"
inspired by Pinnacles Hike of June 14

Cubic Rock's lesson—
"Absolutely Nothing!" is
No-Mind's Emptiness! Sunday, June 28, 2009, 12:00-12:15 pm
Mountain View: Cathy phones from Las Vegas
and wishes me "Happy Birthday" and tells me
about my Angel Card and Mentor Spirit—

"Your Angel card is
Acceptance and mentor is
Communication."

Sunday, June 28, 2009, 11:48-11:59 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Sharon Isbin plays
Joaquin Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez (1939)
Inspired by gardens at Palacio Real de Aranjuez
(Listen) CD, YouTube

Beautiful guitar
music— enter it for free
trip to Hawaii. Sunday, June 28, 2009, 1:04-1:31 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony #5 in C minor, Op. 67 (1804)
(Listen) (CD) (YouTube: Karl Bohm, Toscanni)
Left apartment for Stanford Library at 1:18 pm

Want to type up poem
"Platonic Lambda" so ran
out on Beethoven.

Sunday, June 28, 2009, 2:30 pm
Green Library, Stanford University
Two friends emailed at exactly
the same time 12:16 pm today.

Two emails sent at
same time— on angel cards
and non-duality. Sunday, June 28, 2009, 9:32 pm
Palo Alto Cal-Train Depot:
Walked down Palm Drive and
caught Bus #22 just in time.

Bus #22 driver
already left station—
kind to let me on.

Monday, June 29, 2009, 9:36-9:40 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Itzhak Perlman & Yo-Yo Ma
play Antonin Dvorak, Humoresque #7 for Piano in G flat major (1894), Op. 101/B 187
(Listen), CD, YouTube, Discussion

Waking up to sweet
Humoresque music— that's good
for ballroom dancing. Monday, June 29, 2009, 11:06-11:10 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Johannes Martini
Plaisir d'amour "The Joys of Love" (1780)
Listen, CD, (YouTube), Elvis song,
Lyrics: "Wise men say only fools rush in"

Martini's music
Joys of Love inspired Elvis
Can't Help Falling in Love.

Monday, June 29, 2009, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock
directs "To Catch a Thief" (1955)
starring Cary Grant, Grace Kelly (YouTube),
Jessie Royce Landis, & John Williams,

Grace Kelly's speed driving
made Cary Grant sway like
those Hitchcock's lovebirds. Monday, June 29, 2009, 9:25-11:06 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto,
Alfred Hitchcock directs "Notorious" (1946)
starring Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman,
Claude Rains, & Leopoldine Konstantin

Screenwriter Ben Hecht
wrote this espionage thriller—
one of Hitchcock's best

Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 10:37-10:45 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: John Williams,
Star Wars, Episode 6: Return of the Jedi:
Luke and Leia (1983), (Listen), CD, YouTube, film

Luke Skywalker and
Princess Leia— their light triumphs
over the dark side. Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 10:55-11:04 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Carl Maria von Weber
Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 (1841)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Weber's waltz plays on
as everyone's invited
to join in the dance.

Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 2:00-3:06 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Nob Hill Market (Grant Road)
and Safeway (2580 California Street)

Frozen spinach, peas,
corn, green beans, wheat bread,
ice cream, orange juice, skim milk. Tuesday, June 30, 2009, 9:10-9:20 pm
Stanford Oval: Chinese woman with son
(Math Circle, Fremont High School) in van
picks me up hitchhiking to Cal-Train station

Bus left the station—
she chased bus to California
Ave where I caught it.