Haikus: September 2009

HAIKUS: September 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.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 10:00-10:03 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Liszt,
"By the Lake at Wallenstadt" (1854)
Listen, (CD), YouTube

Romantic music
by the Lake at Wallenstadt
cheers me up today. Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 12:00-1:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me gracery
shopping at Safeway (2580 California Street)

Apple juice, Swiss cheese,
pistachos, spinach salad,
ranch dressing, cooked shrimp.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 1:00-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me gracery
shopping at 99 Ranch & Nob Hill Foods

Bean curd, green onions,
broccoli, raw pumpkin seeds,
pickles, and black grapes. Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 3:00-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Reading Interactive Key
to Peter Milton's "Twentieth Century Limited"

Is 20th century art
worth saving in the train
wrecks at Penn Station?

Wednesday, Sept. 1-2, 2009, 10:00 pm-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM
George Noory interviews Lynne McTaggart
"Power of Intention", Book:

Mind-over-matter
intention experiments
made leaves grow faster. Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 11:49-11:58 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Antonio Vivaldi
"Four Seasons: Winter", Op. 8 #4 (1723)
(Listen), CD, YouTube: Sarah Chang

Vivaldi's "Winter"
played well by Sarah Chang
and Itzhak Perlman.

Thursday, September 3, 2009, 10:10-10:17 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Sonata #1 in D major, Op. 12 #1 (1798)
(Listen) (CD), (YouTube)

Enjoyed this violin
sonata of Beethoven
this Thursday morning. Thursday, September 3, 2009, 1:00-4:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Added another similarity of Milton to Dürer in
Peter Milton's Homage to Albrecht Dürer His photo resembles Angel in "Melencolia I"

Milton's fingers like
the Angel's compass—
a password to Plato's class.

Friday, September 4, 2009, 9:38-9:50 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony #31 in D, K.297 "Paris" (1778)
(Listen) (CD), (YouTube)

Mozart in the morning—
spritely tunes to start the day
to sing and dance! Friday, September 4, 2009, 2:00-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Scanning 14 images of cats from
Peter Milton's prints in books

Cats in Interiors prints
1, 2, 3, 6— Do I see
a perfect number?

Friday, September 4, 2009, 7:45-9:30 pm
Friends' House, 957 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto
Waverley Writers Monthly Poetry Reading—
Read my poems "Betty Carter Blues" &
"Entering the Dark Ark of the Moment"

Read two poems inspired
at summer workshops in
Fooothill's Writing Conference. Saturday, September 5, 2009, 11:11 am
Mountain View: Latham Street
Cirrus clouds in blue sky outside
of my apartment that looked like
a "Dragon Cloud" (Photo)

Rushed back to apartment
for camera to shoot this
"Dragon Cloud" in sky.

Saturday, September 5, 2009, 11:22 am
Mountain View: El Camino & Showers
Cirrus clouds in blue sky looking
like a "Lion Cloud" (Photo)

Glad to have camera
to capture this "Lion Cloud"
hovering in the sky. Saturday, September 5, 2009, 11:55 am
Palo Alto: Galvez Street
Pine tree with concentric circles
in exposed trunk (Photo)

Ripples in water,
ripples in wood— expanding
circles into space.

Sunday, September 6, 2009, 11:07-11:10 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Giovanni Battista Martini
Plaisir d'amour "The Joys of Love" (1775)
Listen, CD, (YouTube), Elvis song

Martini's "Joys of Love"
inspired Elvis to sing
"Can't Help Falling in Love" Sunday, September 6, 2009, 1:30 pm
Soquel, Anna Jean Cummings County Park
"Skyballs" by Steve Gillman & Katherine Keefer
Rest stop on way to Forest of Nisene Marks (Photo)

Four sky-blue balls roll
gently down the sloping hill—
caught three of them here.

Sunday, September 6, 2009, 2:00 pm
Aptos, Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Map Signpost of various trails with photos
Photos and Haikus of Hike

Old Growth Loop Trail seems
the easiest to take today
to the Twisted Grove. Sunday, September 6, 2009, 3:09 pm
Aptos, Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Old-Growth Loop Trail: Fern Grotto
covers hill like an artistic canvas

Here's Nature's art—
a canvas of ferns and plants
hanging over the creek.

Sunday, September 6, 2009, 4:48 pm
Aptos, Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Old-Growth Loop: Marcel's Forest
Advocate Tree, 45 feet circumference,
253 feet tall, over 1000 years old (Photo)

Advocate Tree is
wider and taller than
Memorial Park's Tallest Tree. Sunday, September 6, 2009, 6:47 pm
Aptos, Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Aptos Creek Road: Signpost of
Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Photos and Haikus of Hike

Photo of signpost
after our five hour hike
in giant Redwood Forest.

Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, 10:24-10:33 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven
Rondo in B-Flat for Piano & Orchestra (1794)
(Listen) (CD), (YouTube)

Beethoven's Rondo
in B-flat for Piano—
galloping gaiety. Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, 10:50 am
Mountain View: While having breakfast
saw outside kitchen window eucalyptus
branches that looked like a giant bird

Leaveless branches in
tree outside my window
is a giant bird in flight!

Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, 11:07-11:18 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Yundi Li
plays Frederic Chopin,
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66, (1835), (Listen), CD, YouTube: Yundi Li

Cascading waterfalls
ripple down like shining
pearls in the moonlight. Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, 10:30-10:33 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Herbert von Karajan
conducts Pietro Mascagni,
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo (1889)
Listen, CD, YouTube

Romantic tragedy
with music so sad that
it breaks all our hearts.

Tuesday, Sept. 8-9, 2009, 10:30 pm-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM
George Noory interviews Bill Guggenheim
"After-Death Communications", Book

Deceased family member
or friend can contact us
to offer comfort and hope. Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 2:30-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Formatted 61 photos from Sunday's hike
to Forest Nisene Marks State Park

Photos came out dark
on many of the trail— need
to brighten in Photoshop

Thursday, September 10, 2009, 11:07-11:10 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Camille Saint-Saens,
Carnival of the Animals: #13 The Swan (1886),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

The graceful swans glide
in Lac Leman of Vevy—
May my mind be that. Thursday, September 10, 2009, 1:35-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Formatted 45 photos from Labor Day hike
San Mateo Memorial Park

Photos came out well
on Pomponio Trail— no need
to brighten in Photoshop

Thursday, September 10, 2009, 7:30-8:55 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
Alfred Hitchcock directs
"The 39 Steps" (1935) starring
Robert Donat & Madeleine Carroll

Exciting chase scenes
from Scottish hills, flocks of sheep,
and dark waterfalls. Thursday, September 10, 2009, 9:05-10:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs
"The Secret Agent" (1936) starring
Madeleine Carroll, John Gielgud,
Peter Lorre, & Robert Young

The dog is restless
sensing its master will be
pushed off the Swiss Alps.

Friday, September 11, 2009, 10:26-10:30 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Felix Mendelssohn,
"Song Without Words", Op. 109 (1845),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

The universe sings
across space and time—
beautiful songs without words. Friday, September 11, 2009, 11:55 am
Los Altos Library, San Antonio Road
Cirrus clouds brushstrokes in the sky
Cloud Photos (9-11-2009)

Sky painter having
fun with giant brushstrokes
across the big blue canvas.

Friday, September 11, 2009, 7:30-9:40 pm
Stanford Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Rebecca" (1940) starring
Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine,
Judith Anderson, & George Sanders

Mrs. Danvers reeks
evil in every gesture
to destroy what is good. Friday, September 11, 2009, 9:50-11:50 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Shadow of a Doubt" (1943) starring
Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright,
Macdonald Carey, & Henry Travers

Niece loved uncle
until she realized he was
a killer of widows.

Saturday, September 12, 2009, 11:38-11:42 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Piano Sonata #30 in E, Op. 109 (1820),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Beethoven wrote this
sonata late in his life
filled with exuberance. Saturday, September 12, 2009, 2:00-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
Found Arthur Power's "Conversations
with James Joyce" (1974) about cats

Ancient Egyptians
knew the mysteries of cats
much more than the Christians.

Sunday, September 13, 2009, 10:17-10:20 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Leon Fleisher plays
Ludwig van Beethoven, "Für Elise"
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 (1808),
(Listen), CD, YouTube, Commentaries

Beethoven in love—
composing this sweet
bagatelle for Elise. Sunday, September 13, 2009, 11:33-11:39 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Nicola Benedetti
plays Jules Massenet,
Thaïs: Meditation (1894)
Listen, CD, YouTube

Monk renounced his vows,
fell in love with Thaïs
whom he tried to convert.

Monday, September 14, 2009, 10:51-10:58 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Piano Sonata #30 in E, Op. 109 (1820),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Pachelbel's Canon
uplifts my soul every time
I listen to it. Monday, September 14, 2009, 1:45-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Kaiser Permanente Hospital
Yearly exam with Dr. Liteh Diego Chang
who was physician of Francis Crick

Francis Crick lived in
a double-helix house and
was sharp until he died.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 10:14-10:23 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gustav Mahler
Symphony #1 in d minor, "Titan" (1896)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Third movement's funeral march
based on the children's
song Frère Jacques Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 12:00-1:50 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Fiesta Market, Milk Pail,
and Safeway (2580 California Street)

Cauliflower, carrots,
Gala apples, red & black grapes,
instant oatmeal, and eggs.

Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock
directs "Dial M for Murder" (1954)
starring Grace Kelly, Ray Milland,
Robert Cummings, & John Williams

François Truffaut sees
this film over and over
for its great dialogue. Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 9:30-11:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Strangers on a Train" (1951) starring
Robert Walker, Farley Granger,
Ruth Roman, & Kasey Rogers

Bruno the psychopath—
one of the most evil
characters in film.

Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 11:10-11:28 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Barry Douglas
plays Sergei Rachmaninoff,
Piano Concerto #2, Op. 18 (1901)
Listen, CD, YouTube

He had writer's block—
hypnotist helped him to write
beautiful music. Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 12:13-12:18 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Luigi Boccherini,
Symphony #4 in D minor, Op. 12 #4
"The House of the Devil" (1771),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Angelic or demonic
music— how can we tell
before it's too late.

Thursday, September 17, 2009, 10:42-10:54 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Jacqueline DuPre plays
Felix Mendelssohn, (Listen), CD, YouTube,
"Song Without Words", Op. 109 (1845)

A great cellist plays
Mendelssohn's Song Without Words
with beauty and pathos. Thursday, September 17, 2009, 12:30-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at CVS, and Grant Road
Walgreens, 99 Ranch, & Nob Hill

Almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds,
olives, tofu, bean curd,
frozen corn, green beans.

Friday, September 18, 2009, 9:38-9:50 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Piano Concerto #18 in B-Flat, K.456 (1784),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Alfred Brendel plays
Mozart with a poetic
touch that's delightful. Friday, September 18, 2009, 10:09-10:14 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Frederic Chopin,
Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66, (1835), (Listen), CD, YouTube: Yundi Li

Chopin's Fantaisie-
Impomptu— crystalline
cascade of waterfalls.

Friday, September 18, 2009, 7:30-9:40 pm
Stanford Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Notorious" (1946), (YouTube),
with Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman,
Claude Rains, & Leopoldine Konstantin

Grant gave Bergman
lucky key to wine cellar
which she gave to Hitchcock. Friday, September 18, 2009, 9:25-11:05 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Suspicion" (1941), (original ending),
with Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine,
Nigel Bruce, & Cedric Hardwicke

Slimy snake-like arm
around his wife at the end
shows more suspicion.

Saturday, September 19, 2009, 9:21-9:25 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Adolphe Adam,
Giselle: The Hunt (1841),
(Listen), CD, YouTube, Wilis legend

Peasant girl Giselle
protects lover from evil
female spirits Wilis. Saturday, September 19, 2009, 10:10 am
Mountain View, Showers Drive
Altocumulus clouds (photo) above
San Antonio Shopping Center

Altocumulus clouds
form a giant eagle in sky
with outspread wings.

Sunday, September 20, 2009, 11:06-11:09 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ottorino Respighi,
Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite #3 (1932),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Ancient Airs & Dances
tunes me to Nature's music
for today's hike. Sunday, September 20, 2009, 11:18-11:24 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Joshua Bell plays
Jules Massenet, Thaïs: Meditation (1894)
Listen, CD, YouTube

Massenet's Meditation
and Saint-Saens' Swan
are music for the soul.

Sunday, September 20, 2009, 12:58 pm
Giant eucalyptus tree at junction
of Highway 84 & Portola Road on
way to Pescadero Creek County Park

Took photo from car
at highway junction
of this giant eucalyptus. Sunday, September 20, 2009, 1:43-6:45 pm
Pescadero Creek County Park Hike
on Old Haul & Pomponio Trails
Photos & Haikus of Hike

Five hour hike through
shady trails— nice views
of Pescadero & Towne Creek.

Monday, September 21, 2009, 10:32-10:50 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,
Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 (1887),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

The rain in Spain falls
in the art of Cervantes,
Velasquez and Goya. Monday, September 21, 2009, 10:53-11:05 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Sarah Chang plays Vivaldi,
Four Seasons: "Autumn" Op. 8, #3 (1725)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

This music is timely
for Autumn Equinox
is here tomorrow

Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 12:30-2:00 pm
Palo Alto & Mountain View: Friend takes me
grocery shopping at Walgreens (Maybell Ave)
and Safeway (2580 California Street)

Six cans natural almonds,
cinnamon mints, nonfat milk,
red and black grapes. Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 2:45 pm-1:00 am
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center (to 7:50 pm)
Stanford University, Green Library (9:30 pm-1 am)
Autumn Equinox emails to friends

Autumn Equinox
balance of light & dark—
sent hike haikus to friends.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 12:10-12:28 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Sebastian Bach,
Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B-Flat, BWV 1051
(1710), (Listen), CD, YouTube

Bach composed six
Brandenburg Concertos
like six days of creation. Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 1:00 pm-1:00 am
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center (1-7:50 pm)
Stanford University, Green Library (9:00 pm-1 am)
Photos & haikus for 9/7 Memorial Park hike

Five hours loop hike up
Pomponio Trail and down
Mt. Ellen Nature Trail.

Thursday, September 24, 2009, 11:23-11:44 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Claudio Abbado conducts
Ludwig van Beethoven, (Listen), CD, YouTube
Symphony #3 in Eb, Op. 55 "Eroica" (1803)

Did Beethoven know
that Opus 55 is Plato's
Soul of the Universe? Thursday, September 24, 2009, 2:00 pm-1:00 am
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center (2-7:50 pm)
Stanford University, Green Library (9:30 pm-1 am)
Photos & haikus for 8/16 Memorial Park hike

What a joy to hike
on the Creek Trail with
view of Pescadero Creek.

Friday, September 25, 2009, 1:00-2:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Printed out summary & photos
of George Noory 9/22 interview with William Henry
"Lost Symbols of U.S. Capitol", Book

Apotheosis
of George Washington is
a Stargate to heaven. Friday, September 25, 2009, 2:40-6:45 am
Stanford University, Art Library (2:40-5:00 pm)
Stanford University, Green Library (5:00-6:45 pm)
Photos & haikus for 8/23 Memorial Park hike

Writing haikus to match
the photos from Wurr Trail
hike to Pescadero Creek.

Friday, September 25, 2009, 7:30-9:30 pm
Stanford Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock directs
"The Birds" (1963), (Trailer),
with Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor,
Jessica Tandy, & Suzanne Pleshette

Is Melanie evil
causing the birds attack
in Bodega Bay? Friday, September 25, 2009, 9:40-11:40 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Psycho" (1960), (Trailer),
with Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh,
Martin Balsam, & Vera Miles

Portent of film to come—
stuffed birds everywhere in
Psycho's Bates Motel.

Saturday, September 26, 2009, 12:30 pm-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Krause Center (12:30-5 pm)
Los Altos Library (5:15 pm-5:55 pm)
Photos & haikus for 8/23 Memorial Park hike

Finished haikus for
second hike at Memorial Park
along the Wurr Trail. Saturday, September 26, 2009, 7:30-7:54 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: George Gershwin,
An American in Paris (1928), (Listen), CD,
YouTube, Gershwin's 111th Birthday (9-26-1898)

It's Gershwin's birthday
and they're playing his
An American in Paris.

Sunday, September 27, 2009, 10:13-10:17 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Yundi Li plays Franz Liszt,
Liebestraum for Piano, S541, #3 (1850),
(Listen), CD, YouTube: Rubinstein, Notes

Tender romance music
from Franz Liszt for those
who are deeply in love. Sunday, September 27, 2009, 2:45-3:16 pm
Skyline Boulevard: Methuselah Tree (photo 1)
14 feet diameter, 137 feet tall in 1954 (photo 2),
225 feet tall before top broken off, 1800 years old

O Methuselah Tree—
Om, Om, Om, Shanti, Shanti—
Bless this world with peace.

Sunday, September 27, 2009, 3:46 pm
Starhill Road and CM08 Entrance
to El Corte De Madera Creek Preserve
Methuselah Trail-West Entrance (Photo)
(Photos & Haikus of Hike)

Hiking on Methuselah
Trail to honor the
Methuselah Tree. Sunday, September 27, 2009, 5:50 pm
Starhill Road near CM08 entrance
to El Corte De Madera Preserve
Friend spotted this Arched Tree (Photo)
(Photos & Haikus of Hike)

Friend spotted this gem
and took photo of arched tree
with two upright branches.

Sunday, September 27, 2009, 6:44 pm
Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park
Hotel Rosewood Sand Hill Parking Lot
Giant Hawk Cloud above the sunset (Photo)

A giant Hawk Cloud
soars over sea of sky
with the glorious sunset. Sunday, September 27, 2009, 6:48-6:56 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gordon Hunt plays
Domenico Zipoli, (Listen) CD, YouTube
Elevazione "Ascension" (1716)

Beautiful to hear
Zipoli's tune after
Methuselah Trail hike.

Monday, September 28, 2009, 12:23-12:32 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Alicia de Larrocha
plays Isaac Albéniz, Pavana Capricho, Op. 12
(1883), (Listen), CD, YouTube,
New York Times Obituary (9-25-2009)

Only 4-foot-9 tall,
but she produced large
beautiful sculptured sound. Monday, September 28, 2009, 1:45 pm-1:00 am
Los Altos Hills, Krause Center (1:45-7:50 pm)
Stanford University Art Library (9:00-10:00 pm)
Stanford Green Library (10:00 pm-1:00 am)
Photos & haikus for 9/27 Methuselah Trail hike

Ten hours to format
photos and write haikus
for yesterday's lovely hike.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 12:48-12:52 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Henry Purcell, (Listen), (CD),
The Fairy Queen Z 629 (1692) (Notes), (YouTube),
Anthony told me Spenser's "Faerie Queene" (1596)
is really an allegorical tale about enlightenment.

Purcell died at 36
but he's considered as
great as Bach and Beethoven. Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 2:30 pm-1:00 am
Los Altos Hills, Krause Center (2:30-7:50 pm)
Stanford University Art Library (9:00-10:00 pm)
Stanford Green Library (10:00 pm-1:00 am)
Photos & haikus for 8/30 Memorial Park hike

After three hikes here—
a photo of Memorial Park
Entrance signpost!

Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 12:10-12:26 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Hilary Hahn
plays Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto #1 in A minor, BWV1041 (1723)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Hilary Hahn is a young
violinist playing
with an old soul. Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 12:38-12:48 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Joshua Bell
plays Pablo de Sarasate,
Zigeunerweisen, Gypsy Airs, Op. 20 (1878)
Listen, CD, YouTube

Pablo Sarasate
was the best violin
performer of all time.

Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 10:00-10:03 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Liszt, "By the Lake at Wallenstadt" (1854) Listen, (CD), YouTube Romantic music by the Lake at Wallenstadt cheers me up today.	Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 12:00-1:00 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me gracery shopping at Safeway (2580 California Street) Apple juice, Swiss cheese, pistachos, spinach salad, ranch dressing, cooked shrimp.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 1:00-2:00 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me gracery shopping at 99 Ranch & Nob Hill Foods Bean curd, green onions, broccoli, raw pumpkin seeds, pickles, and black grapes.	Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 3:00-5:00 pm Stanford University, Cummings Art Library Reading Interactive Key to Peter Milton's "Twentieth Century Limited" Is 20th century art worth saving in the train wrecks at Penn Station?
Wednesday, Sept. 1-2, 2009, 10:00 pm-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM George Noory interviews Lynne McTaggart "Power of Intention", Book: Mind-over-matter intention experiments made leaves grow faster.	Wednesday, September 2, 2009, 11:49-11:58 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Antonio Vivaldi "Four Seasons: Winter", Op. 8 #4 (1723) (Listen), CD, YouTube: Sarah Chang Vivaldi's "Winter" played well by Sarah Chang and Itzhak Perlman.
Thursday, September 3, 2009, 10:10-10:17 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven Violin Sonata #1 in D major, Op. 12 #1 (1798) (Listen) (CD), (YouTube) Enjoyed this violin sonata of Beethoven this Thursday morning.	Thursday, September 3, 2009, 1:00-4:00 pm Stanford University, Cummings Art Library Added another similarity of Milton to Dürer in Peter Milton's Homage to Albrecht Dürer His photo resembles Angel in "Melencolia I" Milton's fingers like the Angel's compass— a password to Plato's class.
Friday, September 4, 2009, 9:38-9:50 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony #31 in D, K.297 "Paris" (1778) (Listen) (CD), (YouTube) Mozart in the morning— spritely tunes to start the day to sing and dance!	Friday, September 4, 2009, 2:00-5:00 pm Stanford University, Cummings Art Library Scanning 14 images of cats from Peter Milton's prints in books Cats in Interiors prints 1, 2, 3, 6— Do I see a perfect number?
Friday, September 4, 2009, 7:45-9:30 pm Friends' House, 957 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto Waverley Writers Monthly Poetry Reading— Read my poems "Betty Carter Blues" & "Entering the Dark Ark of the Moment" Read two poems inspired at summer workshops in Fooothill's Writing Conference.	Saturday, September 5, 2009, 11:11 am Mountain View: Latham Street Cirrus clouds in blue sky outside of my apartment that looked like a "Dragon Cloud" (Photo) Rushed back to apartment for camera to shoot this "Dragon Cloud" in sky.
Saturday, September 5, 2009, 11:22 am Mountain View: El Camino & Showers Cirrus clouds in blue sky looking like a "Lion Cloud" (Photo) Glad to have camera to capture this "Lion Cloud" hovering in the sky.	Saturday, September 5, 2009, 11:55 am Palo Alto: Galvez Street Pine tree with concentric circles in exposed trunk (Photo) Ripples in water, ripples in wood— expanding circles into space.
Sunday, September 6, 2009, 11:07-11:10 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Giovanni Battista Martini Plaisir d'amour "The Joys of Love" (1775) Listen, CD, (YouTube), Elvis song Martini's "Joys of Love" inspired Elvis to sing "Can't Help Falling in Love"	Sunday, September 6, 2009, 1:30 pm Soquel, Anna Jean Cummings County Park "Skyballs" by Steve Gillman & Katherine Keefer Rest stop on way to Forest of Nisene Marks (Photo) Four sky-blue balls roll gently down the sloping hill— caught three of them here.
Sunday, September 6, 2009, 2:00 pm Aptos, Forest of Nisene Marks State Park Map Signpost of various trails with photos Photos and Haikus of Hike Old Growth Loop Trail seems the easiest to take today to the Twisted Grove.	Sunday, September 6, 2009, 3:09 pm Aptos, Forest of Nisene Marks State Park Old-Growth Loop Trail: Fern Grotto covers hill like an artistic canvas Here's Nature's art— a canvas of ferns and plants hanging over the creek.
Sunday, September 6, 2009, 4:48 pm Aptos, Forest of Nisene Marks State Park Old-Growth Loop: Marcel's Forest Advocate Tree, 45 feet circumference, 253 feet tall, over 1000 years old (Photo) Advocate Tree is wider and taller than Memorial Park's Tallest Tree.	Sunday, September 6, 2009, 6:47 pm Aptos, Forest of Nisene Marks State Park Aptos Creek Road: Signpost of Forest of Nisene Marks State Park Photos and Haikus of Hike Photo of signpost after our five hour hike in giant Redwood Forest.
Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, 10:24-10:33 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven Rondo in B-Flat for Piano & Orchestra (1794) (Listen) (CD), (YouTube) Beethoven's Rondo in B-flat for Piano— galloping gaiety.	Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, 10:50 am Mountain View: While having breakfast saw outside kitchen window eucalyptus branches that looked like a giant bird Leaveless branches in tree outside my window is a giant bird in flight!
Monday, Sept. 7, 2009, 11:07-11:18 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Yundi Li plays Frederic Chopin, Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66, (1835), (Listen), CD, YouTube: Yundi Li Cascading waterfalls ripple down like shining pearls in the moonlight.	Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009, 10:30-10:33 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Herbert von Karajan conducts Pietro Mascagni, Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo (1889) Listen, CD, YouTube Romantic tragedy with music so sad that it breaks all our hearts.
Tuesday, Sept. 8-9, 2009, 10:30 pm-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM George Noory interviews Bill Guggenheim "After-Death Communications", Book Deceased family member or friend can contact us to offer comfort and hope.	Wednesday, September 9, 2009, 2:30-5:00 pm Stanford University, Cummings Art Library Formatted 61 photos from Sunday's hike to Forest Nisene Marks State Park Photos came out dark on many of the trail— need to brighten in Photoshop
Thursday, September 10, 2009, 11:07-11:10 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Camille Saint-Saens, Carnival of the Animals: #13 The Swan (1886), (Listen), CD, YouTube The graceful swans glide in Lac Leman of Vevy— May my mind be that.	Thursday, September 10, 2009, 1:35-5:00 pm Stanford University, Cummings Art Library Formatted 45 photos from Labor Day hike San Mateo Memorial Park Photos came out well on Pomponio Trail— no need to brighten in Photoshop
Thursday, September 10, 2009, 7:30-8:55 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Alfred Hitchcock directs "The 39 Steps" (1935) starring Robert Donat & Madeleine Carroll Exciting chase scenes from Scottish hills, flocks of sheep, and dark waterfalls.	Thursday, September 10, 2009, 9:05-10:30 pm Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "The Secret Agent" (1936) starring Madeleine Carroll, John Gielgud, Peter Lorre, & Robert Young The dog is restless sensing its master will be pushed off the Swiss Alps.
Friday, September 11, 2009, 10:26-10:30 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Felix Mendelssohn, "Song Without Words", Op. 109 (1845), (Listen), CD, YouTube The universe sings across space and time— beautiful songs without words.	Friday, September 11, 2009, 11:55 am Los Altos Library, San Antonio Road Cirrus clouds brushstrokes in the sky Cloud Photos (9-11-2009) Sky painter having fun with giant brushstrokes across the big blue canvas.
Friday, September 11, 2009, 7:30-9:40 pm Stanford Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock directs "Rebecca" (1940) starring Laurence Olivier, Joan Fontaine, Judith Anderson, & George Sanders Mrs. Danvers reeks evil in every gesture to destroy what is good.	Friday, September 11, 2009, 9:50-11:50 pm Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "Shadow of a Doubt" (1943) starring Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, & Henry Travers Niece loved uncle until she realized he was a killer of widows.
Saturday, September 12, 2009, 11:38-11:42 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata #30 in E, Op. 109 (1820), (Listen), CD, YouTube Beethoven wrote this sonata late in his life filled with exuberance.	Saturday, September 12, 2009, 2:00-5:00 pm Stanford University, Green Library Found Arthur Power's "Conversations with James Joyce" (1974) about cats Ancient Egyptians knew the mysteries of cats much more than the Christians.
Sunday, September 13, 2009, 10:17-10:20 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Leon Fleisher plays Ludwig van Beethoven, "Für Elise" Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 (1808), (Listen), CD, YouTube, Commentaries Beethoven in love— composing this sweet bagatelle for Elise.	Sunday, September 13, 2009, 11:33-11:39 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Nicola Benedetti plays Jules Massenet, Thaïs: Meditation (1894) Listen, CD, YouTube Monk renounced his vows, fell in love with Thaïs whom he tried to convert.
Monday, September 14, 2009, 10:51-10:58 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven, Piano Sonata #30 in E, Op. 109 (1820), (Listen), CD, YouTube Pachelbel's Canon uplifts my soul every time I listen to it.	Monday, September 14, 2009, 1:45-3:00 pm Mountain View: Kaiser Permanente Hospital Yearly exam with Dr. Liteh Diego Chang who was physician of Francis Crick Francis Crick lived in a double-helix house and was sharp until he died.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 10:14-10:23 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Gustav Mahler Symphony #1 in d minor, "Titan" (1896) (Listen), CD, YouTube Third movement's funeral march based on the children's song Frère Jacques	Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 12:00-1:50 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery shopping at Fiesta Market, Milk Pail, and Safeway (2580 California Street) Cauliflower, carrots, Gala apples, red & black grapes, instant oatmeal, and eggs.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 7:30-9:15 pm Stanford Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock directs "Dial M for Murder" (1954) starring Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, & John Williams François Truffaut sees this film over and over for its great dialogue.	Tuesday, September 15, 2009, 9:30-11:15 pm Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "Strangers on a Train" (1951) starring Robert Walker, Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, & Kasey Rogers Bruno the psychopath— one of the most evil characters in film.
Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 11:10-11:28 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Barry Douglas plays Sergei Rachmaninoff, Piano Concerto #2, Op. 18 (1901) Listen, CD, YouTube He had writer's block— hypnotist helped him to write beautiful music.	Wednesday, September 16, 2009, 12:13-12:18 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Luigi Boccherini, Symphony #4 in D minor, Op. 12 #4 "The House of the Devil" (1771), (Listen), CD, YouTube Angelic or demonic music— how can we tell before it's too late.
Thursday, September 17, 2009, 10:42-10:54 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Jacqueline DuPre plays Felix Mendelssohn, (Listen), CD, YouTube, "Song Without Words", Op. 109 (1845) A great cellist plays Mendelssohn's Song Without Words with beauty and pathos.	Thursday, September 17, 2009, 12:30-3:30 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery shopping at CVS, and Grant Road Walgreens, 99 Ranch, & Nob Hill Almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, olives, tofu, bean curd, frozen corn, green beans.
Friday, September 18, 2009, 9:38-9:50 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Piano Concerto #18 in B-Flat, K.456 (1784), (Listen), CD, YouTube Alfred Brendel plays Mozart with a poetic touch that's delightful.	Friday, September 18, 2009, 10:09-10:14 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Frederic Chopin, Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66, (1835), (Listen), CD, YouTube: Yundi Li Chopin's Fantaisie- Impomptu— crystalline cascade of waterfalls.
Friday, September 18, 2009, 7:30-9:40 pm Stanford Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock directs "Notorious" (1946), (YouTube), with Cary Grant, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, & Leopoldine Konstantin Grant gave Bergman lucky key to wine cellar which she gave to Hitchcock.	Friday, September 18, 2009, 9:25-11:05 pm Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "Suspicion" (1941), (original ending), with Cary Grant, Joan Fontaine, Nigel Bruce, & Cedric Hardwicke Slimy snake-like arm around his wife at the end shows more suspicion.
Saturday, September 19, 2009, 9:21-9:25 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Adolphe Adam, Giselle: The Hunt (1841), (Listen), CD, YouTube, Wilis legend Peasant girl Giselle protects lover from evil female spirits Wilis.	Saturday, September 19, 2009, 10:10 am Mountain View, Showers Drive Altocumulus clouds (photo) above San Antonio Shopping Center Altocumulus clouds form a giant eagle in sky with outspread wings.
Sunday, September 20, 2009, 11:06-11:09 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Ottorino Respighi, Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite #3 (1932), (Listen), CD, YouTube Ancient Airs & Dances tunes me to Nature's music for today's hike.	Sunday, September 20, 2009, 11:18-11:24 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Joshua Bell plays Jules Massenet, Thaïs: Meditation (1894) Listen, CD, YouTube Massenet's Meditation and Saint-Saens' Swan are music for the soul.
Sunday, September 20, 2009, 12:58 pm Giant eucalyptus tree at junction of Highway 84 & Portola Road on way to Pescadero Creek County Park Took photo from car at highway junction of this giant eucalyptus.	Sunday, September 20, 2009, 1:43-6:45 pm Pescadero Creek County Park Hike on Old Haul & Pomponio Trails Photos & Haikus of Hike Five hour hike through shady trails— nice views of Pescadero & Towne Creek.
Monday, September 21, 2009, 10:32-10:50 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Capriccio Espagnol, Op. 34 (1887), (Listen), CD, YouTube The rain in Spain falls in the art of Cervantes, Velasquez and Goya.	Monday, September 21, 2009, 10:53-11:05 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Sarah Chang plays Vivaldi, Four Seasons: "Autumn" Op. 8, #3 (1725) (Listen), CD, YouTube This music is timely for Autumn Equinox is here tomorrow
Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 12:30-2:00 pm Palo Alto & Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery shopping at Walgreens (Maybell Ave) and Safeway (2580 California Street) Six cans natural almonds, cinnamon mints, nonfat milk, red and black grapes.	Tuesday, September 22, 2009, 2:45 pm-1:00 am Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center (to 7:50 pm) Stanford University, Green Library (9:30 pm-1 am) Autumn Equinox emails to friends Autumn Equinox balance of light & dark— sent hike haikus to friends.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 12:10-12:28 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Sebastian Bach, Brandenburg Concerto #6 in B-Flat, BWV 1051 (1710), (Listen), CD, YouTube Bach composed six Brandenburg Concertos like six days of creation.	Wednesday, September 23, 2009, 1:00 pm-1:00 am Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center (1-7:50 pm) Stanford University, Green Library (9:00 pm-1 am) Photos & haikus for 9/7 Memorial Park hike Five hours loop hike up Pomponio Trail and down Mt. Ellen Nature Trail.
Thursday, September 24, 2009, 11:23-11:44 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Claudio Abbado conducts Ludwig van Beethoven, (Listen), CD, YouTube Symphony #3 in Eb, Op. 55 "Eroica" (1803) Did Beethoven know that Opus 55 is Plato's Soul of the Universe?	Thursday, September 24, 2009, 2:00 pm-1:00 am Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center (2-7:50 pm) Stanford University, Green Library (9:30 pm-1 am) Photos & haikus for 8/16 Memorial Park hike What a joy to hike on the Creek Trail with view of Pescadero Creek.
Friday, September 25, 2009, 1:00-2:00 pm Los Altos Library: Printed out summary & photos of George Noory 9/22 interview with William Henry "Lost Symbols of U.S. Capitol", Book Apotheosis of George Washington is a Stargate to heaven.	Friday, September 25, 2009, 2:40-6:45 am Stanford University, Art Library (2:40-5:00 pm) Stanford University, Green Library (5:00-6:45 pm) Photos & haikus for 8/23 Memorial Park hike Writing haikus to match the photos from Wurr Trail hike to Pescadero Creek.
Friday, September 25, 2009, 7:30-9:30 pm Stanford Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock directs "The Birds" (1963), (Trailer), with Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy, & Suzanne Pleshette Is Melanie evil causing the birds attack in Bodega Bay?	Friday, September 25, 2009, 9:40-11:40 pm Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "Psycho" (1960), (Trailer), with Anthony Perkins, Janet Leigh, Martin Balsam, & Vera Miles Portent of film to come— stuffed birds everywhere in Psycho's Bates Motel.
Saturday, September 26, 2009, 12:30 pm-5:00 pm Los Altos Hills, Krause Center (12:30-5 pm) Los Altos Library (5:15 pm-5:55 pm) Photos & haikus for 8/23 Memorial Park hike Finished haikus for second hike at Memorial Park along the Wurr Trail.	Saturday, September 26, 2009, 7:30-7:54 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: George Gershwin, An American in Paris (1928), (Listen), CD, YouTube, Gershwin's 111th Birthday (9-26-1898) It's Gershwin's birthday and they're playing his An American in Paris.
Sunday, September 27, 2009, 10:13-10:17 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Yundi Li plays Franz Liszt, Liebestraum for Piano, S541, #3 (1850), (Listen), CD, YouTube: Rubinstein, Notes Tender romance music from Franz Liszt for those who are deeply in love.	Sunday, September 27, 2009, 2:45-3:16 pm Skyline Boulevard: Methuselah Tree (photo 1) 14 feet diameter, 137 feet tall in 1954 (photo 2), 225 feet tall before top broken off, 1800 years old O Methuselah Tree— Om, Om, Om, Shanti, Shanti— Bless this world with peace.
Sunday, September 27, 2009, 3:46 pm Starhill Road and CM08 Entrance to El Corte De Madera Creek Preserve Methuselah Trail-West Entrance (Photo) (Photos & Haikus of Hike) Hiking on Methuselah Trail to honor the Methuselah Tree.	Sunday, September 27, 2009, 5:50 pm Starhill Road near CM08 entrance to El Corte De Madera Preserve Friend spotted this Arched Tree (Photo) (Photos & Haikus of Hike) Friend spotted this gem and took photo of arched tree with two upright branches.
Sunday, September 27, 2009, 6:44 pm Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park Hotel Rosewood Sand Hill Parking Lot Giant Hawk Cloud above the sunset (Photo) A giant Hawk Cloud soars over sea of sky with the glorious sunset.	Sunday, September 27, 2009, 6:48-6:56 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Gordon Hunt plays Domenico Zipoli, (Listen) CD, YouTube Elevazione "Ascension" (1716) Beautiful to hear Zipoli's tune after Methuselah Trail hike.
Monday, September 28, 2009, 12:23-12:32 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Alicia de Larrocha plays Isaac Albéniz, Pavana Capricho, Op. 12 (1883), (Listen), CD, YouTube, New York Times Obituary (9-25-2009) Only 4-foot-9 tall, but she produced large beautiful sculptured sound.	Monday, September 28, 2009, 1:45 pm-1:00 am Los Altos Hills, Krause Center (1:45-7:50 pm) Stanford University Art Library (9:00-10:00 pm) Stanford Green Library (10:00 pm-1:00 am) Photos & haikus for 9/27 Methuselah Trail hike Ten hours to format photos and write haikus for yesterday's lovely hike.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 12:48-12:52 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Henry Purcell, (Listen), (CD), The Fairy Queen Z 629 (1692) (Notes), (YouTube), Anthony told me Spenser's "Faerie Queene" (1596) is really an allegorical tale about enlightenment. Purcell died at 36 but he's considered as great as Bach and Beethoven.	Tuesday, September 29, 2009, 2:30 pm-1:00 am Los Altos Hills, Krause Center (2:30-7:50 pm) Stanford University Art Library (9:00-10:00 pm) Stanford Green Library (10:00 pm-1:00 am) Photos & haikus for 8/30 Memorial Park hike After three hikes here— a photo of Memorial Park Entrance signpost!
Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 12:10-12:26 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Hilary Hahn plays Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Concerto #1 in A minor, BWV1041 (1723) (Listen), CD, YouTube Hilary Hahn is a young violinist playing with an old soul.	Wednesday, September 30, 2009, 12:38-12:48 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Joshua Bell plays Pablo de Sarasate, Zigeunerweisen, Gypsy Airs, Op. 20 (1878) Listen, CD, YouTube Pablo Sarasate was the best violin performer of all time.