Haikus: September 2010

HAIKUS: September 2010

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.

Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 11:06-11:13 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gordon Hunt plays
Domenico Zipoli, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2),
Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings (1715)

Ascension to where?
Kingdom of Heaven is within—
so I sit still. Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 1:05-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Peter Robinson emails Mitchell Park Pine Trees
photo & his web site paloaltotreewatch.com

He's trying to save
old pine trees at Mitchell Park
from getting chopped down.

Thursday, September 2, 2010, 7:42-7:50 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Jean-Yves Thibaudet
plays George Gershwin (Notes),
Piano Concerto in F (1925),
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, Skating)

Spoons hitting bowls as if
everyone is hungry
in this wild finale! Thursday, September 2, 2010, 9:28-9:35 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Philippe Herreweghe
conducts Ludwig van Beethoven,
Symphony #5 in C minor, Op. 67 (1808)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: Dudamel, Toscanini)

Most famous four notes
in music as Beethoven
tells us to wake up!

Thursday, September 2, 2010, 1:01-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
"God did not create the universe, says Hawking"
in his latest book "The Grand Design"
(Yahoo News, By Michael Holden, 9-2-2010)

Spontaneous creation—
Universe can make
itself from nothing. Thursday, September 2, 2010, 1:01-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Formatted 66 photos from August 29 hike
to Almaden Quicksilver County Park,
Web page of New Almaden Trail Hike

Hike began with hawk
squeaking and ended
with tarantula crawling by.

Thursday, September 2, 2010, 7:30-9:40 pm
Stanford Theatre: Vincente Minnelli directs
"Bells Are Ringing" (1960) starring
Judy Holliday, Dean Martin, Jean Stapleton,
Fred Clark, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Judy Holliday sparkles
and shines in Minnelli's
Bells Are Ringing. Thursday, September 2, 2010, 9:50-11:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: Richard Quine directs
"The Solid Gold Cadillac" (1956), starring
Judy Holliday, Paul Douglas, Fred Clark,
John Williams, Hiram Sherman (YouTube)

She's a small stockholder
and finds corruption among
company's officers.

Friday, September 3, 2010, 10:55-10:59 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Jeffrey Tate
conducts Franz Joseph Haydn,
Symphony #94 in G major, "Surprise" (1791),
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), Is & Ish Words

The word surprise has
is or light in it—
there is a sense of wonder. Friday, September 3, 2010, 7:30-10:00 pm
Friends' House, 957 Colorado Avenue, Palo Alto
Waverley Writers Monthly Poetry Reading—
Read two of my poems "This Is Bliss" and
"Gods Need Our Light to Grant Our Wishes"

September Waverley Writers'
Poetry Reading— I share
two poems on light.

Saturday, September 4, 2010, 11:22-11:38 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Piotr Anderszewski
plays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Piano Concerto #21 in C, K. 467 (1785)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

First movement is prelude
to Elvira Madigan
theme of romance. Saturday, September 4, 2010, 11:38-11:42 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Itzhak Perlman
plays John Williams,
"Schindler's List: Main Theme" (1993 film),
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, Trailer)

Itzhak Perlman plays
Schindler's List with such
passion that it tugs my heart.

Sunday, September 5, 2010, 11:11-11:14 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Albrecht Mayer
plays Johann Sebastian Bach,
"Jesu, joy of man's desiring" BWV 147 (1723)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Souls soaring to light—
to beauty's fairest pleasure,
wisdom's holiest treasure. Sunday, September 5, 2010, 1:50-7:05 pm
Santa Cruz County, Castle Rock State Park
Hike on Skyline to the Sea Trail, Beekhuis Road,
Saratoga Toll Road, Travertine Springs Trail
Photos of Hike

Travertine Springs had
a trickle of water
after a long hike there.

Monday, September 6, 2010, 11:11-11:14 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Jesus Lopez-Cohos
conducts Georges Bizet,
"L'Arlésienne Suite #1" (1872)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Shepherd falls in love
with the girl from Arles—
music to Daudet's drama. Monday, September 6, 2010, 1:24-7:35 pm
Santa Cruz Mountains, Purisima Creek Redwoods
Labor Day Hike on Grabtown Gulch Trail,
Purisima Creek Trail, and Harkins Ridge Trail
Photos of Hike

Double the photos
of yesterday as Creek
is full of water!

Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 11:45-11:48 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Caroline Goulding
plays James Scott Skinner,
"Hector the Hero" (1903),
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Tears of dew and rain
for Hector the Hero
will not come back again. Tuesday, September 7, 2010, 11:56 am-12:02 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Welser-Moest
conducts Richard Wagner,
"Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries" (1856),
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Fellini's 8½
used this music for
spring water & harem scenes.

Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 10:55-11:02 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Yundi Li plays Chopin,
Nocturne #3 in B majo3, Op. 9 #2 (1831), (Listen),
CD, (YouTube: Horowitz, 2, 3) Complete Nocturnes

Tears of dew and rain
for Hector the Hero
will not come back again. Wednesday, September 8, 2010, 1:48-9:00 pm
Stanford University, Art Library (1:48-5:00 pm)
Green Library (5:10-9:00 pm): Format 54 photos
of Sunday Sept. 5 Hike at Castle Rock State Park

Douglas Firs & Tan Oaks
with scenic views on hike
at Castle Rock State Park.

Thursday, September 9, 2010, 10:55-11:02 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Bernard Herrmann,
Vertigo (1958), (Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)
Wagner's Tristan & Isolde Liebestod (1, 2)
Dupuy's Lecture "Time & Vertigo"

Bernard Hermann used
Wagner's Liebestod
for Vertigo's love theme. Thursday, September 9, 2010, 2:00-9:00 pm
Stanford University, Art Library (2:00-5:00 pm)
Green Library (5:10-9:00 pm): Format 42 photos
of Labor Day Hike at Purisima Creek Redwoods
(Collage: Purisima Creek Redwoods Photos)

Two hours on Grabtown
Gulch Trail before coming
to Purisima Creek.

Friday, September 10, 2010, 9:33-9:36 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Pierre Laniau plays
Narciso Yepes, Romance for Guitar,
"Jeux interdits", Forbidden Games (1952),
Video (Listen), CD, YouTube

Man's forbidden games—
Eating from Tree of Knowledge
and the Tree of Life! Friday, September 10, 2010, 1:00-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Formatted 76 of 119 photos from
Monday September 6 Labor Day Hike
to Purisima Creek Redwoods (Photo Collage)

Redwoods blocked sunlight—
used Photoshop to brighten
many of the scenes.

Friday, September 10, 2010, 7:30-9:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Mark Sandrich directs
"Shall We Dance" (1937), with Fred Astaire,
Ginger Rogers, Edward Everett Horton,
Eric Blore (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, )

Shall we dance real soon
in the ballroom at noon
or to tunes of the Moon. Friday, September 10, 2010, 9:30-11:00 pm
Stanford Theatre: Edward H. Griffith directs
"The Sky's the Limit" (1943), starring
Fred Astaire, Joan Leslie, Robert Benchley,
Robert Ryans (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,)

The sky's the limit—
but with Love you can even
soar further beyond!

Saturday, September 11, 2010, 11:29-11:36 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Howard Shelley conducts
Ignaz Moscheles, Recollections of Ireland, Op. 69 (1826), (Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Here's an Irish Jig
I could dance to merrily
with pixies and elves. Saturday, September 11, 2010, 2:30-6:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Reading "Many Kind of Universes, and None Require God" (Stephen Hawking's "Grand Design"), (NY Times, 9-7-2010)

Making universes
out of nothing— as if God's
blowing soap bubbles.

Saturday, September 11, 2010, 7:23-7:26 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Shigeru Umebayashi
& Abel Korzeniowski, A Single Man (2009)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, Trailer)

Planets dance this waltz
around galactic stars
in the cosmic ballroom. Saturday, September 11, 2010, 7:28-7:32 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: George Gershwin,
Promenade "Walking the dog" (1937)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: Fred & Ginger)

Walking the dogs to catch
your loved one— that's what
Fred did on the Queen Anne.

Sunday, September 12, 2010, 11:05-11:10 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Jie Chen plays Lu Wen-cheng, "Autumn Moon over Calm Lake"
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Autumn Moon is Harvest Moon—
Enlightened Mind is full
like a ripe fruit. Sunday, September 12, 2010, 2:00-7:17 pm
San Jose, Almaden Quicksilver County Park
Senador Mine Trail, New Almaden Trail,
Mine Hill, Cinnabar, & Guadalupe Trails

After walking on
hot trails, cool shade of Bay Trees
and Guadalupe Reservoir.

Monday, September 13, 2010, 8:25 am
Home in Mountain View: Upon awakening
with eyes closed, saw sun sigil that
came to me at Mount Lao in Italy

Inner Sun shines again—
Gold-rimmed blue circle
with green dot in center. Monday, September 13, 2010, 8:29-8:33 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Robert Ashford,
"Summer's End" (1989)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube)

Ashford's Summer's End
woke me up today— lovely
music from deep sleep.

Monday, September 13, 2010, 8:51-8:57 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Herbert von Karajan conducts
Pietro Mascagni, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo (1890)

Music of yearning—
opera's love triangle
that ends in tragedy. Monday, September 13, 2010, 1:10-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Formatting 112 Photos of Sunday Sept. 12's
Hike Almaden at Quicksilver County Park

Shady Bay Trees and
Guadalupe waters came
late on Almaden hike.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 12:34-12:41 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Felix Mendelssohn,
Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave" (1833)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3), Fingal's Cave

Mendelssohn inspired
by occean waves clashing
on rocks of Fingal's Cave. Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 1:30-2:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at 99 Ranch Market, Nob Hill Foods,
and Walgreens on Grant Road

Sesame oil, vinegar,
tofu, bean curd, cabbage buns,
lycee, milk, peanuts.

Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Theatre, Clarence Brown directs
"Anna Karenina" (1935), (Novel), starring
Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, Maureen O'Sullivan, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, photos)

Anna abandons husband
and son in her love
for Count Vronsky. Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 9:05-10:55 pm
Stanford Theatre, Rouben Mamoulian directs
"Queen Christina" (1933), with Greta Garbo,
John Gilbert, Ian Keith, Lewis Stone,
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 78 photos), Mamoulian films

Queen Christina studied
philosophy with Descartes
and Miguel Molinas.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 10:10-10:21 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Erich Kunzel conducts
Aram Khachaturian, Spartacus: Adagio (1954)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2), Notes

Adagio from Spartacus
woke me up today
and lulled me to sleep. Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 12:43-12:50 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludovico Einaudi
"Two Sunsets" (Due Tramonti) (2003)
CD, (Listen), YouTube

Inner Sun does not set
like the Outer Sun
for it is the Mind's light.

Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 2:30-3:00 pm
Sunnyvale: Friend takes me grocery shopping
at Sprouts (111 East El Camino Real)

Black grapes, red peppers,
Trail mix roasted nuts,
Roma tomatoes, rye bread. Wednesday, September 15, 2010, 4:00-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Photos of 9/12 Almaden Quicksilver Hike

Hike started on hot trail
with shaded Bay Trees
and scenic views later.

Thursday, September 16, 2010, 10:10-10:21 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ottorino Respighi,
Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite #1 (1917),
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Respighi went back
to Renaissance music
in composing this tune. Thursday, September 16, 2010, 1:19 pm
Stanford University, Fountain between
Hoover Tower and Memorial Auditorium
Lamppost and Cirrus Clouds (Photos: 1, 2, 3)

Slow down and pause awhile
to marvel at cirrus clouds
above your head.

Thursday, September 16, 2010, 1:20 pm
Stanford University, Fountain between
Hoover Tower and Memorial Auditorium—
Suddenly the Square is empty (Photo)

Moment of silence—
students, bikes, and buses
all gone from busy square. Thursday, September 16, 2010, 1:30-5:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Photoshop montage (scale, rotate, distort):
New Almaden Trail View & Turkey Buzzard

Recreated this scene
when hawk flew right over
me on the hike trail.

Thursday, September 16, 2010, 11:00 pm-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Thomas Alan Berg (Web site), Book; "Rethinking Education" (Uncle Tom's Classroom)

Education's goal—
for kids to tap into their
Cosmic Super-Self! Friday, September 17, 2010, 9:18-9:26 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Alexander Borodin,
In the Steppes of Central Asia (1880),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

In Central Asia
you'll find the Three Magi's tombs
and star that fell to earth.

Friday, September 17, 2010, 1:05-4:30 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Web page for Nature Walks 2010;
12 Haikus for Sept. 10-12, 18-19

Caught up with haikus
and composed web page for
this year's Nature Walks. Friday, September 17, 2010, 6:20 pm
Stanford University, Stopped running for
Palm Drive Express Bus to photograph this
scene of clouds, trees, arcade before sunset

Cirrus clouds floating
between two palm tree columns
with clock in arcade.

Friday, September 17, 2010, 6:25 pm
Stanford University, History Corner
With camera still in my hand, took
photograph of two beautiful arches

Passed History Corner
every day and didn't
notice its lovely arches. Friday, September 17, 2010, 6:45 pm
Palo Alto, Cal-Train Station—
Waiting for Bus #22 to Mountain View.
Forgot Shopping Express is now running

This angelic girl
asks me about the bus—
I give her my "Light" poem.

Saturday, September 18, 2010, 9:02-9:08 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Garrick Ohlsson plays
Frederic Chopin, (Listen), CD, YouTube (1833)
Waltz #1 in E-Flat, "Valse brillante", Op. 18

Chopin's sprightly waltz
finally wakes me up from
my dreamy sleep. Saturday, September 18, 2010, 9:12-9:19 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Leonard Bernstein conducts
Manuel de Falla, La Vida Breve (1913),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Life is short. Art long—
so make your life an artwork
and it will be long!

Sunday, September 19, 2010, 11:11-11:17 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Anne Akiko Meyers plays
Jules Massenet, Thaïs: Meditation (1894), Listen,
CD, (YouTube: Jansen, Yo-Yo Ma, Clouds, Opera)

Meditation— balance
between outer and inner
worlds so they are one. Sunday, September 19, 2010, 1:30-5:55 pm
Woodside: Thornewood Open Space Preserve
Hike on Schilling Lake Trail, Bridle Trail,
Schilling Lake, Old Trail by Dennis Martin Creek

Came here two years ago
but Bridle Trail with
Redwoods was not open.

Sunday, September 19, 2010, 1:30-5:55 pm
Woodside: Thornewood Open Space Preserve
Today's Hike: Schilling Lake Trail, Bridle Trail,
Schilling Lake, 30-foot Redwood Sentinel,
and Old Trail along Dennis Martin Creek

Redwoods were refreshing,
butterflies fluttered by,
brush bunny hopped out. Sunday, September 19, 2010, 7:30-11:00 pm
Stanford Theatre, King Vidor directs
"War and Peace" (1956), (Novel), starring
Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer, Vittorio Gassman, Anita Ekberg, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Dad took whole family
to see this film when
I was just a teenager.

Monday, September 20, 2010, 10:05-10:16 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Mstislav Rostropovich
conducts Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
Symphony #6 in B, Op.74 "Pathetique" (1893)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Tchaikovsky's marching tunes
in Sixth Symphony fitting
for War and Peace. Monday, September 20, 2010, 11:21-11:26 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Sir Neville Marriner
conducts Luigi Boccherini, Minuet from
String Quintet in E, Op. 13, #5 (1771)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Boccherini's String Quintet
ideal for the Minuet
dancing in court.

Monday, September 20, 2010, 3:30-7:00 pm
Stanford University, Cummings Art Library
Formatted 85 of 114 photos of Thornewood Open
Space Preserve Hike on Sunday, Sept. 29, 2010

Stanford Fall Quarter
began today— Libraries
open for longer hours! Monday, September 20, 2010, 7:30-9:00 pm
Stanford University, Cubberley Auditorium
"An Evening with Joyce Carol Oates" (photo)
Read short story "I.D." (New Yorker, 3-29-2010)

Lisette's Mom Yvette was killed
and she's in the morgue
making an I.D.

Monday, September 20, 2010, 9:14 pm
Stanford University, Cubberley Auditorium
"An Evening with Joyce Carol Oates" (photo)
When she expressed interest in Kay Ryan,
told her Kay made the class write essays

Told her about inspiring
classes with Kay Ryan—
"Poetry and Prayer". Monday, September 20, 2010, 9:14 pm
Stanford University, Cubberley Auditorium
"An Evening with Joyce Carol Oates"
Friend says "You didn't even buy her books,
yet she shook your hand." (photo)

Here's my gift to her—
My poem "You Can't Catch Me"
with 84 titles from her books.

Monday, September 20, 2010, 11:00 pm-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Raymond Moody & John L. Turner, "Life-After-Death Experiences" (Book)

Those near the dying
have expanded awareness
filling up with light. Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 11:55 am-12:02 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: James Galway plays
Gabriel Faure, (Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)
Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50 (1887)

Walk through the countryside—
Let the mountain breeze
and Nature be your guide.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 2:30-7:00 pm
Stanford University: Finished formatting 114 photos
of Thornewood Hike at Art Library (2:30-7:00 pm)
and Web page at Green Library (7:30 pm-Midnight)

Enlarged the photos
of "Butterfly Lovers" and
"Brush Bunny" on hike trails. Tuesday, September 21, 2010, 7:11 pm
Stanford University: Stopped by Fountain
in front of Green Library Bing Wing Entrance
to photograph orange clouds (1, 2,) near sunset

Lamplight is not lit
but orange clouds glow
from beautiful sunset rays.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 12:27-12:31 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Karl Jenkins,
Palladio "Diamond Music" (1996)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2), Diamond

What's harder than diamond?
Cosmic Mind penetrating
through all things. Wednesday, September 22, 2010, 3:30-7:00 pm
Stanford University: Cummings Art Library
Autumn Equinox begins today at 8:09 pm PDT
as we say farewell to sunny summer days

Autumn Equinox—
Sunlight & Darkness balanced.
May I do likewise!

Thursday, September 23, 2010, 3:00-3:35 pm
Palo Alto, California Avenue: Met Peter Robinson
on street by chance. He wanted me to go with him
to Mitchell Park— they're chopping down old oaks
today. I missed Bus to have satsang with old friend.

Trees are spiritual beings
nourishing our well being
through the air we breathe. Thursday, September 23, 2010, 3:00-3:35 pm
Palo Alto, California Avenue: Met Peter Robinson
on street by chance. He told me frustration in
dealing with City Hall chopping down old oaks.
I told him about Eucalyptus nuts & Tree symbols.

Trees of Knowledge and Life
symbolize duality & unity—
Our Inner Tree transcends both.

Thursday, September 23, 2010, 3:52 pm
Stanford University, Walkway between
Art Library and Hoover Tower— Flower
blooming on Oleander Bush (Photos 1, 2, 3)

Before the Art Library
pink flower blooms on
top of Oleander bush. Thursday, September 23, 2010, 3:55 pm
Stanford University, Walkway between
Cummings Art Library & Hoover Tower—
Arching "Fibonacci" Bay Tree (Photos 1, 2)

Arching Bay Tree reminds
me of Monet's painting
Sea Coast at Trouville

Thursday, September 23, 2010, 7:20 pm-12:00 am
Stanford University, Green Library
Reading Marcia Landy & Amy Villarejo's
Queen Christina (PN1997.Q377.L37.1995, p. 40)

Garbo tries to remember
the inn's bedroom— those
lovely moments there. Thursday, September 23, 2010, 7:20 pm-12:00 am
Stanford University, Green Library: Reading
Robert A. Schanke's That Furious Lesbian: Story of Mercedes de Acosta (PS3501.C7.Z87.2003, p. 132)

Mercedes met Paul Brunton
in the mid-1930s and learned
about Ramana Maharshi.

Friday, September 24, 2010, 10:20-10:25 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Bernard Herrmann,
Vertigo (1958), (Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)
Wagner's Tristan & Isolde Liebestod (1, 2)
Mythological Themes in Hitchcock's "Vertigo"

James Stewart was thought
too old to play Scottie
in Hitchcock's Vertigo. Friday, September 24, 2010, 7:15-9:22 pm
Stanford Cubberley Auditorium: Oliver Stone directs "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps"
with Michael Douglas, Shia LaBeouf, Josh Brolin, Carey Mulligan; Gordon Gekko to Bretton James:

"You stop telling lies
about me and I'll stop
telling truth about you!"

Saturday, September 25, 2010, 10:24-10:28 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Itzhak Perlman plays
Carlos Gardel's Por una cabeza (1935)
in Scent of a Woman: Tango (1992)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Dancing this tango
arouses much passion
as it's so romantic. Saturday, September 25, 2010, 11:00 am
Home in Mountain View: Reading "In Bing Crosby's Wine Cellar, Vintage Baseball" Found only televised copy of Game 7 of 1960 World Series (Pirates beat Yankees 10-9) (New York Times, 9-24-2010, A1, A3)

Greatest game of baseball tape
discovered— like 50-year
vintage bottle of wine!

Sunday, September 26, 2010, 10:40-10:45 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Angèle Dubeau plays
Joe Hisaishi, Princess Mononoke (1997)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, Trailer)

Music from Japanese
anime woke me to
day of adventure. Sunday, September 26, 2010, 10:48-10:55 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: André Rieu plays
Johann Strauss Jr., Morgenblätter, Op. 279 (1864)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Nothing like a Strauss
waltz to spring me out
of bed in stillness & sleep.

Sunday, September 26, 2010, 11:13-11:22 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gordon Hunt plays
Domenico Zipoli, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2),
Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings (1715)

My favorite music—
Zipoli's Ascension
to heaven on earth. Sunday, September 26, 2010, 11:43-11:46 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Joshua Bell plays
Camille Saint-Saens, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)
Carnival of the Animals: #13 The Swan (1886)

Swan's calmness & whiteness—
symbolic of the mind's
pure tranquillity.

Sunday, September 26, 2010, 1:30-2:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway (2580 California Street)

Clam chowder, pizza,
fish fillet, potato tots,
spinach salad, ice cream,
soy milk, and orange juice. Sunday, September 26, 2010, 3:45-10:00 pm
Stanford University: Cummings Art Library
Composing web page "Stanford Scenes 2010"
on beautiful trees I pass by every day on campus

Meeting Peter Robinson
has taught me to love
more the trees around me.

Monday, September 27, 2010, 11:14-11:17 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Lena Neudauer plays
Robert Schumann, "Gartenmelodie:
Garden Melody, Op. 85 #3 (1849)
Listen, CD, (YouTube)

Woke up this morning
to Schumann's Garden Melody—
calm and soothing. Monday, September 27, 2010, 3:00-6:55 pm
Stanford University: Cummings Art Library
Took photograph of two Y-branched Live Oaks
at Art Building for "Stanford Scenes 2010".
Writing poem "Spring Geese Are Flying North"

Epiphany on geese
flying in V-formation—
in search of soul.

Monday, September 27, 2010, 7:30-9:50 pm
Stanford Theatre, Julien Duvivier directs
"Anna Karenina" (1948), (Novel), starring
Vivien Leigh, Kieron Moore, Ralph Richardson, Sally Ann Howes, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Greta Garbo plays
Anna Karenina much better
than Vivien Leigh. Monday, September 27, 2010, 10:00-11:25 pm
Stanford Theatre, Rouben Mamoulian directs
"We Live Again" (1933), with Anna Sten,
Fredric March, Jane Baxter, C. Aubrey Smith,
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5), Mamoulian films

Prince seduced farm girl
but guilty conscience made
him follow her to Siberia.

Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 2:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me to Kaiser for drugs, Post Office to pay yearly fee for P.O. Box (WisdomPortal), Fiesta Market to buy red grapes, and Los Altos Library to print out "Stanford Scenes"

Thanks to good friend driving
me around to complete
several chores today. Tuesday, September 28, 2010, 6:00-9:45 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Emailed Rudy & Jack on Stanford "Brain Lecture";
Revised misidentification of Toyon for Oleander;
Completed poem "Spring Geese Are Flying North"

Came to Foothill Lab
instead of going today
to Stanford for my work.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 9:03-9:13 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: James Galway plays
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Flute & Harp Concerto in C, K. 299 (1778)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Mozart in the morning—
Flute & Harp Concerto
is quite jubilant. Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 3:30-4:30 pm
Stanford University: Bechtel Conference Center,
Encina Hall, Barbara Strauch, Book Author &
Health/Medical Science Editor, New York Times,
"Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain" (article)

Cognitive skills better
in middle-aged brain as
myelin is still growing.

Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 5:45 pm
Stanford University: Pathway to Green Library
& School of Continuing Studies— Walking to
Stanford Bookstore, saw squirrel (Photos: 1, 2)

Walking to the Bookstore—
saw black squirrel sitting
still on willow tree. Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 6:00-7:00 pm
Stanford Bookstore: Author Event, Deborah Fallows, (web), "Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin Lessons in Life, Love, & Language" (Book)

Good friends don't say "please"
in China— their etiquette
is different from ours.

Thursday, September 30, 2010, 11:28-11:35 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Joseph Haydn,
Symphony #101 in G major "The Clock" (1787)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Haydn's "Clock Symphony"
sounds like a leisurely
stroll in the garden. Thursday, September 30, 2010, 4:30-9:45 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Writing haikus of yesterday's Stanford talks;
Card Rescue found 1358 lost files in half-hour.

Photos not lost on
SDHC camera chip—
Card Rescue found them!