Haikus: April 2011

HAIKUS: April 2011

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.

Friday, April 1, 2011, 3:30-4:40 pm
Stanford University, Art Library
Printed in color @10¢ George Inness "Lake Nemi",
& Cloud Photos: Cap & Altocumulus lenticularis

Altocumulus lenticularis
clouds shaped like
flying saucers! Friday, April 1, 2011, 6:35-7:10 pm
Stanford University: Walked with friend half way
around Lake Lagunita; turned back when path got
too muddy; saw white egret & great blue heron

Heavy rain filled the lake—
Here are ducks, egret,
and a great blue heron.

Friday, April 1, 2011, 7:35-8:00 pm
Palo Alto: Friends' House, 957 Colorado Ave,
Waverley Writers Guest Reader— Gerald Fleming
(Poems: "Did", "Long Marriage", "Memento Mori")

My daughter— she walks
away in her new body
going somewhere else. Friday, April 1, 2011, 8:15-9:40 pm
Palo Alto: Friends' House, 957 Colorado Ave,
Waverley Writers Monthly Poetry Reading—
Read "Vanishing Point" & "The Letter B"

Forgot March 4 Reading
at Waverley Writers—
made it to this one.

Saturday, April 2, 2011, 12:00-12:35 pm
Stanford University, Art Library
"Reason versus emotion", Book review
of David Brooks "The Social Animal"
(By Sean Collins, Spiked, #43, March 2011)

Conscious mind is subservient
to the unconscious
where emotions reign. Saturday, April 2, 2011, 1:00-5:15 pm
Stanford University: Green Library
Searched for Gerald Fleming's poems;
Typed four poems Kay Ryan's Poetry Reading
(Cubberley Auditorium, February 23, 2010)

Animals in four poems—
shellfish, giraffes,
jackrabbit and coyotes.

Sunday, April 3, 2011, 1:50-3:15 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Walgreens (Palo Alto, Maybell Ave)
and Safeway (2580 California Street)

Pimento olives, yogurt,
pistachios, asparagus,
Swiss cheese, angel cake. Sunday, April 3, 2011, 4:30-7:45 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
"Is slow news week a quick path to enlightenment?" (By Frank Miele, Daily Inter Lake, 4-3-2011)

Forget about cable news—
Enlightenment is less news
and more peace.

Sunday, April 3, 2011, 4:30-7:45 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
"A girl. A poem. A new passion."
15-year old Ayshia Spann reads Poe's "Alone"
(By Pam Kelley, Charlotte Observer, 4-3-2011)

I have not seen as others saw;
I could not bring my passions
from a common spring. Sunday, April 3, 2011, 8:00-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cubberley Auditorium
Stanford Flicks: David Fincher directs
"The Social Network" (2010) with Jesse Eisenberg, Andrew Garfield, Justin Timberlake, Brenda Song

Story of Mark Zuckerberg's
founding of Facebook—
youngest billionaire.

Sunday, April 3, 2011, 10:10-10:30 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
"Richard Feynman, the Thinker"— Book Review:
Lawrence M. Krauss, "Quantum Man"
(By George Johnson, New York Times, 4-1-2011)

Feynman— wild man of physics
spewing crazy ideas
in search for truth. Sunday, April 3, 2011, 10:30 pm-12:10 am
Stanford University, Green Library
Stanford Women Basketball Upset by Texas A&M;
Typed six poems Kay Ryan's Poetry Reading
(Cubberley Auditorium, February 23, 2010)

Kay writes about Satie—
I like their lightness.
His music. Her poems.

Monday, April 4, 2011, 2:15-5:15 pm
Stanford University, Bldg 260, Room 008
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, "Problem of Desire, Violence,
& Religion in Philosophy, Literature, & Cinema:
A Critical View on René Girard's Mimetic and Sacrificial Theory": #2 "Violence & the Sacred"

Sacred space is made
by acts of violence—
World Trade Center & 9/11. Monday, April 4, 2011, 8:00-9:40 pm
Stanford University, Hewlett Teaching Center
Robert Hofstadter Memorial Lecture
N. David Mermin (Cornell University)
"Spooky Actions at a Distance", (Nobel Diary,
Zurich talk: "What I'd Like to Know about 2105")

I chat with Mermin
on Cornellians Hans Bethe,
Ken Wilson & Roald Hoffman.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 4:00-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Indian 'living god' in critical condition: hospital, (By P.S. Jayaram, Yahoo News, 4-5-2011)

Satya Sai Baba—
on life support in hospital.
Even saints must die. Tuesday, April 5, 2011, 4:00-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Palma di Falco (1886-1988), "Cat Fountain"; Secret History of Cats, French Cat Books

Palma di Falco
lived to 102—
Grandma Moses of sculpture.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 2:00-3:45 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Lucky's, Walgreens, 99 Ranch Market
& Nob Hill Foods (1250 Grant Road)

Red leaf lettuce, radish,
peanuts, green onions, tofu,
bean curd, shrimp balls, milk. Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 5:15-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Arranging Professor Jean-Pierre Dupuy's
4/4 PowerPoint presentation into HTML

May this labor of love
honor René Girard's
intuitive brilliance.

Wednesday, April 6, 2011, 10:55-11:55 pm
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Noory interviews Clint Arthur,
Biography, (Web), "Live Like It's Your Last Year",
Books: Last Year Of Your Life; Free New Power

Last Year of Your Life
helps to set priorities
to fulfill your dreams. Thursday, April 7, 2011, 12:00-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Noory interviews Albert Taylor,
Biography, (Web site), "Paranormal & Astral Experiences", Book: "Soul Traveler", (OBE Chats)

Dark matter in space
is the same as substance
making the astral plane.

Thursday, April 7, 2011, 1:30-2:45 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Trader Joe's (590 Showers Drive)
& Safeway (2580 California Street)

Sesame sticks, eggs,
potato chips, Swiss cheese,
bananas, pears, green grapes. Thursday, April 7, 2011, 5:15-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Rudy tells me Chinese folk tale of cricket
that helped in building an emperor's palace

Cricket's Cage: Chinese Folk Tale—
cricket designs palace
for the emperor.

Thursday, April 7, 2011, 10:15-11:55 pm
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Noory interviews Lionel Fanthorpe,
Biography, (Web site), "Demonology",
Book: "Satanism and Demonology"

King Solomon summons
72 demons with
his magic ring. Friday, April 8, 2011, 12:00-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Noory interviews Peter Canova,
Biography, (Web site), "Ancient Wisdom",
Book: "Pope Annalisa" (Spiritual Secret)

Mystery schools of Eleusis,
Pythagoras and Druids pass
down esoteric knowledge.

Friday, April 8, 2011, 2:00-5:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"Warhol bought for $1,600 could fetch $30 million"
(By Chris Michaud, Reuters, 4-8-2011)

Andy Warhol's first
Self-Portrait done in 1963
to be sold at Christie's. Friday, April 8, 2011, 2:00-5:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Formatting photos taken the first week
of Stanford Spring Semester (3/28-4/3)

Stanford's Spring semester
started with interesting
lectures and good weather.

Friday, April 8, 2011, 7:30-9:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Richard Thorpe directs
"Ivanhoe" (1952) with Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, & Emlyn Williams, (YouTube: 1, 2); (Film Reviews: 1, 2)

Ivanhoe— knight in battle
in his love for Rebecca
and Lady Rowena. Friday, April 8, 2011, 9:30-11:02 pm
Stanford Theatre: Mervyn LeRoy directs
"Little Women" (1949) with Elizabeth Taylor,
June Allyson, Janet Leigh, Margaret O'Brien,
Mary Astor, (YouTube: 1, 2), (Film Reviews: 1, 2)

Elizabeth Taylor wore
a blond wig as Amy
in Alcott's story.

Saturday, April 9, 2011, 12:30-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
William Deresiewicz, "Solitude and Leadership"
(American Scholar, Spring 2010) West Point Talk

Solitude and leadership
seem contradictory, but
one makes decisions alone. Saturday, April 9, 2011, 12:30-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"The Renunciation Artist: On Leo Tolstoy"
(William Deresiewicz, The Nation, March 1, 2010)

"Father Sergius" mirrors
Tolstoy's own life seeking
selfless solitude.

Sunday, April 10, 2011, 4:00-7:45 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
"From Ancient Giants, Finding New Life to Help
the Planet" (Cloning Redwoods: 13 slides show)
(By Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 4-9-2011), Coast Redwoods; Hyperion, 379 feet tall redwood

Michael Taylor found
three tallest trees—
Hyperion, Helios, Icarus. Sunday, April 10, 2011, 8:00-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Cubberley Auditorium
Stanford Flicks: Tom Hooper directs
"The King's Speech" (2010) with Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter, Guy Pearce
(YouTube: 1, 2), (Film Reviews: 1, 2)

Speech therapist Logue
helps King George VI
conquer his stammering.

Monday, April 11, 2011, 11:40 am-12:25 pm
Mountain View: Latham Street Apartment
Giant Asplundh Truck cutting branches & leaves
from eucalyptus tree opposite my apartment.
I take photos of tree trimming hoping they
will not demolish Cat Eyes image in the tree

May tree trimming spare
the Cat Eyes image in
the eucalyptus tree. Monday, April 11, 2011, 2:15-5:15 pm
Stanford University, Bldg 260, Room 008
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, "Problem of Desire, Violence,
& Religion in Philosophy, Literature, & Cinema:
René Girard's Mimetic and Sacrificial Theory" Class #3 "Genesis of Human Violence"

Moliere's Dom Juan makes
false exchange and breaks
all rules before being punished.

Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 3:45-4:30 pm
Stanford University, Annenberg Auditorium
"Are Stanford Students Just (really excellent) Sheep?", William Deresiewicz in conversation
with Rob Reich ("Solitude and Leadership")

First in line for unclaimed
seats if RSVP students
don't come for talk. Tuesday, April 12, 2011, 4:30-6:00 pm
Stanford University, Annenberg Auditorium
"Are Stanford Students Just (really excellent) Sheep?", William Deresiewicz in conversation with Rob Reich ("Disadvantages of Elite Education")

Drop extracurricular
activities and learn
to do one thing well.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 4:30-6:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Reading "Talk comparares students to sheep"
(By Janelle Wolak, Stanford Daily, April 13, 2011)

Students at elite
universities are really
"hoop-jumping" sheep. Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 4:30-6:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Photo web page on eucalyptus tree trimming
that spared "Cat Eyes" image in the tree

Thanks goodness! All that
trimming failed to slice away
those Cat Eyes in the tree.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 7:30-9:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: Richard Brooks directs
"The Last Time I Saw Paris" (1954) with Elizabeth Taylor, Van Johnson, Walter Pidgeon, Donna Reed, Eva Gabor, Roger Moore (YouTube: 1, 2), Review

F. Scott Fitzgerald's
"Babylon Revisited"
made into soap film. Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 9:40-11:33 pm
Stanford Theatre: Richard Thorpe directs
"A Date with Judy" (1948) with Elizabeth Taylor,
Jane Powell, Wallace Beery, Carmen Miranda,
Xavier Cugat, Robert Stack (YouTube: 1, 2), Review

Showcase for blossoming
beauty 16-year old
Elizabeth Taylor.

Thursday, April 14, 2011, 2:30-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Milk Pail Market (2585 California St.)
& Safeway (2580 California Street)

Broccoli, zucchini,
oranges, yogurt, ice cream,
bananas, carrots, red grapes. Thursday, April 14, 2011, 4:20-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Rudy guessed right that Xavier Cugat, Eva Gabor,
and Roger Moore were all married five times.

Long marriages—
Walter Pidgeon— 53 years;
Robert Stack— 47 years.

Friday, April 15, 2011, 10:00 am-3:30 pm
Stanford University, Margaret Jacks Hall
"Deceit, Desire and the Novel 50 Years Later:
René Girard's Mimetic Theory & Literary Studies"

Forgot yesterday's talks—
may I learn more on Girard's
insights in today's lectures. Friday, April 15, 2011, 10:00 am-3:30 pm
Stanford University, Margaret Jacks Hall
"Deceit, Desire and the Novel 50 Years Later:
René Girard's Mimetic Theory & Literary Studies"

Five talks today on
Girard's mimetic desire
deceit and the novel.

Friday, April 15, 2011, 4:00-6:45 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
"Mimesis: Representation of Reality in Western Literature" (1953) by Erich Auerbach
Edward W. Said's introduction to
50th Anniversary Edition of "Mimesis" (2003)

After Girard's mimetic desire
talks, found Erich Auerbach's
classic book on Mimesis. Friday, April 15, 2011, 7:30-10:51 pm
Stanford Theatre: George Stevens directs
"Giant" (1956) with Elizabeth Taylor,
Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker,
Mercedes McCambridge, Dennis Hopper,
Jane Withers (YouTube: 1, 2), Film Review

Striking oil transformed
Texan ranchers into spoiled
super-rich drunkards.

Saturday, April 16, 2011, 11:40-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"Satellite Photographs 'Black Hole' on Earth"
(Space.com, 4-14-2011); William N. Lipscomb Jr. Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist, Dies at 91 (4-16-11)

Holbox Island and
Yalahau Lagoon with dark
waters like a black hole. Saturday, April 16, 2011, 11:40-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"Particle Hunt Nets Almost Nothing; the Hunters Are Almost Thrilled" (By Dennis Overbye,
New York Times, April 13, 2011)

Searching for dark matter
in deep underground vat
of liquid xenon.

Sunday, April 17, 2011, 2:00-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Trader Joe's (590 Showers Drive)
& Safeway (2580 California Street)

Eggs, sesame sticks,
angel cake, fish fillets,
yogurt, strawberries, red grapes. Sunday, April 17, 2011, 4:00-7:45 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
"Is Sitting a Lethal Activity?"
(By James Vlahos, NY Times, 4-17-2011)

Sitting six hours instead
of three hours a day—
20% higher death rate.

Sunday, April 17, 2011, 4:00-7:45 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
"Distilling the Wisdom of C.E.O.'s"
(By Adam Bryant, New York Times, April 17, 2011)
"The Corner Office: Indispensable and Unexpected
Lessons From CEOs on How to Lead and Succeed"

Passionate curiosity,
confidence, team smarts,
simple mind-set, fearlessness. Sunday, April 17, 2011, 8:00-9:40 pm
Stanford University, Cubberley Auditorium
Stanford Flicks: Byron Howard directs
"Tangled" (2010) with Mandy Moore,
Zachary Levi, Donna Murphy, Brad Garrett
(YouTube: 1, 2), (Film Reviews: 1, 2)

Animation movie
based on Grimm Brothers
fairy tale Rapunzel

Monday, April 18, 2011, 1:00-2:10 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
Last Supper on Wednesday, April 1, 33AD;
Read Dupuy's "From Hiroshima to Fukushima"
(Le Monde, 3-20-2011); Sent Dupuy my web pages
"Ouroboros & Cosmos" & poem The Golden Bough

Natural, industrial, moral
disasters— Tsunami,
Chernobyl, and Hiroshima. Monday, April 18, 2011, 2:15-5:10 pm
Stanford University, Bldg 260, Room 008
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, "Problem of Desire, Violence, & Religion in René Girard's Mimetic and Sacrificial Theory" Class #4: "Underground Psychology"
Dostoevsky's "The Eternal Husband"

Man's wife has died but
he pursues her lover
and tries to befriend him.

Monday, April 18, 2011, 5:50-11:59 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
"To Tug Hearts, Music First Must Tickle the Neurons" (By Pam Belluck, NY Times, 4-18-2011)

Emotion in music—
timing of notes and surprise
create goose-bump moments. Monday, April 18, 2011, 5:50-11:59 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
Typing Kay Ryan's Poetry Reading (2-23-2010)
& learned she won 2011 Poetry Pulitzer Prize

Kay Ryan's The Best of It
won this year's Pulitzer—
O how wonderful!

Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 1:30-4:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Noory interviews Lynne McTaggart,
Biography, (Web), "Human Connections",
Books: "The Bond"; "The Intention Experiment"

We're wired to care & share—
teamwork is better than
working all alone. Tuesday, April 19, 2011, 3:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web page of Lake Lagunita Hike (4-1-2011);
Formatted Prof. Dupuy's "Girardian Quiz";
"Violence & Truth in Clint Eastwood's Gran Torino"

Water in Lake Lagunita—
Ducks, Egret, Blue Heron
with cirrus clouds above.

Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 5:15-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Biggest Spider Fossil Ever Found",
(By Lisa Grossman, Wired, April 19, 2011)

Golden orb-weaver
spider fossil found in
China— five inches long. Wednesday, April 20, 2011, 5:15-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Amazing run-scoring leap may be baseball play of the year (Cameron Smith, Yahoo Sports, 4-20-2011)

Looks like he'll be tagged
out but he leaps over catcher
and scores the winning run!

Wednesday, April 20-21, 2011, 11:00 pm-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Noory interviews Joseph P. Farrell,
Biography, (Web), "Ancient Giants & Cosmic War",
Books: "Giza Death Star"; "Philosophers' Stone"

Cosmic war against
the giants using torsion
or scalar-based weapons. Thursday, April 21, 2011, 12:10-4:25 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Professor Joshua Landy's "Valentine's Day" talk—
Formatted 20-page Microsoft Word document into 8-page HTML file (75% printing); 3 photos redone

Valentine card redone
since Landy's clipart
could be copyrighted.

Thursday, April 21, 2011, 5:15-6:45 pm
Stanford University, Encina Hall West, Room 208
José Cabezón, University California Santa Barbara
"Sex and Buddhist Cosmology"— "first" humans were made of mind, self-luminous, with joy as food

Buddhist monasticism—
a mimetic reenactment
of the early universe. Thursday, April 21, 2011, 7:00 pm-12:10 am
Stanford University, Green Library
"Former Poet Laureate Kay Ryan to talk about public role, private pursuit at KVCC" (By Mark Wedel, Kalamazoo Gazette, March 20, 2011)

Poems at their best
are strangely saturated
with information.

Friday, April 22, 2011, 2:00-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hill, Foothill Krause Center
Prof. Yoshio Kusaba's email for Sarum Group on
David Henderson's Traveling Installaion, (YouTube)

Bath Abbey ceiling
inspired his sculptures
that appeared supple and light. Friday, April 22, 2011, 7:00-7:45 pm
Stanford University, Lake Lagunita
Half of the water in lake dwindled;
Golden retriever chased ducks in lake

Egret standing by lake,
ducks swimming and flew
away when dog got near.

Saturday, April 23, 2011, 11:00 am-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hill, Foothill Krause Center
Found 22 petals Jean Kenneally Rose
for niece Emily's Birthday Card page

22 is a sacred number—
in Hebrew alphabet, Tarot,
Kabbalah & Revelation. Saturday, April 23, 2011, 8:50-11:40 pm
Palo Alto: Cubberley Pavilion
Ballroom Dancing: Tim Michaels
taught Hustle and Bolero

Danced with Anita—
we took poetry classes
with Dick Maxell years ago.

Sunday, April 24, 2011, 12:00-4:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
Ian Punnett interviews Barbara Oakley,
Biography, "Dangerous Kindness", Books:
"Cold-Blooded Kindness"; "Pathological Altruism"

Bad altruism—
genocide killing of others
not in your group. Sunday, April 24, 2011, 3:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Whole Foods (4800 El Camino Real)
and Safeway (2580 California Street)

Veggie chips, Kettle chips,
Brussels sprouts, green beans,
and Milano cookies.

Sunday, April 24, 2011, 5-7:50, 10-11:59 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
"Whale's Grandeur and Grace, Up Closee", (By Yudhijit Bhattachaijee, NY Times, 4-19-2011)
Bryant Austin, "In the Eye of the Whale"

Photos of whales up close
their giant eyes staring
at us knowing what we think. Sunday, April 24, 2011, 8:00-9:55 pm
Stanford University, Cubberley Auditorium
Stanford Flicks: David O. Russell directs
"The Fighter" (2010) with Mark Wahlberg,
Christian Bale, Melissa Leo, Amy Adams
(YouTube: 1, 2), (Film Reviews: 1, 2)

Boxer Micky Ward
mother managed, brother trained,
wins welterweight title.

Monday, April 25, 2011, 1:00-2:10 pm
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Knapp interviews Maurice Cotterell,
Biography, "Decoding Gravity", Books:
"Mayan Prophecies"; "Future Science"

Atoms radiate
gravity waves like
an Archimedes screw. Monday, April 25, 2011, 2:15-4:30 pm
Stanford University, Bldg 260, Room 008
Jean-Pierre Dupuy, "René Girard's Mimetic & Sacrificial Theory" Class #5: "Atom Bomb & the Sacred"; Errol Morris, "The Fog of War" (trailer)

"We lucked out" McNamara
said on nuclear holocaust
in Cuban missile crisis.

Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 2:45-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (2580 California Street)

Brussels sprouts, green beans,
Van de Camp fish fillets,
strawberries and Bus Pass. Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 6:00-7:20 pm
Stanford's Presidential Lecture:
Gerhard Casper introduced Leon Botstein
Arendt's Nov. 3, 1966 letter on undergrad Botstein

Hannah Arendt wrote to Karl Jasper:
Botstein's paper on Max Weber
was the best she had seen

Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 6:00-7:20 pm
Stanford University, Cubberley Auditorium
Leon Botstein, Presidential Lecture:
"Music Between Nature and Architecture"

Botstein showed 90 slides
of architecture that
inspired composers. Tuesday, April 26, 2011, 7:45-11:59 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
History of Aviation, Part 1 (1961)
"The Big Picture" YouTube video

From Wright Brothers to
Curtis, Douglas, Lockheed,
Northrup— pioneers of flight.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 1:30-5:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Noory interviews Hank Wesselman,
Biography, web "Shamanism & Spiritual Growth",
Books: "The Bowl of Light"; "Spirit Walker"

Shaman Hale Makua
gave him "Bowl of Light"
that dims when he's negative. Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 3:55 pm
Stanford University, Campus Drive East
& Escondido Road— While driving to
Stanford Humanities Center, a giant hare
suddenly leaps across the street

Giant hare with foot-long ears
size of a baby deer
leaps across the street.

Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 4:00-5:30 pm
Stanford University, Stanford Humanities Center
Leon Botstein, Presidential Lecture/Discussion:
"Music Between Nature and Architecture"

Karl Schinkel & Felix Mendelssohn,
Otto Wagner & Gustav Mahler,
Eliel Saarinen & Jean Sibelius,
Le Corbusier & Igor Stravinsky. Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 6:00-7:00 pm
Stanford University, Lake Lagunita
Lake's water has dwindled to less
than half its previous size. Some ducks
still swimming in lake. Egret flies away.

White egret rose up
and flew across the lake
over the trees and gone!

Thursday, April 28, 2011, 1:30-5:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Noory interviews Alexandra Robbins,
Bio, web "Psychology of High School", Books:
"Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth"; "Skulls & Bones"

Popular girl in high school
not successful in life
while nerds do well. Thursday, April 28, 2011, 4:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Prof. Jean-Pierre Dupuy's email contains five files;
converted to HTML: On the Certainty of Being Surprised & Market, Imitation, and Tradition"

Double-spaced Word files
reduced to HTML format
to save printing cost.

Friday, April 29, 2011, 6:50-7:55 pm
Stanford University, Lake Lagunita
Walked around the lake with friend
near sunset seeing egret by the lake

Ten pairs of ducks in the lake,
two bush bunnies eating,
white egret in flight. Friday, April 29, 2011, 8:05-10:00 pm
Stanford University, Green Library
Steve Gould sends email with quote—
Greek proverb from A.Word.A.Day

A nation grows great
when old men plant trees
whose shade they'll never sit in.

Saturday, April 30, 2011 11:50 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Format 31 photos from Friday's Walk aroound
Stanford Lake Lagunita; Bush Rabbits photos
came out too dark & brightened in Photoshop

Missed egret on first shot
but got him on next try
as he flew away. Saturday, April 30, 2011 11:50 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"Former U.S. Poet Laureate on War and Poetry"
(By Gene Myers, NorthJersey.com, 4-27-2011)
Charles Simic on "whole idea of a poem"

Say things in few words
with degree of self-awareness
and rare lucidity.