Haikus: August 2011

HAIKUS: August 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.

Monday, August 1, 2011, 11:22 am-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Oxygen Molecules Discovered in Deep Space for First Time" (After 230-year search in space)
Orion nebula— bird with diamond-shaped heart?
(By Space.com, August 1, 2011)

Oxygen molecules
found in Orion nebula
1500 light-years from Earth. Monday, August 1, 2011, 11:22 am-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Enormous Water Reservoir Identified in Space"
(140 trillion times mass of water on Earth), Quasar
APM 08279+5255, 20 billion times greater than sun
(By Daniel Blake, Christian Post, 7-24-2011)

Huge water vapor cloud
floating around a black hole
10 billion light-years from Earth.

Monday, August 1, 2011, 11:22 am-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Al Guzman sends audio of "Project Pegasus"
Andrew D. Basiago, Coast-to-Coast.am, 5-17-11, (13:29 of 39:32); Emetti & Gemelli, 9-15-1952

Father Gemelli found
Gregorian chants amplify
signals from past events. Monday, August 1, 2011, 11:22 am-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Day by Day with Bhagavan" (1968)
Ramana Maharshi on "sleepless sleep"
(November 21, 1945), page 46

The jnani's is fully
awake in the Self
so his state is sleepless.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 12:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Reference for a jnani's awareness in sleep—
Shankara's "Jivamuktananda Lahari"
Sloka 9 on characteristics of the sage

Whether in waking, dreaming,
or deep sleep state, the sage
is not at all deluded. Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 12:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Reference for a jnani's awareness in sleep—
Deep Sleep Dialogue with Ramesh S. Balsekar
Sage is awake in waking state to Consciousness

No duality
in deep sleep but if his name
is called, he'll wake up.

Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 12:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Ramesh Balsekar's guru, Nisargadatta Maharaj
(1897-1981); Book: "I AM THAT" (1990)

Seeing I'm nothing, that's wisdom.
Seeing I'm everything, that's love.
My life swings between these two. Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 12:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Sadguru Sri Nannagaru: Words of Wisdom
Characteristics of a jnani yogi (#18)

He is a jnani
who experiences the bliss
of deep sleep while awake.

Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 2:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
The poet Rumi (1207-1273) was enlightened by
Shams-i-Tabrizi (died 1248): "A good man complains of no one; he does not look to faults."

Joy is clear water
where blossoms grow. Sorrow
is black flood where flowers wilt. Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 2:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Rumi and Shams: The Story: In jealousy, Rumi's students killed Shams whom he called "The Friend";
Rumi sings of his love for Shams in 25,000 verses.

Dante's Commedia
inspired by his love for Beatrice,
Rumi's Masnavi by his love for Shams.

Thursday, August 4, 2011, 11:35 am-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
San Francisco Giants, Ryan Vogelsong turn back Arizona Diamondbacks (By Andrew Baggarly, SJ Mercury News, 8-4-2011, C1, C5), Yahoo News

Vogelsong stops Giants'
five-game losing streak
beating Diamondbacks 8-1. Thursday, August 4, 2011, 11:35 am-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Anthony Aguirre's 7/27 SETI lecture with 12 photos:
"Are We Living in a Multiverse? Eternal Inflation, Bubbles, and Cosmic Collisions" (2003 Talk)

Latest cosmology
suggests we're living
in a big multiverse.

Thursday, August 4, 2011, 11:35 am-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Googled "wisdom.portal +multiverse" and
found my Notes cited in Chris Impey's 2010 book
"How It Ends: From You to the Universe" (p. 320)

Astronomer cites my
Stanford Multiverse Notes
on Davis, Rees, and Linde. Thursday, August 4, 2011, 11:35 am-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Trinity College, Cambridge Symposium (9-2-2005)
Steven Weinberg read October 2005 "Astronomy"
and ends his talk "Living in the Multiverse"—

I bet the lives of both
Andrei Linde & Martin Rees's dog
that the multiverse is true.

Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 2:23-8:03 pm
San Mateo, Pescadero Creek County Park
Tarwater Trailhead: Tarwater Trail Loop (Video)

Came here July 4
but didn't hike deep enough
to see the giant redwoods. Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 2:23-8:03 pm
San Mateo, Pescadero Creek County Park
Tarwater Trailhead: Tarwater Trail Loop (Redwood)

Sequoia Gigantica—
forty feet all around with
tree growing inside you!

Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 2:23-8:03 pm
San Mateo, Pescadero Creek County Park
Tarwater Loop Trail (Giant Sequoia,
Methuselah, Advocate, Memorial Tree

With uplifted branch
like a long raised arm
you're champion of this forest! Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 2:23-8:03 pm
San Mateo, Pescadero Creek County Park
Tarwater Trailhead: Tarwater Trail Loop;
Bikers tell us of tar around Canyon Trail

Tar still bubbling
up in this creek—
are dinosaurs buried here?

Thursday, August 18, 2011, 5:05-7:55 pm
Los Altos Library: "Talking to the Sun" (1985)
by Kenneth Koch & Kate Farrell;
Selected poems illustrated by artworks
from Metropolitan Museum of Art

Refreshing book by Koch—
my freshman English teacher
at Columbia Engineering. Thursday, August 18, 2011, 5:05-7:55 pm
Los Altos Library: Purchased for $4
"Talking to the Sun" (1985)
by Kenneth Koch & Kate Farrell;
Poem: William B. Yeats "The Cat and the Moon")

Alone, important and wise,
And lifts to the changing moon
His changing eyes.

Friday, August 19, 2011, 11:30 am-12:15 pm
Mountain View: "Sun's song help predict sunspots"
(Janet J. Lee, SJ Mercury News, 8-19-2011, B2)

Sound waves from sunspots
create solar symphony—
a cosmic concert! Friday, August 19, 2011, 1:15-4:15 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room
Stanford Solar Center: The Singing Sun

Sound waves from the Sun
sped up 42,000 times
so we could hear its song!

Friday, August 19, 2011, 5:30-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs
Shadow of a Doubt" (1943) with Joseph Cotten,
Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Niece loved her uncle
and didn't tell the widow
that he's a killer. Friday, August 19, 2011, 9:50-11:40 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Dial M for Murder" (1954) with Grace Kelly,
Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, John Williams, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Murder mystery film—
Grace Kelly kills her killer
with pair of scissors.

Saturday, August 20, 2011, 1:45-3:40 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Walgreens (olives @ 99¢), Kohl's
(shirt $1.52) & Safeway (2580 California St.)

Diced pears, orange juice,
whole wheat bread, potato tots,
green beans, ocean crabmeat. Saturday, August 20, 2011, 4:30-5:55 pm
Los Altos Library: "Don English, Moving Into the Light" (Tommy Garrett, Canyon News, 8-21-2011),
Book; W. B. Yeats "The Cat and the Moon")

Psychopath brother
made his life a hell, but
he transcended to goodness.

Sunday, August 21, 2011, 3:20-4:00 pm
Saratoga: Friend takes me to Star Ridge Court
for short hike not covered from last Sunday
Parker Ranch Trail; Map; Aerial View

Panoramic views
on top of Star Ridge Court
with lovely trees and homes. Sunday, August 21, 2011, 4:15-5:20 pm
Fremont Older, 22898 Prospect Rd., Saratoga;
Hike loop: Creekside Trail & Cora Older Trail
Hiked here with friends before 9-11-2001

California Live Oaks
and Bay Trees with fallen leaves
greet us on the trails.

Monday, August 22, 2011, 1:45-2:15 pm
Mountain View: Kaiser Hospital (555 Castro St.)
for annual blood, stool, and urine tests;
U.S. Post Office to mail check for medications

Twelve hours fast for blood test;
forgot to drink more water
for urine sample. Monday, August 22, 2011, 4:15-8:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room
Astrophysicists agreeing with Buddha's view in
"Diamond Sutra" that our cosmos is a "bubble"

This world is like dreams,
bubbles, shadows, dewdrops,
lightning flash, and is gone!

Monday, August 22, 2011, 4:15-8:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room
Valerie K's sends poem "Bright Star" inspired by
A Massive Star in NGC 6357 (Enlarged)

Brilliant Blue-White Star
cocooned in translucent
cavern in deep dark space. Monday, August 22, 2011, 4:15-8:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room
"A Massive Star in NGC 6357, Cat's Paw,
NGC 6334 Bear Claw, Tarantula Nebula

Cat's Paw, Bear Claw, and
Tarantula Nebulas— animal
playground in our universe.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 12:00-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Noory interviews David Wilcock,
Biography, "Time, 2012, & the Source",
Book: "Source Field Investigations"

2012 is not end times
but the golden age—
we become light beings. Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 3:30-5:30 am
Mountain View: Wrote poem "Cavern Garden"
inspired by "A Massive Star in NGC 6357
image that filled me with awe and wonder
(100 billion neurons, 170 billion galaxies)

Twinkle, twinkle sparkling star
inside a deep cavern
you dwell so far.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 2:40-7:50 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room
Searching for Orion's Horsehead Nebula and found 52 galactic images on Hubble web page
with Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543)

Cat's Eye Nebula
looks like a conch shell
with oceans of songs from space. Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 2:40-7:50 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room
Reference web links for Number Collection:
61A Charrington Gardens in "Dial M for Murder"
and 51 Via Margutta in "Roman Holiday"

House numbers from films
in Roman Holiday
and Dial M for Murder.

Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 2:40-7:50 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room
Recalled Prof. John M. Cooper's 4-18-2003
Stanford Discussion "Plato, Aristotle, & the Stoics"
on "Mind of Zeus" (PDF: Emotional Life of Stoics)

Even the wisest
of us cannot approach
the cosmic mind of Zeus. Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 2:40-7:50 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room
Pierre Auguste Renoir speculates this universe
being inside the body of some cosmic being
in Jean Renoir's "Renoir, My Father" (p. 187)

Humans might be microbes
of some immense body
which is beyond our ken.

Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 1:30-2:30 pm
Palo Alto, Temporary Mitchell Park Library
Google Doodle honors Borges' 112th birthday
(Telegraph, Guardian; Borges on Divine Mind)
"My interview with Jorge Luis Borges"
(By Achy Obejas, WBEZ.org, 8-24-2011)

Moon, dim, uncanny
are beautiful words for
Borges like small treasures. Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 2:40-7:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Typed poem "NGC 6357" with photo of Nebula
containing images of White Dove, Bear,
Hawk on Colossal Hare, Cavern Garden
(Cropped images of animals in Photoshop)

Hawk and hare appeared
while hiking— now I see
them in this nebula.

Thursday, August 25, 2011, 2:45-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Kaiser Hospital (555 Castro St.)
Annual checkup with Dr. Diego Liteh Chang
Blood pressure 115/65, Pulse 76, BMI 24.58,
HbA1C 7.6; More exercise to lower blood sugar

Dr. Chang treated
Francis Crick in San Diego;
he had a double-helix house! Thursday, August 25, 2011, 5:00-8:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Al Guzman tells me about Electronic Journals
with content of October 2005 Astronomy article
"Making Multiverses (pp. 34-39)

Martin Rees bet his dog,
Andrei Linde his life
that there's a multiverse.

Friday, August 26, 2011, 1:45-4:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center: Tech Room
"Astronomer discover planet made of diamond"
(By Ben Hirschler, Reuters, 8-25-2011)

4000 light-years away
planet is so dense and
is made of diamond! Friday, August 26, 2011, 1:45-4:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center: Tech Room
Sally's email on praying for Muslims and
Christians on 26th day of Ramadan
during "Night of Power"

Pray for Muslims and
for Christians in Muslim
countries who are at risk.

Friday, August 26, 2011, 7:30-8:00 pm
Stanford Theatre: Buster Keaton directs
"The Balloonatic" (1923) starring
Buster Keaton, Phyllis Haver, Babe London,
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)
(Dennis James at the Wurlitzer)

Wild ride in hot-air balloon
to wilderness where
he has misadventures.. Friday, August 26, 2011, 8:00-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Buster Keaton directs
"Our Hospitality" (1923) starring Buster Keaton,
Natalie Talmadge, Joe Roberts, Joe Keaton,
and Monte Collins, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4),
(Reviews: 1, 2, 3) (Dennis James at the Wurlitzer)

Keaton swings trapeze-like
on rope for most thrilling
rescue in film history!

Saturday, August 27, 2011, 2:30-4:20 pm
Cupertino, Rancho San Antonio Hike
Al Guzman, Rudy, & Felix picked me up;
Had not hiked here since 2003

Hawks soaring in sky,
goats bleating on farm,
wild turkeys roaming around. Saturday, August 27, 2011, 4:40-5:50 pm
San Jose: Bogey's Pizza (5039 Almaden Expressway)
Felix treats us to Bogey's Combo Pizza and drinks;
Al's favorite pizza place near his home here.

Enjoying pizza while
watching Military Channel
on World War II battles..

Sunday, August 28, 2011, 2:30-6:00 pm
San Mateo County, Long Ridge County Park
(8-31-2008 Hike), Peters Creek Trail
to Pond at Jikoji Zen Center

Large deer walked behind
Bay Tree near bridge crossing—
then it just disappeared! Sunday, August 28, 2011, 6:00 pm
San Mateo County, Skyline Boulevard
Long Ridge & Upper Stevens Creek Park
No hawk sighting until at the end of hike.

Hawk circles above
while crossing Skyline
Boulevard at end of hike.

Monday, August 29, 2011, 1:20-2:45 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Milk Pail, Safeway (2580 California St.)
and CVS (2630 W, El Camino Real)

Blueberries, cherries,
red-leaf lettuce, radishes,
potato salad, nonfat milk. Monday, August 29, 2011, 4:00-8:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Top 10 national parks in the world
selected by Hotels.com (12/10/2009)

Yellowstone, Kakadu,
Torres del Paine, Swiss,
Khao Yai, Yosemite.

Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 2:30-8:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Michelangelo: "Conversion of Saint Paul" (1542)
Saul blinded on Road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-31)

On Street named Straight,
Saul's blindness cured by
Ananias and he became Paul. Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 2:30-8:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Lab
Bible stories inspired Michelangelo,
Goethe, Delacroix, Emily Dickinson

Bible stories inspired
poets and painters who
in turn inspired me!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 2:30-8:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Meaning of Israel when Jacob was blessed—
(Genesis 32:24-30); Isis, Ra, El
EL = 55; IS & ISH Words; Poem

When Jacob was blessed
and named Israel, he became
Light of the Sun God. Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 2:30-8:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Lab
"Gold Coins: The Mystery of the Double Eagle"
(By Susan Berfield, Yahoo Finance, 8-26-2011)
1933 Double Eagle; News, 7-22-2011

Most valuable coin—
1933 Double Eagle
worth $7.6 million.

Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 11:50 am-1:30 pm
SETI Institute, 189 Bernado Ave, Mountain View,
Lance Dixon, SLAC, Noon Lecture:
"Do We Need String Theory to Quantize Gravity?"

Gravity is very big,
but it is the weakest
force of them all. Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 2:30-9:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Lab
Formatted 80 photos from August 28 hike
on Peters Creek Trail at Long Ridge Park

Most scenic photos
at end of Peters Creek Trail—
Jikoji Zen Pond.

Monday, August 1, 2011, 11:22 am-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Oxygen Molecules Discovered in Deep Space for First Time" (After 230-year search in space) Orion nebula— bird with diamond-shaped heart? (By Space.com, August 1, 2011) Oxygen molecules found in Orion nebula 1500 light-years from Earth.	Monday, August 1, 2011, 11:22 am-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Enormous Water Reservoir Identified in Space" (140 trillion times mass of water on Earth), Quasar APM 08279+5255, 20 billion times greater than sun (By Daniel Blake, Christian Post, 7-24-2011) Huge water vapor cloud floating around a black hole 10 billion light-years from Earth.
Monday, August 1, 2011, 11:22 am-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Al Guzman sends audio of "Project Pegasus" Andrew D. Basiago, Coast-to-Coast.am, 5-17-11, (13:29 of 39:32); Emetti & Gemelli, 9-15-1952 Father Gemelli found Gregorian chants amplify signals from past events.	Monday, August 1, 2011, 11:22 am-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Day by Day with Bhagavan" (1968) Ramana Maharshi on "sleepless sleep" (November 21, 1945), page 46 The jnani's is fully awake in the Self so his state is sleepless.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 12:05-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Reference for a jnani's awareness in sleep— Shankara's "Jivamuktananda Lahari" Sloka 9 on characteristics of the sage Whether in waking, dreaming, or deep sleep state, the sage is not at all deluded.	Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 12:05-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Reference for a jnani's awareness in sleep— Deep Sleep Dialogue with Ramesh S. Balsekar Sage is awake in waking state to Consciousness No duality in deep sleep but if his name is called, he'll wake up.
Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 12:05-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Ramesh Balsekar's guru, Nisargadatta Maharaj (1897-1981); Book: "I AM THAT" (1990) Seeing I'm nothing, that's wisdom. Seeing I'm everything, that's love. My life swings between these two.	Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 12:05-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Sadguru Sri Nannagaru: Words of Wisdom Characteristics of a jnani yogi (#18) He is a jnani who experiences the bliss of deep sleep while awake.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 2:00-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab The poet Rumi (1207-1273) was enlightened by Shams-i-Tabrizi (died 1248): "A good man complains of no one; he does not look to faults." Joy is clear water where blossoms grow. Sorrow is black flood where flowers wilt.	Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 2:00-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Rumi and Shams: The Story: In jealousy, Rumi's students killed Shams whom he called "The Friend"; Rumi sings of his love for Shams in 25,000 verses. Dante's Commedia inspired by his love for Beatrice, Rumi's Masnavi by his love for Shams.
Thursday, August 4, 2011, 11:35 am-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab San Francisco Giants, Ryan Vogelsong turn back Arizona Diamondbacks (By Andrew Baggarly, SJ Mercury News, 8-4-2011, C1, C5), Yahoo News Vogelsong stops Giants' five-game losing streak beating Diamondbacks 8-1.	Thursday, August 4, 2011, 11:35 am-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Anthony Aguirre's 7/27 SETI lecture with 12 photos: "Are We Living in a Multiverse? Eternal Inflation, Bubbles, and Cosmic Collisions" (2003 Talk) Latest cosmology suggests we're living in a big multiverse.
Thursday, August 4, 2011, 11:35 am-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Googled "wisdom.portal +multiverse" and found my Notes cited in Chris Impey's 2010 book "How It Ends: From You to the Universe" (p. 320) Astronomer cites my Stanford Multiverse Notes on Davis, Rees, and Linde.	Thursday, August 4, 2011, 11:35 am-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Trinity College, Cambridge Symposium (9-2-2005) Steven Weinberg read October 2005 "Astronomy" and ends his talk "Living in the Multiverse"— I bet the lives of both Andrei Linde & Martin Rees's dog that the multiverse is true.
Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 2:23-8:03 pm San Mateo, Pescadero Creek County Park Tarwater Trailhead: Tarwater Trail Loop (Video) Came here July 4 but didn't hike deep enough to see the giant redwoods.	Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 2:23-8:03 pm San Mateo, Pescadero Creek County Park Tarwater Trailhead: Tarwater Trail Loop (Redwood) Sequoia Gigantica— forty feet all around with tree growing inside you!
Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 2:23-8:03 pm San Mateo, Pescadero Creek County Park Tarwater Loop Trail (Giant Sequoia, Methuselah, Advocate, Memorial Tree With uplifted branch like a long raised arm you're champion of this forest!	Wednesday, August 17, 2011, 2:23-8:03 pm San Mateo, Pescadero Creek County Park Tarwater Trailhead: Tarwater Trail Loop; Bikers tell us of tar around Canyon Trail Tar still bubbling up in this creek— are dinosaurs buried here?
Thursday, August 18, 2011, 5:05-7:55 pm Los Altos Library: "Talking to the Sun" (1985) by Kenneth Koch & Kate Farrell; Selected poems illustrated by artworks from Metropolitan Museum of Art Refreshing book by Koch— my freshman English teacher at Columbia Engineering.	Thursday, August 18, 2011, 5:05-7:55 pm Los Altos Library: Purchased for $4 "Talking to the Sun" (1985) by Kenneth Koch & Kate Farrell; Poem: William B. Yeats "The Cat and the Moon") Alone, important and wise, And lifts to the changing moon His changing eyes.
Friday, August 19, 2011, 11:30 am-12:15 pm Mountain View: "Sun's song help predict sunspots" (Janet J. Lee, SJ Mercury News, 8-19-2011, B2) Sound waves from sunspots create solar symphony— a cosmic concert!	Friday, August 19, 2011, 1:15-4:15 pm Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room Stanford Solar Center: The Singing Sun Sound waves from the Sun sped up 42,000 times so we could hear its song!
Friday, August 19, 2011, 5:30-7:20 pm Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs Shadow of a Doubt" (1943) with Joseph Cotten, Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4) Niece loved her uncle and didn't tell the widow that he's a killer.	Friday, August 19, 2011, 9:50-11:40 pm Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "Dial M for Murder" (1954) with Grace Kelly, Ray Milland, Robert Cummings, John Williams, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Reviews: 1, 2, 3) Murder mystery film— Grace Kelly kills her killer with pair of scissors.
Saturday, August 20, 2011, 1:45-3:40 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at Walgreens (olives @ 99¢), Kohl's (shirt $1.52) & Safeway (2580 California St.) Diced pears, orange juice, whole wheat bread, potato tots, green beans, ocean crabmeat.	Saturday, August 20, 2011, 4:30-5:55 pm Los Altos Library: "Don English, Moving Into the Light" (Tommy Garrett, Canyon News, 8-21-2011), Book; W. B. Yeats "The Cat and the Moon") Psychopath brother made his life a hell, but he transcended to goodness.
Sunday, August 21, 2011, 3:20-4:00 pm Saratoga: Friend takes me to Star Ridge Court for short hike not covered from last Sunday Parker Ranch Trail; Map; Aerial View Panoramic views on top of Star Ridge Court with lovely trees and homes.	Sunday, August 21, 2011, 4:15-5:20 pm Fremont Older, 22898 Prospect Rd., Saratoga; Hike loop: Creekside Trail & Cora Older Trail Hiked here with friends before 9-11-2001 California Live Oaks and Bay Trees with fallen leaves greet us on the trails.
Monday, August 22, 2011, 1:45-2:15 pm Mountain View: Kaiser Hospital (555 Castro St.) for annual blood, stool, and urine tests; U.S. Post Office to mail check for medications Twelve hours fast for blood test; forgot to drink more water for urine sample.	Monday, August 22, 2011, 4:15-8:45 pm Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room Astrophysicists agreeing with Buddha's view in "Diamond Sutra" that our cosmos is a "bubble" This world is like dreams, bubbles, shadows, dewdrops, lightning flash, and is gone!
Monday, August 22, 2011, 4:15-8:45 pm Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room Valerie K's sends poem "Bright Star" inspired by A Massive Star in NGC 6357 (Enlarged) Brilliant Blue-White Star cocooned in translucent cavern in deep dark space.	Monday, August 22, 2011, 4:15-8:45 pm Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room "A Massive Star in NGC 6357, Cat's Paw, NGC 6334 Bear Claw, Tarantula Nebula Cat's Paw, Bear Claw, and Tarantula Nebulas— animal playground in our universe.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 12:00-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews David Wilcock, Biography, "Time, 2012, & the Source", Book: "Source Field Investigations" 2012 is not end times but the golden age— we become light beings.	Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 3:30-5:30 am Mountain View: Wrote poem "Cavern Garden" inspired by "A Massive Star in NGC 6357 image that filled me with awe and wonder (100 billion neurons, 170 billion galaxies) Twinkle, twinkle sparkling star inside a deep cavern you dwell so far.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 2:40-7:50 pm Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room Searching for Orion's Horsehead Nebula and found 52 galactic images on Hubble web page with Cat's Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) Cat's Eye Nebula looks like a conch shell with oceans of songs from space.	Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 2:40-7:50 pm Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room Reference web links for Number Collection: 61A Charrington Gardens in "Dial M for Murder" and 51 Via Margutta in "Roman Holiday" House numbers from films in Roman Holiday and Dial M for Murder.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 2:40-7:50 pm Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room Recalled Prof. John M. Cooper's 4-18-2003 Stanford Discussion "Plato, Aristotle, & the Stoics" on "Mind of Zeus" (PDF: Emotional Life of Stoics) Even the wisest of us cannot approach the cosmic mind of Zeus.	Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 2:40-7:50 pm Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room Pierre Auguste Renoir speculates this universe being inside the body of some cosmic being in Jean Renoir's "Renoir, My Father" (p. 187) Humans might be microbes of some immense body which is beyond our ken.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 1:30-2:30 pm Palo Alto, Temporary Mitchell Park Library Google Doodle honors Borges' 112th birthday (Telegraph, Guardian; Borges on Divine Mind) "My interview with Jorge Luis Borges" (By Achy Obejas, WBEZ.org, 8-24-2011) Moon, dim, uncanny are beautiful words for Borges like small treasures.	Wednesday, August 24, 2011, 2:40-7:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Typed poem "NGC 6357" with photo of Nebula containing images of White Dove, Bear, Hawk on Colossal Hare, Cavern Garden (Cropped images of animals in Photoshop) Hawk and hare appeared while hiking— now I see them in this nebula.
Thursday, August 25, 2011, 2:45-3:30 pm Mountain View: Kaiser Hospital (555 Castro St.) Annual checkup with Dr. Diego Liteh Chang Blood pressure 115/65, Pulse 76, BMI 24.58, HbA1C 7.6; More exercise to lower blood sugar Dr. Chang treated Francis Crick in San Diego; he had a double-helix house!	Thursday, August 25, 2011, 5:00-8:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Al Guzman tells me about Electronic Journals with content of October 2005 Astronomy article "Making Multiverses (pp. 34-39) Martin Rees bet his dog, Andrei Linde his life that there's a multiverse.
Friday, August 26, 2011, 1:45-4:45 pm Mountain View Senior Center: Tech Room "Astronomer discover planet made of diamond" (By Ben Hirschler, Reuters, 8-25-2011) 4000 light-years away planet is so dense and is made of diamond!	Friday, August 26, 2011, 1:45-4:45 pm Mountain View Senior Center: Tech Room Sally's email on praying for Muslims and Christians on 26th day of Ramadan during "Night of Power" Pray for Muslims and for Christians in Muslim countries who are at risk.
Friday, August 26, 2011, 7:30-8:00 pm Stanford Theatre: Buster Keaton directs "The Balloonatic" (1923) starring Buster Keaton, Phyllis Haver, Babe London, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3) (Dennis James at the Wurlitzer) Wild ride in hot-air balloon to wilderness where he has misadventures..	Friday, August 26, 2011, 8:00-9:15 pm Stanford Theatre: Buster Keaton directs "Our Hospitality" (1923) starring Buster Keaton, Natalie Talmadge, Joe Roberts, Joe Keaton, and Monte Collins, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Reviews: 1, 2, 3) (Dennis James at the Wurlitzer) Keaton swings trapeze-like on rope for most thrilling rescue in film history!
Saturday, August 27, 2011, 2:30-4:20 pm Cupertino, Rancho San Antonio Hike Al Guzman, Rudy, & Felix picked me up; Had not hiked here since 2003 Hawks soaring in sky, goats bleating on farm, wild turkeys roaming around.	Saturday, August 27, 2011, 4:40-5:50 pm San Jose: Bogey's Pizza (5039 Almaden Expressway) Felix treats us to Bogey's Combo Pizza and drinks; Al's favorite pizza place near his home here. Enjoying pizza while watching Military Channel on World War II battles..
Sunday, August 28, 2011, 2:30-6:00 pm San Mateo County, Long Ridge County Park (8-31-2008 Hike), Peters Creek Trail to Pond at Jikoji Zen Center Large deer walked behind Bay Tree near bridge crossing— then it just disappeared!	Sunday, August 28, 2011, 6:00 pm San Mateo County, Skyline Boulevard Long Ridge & Upper Stevens Creek Park No hawk sighting until at the end of hike. Hawk circles above while crossing Skyline Boulevard at end of hike.
Monday, August 29, 2011, 1:20-2:45 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at Milk Pail, Safeway (2580 California St.) and CVS (2630 W, El Camino Real) Blueberries, cherries, red-leaf lettuce, radishes, potato salad, nonfat milk.	Monday, August 29, 2011, 4:00-8:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Top 10 national parks in the world selected by Hotels.com (12/10/2009) Yellowstone, Kakadu, Torres del Paine, Swiss, Khao Yai, Yosemite.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 2:30-8:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Michelangelo: "Conversion of Saint Paul" (1542) Saul blinded on Road to Damascus (Acts 9:1-31) On Street named Straight, Saul's blindness cured by Ananias and he became Paul.	Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 2:30-8:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Lab Bible stories inspired Michelangelo, Goethe, Delacroix, Emily Dickinson Bible stories inspired poets and painters who in turn inspired me!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 2:30-8:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Meaning of Israel when Jacob was blessed— (Genesis 32:24-30); Isis, Ra, El EL = 55; IS & ISH Words; Poem When Jacob was blessed and named Israel, he became Light of the Sun God.	Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 2:30-8:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Lab "Gold Coins: The Mystery of the Double Eagle" (By Susan Berfield, Yahoo Finance, 8-26-2011) 1933 Double Eagle; News, 7-22-2011 Most valuable coin— 1933 Double Eagle worth $7.6 million.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 11:50 am-1:30 pm SETI Institute, 189 Bernado Ave, Mountain View, Lance Dixon, SLAC, Noon Lecture: "Do We Need String Theory to Quantize Gravity?" Gravity is very big, but it is the weakest force of them all.	Wednesday, August 31, 2011, 2:30-9:15 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Lab Formatted 80 photos from August 28 hike on Peters Creek Trail at Long Ridge Park Most scenic photos at end of Peters Creek Trail— Jikoji Zen Pond.