Haikus: September 2011

HAIKUS: September 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.

Thursday, September 1, 2011, 2:30-8:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Four Forces; Gravity is weakest;
Fundamental Forces; Video

Gravity holds stars
and planets together
but it's the weakest force! Thursday, September 1, 2011, 2:30-8:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web page of Long Ridge Hike
with 76 photos (8-28-2011)

Hike on Peters Creek Trail
much more refreshing than
the Hickory Oaks Trail.

Friday, September 2, 2011, 10:30-11:30 am
Mountain View: "Immigrants contribute mightily to America's greatness" (By Steve Westly, SJ Mercury News, 9-1-2011, A10), YouTube

Gas station worker
Rajul Sheth wins award
for best Olympic coach. Friday, September 2, 2011, 12:00-4:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room
Kolkata motorists soothed by traffic-stopping poetry
(Siddhartha Kumar, Monsters&Critics.com, 9-2-11)

Tagore's poems broadcasted
at traffic lights to reduce
stressful driving.

Friday, September 2, 2011, 5:45-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock
directs "The Lady Vanishes" (1938)
with Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave,
Paul Lukas, May Whitty, Linden Travers,
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Miss Froy vanishes from train—
Iris tries to find her while
others say she never existed! Friday, September 2, 2011, 7:30-8:55 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs
"The 39 Steps" (1935) with Robert Donat,
Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim,
Godfrey Tearle, Wylie Watson
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

The 39 Steps
is a ring of spies
smuggling war secrets.

Saturday, September 3, 2011, 2:30-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway, CVS (2630 W. El Camino),
Trader Joe's (590 Showers Dr.), Milk Pail

Oatmeal, pickles, carrots,
lettuce, green pepper,
radishes, broccoli. Saturday, September 3, 2011, 4:30-5:20 pm
Los Altos Library: Checked out Erik Davis
"The Visionary State: A Journey Through
California's Spiritual Landscape" (2006)

California— a state
of mind with spiritual
places and nature.

Sunday, September 4, 2011, 3:50-5:40 pm
San Mateo County, Skyline Boulevard
Upper Windy Hill, Entrance Gate WH03

Went to Lower Windy Hill
often, today is first
time hiking here. Sunday, September 4, 2011, 3:50-5:40 pm
San Mateo County, Skyline Boulevard
Upper Windy Hill, Razorback Trail

Razorback & Lost Trails
with lots of Bay Trees—
surrounded by lushness.

Monday, September 5, 2011, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
KNBR 680 AM: Mary Lurie interviews
Dick Enberg: "Sports Challenge" story—
Johnny Pesky on 1946 World Series

Enos Slaughter scored
on single from first because
Dom DiMaggio left the game. Monday, September 5, 2011, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
KNBR 680 AM: Mary Lurie interviews
Dick Enberg: "Sports Challenge" story—
Walter Alston as "Mystery Guest"

"Smokey" was Walter Alston's
nickname— Billy Martin
guessed "Bear Bryant".

Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 12:00-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Noory interviews Jay Weidner, Biography,
"Alchemy", Book: "Mysteries of the Great Cross
of Hendaye: Alchemy and the End of Time"

Philosopher's Stone—
alchemical elixir
to increase lifespan. Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 12:00-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Noory interviews Jay Weidner, Biography,
"Alchemy", Book: "Mysteries of the Great Cross
of Hendaye"; Free Download: "Book of Aquarius"

From this book, the wise
will see that Life is not
what it seemed to be.

Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 3:00-6:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Al Guzman asked me to redo web page for
"Multicultural Staff Association" in the style
of Foothill Middlefield Campus;
first draft of Revised Version

Downloaded four photos
of Foothill & De Anza
College for slide show. Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 6:00-9:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web page for September 2011 Haikus with
Links to Dick Enberg's "Sports Challenge" stories
of Johnny Pesky, 1946 World Series, Billy Martin;
and Jay Weidner's KSFO interview on Alchemy

Wrote and assembled
fourteen September haikus
with interesting web links.

Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 2:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Format 79 photos of September 4 hike to
Thornewood & Upper Windy Hill Preserve

Lots of lush Bay Trees
on Razorback Ridge and
Lost Trails at Windy Hill. Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 2:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Friend sends Rimbaud quote from "Rebel Rebel"
(Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker 8-29-2011)

A poet knows himself,
inspects & tries his mind,
and learns to use it.

Thursday, September 8, 2011, 1:30-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Rancho San Antonio hike—
Friend shows me giant shelf mushrooms,
sudden death oaks, & 20-trunked Bay Tree

Giant shelf mushrooms on
Lower Meadow Trail and
hawk soaring in the sky. Thursday, September 8, 2011, 7:20-8:55 pm
Los Altos Library: Bought book for $4—
Randy Pausch, "The Last Lecture"
(Randy Pausch; Poem; Notes)

Book has more stories
of lessons in life than
his lecture for students.

Friday, September 9, 2011, 12:00-4:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room
"U-Theatre illustrates the path to enlightenment"
(By Diane Baker, Taipei Times, 9-10-2011)

Drumming up the mountain,
watch "Ten Oxherding Pictures"
to experience enlightenment. Friday, September 9, 2011, 12:00-4:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room
"In the shade of enlightenment"
(By Anusha Parthasarathy, The Hindu, 9-9-2011)

80-feet Buddha,
Mahabodhi Temple,
Bodhi Tree at Bodhgaya.

Friday, September 9, 2011, 7:30-8:35 pm
Stanford Theatre: Buster Keaton directs
"The Three Ages" (1923) starring Buster Keaton,
Wallace Beery, Margaret Leahy, Joe Roberts, (YouTube: 1, 2), (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)
(Dennis James at the Wurlitzer)

Stone age, ancient Rome,
and modern times— men's love
for woman is the same. Friday, September 9, 2011, 8:35-9:46 pm
Stanford Theatre: Buster Keaton directs
"Steamboat Bill, Jr." (1928) starring Buster Keaton,
Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron, Tom McGuire,
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)
(Dennis James at the Wurlitzer)

Keaton returns home
from college and woos Kitty
as steamboat captain.

Saturday, September 10, 2011, 8:30-9:00 am
Mountain View: DREAM: Phoned Paul Brunton
(PB) in hotel lobby; He's busy with Allen Ginsberg,
but PB comes downstairs to advise my writing.

PB has three eyes
in his face. I tell him
he has "The Third Eye". Saturday, September 10, 2011, 12:00-1:00 pm
Mountain View: Mayank Chhaya's authorized bio
"Dalai Lama: Man, Monk, Mystic"; Dalai Lama's
talk at Rutgers (New Jersey, 9-25-2005)

Dalai Lama began—
"I have nothing to offer,
no new ideas or new views."

Saturday, September 10, 2011, 2:05-4:05 pm
Los Altos Library: "For the Poet Laureate, the Joy of Tennis Is in the Effort" (By Geoff MacDonald, NY Times, 9-10-2011); Levine on poetry & tennis as human endeavors; Philip Levine's "The Fox"—

I think I must have lived before
as a small, quick fox pursued
by ladies and gentlemen on horseback. Saturday, September 10, 2011, 2:05-4:05 pm
Los Altos Library: "For the Poet Laureate, the Joy of Tennis Is in the Effort" (By Geoff MacDonald, New York Times, 9-10-2011); Philip Levine on Rafael Nadal at the 2011 U.S. Tennis Open

Nadal's never in a hurry—
he does everything at his own
speed on his own clock.

Sunday, September 11, 2011, 1:00-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Milk Pail (2585 California St.), Safeway,
Trader Joe's (590 Showers Dr.), Walgreens

Cauliflower, cucumber,
raspberries, Swiss cheese,
orange juice, eggs. coffee. Sunday, September 11, 2011, 4:00-5:45 pm
Los Altos Library: "Christopher Hitchens, a Man of His Words" (By Bill Keller, NY Times, 9-11-2011)
Christopher Hitchens , "Arguably: Essays"

Prolific and erudite,
Hitchens' range covers
both breadth and altitude.

Monday, September 12, 2011, 1:11-8:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Email from Jackie Lapin to review her new book "Practical Conscious Creation: Daily Techniques to Manifest Your Desires"; Amazon Bio; YouTube

Fear is not venturing
into the unknown, to take
risk and adjust to change. Monday, September 12, 2011, 1:11-8:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Caught up on 16 haikus (September 7-12);
Format photos of Aug. 27 & Sept. 8 hikes
to Rancho San Antonio in Los Altos Hills

Pancake-size shelf mushrooms,
sudden-death Live Oaks,
and hawk soaring in sky.

Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 12:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web Page of August 27 hike with Al, Rudy,
Felix to Rancho San Antonio (35 photos)

Wonderful scenic hike
with friends with tasty
pizza treat afterwards. Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 12:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Mozart's 'Idomeneo' an exhilarating marathon"
(Richard Scheinin, Mercury News, 9-13-2011, B5)

David Packard's $4 million
Mozart's opera is a
jaw-dropping performance.

Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 1:30-8:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Formatted 116 photos of September 8 hike
at Rancho San Antonio, Los Altos Hill

"Duck" amidst Bay Trees,
"Stick Man" waves in Circle,
"Nautilus Shell in tree trunk". Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 1:30-8:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web page of Stanford's Lake Lagunita
visit on Friday, September 9, 2011

No snowy egret
or bush bunnies or hare,
but small bird on fencetop.

Thursday, September 15, 2011, 12:30-10:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web page of 9/8 Rancho San Antonio Hike

20-trunks Bay Tree,
Y-Shaped Live Oaks,
and Hawk soaring in sky. Thursday, September 15, 2011, 12:30-10:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web page of 9/8 Rancho San Antonio Hike

Trident Tree on trail,
V-shaped Cloud, S-shaped Bay Tree,
Sun and Feather Cloud.

Friday, September 16, 2011, 2:15-5:00 pm
San Jose Museum of Art, The Bible Illuminated:
R. Crumb's Book of Genesis; R. Crumb's web site

Crumb's Biblical women
modelled after his wife,
God looked like his Dad. Friday, September 16, 2011, 2:15-5:00 pm
San Jose Museum of Art, The Bible Illuminated:
R. Crumb's Book of Genesis; NPR; UCLA, LA Times

Read Crumb's Genesis
Chapters 32-50 about Jacob
and the story of Joseph.

Saturday, September 17, 2011, 7:00-2:45 pm
Al Guzman & Rudy invites me for breakfast at
Cup and Saucer (1375 Blossom Hill Rd., San Jose);
then we hiked at Picchetti Ranch (Cupertino)

Last hike here was 2000—
winding trails and the creek
are breathtaking and refreshing. Saturday, September 17, 2011, 3:10-5:15 pm
Santa Clara: AMC Mercado Theatre: Ruppert Wyatt directs "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (Trailer)
with James Franco, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis

Caesar the ape gains
human intelligence and
leads revolt in San Francisco.

Sunday, September 18, 2011, 4:00-5:45 pm
Los Altos Hills Library: "David Packard's Dream"
(Richard Scheinin, Mercury News, 9-18-2011, D1)

$4 million opera
Idomeneo— his gesture
of love for Mozart.. Sunday, September 18, 2011, 4:00-5:45 pm
Los Altos Hills Library: "God Gets Graphic"
(By David Hajdu, New York Times, 10-22-2009)

Crumb's Genesis drawings
show the man in God,
but not the God in man..

Monday, September 19, 2011, 12:00-1:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Walgreens, Milk Pail (2585 California St.),
and Safeway (2580 California Street)

Oatmeal, Mandarin oranges,
broccoli, cauliflower, radishes,
Swiss cheese, pizza, milk. Monday, September 19, 2011, 3:40-8:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
San Jose Parking for Opera & SJ Museum;
First Street & I-280 Lot— $5 flat fee/weekday

First Street & I-280 Lot
is just three blocks from
the California Theatre.

Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 12:35-5:00 pm
San Jose Museum of Art, The Bible Illuminated:
R. Crumb's Book of Genesis; Returned to view Chapters 1-31 of Crumb's drawings of "Genesis"; (Art, Commentary)

Crumb's Tree of Life
is guarded by three griffins
with a whirlwind sword.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 8:00-11:50 pm
San Jose: California Theatre, (345 S. First St.), David Packard's production of Mozart's "Idomeneo" (1781); Arrived early for complimentary $340 First Tier season ticket seats

Outstanding opera
with fresco designs
from buried Santorini.

Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 12:40-9:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Formatted 94 photos of Picchetti Ranch Hike
with Al Guzman & Rudy on Saturday, 9/17

Sunburst Art, Bird Cloud,
Old Hag Tree, Zinfandel Trail,
and Five Feather Clouds. Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 12:40-9:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Formatted 94 photos of Picchetti Ranch Hike
with Al Guzman & Rudy on Saturday, 9/17

Stevens Creek Reservoir,
Rocks in Stevens Creek,
Peacock Drinking by Creek.

Thursday, September 22, 2011, 3:00-7:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Al Guzman asked me to redo web page
for "Multicultural Staff Association"
in the style of Foothill Middlefield Campus;
Finished web page with refreshing images

Photos of Foothill
and De Anza College
for refreshing slide show. Thursday, September 22, 2011, 3:00-7:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Formatted 63 photos in San Jose (9/16 & 9/20)
San Jose Museum of Art, California Theatre,
Alvin Light's "July 23, 1963",
Louise Nevelson's "Sky Cathedral"

Quetzalcoatl sculpture,
Sainte Claire Lion, Tree of Life,
and Netherworld Ship.

Friday, September 23, 2011, 5:35-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawkes
directs "Bringing Up Baby" (1938)
with Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant,
Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett, May Robson,
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Screwball comedy
pursuing dinosaur bone
and escaped pet leopard. Friday, September 23, 2011, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Leo McCarey directs
"An Affair to Remember" (1957) starring
Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning,
Cathleen Nesbitt, and Neva Patterson
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, ), (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Visit to grandma's villa
reminds me of time
with PB in Montreux.

Saturday, September 24, 2011, 4:00-5:45 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery shopping
at Safeway (2580 California Street)

Clam chowder, Swiss cheese,
spinach salad, popcorn shrimp,
orange juice, large eggs. Saturday, September 24, 2011, 3:30-5:30 pm
Los Altos Hills Library: "Mysteries of the World"
(2007) By Herbert Genzmer & Ulrich Hellenbrand

Alchemy, magic,
mysteries, miracles,
and medicinal healing.

Sunday, September 25, 2011, 1:05-5:45 pm
Santa Clara County: Friend takes me hiking
at UVas Canyon's UVas & Swanson Creek Trails

Drizzling showers
subsided once we began
hiking by UVas Creek. Sunday, September 25, 2011, 1:05-5:45 pm
Santa Clara County: Friend takes me hiking
at UVas Canyon's UVas & Swanson Creek Trails

Best hike of the year—
mossy rocks, babbling brooks,
and a scenic waterfall.

Sunday, September 25, 2011, 10:00-12:00 pm
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Knapp reports "Visible Only From Above, Mystifying 'Nazca Lines' Discovered in Mideast", (By Owen Jarus, FoxNews.com, 9-16-2011

Ancient geoglyphs
from Syria and Jordan
of stone wheels with spokes. Sunday, September 25, 2011, 11:00 pm-2:00 am
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Knapp interviews Raymond Moody, Biography, "Shared Death Experiences",
Book: "Glimpses of Eternity" (2010)

Shared Death Experience—
witnesses at deathbed see
deceased in light tunnel.

Monday, September 26, 2011, 2:20-4:45 pm
Palo Alto: Gentle Dental (3920 Middlefield Rd.)
Cleaning with Joanie Jones-Lefevre
and checkup with Dr. Mimi Salkola

Dr. John Glerum retired
so Mimi Salkola is now
my new dentist. Monday, September 26, 2011, 5:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Formatting 32 photos of Sunday Sept. 25 hike
at UVas Canyon Park's Swanson Creek Trail

Scenic views along
Swanson Creek Trail kept
my camera clicking all day.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 12:00-2:40 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Found Helen Luke's passage on Nausicaa
in "Old Age: Journey Into Simplicity" (1987)
Thomas Moore on Helen Luke's writing

Better to spend a day on
a single page of Helen Luke
than stacks of books on enlightenment. Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 2:40-4:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Found Parabola Spring 2001 issue (Vol. 26.1)
and scanned Helen Luke book ad (p. 94);
Web page "Helen Luke on Nausicaa"

Tracing the steps when
one's mind comes in touch
with moments of wonderment.

Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 4:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Formatting 100 photos of Sunday Sept. 25 hike
at UVas Canyon Park's Swanson Creek Trail;
Found Lambda Branch by Swanson Creek Falls

Curved Tree Over Creek,
Rocky Descent to Creek,
and a Banana Slug. Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 10:30-12:00 pm
KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM,
George Noory interviews David B. Sereda, Biography, "Light Speed Communications",
Book: "Hidden Harmonic Codes of the Universe"

Sent radio transmission to
Pleiades 444 light years away
and received answer the next day.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 12:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Found Stanley Lombardo's translation (Ch. 6)
of Homer's Odyssey and Nausicaa Vase

She is the most beautiful
because she blossoms
with kind heartedness. Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 12:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web page "Helen Luke"— Dream 8/7/1985 from
her book "Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On"

What or who are you?
"I am no-thing and no-one."
It filled me with joy.

Thursday, September 29, 2011, 12:00-6:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Massachusetts cat with 2 faces lives 12 years, sets record" (Rodrique Ngowi, Yahoo News, 9-29-2011)
Janus cats normally survive only 1-4 days
but this one sets record living 12 years.

Frank & Louie the cat
born with two faces, two mouths,
two noses, three eyes, is 12 years old. Thursday, September 29, 2011, 12:00-6:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Citation by Citation, New Maps Chart Hot Research and Scholarship's Hidden Terrain"
(By Jennifer Howard, Chronicle of Higher Education, 9-16-2011, A1, 13-14, 16)

Back-and-forth journal
citations show connections
between various disciplines.

Thursday, September 29, 2011, 12:00-6:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Video: Boston sportswriter jinxes Red Sox season" (By 'Duk, Yahoo Sports, 9-29-2011)
Globe's Dan Shaughnessy jinxed Red Sox
when they led 3-2 & Rays trailed Yankees 7-0.

Baseball gods threw curses
at Red Sox so they lost at end
while Tampa Bay Rays won miraculously. Thursday, September 29, 2011, 12:00-6:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Red Sox make unwanted history"
(By Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe, 9-29-2011)
"No one to blame but themselves"
(By Chad Finn, Boston Globe, 9-29-2011)

Boston Red Sox had worst
collapse in baseball history
not making the playoffs.

Thursday, September 29, 2011, 12:00-6:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web page for 135 photos of Sunday Sept. 25 hike
at UVas Canyon Park's UVas Creek Trail;
Swanson Creek Trail; Rocks in UVas Creek

Ripple Reflections,
Rocks in Circle Pool,
"Hills & Lake" clouds on highway. Thursday, September 29, 2011, 7:00-9:00 pm
Stanford's Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Bldg
"Major League Baseball: Through the Lens" Photographers Andy Kuno, Nhat Meyer, Brad Mangin, on the 2010 Giants championship season.

Photographers need focus
in getting the best shots
during baseball games.

Friday, September 30, 2011, 2:30-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Walking to Krause Center
and meeting Foothill College colleagues
Scott Gever, Mimi Will, Mike Murphy

Scott tells me about
leaving SETI, startup,
and is now teaching PERL. Friday, September 30, 2011, 2:30-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Krause Center for Innovation
Web page Baseball Photography: Stanford talk
by Andy Kuno, Nhat Meyer, and Brad Mangin

Tim Lincecum's uniform
#55— Platonic Lambda
"soul of the universe".

Thursday, September 1, 2011, 2:30-8:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Four Forces; Gravity is weakest; Fundamental Forces; Video Gravity holds stars and planets together but it's the weakest force!	Thursday, September 1, 2011, 2:30-8:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Web page of Long Ridge Hike with 76 photos (8-28-2011) Hike on Peters Creek Trail much more refreshing than the Hickory Oaks Trail.
Friday, September 2, 2011, 10:30-11:30 am Mountain View: "Immigrants contribute mightily to America's greatness" (By Steve Westly, SJ Mercury News, 9-1-2011, A10), YouTube Gas station worker Rajul Sheth wins award for best Olympic coach.	Friday, September 2, 2011, 12:00-4:45 pm Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room Kolkata motorists soothed by traffic-stopping poetry (Siddhartha Kumar, Monsters&Critics.com, 9-2-11) Tagore's poems broadcasted at traffic lights to reduce stressful driving.
Friday, September 2, 2011, 5:45-7:20 pm Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "The Lady Vanishes" (1938) with Margaret Lockwood, Michael Redgrave, Paul Lukas, May Whitty, Linden Travers, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4) Miss Froy vanishes from train— Iris tries to find her while others say she never existed!	Friday, September 2, 2011, 7:30-8:55 pm Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "The 39 Steps" (1935) with Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll, Lucie Mannheim, Godfrey Tearle, Wylie Watson (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4) The 39 Steps is a ring of spies smuggling war secrets.
Saturday, September 3, 2011, 2:30-4:00 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at Safeway, CVS (2630 W. El Camino), Trader Joe's (590 Showers Dr.), Milk Pail Oatmeal, pickles, carrots, lettuce, green pepper, radishes, broccoli.	Saturday, September 3, 2011, 4:30-5:20 pm Los Altos Library: Checked out Erik Davis "The Visionary State: A Journey Through California's Spiritual Landscape" (2006) California— a state of mind with spiritual places and nature.
Sunday, September 4, 2011, 3:50-5:40 pm San Mateo County, Skyline Boulevard Upper Windy Hill, Entrance Gate WH03 Went to Lower Windy Hill often, today is first time hiking here.	Sunday, September 4, 2011, 3:50-5:40 pm San Mateo County, Skyline Boulevard Upper Windy Hill, Razorback Trail Razorback & Lost Trails with lots of Bay Trees— surrounded by lushness.
Monday, September 5, 2011, 11:00 am-12:00 pm KNBR 680 AM: Mary Lurie interviews Dick Enberg: "Sports Challenge" story— Johnny Pesky on 1946 World Series Enos Slaughter scored on single from first because Dom DiMaggio left the game.	Monday, September 5, 2011, 11:00 am-12:00 pm KNBR 680 AM: Mary Lurie interviews Dick Enberg: "Sports Challenge" story— Walter Alston as "Mystery Guest" "Smokey" was Walter Alston's nickname— Billy Martin guessed "Bear Bryant".
Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 12:00-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Jay Weidner, Biography, "Alchemy", Book: "Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendaye: Alchemy and the End of Time" Philosopher's Stone— alchemical elixir to increase lifespan.	Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 12:00-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Jay Weidner, Biography, "Alchemy", Book: "Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendaye"; Free Download: "Book of Aquarius" From this book, the wise will see that Life is not what it seemed to be.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 3:00-6:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Al Guzman asked me to redo web page for "Multicultural Staff Association" in the style of Foothill Middlefield Campus; first draft of Revised Version Downloaded four photos of Foothill & De Anza College for slide show.	Tuesday, September 6, 2011, 6:00-9:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Web page for September 2011 Haikus with Links to Dick Enberg's "Sports Challenge" stories of Johnny Pesky, 1946 World Series, Billy Martin; and Jay Weidner's KSFO interview on Alchemy Wrote and assembled fourteen September haikus with interesting web links.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 2:30-9:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Format 79 photos of September 4 hike to Thornewood & Upper Windy Hill Preserve Lots of lush Bay Trees on Razorback Ridge and Lost Trails at Windy Hill.	Wednesday, September 7, 2011, 2:30-9:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Friend sends Rimbaud quote from "Rebel Rebel" (Daniel Mendelsohn, New Yorker 8-29-2011) A poet knows himself, inspects & tries his mind, and learns to use it.
Thursday, September 8, 2011, 1:30-4:30 pm Los Altos Hills: Rancho San Antonio hike— Friend shows me giant shelf mushrooms, sudden death oaks, & 20-trunked Bay Tree Giant shelf mushrooms on Lower Meadow Trail and hawk soaring in the sky.	Thursday, September 8, 2011, 7:20-8:55 pm Los Altos Library: Bought book for $4— Randy Pausch, "The Last Lecture" (Randy Pausch; Poem; Notes) Book has more stories of lessons in life than his lecture for students.
Friday, September 9, 2011, 12:00-4:45 pm Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room "U-Theatre illustrates the path to enlightenment" (By Diane Baker, Taipei Times, 9-10-2011) Drumming up the mountain, watch "Ten Oxherding Pictures" to experience enlightenment.	Friday, September 9, 2011, 12:00-4:45 pm Mountain View Senior Center, Tech Room "In the shade of enlightenment" (By Anusha Parthasarathy, The Hindu, 9-9-2011) 80-feet Buddha, Mahabodhi Temple, Bodhi Tree at Bodhgaya.
Friday, September 9, 2011, 7:30-8:35 pm Stanford Theatre: Buster Keaton directs "The Three Ages" (1923) starring Buster Keaton, Wallace Beery, Margaret Leahy, Joe Roberts, (YouTube: 1, 2), (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3) (Dennis James at the Wurlitzer) Stone age, ancient Rome, and modern times— men's love for woman is the same.	Friday, September 9, 2011, 8:35-9:46 pm Stanford Theatre: Buster Keaton directs "Steamboat Bill, Jr." (1928) starring Buster Keaton, Ernest Torrence, Marion Byron, Tom McGuire, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3) (Dennis James at the Wurlitzer) Keaton returns home from college and woos Kitty as steamboat captain.
Saturday, September 10, 2011, 8:30-9:00 am Mountain View: DREAM: Phoned Paul Brunton (PB) in hotel lobby; He's busy with Allen Ginsberg, but PB comes downstairs to advise my writing. PB has three eyes in his face. I tell him he has "The Third Eye".	Saturday, September 10, 2011, 12:00-1:00 pm Mountain View: Mayank Chhaya's authorized bio "Dalai Lama: Man, Monk, Mystic"; Dalai Lama's talk at Rutgers (New Jersey, 9-25-2005) Dalai Lama began— "I have nothing to offer, no new ideas or new views."
Saturday, September 10, 2011, 2:05-4:05 pm Los Altos Library: "For the Poet Laureate, the Joy of Tennis Is in the Effort" (By Geoff MacDonald, NY Times, 9-10-2011); Levine on poetry & tennis as human endeavors; Philip Levine's "The Fox"— I think I must have lived before as a small, quick fox pursued by ladies and gentlemen on horseback.	Saturday, September 10, 2011, 2:05-4:05 pm Los Altos Library: "For the Poet Laureate, the Joy of Tennis Is in the Effort" (By Geoff MacDonald, New York Times, 9-10-2011); Philip Levine on Rafael Nadal at the 2011 U.S. Tennis Open Nadal's never in a hurry— he does everything at his own speed on his own clock.
Sunday, September 11, 2011, 1:00-3:00 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at Milk Pail (2585 California St.), Safeway, Trader Joe's (590 Showers Dr.), Walgreens Cauliflower, cucumber, raspberries, Swiss cheese, orange juice, eggs. coffee.	Sunday, September 11, 2011, 4:00-5:45 pm Los Altos Library: "Christopher Hitchens, a Man of His Words" (By Bill Keller, NY Times, 9-11-2011) Christopher Hitchens , "Arguably: Essays" Prolific and erudite, Hitchens' range covers both breadth and altitude.
Monday, September 12, 2011, 1:11-8:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Email from Jackie Lapin to review her new book "Practical Conscious Creation: Daily Techniques to Manifest Your Desires"; Amazon Bio; YouTube Fear is not venturing into the unknown, to take risk and adjust to change.	Monday, September 12, 2011, 1:11-8:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Caught up on 16 haikus (September 7-12); Format photos of Aug. 27 & Sept. 8 hikes to Rancho San Antonio in Los Altos Hills Pancake-size shelf mushrooms, sudden-death Live Oaks, and hawk soaring in sky.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 12:30-9:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Web Page of August 27 hike with Al, Rudy, Felix to Rancho San Antonio (35 photos) Wonderful scenic hike with friends with tasty pizza treat afterwards.	Tuesday, September 13, 2011, 12:30-9:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Mozart's 'Idomeneo' an exhilarating marathon" (Richard Scheinin, Mercury News, 9-13-2011, B5) David Packard's $4 million Mozart's opera is a jaw-dropping performance.
Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 1:30-8:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Formatted 116 photos of September 8 hike at Rancho San Antonio, Los Altos Hill "Duck" amidst Bay Trees, "Stick Man" waves in Circle, "Nautilus Shell in tree trunk".	Wednesday, September 14, 2011, 1:30-8:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Web page of Stanford's Lake Lagunita visit on Friday, September 9, 2011 No snowy egret or bush bunnies or hare, but small bird on fencetop.
Thursday, September 15, 2011, 12:30-10:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Web page of 9/8 Rancho San Antonio Hike 20-trunks Bay Tree, Y-Shaped Live Oaks, and Hawk soaring in sky.	Thursday, September 15, 2011, 12:30-10:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Web page of 9/8 Rancho San Antonio Hike Trident Tree on trail, V-shaped Cloud, S-shaped Bay Tree, Sun and Feather Cloud.
Friday, September 16, 2011, 2:15-5:00 pm San Jose Museum of Art, The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb's Book of Genesis; R. Crumb's web site Crumb's Biblical women modelled after his wife, God looked like his Dad.	Friday, September 16, 2011, 2:15-5:00 pm San Jose Museum of Art, The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb's Book of Genesis; NPR; UCLA, LA Times Read Crumb's Genesis Chapters 32-50 about Jacob and the story of Joseph.
Saturday, September 17, 2011, 7:00-2:45 pm Al Guzman & Rudy invites me for breakfast at Cup and Saucer (1375 Blossom Hill Rd., San Jose); then we hiked at Picchetti Ranch (Cupertino) Last hike here was 2000— winding trails and the creek are breathtaking and refreshing.	Saturday, September 17, 2011, 3:10-5:15 pm Santa Clara: AMC Mercado Theatre: Ruppert Wyatt directs "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" (Trailer) with James Franco, Freida Pinto, Andy Serkis Caesar the ape gains human intelligence and leads revolt in San Francisco.
Sunday, September 18, 2011, 4:00-5:45 pm Los Altos Hills Library: "David Packard's Dream" (Richard Scheinin, Mercury News, 9-18-2011, D1) $4 million opera Idomeneo— his gesture of love for Mozart..	Sunday, September 18, 2011, 4:00-5:45 pm Los Altos Hills Library: "God Gets Graphic" (By David Hajdu, New York Times, 10-22-2009) Crumb's Genesis drawings show the man in God, but not the God in man..
Monday, September 19, 2011, 12:00-1:30 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at Walgreens, Milk Pail (2585 California St.), and Safeway (2580 California Street) Oatmeal, Mandarin oranges, broccoli, cauliflower, radishes, Swiss cheese, pizza, milk.	Monday, September 19, 2011, 3:40-8:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab San Jose Parking for Opera & SJ Museum; First Street & I-280 Lot— $5 flat fee/weekday First Street & I-280 Lot is just three blocks from the California Theatre.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 12:35-5:00 pm San Jose Museum of Art, The Bible Illuminated: R. Crumb's Book of Genesis; Returned to view Chapters 1-31 of Crumb's drawings of "Genesis"; (Art, Commentary) Crumb's Tree of Life is guarded by three griffins with a whirlwind sword.	Tuesday, September 20, 2011, 8:00-11:50 pm San Jose: California Theatre, (345 S. First St.), David Packard's production of Mozart's "Idomeneo" (1781); Arrived early for complimentary $340 First Tier season ticket seats Outstanding opera with fresco designs from buried Santorini.
Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 12:40-9:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Formatted 94 photos of Picchetti Ranch Hike with Al Guzman & Rudy on Saturday, 9/17 Sunburst Art, Bird Cloud, Old Hag Tree, Zinfandel Trail, and Five Feather Clouds.	Wednesday, September 21, 2011, 12:40-9:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Formatted 94 photos of Picchetti Ranch Hike with Al Guzman & Rudy on Saturday, 9/17 Stevens Creek Reservoir, Rocks in Stevens Creek, Peacock Drinking by Creek.
Thursday, September 22, 2011, 3:00-7:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Al Guzman asked me to redo web page for "Multicultural Staff Association" in the style of Foothill Middlefield Campus; Finished web page with refreshing images Photos of Foothill and De Anza College for refreshing slide show.	Thursday, September 22, 2011, 3:00-7:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Formatted 63 photos in San Jose (9/16 & 9/20) San Jose Museum of Art, California Theatre, Alvin Light's "July 23, 1963", Louise Nevelson's "Sky Cathedral" Quetzalcoatl sculpture, Sainte Claire Lion, Tree of Life, and Netherworld Ship.
Friday, September 23, 2011, 5:35-7:20 pm Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawkes directs "Bringing Up Baby" (1938) with Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett, May Robson, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4) Screwball comedy pursuing dinosaur bone and escaped pet leopard.	Friday, September 23, 2011, 7:30-9:15 pm Stanford Theatre: Leo McCarey directs "An Affair to Remember" (1957) starring Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Cathleen Nesbitt, and Neva Patterson (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, ), (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4) Visit to grandma's villa reminds me of time with PB in Montreux.
Saturday, September 24, 2011, 4:00-5:45 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery shopping at Safeway (2580 California Street) Clam chowder, Swiss cheese, spinach salad, popcorn shrimp, orange juice, large eggs.	Saturday, September 24, 2011, 3:30-5:30 pm Los Altos Hills Library: "Mysteries of the World" (2007) By Herbert Genzmer & Ulrich Hellenbrand Alchemy, magic, mysteries, miracles, and medicinal healing.
Sunday, September 25, 2011, 1:05-5:45 pm Santa Clara County: Friend takes me hiking at UVas Canyon's UVas & Swanson Creek Trails Drizzling showers subsided once we began hiking by UVas Creek.	Sunday, September 25, 2011, 1:05-5:45 pm Santa Clara County: Friend takes me hiking at UVas Canyon's UVas & Swanson Creek Trails Best hike of the year— mossy rocks, babbling brooks, and a scenic waterfall.
Sunday, September 25, 2011, 10:00-12:00 pm KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Knapp reports "Visible Only From Above, Mystifying 'Nazca Lines' Discovered in Mideast", (By Owen Jarus, FoxNews.com, 9-16-2011 Ancient geoglyphs from Syria and Jordan of stone wheels with spokes.	Sunday, September 25, 2011, 11:00 pm-2:00 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Knapp interviews Raymond Moody, Biography, "Shared Death Experiences", Book: "Glimpses of Eternity" (2010) Shared Death Experience— witnesses at deathbed see deceased in light tunnel.
Monday, September 26, 2011, 2:20-4:45 pm Palo Alto: Gentle Dental (3920 Middlefield Rd.) Cleaning with Joanie Jones-Lefevre and checkup with Dr. Mimi Salkola Dr. John Glerum retired so Mimi Salkola is now my new dentist.	Monday, September 26, 2011, 5:00-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Formatting 32 photos of Sunday Sept. 25 hike at UVas Canyon Park's Swanson Creek Trail Scenic views along Swanson Creek Trail kept my camera clicking all day.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 12:00-2:40 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Found Helen Luke's passage on Nausicaa in "Old Age: Journey Into Simplicity" (1987) Thomas Moore on Helen Luke's writing Better to spend a day on a single page of Helen Luke than stacks of books on enlightenment.	Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 2:40-4:30 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Found Parabola Spring 2001 issue (Vol. 26.1) and scanned Helen Luke book ad (p. 94); Web page "Helen Luke on Nausicaa" Tracing the steps when one's mind comes in touch with moments of wonderment.
Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 4:30-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Formatting 100 photos of Sunday Sept. 25 hike at UVas Canyon Park's Swanson Creek Trail; Found Lambda Branch by Swanson Creek Falls Curved Tree Over Creek, Rocky Descent to Creek, and a Banana Slug.	Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 10:30-12:00 pm KSFO 560 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews David B. Sereda, Biography, "Light Speed Communications", Book: "Hidden Harmonic Codes of the Universe" Sent radio transmission to Pleiades 444 light years away and received answer the next day.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 12:00-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Found Stanley Lombardo's translation (Ch. 6) of Homer's Odyssey and Nausicaa Vase She is the most beautiful because she blossoms with kind heartedness.	Wednesday, September 28, 2011, 12:00-10:00 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Web page "Helen Luke"— Dream 8/7/1985 from her book "Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made On" What or who are you? "I am no-thing and no-one." It filled me with joy.
Thursday, September 29, 2011, 12:00-6:15 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Massachusetts cat with 2 faces lives 12 years, sets record" (Rodrique Ngowi, Yahoo News, 9-29-2011) Janus cats normally survive only 1-4 days but this one sets record living 12 years. Frank & Louie the cat born with two faces, two mouths, two noses, three eyes, is 12 years old.	Thursday, September 29, 2011, 12:00-6:15 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Citation by Citation, New Maps Chart Hot Research and Scholarship's Hidden Terrain" (By Jennifer Howard, Chronicle of Higher Education, 9-16-2011, A1, 13-14, 16) Back-and-forth journal citations show connections between various disciplines.
Thursday, September 29, 2011, 12:00-6:15 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Video: Boston sportswriter jinxes Red Sox season" (By 'Duk, Yahoo Sports, 9-29-2011) Globe's Dan Shaughnessy jinxed Red Sox when they led 3-2 & Rays trailed Yankees 7-0. Baseball gods threw curses at Red Sox so they lost at end while Tampa Bay Rays won miraculously.	Thursday, September 29, 2011, 12:00-6:15 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Red Sox make unwanted history" (By Dan Shaughnessy, Boston Globe, 9-29-2011) "No one to blame but themselves" (By Chad Finn, Boston Globe, 9-29-2011) Boston Red Sox had worst collapse in baseball history not making the playoffs.
Thursday, September 29, 2011, 12:00-6:15 pm Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Web page for 135 photos of Sunday Sept. 25 hike at UVas Canyon Park's UVas Creek Trail; Swanson Creek Trail; Rocks in UVas Creek Ripple Reflections, Rocks in Circle Pool, "Hills & Lake" clouds on highway.	Thursday, September 29, 2011, 7:00-9:00 pm Stanford's Annenberg Auditorium, Cummings Bldg "Major League Baseball: Through the Lens" Photographers Andy Kuno, Nhat Meyer, Brad Mangin, on the 2010 Giants championship season. Photographers need focus in getting the best shots during baseball games.
Friday, September 30, 2011, 2:30-7:50 pm Los Altos Hills: Walking to Krause Center and meeting Foothill College colleagues Scott Gever, Mimi Will, Mike Murphy Scott tells me about leaving SETI, startup, and is now teaching PERL.	Friday, September 30, 2011, 2:30-7:50 pm Los Altos Hills: Krause Center for Innovation Web page Baseball Photography: Stanford talk by Andy Kuno, Nhat Meyer, and Brad Mangin Tim Lincecum's uniform #55— Platonic Lambda "soul of the universe".