Haikus: August 2012

HAIKUS: August 2012

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.)
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 12:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
GORE VIDAL, 1925-2012: Prolific, Elegant, Acerbic Writer (By Charles McGrath, NY Times, 8-1-2012)
Recalled watching Gore Vidal, Norman Mailer, and Janet Flanner on December 1971 Dick Cavett Show

A Search for the King
In a Yellow Wood
Dark Green, Bright Red, Golden Age. Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 12:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Maeve Binchy, Writer Who Evoked Ireland, Dies at 72 (By Margailit Fox, NY Times, 8-1-2012); YouTube:
Tips, Writing, Heart & Soul, Love of Ireland,
Philosophy of Life, What makes a page turner?

Light a Penny Candle
for Circle of Friends
as we walk on Tara Road.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 12:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Charles Upton & Jennifer Doane Upton, "Shadow of the Rose: The Esoterism of the Romantic Tradition"; Sophia Perennis; Video: Heterosexual Metaphysics

To love romantically
is to risk all— power,
prestige, life itself, the whole
spectrum or worldly ego-based values. Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 12:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"What Do Women Really Want?" (By Polly Young-Eisendrath, "Hags and Heroes"); Sir Gromer wants King Arthur to answer the question "What is it that women most desire, about all else?" or lose his life

Women desire the power
of sovereignty, the right
to govern their own lives.

Thursday, August 2, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Charles Upton's mentor was Lew Welch; 'Ring of Bone' review: Lew Welch is lost poet of the Beat generation (By Jeff Baker, The Oregonian, 7-23-2012)

Gary Snyder likes Lew Welch poem—
Guard the Mysteries!
Constantly reveal Them! Thursday, August 2, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Loved Lew Welch's poems "Ring of Bone" (1) and his American koans. Honored Welch in "Phalaenopsis";
Upton told me (1989) he knows koan answer (1, 2)—

Gesture of bowing
so fully that the forehead
strikes the ground. Why is this?

Thursday, August 2, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Lew Welch's "Ring of Bone" (2012 edition)—
The Rider Riddle (page 142): If you spend as much time on the Mountain as you should, She will always give you a Sentient Being to ride: animal, plant, insect, reptile, or any of the Numberless Forms.

What do you ride?
(There is one right answer for every person,
and only that person can really know what it is)... Manjusri rode a tiger. One rode a mouse. Thursday, August 2, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Lew Welch's poems "Ring of Bone"— The Riddle of Hands (page 139): In every culture, in every place and time, there has always been a religion, and in every one of these religions there has always been the gesture of hands clasped together... (Poem on Soul)

Gesture of hands clasped
together, as Christians do to pray,
in order to signify something. Why is this?
(There is only one right answer to this riddle)

Friday, August 3, 2012, 1:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View, Gentle Dental moved & Dr. Glerum retired, so found a new dentist Jennifer A. Espejo at Parktown Dental Care (900 Bay Street) closer to where I live that's covered by my dental insurance Smile Saver; Fasting blood test at Kaiser Hospital

Two hours at dentist
for digital mouth X-rays,
cleaning and diagnosis.
Friday, August 3, 2012, 7:30-10:30 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; D. W. Griffith directs "Way Down East" (1920); Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell Sherman, Burr McIntosh, Kate Bruce, Creighton Hale; with Dennis James (Wurlitzer) (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Anna collapsed on ice-floe
rushing down to waterfall
as David rescued her.

Saturday, August 4, 2012, 2:30-3:14 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Ave)

Pickles, broccoli,
Roma tomatoes, prunes,
dairy creamers, lettuce. Saturday, August 4, 2012, 4:00-5:35 pm
Los Altos Library: Jeremy Hewes "Redwoods: World's Largest Trees" in Saratoga Library; OED (p. 687)

No entry for goosepen
between goose-neck and
goose-quill in OED.

Sunday, August 5, 2012, 12:00-12:13 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Erich Kunzel conducts
Johann Strauss II, "Tales from the Vienna Woods", Op. 325 (1868), (Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

Strauss included the zither
in this waltz to honor
ancient folk music. Sunday, August 5, 2012, 3:00-6:30 pm
San Mateo Country: Hike at Coal Creek Open Space Preserve (Bay Area Hiker); 3-miles loop walk with a wonderful view of Coal Creek at wooden bridge

Beautiful Oaks & Madrones
on Crazy Pete's Trail
and Coal Road hike.

Monday, August 6, 2012, 12:34-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
'Citizen Kane' vs. 'Vertigo': What does Sight & Sound poll really mean? (By Steven Zeitchik, LA Times, 8-2-2012); Sight & Sound's Film Poll; Directors Top 10

Sight & Sound critics
poll shows Vertigo topping
Citizen Kane for best film. Monday, August 6, 2012, 12:34-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Curiosity Rover Lands Safely on Mars"
(By Kenneth Chang, NY Times, 8-7-2012):
Curiosity Rover; (NASA Videos: 1, 2); MSL Landing

After eight months and
352 million miles trip,
Curiosity lands safely.

Monday, August 6, 2012, 12:34-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Goosepen photos: 1, 2, 3, 4; Goosepen definitions: OED; Webster; Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night" (1623), III.ii.48— "Let there be gall enough in thy ink, though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter: about it."

Webster's definition: goosepen—
(1) a pen for geese;
(2) a hole burned in a standing tree. Monday, August 6, 2012, 12:34-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Woodblock Print #61 from 100 Views of Edo
"Scattered Pines Beside the Tone River" by Ando Hiroshige; Bob Dylan's 1965 album "Highway 61 Revisited" has hit song "Like A Rolling Stone"

Sunset by Tone River—
boats searching for fish
but cranes may find them first.

Monday, August 6, 2012, 12:34-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
First Day Covers: 1, 2; MLB All Stars, Forever Stamps, issued July 20, 2012, Cooperstown, NY

USPS honored baseball greats—
Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio,
Larry Doby, Willie Stargell. Monday, August 6, 2012, 12:34-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Baseball cards: Ted Williams (1, 2), Joe DiMaggio
(1, 2), Larry Doby (1, 2), Willie Stargell (1, 2).

Searched for baseball cards
of DiMaggio, Ted Williams,
Doby, and Stargell for FDC.

Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 12:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Baseball Forever Stamps First Day Covers:
Joe DiMaggio (1, 2, 3); Larry Doby (1, 2, 3);
Willie Stargell (1, 2, 3); Ted Williams (1, 2, 3)

Used Adobe Photoshop
for these First Day Covers
instead of Quark XPress. Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 12:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"OPINION: Raising Successful Children"
(By Madeline Levine, New York Times, 8-5-2012)
"How to Raise a Child" ("Teach Your Children Well")

Successful parenting—
hang back and allow
children to make mistakes.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 12:55-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Arabs called Mizar and Alcor, "Horse and Rider"— binary stars second from handle end of Big Dipper

Mizar and Alcor—
the Horse and Rider—
Big Dipper binary stars. Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 12:55-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Lew Welch's "Ring of Bone" (2012 edition)—
The Rider Riddle (page 142): What do you ride?

Riding on camels
through the sands searching for
The Star— the Three Wise Men.

Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 12:55-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
July 21, 2012 First Day Covers: MLB All-Stars— DiMaggio, NYC; Doby, Cleveland; Stargell, Pittsburgh; Williams, Boston; July 20, 2012 FDC

Sheet of 20 stamps—
Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio,
Larry Doby, Willie Stargell. Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 12:55-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Lew Welch's "Ring of Bone" (2012 edition)—
The Rider Riddle (page 142): What do you ride?
Poem: Maguari Stork; Sweden stamps (1, 2)

Nils Holgersson on a stamp
and banknote riding a goose
exploring Sweden.

Thursday, August 9, 2012, 10:06-10:13 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts
Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata #208:
"Sheep May Safely Graze" (1713), (Listen),
CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Sheep Photo

Cimabue saw shepherd boy
Giotto drawing a sheep
and became his mentor. Thursday, August 9, 2012, 11:00-11:15 am
Mountain View: Phoned 1-800-782-6724; Minda,
USPS Agent told me the five addresses to send for
MLB All-Stars: Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Willie Stargell 7/20 & 7/21 FDC cancellations

July 21 postmarks
at Boston, New York,
Cleveland and Pittsburgh.

Thursday, August 9, 2012, 12:40-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Swedish stamps of Nils Holgersson on Goose; Squirrel; Daisies; Germany stamp Nils on Goose; Rorstrand Christmas Plate 1970 Nils with His Geese

Collecting "Nils on Goose"
for poem on Lew Welch's
koan "What do you ride?" Thursday, August 9, 2012, 12:40-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Witch on Broom from Cat poem; "Salem Witch on Broom with Cat" (Tichnor Postcards); Sweden Witch & Cat stamp; Why witches ride broomsticks? (1, 2, 3)

Witch rides on broomstick
with a cat behind her
every Halloween night.

Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 12:05-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab GORE VIDAL, 1925-2012: Prolific, Elegant, Acerbic Writer (By Charles McGrath, NY Times, 8-1-2012) Recalled watching Gore Vidal, Norman Mailer, and Janet Flanner on December 1971 Dick Cavett Show A Search for the King In a Yellow Wood Dark Green, Bright Red, Golden Age.	Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 12:05-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Maeve Binchy, Writer Who Evoked Ireland, Dies at 72 (By Margailit Fox, NY Times, 8-1-2012); YouTube: Tips, Writing, Heart & Soul, Love of Ireland, Philosophy of Life, What makes a page turner? Light a Penny Candle for Circle of Friends as we walk on Tara Road.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 12:05-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Charles Upton & Jennifer Doane Upton, "Shadow of the Rose: The Esoterism of the Romantic Tradition"; Sophia Perennis; Video: Heterosexual Metaphysics To love romantically is to risk all— power, prestige, life itself, the whole spectrum or worldly ego-based values.	Wednesday, August 1, 2012, 12:05-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "What Do Women Really Want?" (By Polly Young-Eisendrath, "Hags and Heroes"); Sir Gromer wants King Arthur to answer the question "What is it that women most desire, about all else?" or lose his life Women desire the power of sovereignty, the right to govern their own lives.
Thursday, August 2, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Charles Upton's mentor was Lew Welch; 'Ring of Bone' review: Lew Welch is lost poet of the Beat generation (By Jeff Baker, The Oregonian, 7-23-2012) Gary Snyder likes Lew Welch poem— Guard the Mysteries! Constantly reveal Them!	Thursday, August 2, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Loved Lew Welch's poems "Ring of Bone" (1) and his American koans. Honored Welch in "Phalaenopsis"; Upton told me (1989) he knows koan answer (1, 2)— Gesture of bowing so fully that the forehead strikes the ground. Why is this?
Thursday, August 2, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Lew Welch's "Ring of Bone" (2012 edition)— The Rider Riddle (page 142): If you spend as much time on the Mountain as you should, She will always give you a Sentient Being to ride: animal, plant, insect, reptile, or any of the Numberless Forms. What do you ride? (There is one right answer for every person, and only that person can really know what it is)... Manjusri rode a tiger. One rode a mouse.	Thursday, August 2, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Lew Welch's poems "Ring of Bone"— The Riddle of Hands (page 139): In every culture, in every place and time, there has always been a religion, and in every one of these religions there has always been the gesture of hands clasped together... (Poem on Soul) Gesture of hands clasped together, as Christians do to pray, in order to signify something. Why is this? (There is only one right answer to this riddle)
Friday, August 3, 2012, 1:00-5:00 pm Mountain View, Gentle Dental moved & Dr. Glerum retired, so found a new dentist Jennifer A. Espejo at Parktown Dental Care (900 Bay Street) closer to where I live that's covered by my dental insurance Smile Saver; Fasting blood test at Kaiser Hospital Two hours at dentist for digital mouth X-rays, cleaning and diagnosis.	Friday, August 3, 2012, 7:30-10:30 pm Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre; D. W. Griffith directs "Way Down East" (1920); Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell Sherman, Burr McIntosh, Kate Bruce, Creighton Hale; with Dennis James (Wurlitzer) (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4) Anna collapsed on ice-floe rushing down to waterfall as David rescued her.
Saturday, August 4, 2012, 2:30-3:14 pm Mountain View: Friend takes me grocery shopping at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Ave) Pickles, broccoli, Roma tomatoes, prunes, dairy creamers, lettuce.	Saturday, August 4, 2012, 4:00-5:35 pm Los Altos Library: Jeremy Hewes "Redwoods: World's Largest Trees" in Saratoga Library; OED (p. 687) No entry for goosepen between goose-neck and goose-quill in OED.
Sunday, August 5, 2012, 12:00-12:13 pm KDFC 104.9 FM: Erich Kunzel conducts Johann Strauss II, "Tales from the Vienna Woods", Op. 325 (1868), (Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2) Strauss included the zither in this waltz to honor ancient folk music.	Sunday, August 5, 2012, 3:00-6:30 pm San Mateo Country: Hike at Coal Creek Open Space Preserve (Bay Area Hiker); 3-miles loop walk with a wonderful view of Coal Creek at wooden bridge Beautiful Oaks & Madrones on Crazy Pete's Trail and Coal Road hike.
Monday, August 6, 2012, 12:34-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab 'Citizen Kane' vs. 'Vertigo': What does Sight & Sound poll really mean? (By Steven Zeitchik, LA Times, 8-2-2012); Sight & Sound's Film Poll; Directors Top 10 Sight & Sound critics poll shows Vertigo topping Citizen Kane for best film.	Monday, August 6, 2012, 12:34-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "Curiosity Rover Lands Safely on Mars" (By Kenneth Chang, NY Times, 8-7-2012): Curiosity Rover; (NASA Videos: 1, 2); MSL Landing After eight months and 352 million miles trip, Curiosity lands safely.
Monday, August 6, 2012, 12:34-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Goosepen photos: 1, 2, 3, 4; Goosepen definitions: OED; Webster; Shakespeare, "Twelfth Night" (1623), III.ii.48— "Let there be gall enough in thy ink, though thou write with a goose-pen, no matter: about it." Webster's definition: goosepen— (1) a pen for geese; (2) a hole burned in a standing tree.	Monday, August 6, 2012, 12:34-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Woodblock Print #61 from 100 Views of Edo "Scattered Pines Beside the Tone River" by Ando Hiroshige; Bob Dylan's 1965 album "Highway 61 Revisited" has hit song "Like A Rolling Stone" Sunset by Tone River— boats searching for fish but cranes may find them first.
Monday, August 6, 2012, 12:34-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab First Day Covers: 1, 2; MLB All Stars, Forever Stamps, issued July 20, 2012, Cooperstown, NY USPS honored baseball greats— Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Willie Stargell.	Monday, August 6, 2012, 12:34-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Baseball cards: Ted Williams (1, 2), Joe DiMaggio (1, 2), Larry Doby (1, 2), Willie Stargell (1, 2). Searched for baseball cards of DiMaggio, Ted Williams, Doby, and Stargell for FDC.
Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 12:05-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Baseball Forever Stamps First Day Covers: Joe DiMaggio (1, 2, 3); Larry Doby (1, 2, 3); Willie Stargell (1, 2, 3); Ted Williams (1, 2, 3) Used Adobe Photoshop for these First Day Covers instead of Quark XPress.	Tuesday, August 7, 2012, 12:05-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab "OPINION: Raising Successful Children" (By Madeline Levine, New York Times, 8-5-2012) "How to Raise a Child" ("Teach Your Children Well") Successful parenting— hang back and allow children to make mistakes.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 12:55-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Arabs called Mizar and Alcor, "Horse and Rider"— binary stars second from handle end of Big Dipper Mizar and Alcor— the Horse and Rider— Big Dipper binary stars.	Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 12:55-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Lew Welch's "Ring of Bone" (2012 edition)— The Rider Riddle (page 142): What do you ride? Riding on camels through the sands searching for The Star— the Three Wise Men.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 12:55-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab July 21, 2012 First Day Covers: MLB All-Stars— DiMaggio, NYC; Doby, Cleveland; Stargell, Pittsburgh; Williams, Boston; July 20, 2012 FDC Sheet of 20 stamps— Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Willie Stargell.	Wednesday, August 8, 2012, 12:55-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Lew Welch's "Ring of Bone" (2012 edition)— The Rider Riddle (page 142): What do you ride? Poem: Maguari Stork; Sweden stamps (1, 2) Nils Holgersson on a stamp and banknote riding a goose exploring Sweden.
Thursday, August 9, 2012, 10:06-10:13 am KDFC 104.9 FM: Wolfgang Sawallisch conducts Johann Sebastian Bach, Cantata #208: "Sheep May Safely Graze" (1713), (Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Sheep Photo Cimabue saw shepherd boy Giotto drawing a sheep and became his mentor.	Thursday, August 9, 2012, 11:00-11:15 am Mountain View: Phoned 1-800-782-6724; Minda, USPS Agent told me the five addresses to send for MLB All-Stars: Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Larry Doby, Willie Stargell 7/20 & 7/21 FDC cancellations July 21 postmarks at Boston, New York, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
Thursday, August 9, 2012, 12:40-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Swedish stamps of Nils Holgersson on Goose; Squirrel; Daisies; Germany stamp Nils on Goose; Rorstrand Christmas Plate 1970 Nils with His Geese Collecting "Nils on Goose" for poem on Lew Welch's koan "What do you ride?"	Thursday, August 9, 2012, 12:40-10:00 pm Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab Witch on Broom from Cat poem; "Salem Witch on Broom with Cat" (Tichnor Postcards); Sweden Witch & Cat stamp; Why witches ride broomsticks? (1, 2, 3) Witch rides on broomstick with a cat behind her every Halloween night.