Haikus: June 2012

HAIKUS: June 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.)
This web page best viewed with Times font size 14.

Friday, June 1, 2012, 12:50-6:10 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"Horse Photos: May 2012": Rounded up
12 photos of horses for Sophia's 5th birthday
(Safeway, Calero Park, Restoration Hardware)

Horse statue from sauce jar,
horse head in shop window,
live horses from Calero Park. Friday, June 1, 2012, 6:13-6:33 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Foothill College student tells me that
Bus #40 driver is always late so I missed
the 6:35 pm Bus #35 to Colorado Avenue

I'll be late to Friends' House
for Waverley Writers' last
reading until September.

Friday, June 1, 2012, 6:55-7:00 pm
Mountain View, Showers Drive— A Seagull
knew I was upset missing 6:35 pm Bus #35,
so it flew by and entertained me as I waited
for next bus at 7:05 pm (Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Seagull found potato chip?—
but it's chewing on
a dried crispy leaf! Friday, June 1, 2012, 7:40-9:45 pm
Palo Alto: Friends' House, 957 Colorado Ave,
Waverley Writers Monthly Poetry Reading—
Read "NBA 2012 Slam Dunk Contest" & "Gemstones for Healing"; Jane Kos read "Time Exposure"

Time travels along
a double-looped helix...
trapped in infinity...

Saturday, June 2, 2012, 12:00-1:10 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Smart & Final, Lucky, CVS Pharmacy
and Safeway (1750 Miramonte Avenue)

Milk, crab meat, Vitamin D,
broccoli, red leaf lettuce,
pizzas, yogurt, orange juice. Saturday, June 2, 2012, 2:05-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"The last dance between Venus and the sun"
(By Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette, May 29, 2012)

Venus transits Sun in pairs
8 years apart. After June 5,
the next one will be in 2117.

Sunday, June 3, 2012, 7:30-9:45 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs "Red River" (1948), with John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, John Ireland, Harry Carey, Coleen Gray, Noah Beery, Jr; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Red River evoked
Biblical exodus of
crossing the Red Sea. Sunday, June 3, 2012, 9:55-11:55 pm
Stanford Theatre: "O. Henry's Full House" (1952),
5 O. Henry Short Stories narrated by John Steinbeck;
Henry King directs "The Gift of the Magi" with
Farley Granger Jeanne Crain; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Young couple exchange
Christmas gifts— more blessed
to give than to receive.

Sunday, June 3, 2012, 9:55-11:55 pm
Stanford Theatre: "O. Henry's Full House" (1952), Jean Negulesco directs "The Last Leaf" with
Anne Baxter Jean Peters, Gregory Ratoff;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Her will to live depends
on whether the last leaf
on the tree will fall. Sunday, June 3, 2012, 9:55-11:55 pm
Stanford Theatre: "O. Henry's Full House" (1952), Henry Koster directs "The Cop and the Anthem" with
Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe, David Wayne; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Marilyn Monroe appears
for just a minute but
she shines like a star.

Sunday, June 3, 2012, 9:55-11:55 pm
Stanford Theatre: "O. Henry's Full House" (1952), Henry Hathaway directs "The Clarion Call" with
Dale Robertson and Richard Widmark;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Richard Widmark plays
giggling sociopath villain
as he did in Kiss of Death. Sunday, June 3, 2012, 9:55-11:55 pm
Stanford Theatre: "O. Henry's Full House" (1952), Howard Hawks directs "The Ransom of Red Chief"
with Fred Allen, Oscar Levant, Lee Aaker;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Kidnapped kid is like
Dennis the Menace that
kidnappers paid to return him.

Monday, June 4, 2012, 3:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web links to 16 flowers with five petals
for grandniece Sophia's Fifth Birthday

Found larger image
of Star Gentian than
previous flower photo. Monday, June 4, 2012 3:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Using DNA as bricks and mortar" (Nature)
(By Twig Mowatt, Harvard Gazette, 5-31-2012)

Creating programmable
nanodevices using DNA
single-stranded tiles.

Monday, June 4, 2012, 10:30 pm-2:30 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Eric Francis (Bio, Web) "Venus Transit"; Book: "Revolution. Revelation. Reality Check."

Astrologically, Venus transit
unifies the male Sun
with female Venus. Monday, 6-4-2012, 11 pm-2:30 am; KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews
James Van Praagh (Bio, Web) "Communications
from Spirit"; Book: "Growing Up in Heaven"

Working with a team
of spirit guides, he can
bring about healings.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Symantec AntiVirus found no infected files
on 4 GB USB (7920 files) in 6 minutes scan

Symantec AntiVirus found
no infected files among 893,914
on Foothill's Hard Drive in 2.5 hours. Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 3:33-7:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Watching Venus transitin Sun at NASA webcast
Screenshot Photo of Venus transit at 3:33 pm PDT

Venus— tiny dot
crossing Sun at 2 o'clock
position as seen from Hawaii.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Dialogue— Part Nine"
(By James Napoli, Huffington Post, 6-5-2012)
Julien Vallée, "Rock, Paper, Scissors"; Game (1)

Rock, paper, scissors
can teach us about our
quest for enlightenment. Tuesday, June 5, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"To Watch Venus Journey Across the Sun, a City Filled With Vantage Points" (By Lisa W. Foderaro, NY Times, 6-5-2012)

53 Venus transits
since 2000 B.C., but
this one will be twitted.

Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Ray Bradbury, Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 91"
(By Gerald Jonas, NY Times, 6-7-2012)

Ray Bradbury's stories
fired the imaginations
of many writers. Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"SCI-FI: Take Me Home" (By Ray Bradbury,
New Yorker, 6-4-2012); "Live Forever"

On summer nights he reached
up to the red light of Mars
and said "Take me home!"

Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Facing Michelangelo" (Florence Pietà)
(By Ann Tyler Moses, Stanford Daily, 5-31-2012)

Michelangelo's Pietà
done at age 80 has
Christ missing a leg. Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"NASA provides rare images of transit of Venus"
(By Pueng Vongs, Lookout, Yahoo News 6-6-2012)

NASA video shows
6-hour 40 minutes transit
of Venus in 3 minutes.

Thursday, June 7, 2012, 1:10-5:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
After telling Al Guzman about Manly P. Hall
and his classic "Secret Teachings of All Ages",
Al bought it on Amazon Kindle Books for only $2

Secret Destiny of America
for sale new from $56 to $132
but you may read it free here. Thursday, June 7, 2012, 1:10-5:30 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Transit of Venus: Rare solar phenomenon seen across U.S." (By Oskar Garcia, SJ Mercury News,
6-6-2012) (46 photos slide show); Van Webster:

If you can see the mole
on Cindy Crawford's face,
you can see Venus.

Thursday, June 7, 2012, 6:00-7:20 pm, 8:50-9:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs
"Redline 7000" (1965), with James Caan, Laura Devon, Gail Hire, Charlene Holt, John Robert Crawford, Marianna Hill, George Takei;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Fast stock-car racers
have complicated romantic
relationships in their lives. Thursday, June 7, 2012, 7:30-8:40 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs
"The Crowd Roars" (1932), with James Cagney,
Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Eric Linden, Frank McHugh, Guy Kibbee, Billy Arnold, Ralph Hepburn; (YouTube: 1, 2); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Fast cars and faster talk
with James Cagney in
thrilling racing footage.

Thursday, June 7, 2012, 10:15 pm-3:30 am;
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews John Oldale (Bio, Web) "Oddities Around the World"; Book: "A World of Curiosities: Surprising, Interesting, and Downright Unbelievable Facts from Every Nation on the Planet"; Articles: 1, 2

Yeti sanctuary
in Bhutan and Mexican Lakes
that don't mix with Gulf seawater. Thursday, June 7, 2012, 11 pm-3:30 am; KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews
Robert Moss (Bio, Web) "Active Dreaming"; Books: "Dreaming the Soul Back Home: Shamanic Dreaming for Healing & Becoming Whole"; "Active Dreaming: Journeying Beyond Self-Limitation to Wild Freedom"

We can become shamans
of our souls by active
dreaming to heal us.

Thursday, June 7, 2012, 11 pm-3:30 am; KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews
Robert Moss (Bio, Web) "Active Dreaming"; Book: "Dreaming the Soul Back Home: Shamanic Dreaming for Healing & Becoming Whole"; Story: "Bringing lost child down from the Soul Tree"

Woman climbed to top
of tree and brought down
7-year old child that was herself. Thursday, June 7, 2012, 11 pm-3:30 am; KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews
Robert Moss (Bio, Web) "Active Dreaming"; Book: "Dreaming the Soul Back Home"; Story: "The Baltic city built on a dream": Moss shared his 6-year old daughter's dream that taught him empowerment:

Two monsters chased her—
She puts her dragon costume
on and scared them away.

Friday, June 8, 2012, 1:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Reading John F. Haught's "What Is God?" (1986) from Los Altos Library which I can't renew. Haught discussed five topics to approach the Divine: Depth, Future, Freedom, Beauty, Truth

Two truths: Our lives are
embraced by mystery and
this mystery is gracious. Friday, June 8, 2012, 1:00-1:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend phones, I tell her
about Los Altos Library books "What Is God?" by
John F. Haught (1986) & Jacob Needleman (2009);
I guessed correctly the quote from her calendar—

"Nothing is a miracle.
Everything is a miracle."
— Albert Einstein.

Friday, June 8, 2012, 1:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Reading John F. Haught's "What Is God?" (1986) Chapter 1: Depth. Quotes Paul Tillich, "The Shaking of the Foundations" (1948), p. 57

God is infinite
and inexhaustible depth—
both abyss and ground. Friday, June 8, 2012, 1:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Recalled Walt Whitman's
poem "Miracles" from "Leaves of Grass" (1855):
"I know of nothing else but miracles"—

Every hour of light and dark,
every cubic inch of space
is a miracle.

Friday, June 8, 2012, 1:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Reading John F. Haught's "What Is God?" (1986) Chapter 2: Future— We experience this all the time, the future is totally beyond our control—

The future conquers
the present relentlessly
as it becomes the past. Friday, June 8, 2012, 1:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Recalled Lao Tzu's Verses 4 and 11
in "Tao Te Ching" on Emptiness: "The Tao is an empty vessel, yet use will not exhaust it."—

Emptiness is a miracle—
room for everything to move,
refreshes us when we sleep.

Friday, June 8, 2012, 1:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Reading Haught's What Is God? (1986) Chapter 3: Freedom— We desire freedom because of fear that death and non-being is coming.
Threat of Nonbeing; Parmenides (1); Tao; Non-Being

Nothing to fear from
non-being for usefulness
comes from what is not. Friday, June 8, 2012, 5:30-6:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Returned Haught's What Is God?
After moving to new apartment, can't find my Penguin Rhyming Dictionary. Checked out Merriam Webster's Rhyming Dictionary & Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes
is as good as Penguin edition
with rhymes by syllables.

Friday, June 8, 2012, 11 pm-3:30 am; KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews
Thor Muller (Bio, Web) "Planned Serendipity"; Book: "Get Lucky: How to Put Planned Serendipity to Work for You and Your Business"; Videos: Skills on Getting Lucky; Serendity in Entrepreuring Business

Luck is a pattern that
we cultivate by letting
chance in our lives. Sunday, June 10, 2012, 11 pm-3:30 am; KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, Ian Punnett interviews
Matti Friedman (Bio, Web) "The Aleppo Codex"; Book: "The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible"; Ancient Hebrew Bible annotated by Moses Maimonides

Aleppo Codex from 970 AD
hidden 600 years in Syria
found 1947 in Israel.

Saturday, June 9, 2012, 11:50 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Richard's email on "World's largest model railroad"
Amazing Video: Germany's Miniatur Wunderland

After six years and
over $4 million, world largest
model railroad has a new airport. Saturday, June 9, 2012, 11:50 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"the year of the cat" (By Brian Hendricks,
Hobo Magazine #3, August 2003)

The world and everything
in it is miraculous—
Follow your bliss.

Saturday, June 9, 2012, 11:50 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"GRAY MATTER: Physicists, Stop the Churlishness"
(By Jim Holt, NY Times, 6-10-2012); Negative review

Physicist says philosophy
makes no progress and is boring.
Philosopher calls physicist wrong. Saturday, June 9, 2012, 11:50 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"COMMENTARY: Proving Plato wrong"
(By Voranai Vanijaka, Bangkok Post, 6-10-2012)

Thailand is democratic
but its culture is feudal
in need of enlightenment.

Saturday, June 9, 2012, 11:50 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"Giant Worm: Iceland's Loch Ness Monster?"
(By ABC News, Yahoo! News, 6-10-2012)
"Iceland's Loch Ness spotted?" Telegraph (2-8-2012)

Long sea snake slithering
in cold Icelandic waters
captured on video. Saturday, June 9, 2012, 11:50 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"LinkedIn Passwords Hacked" (Gameguide.com,
6-9-2012); "How to protect your Gmail account
from hacking" (By Sharon Vaknin, c|net, 6-8-2012)

Passwords breach from
LinkedIn, e-Harmony,
Last.fm, & Google's Gmail.

Sunday, June 10, 2012, 2:15-7:50 pm
San Mateo County: Portola Redwoods State Park;
Park Brochure; Map of Trails & Campgrounds:
Images; Bay Area Hiker; YouTube; Iverson Trail Map

Friend took me hiking
at Portola Redwoods since
they're closing on July 1. Sunday, June 10, 2012, 2:15-7:50 pm
San Mateo County: Portola Redwoods State Park;
Park Brochure; Map of Trails & Campgrounds:
Images; Bay Area Hiker; YouTube; Tiptoe Falls

No bridge across the creek,
hiked Iverson Trail
to scenic Tiptoe Falls.

Monday, June 11, 2012, 1:45-2:20 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Avenue)
and goes to Sprouts to buy blueberries

Mountain High yogurt,
Fresh Express garden salad,
garlic, eggs, and red grapes. Monday, June 11, 2012, 4:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
70 California State Parks Closing
due to $22 million budget cuts

Missed Howard Hawks films
yesterday to complete hiking
the Sequoia Nature Trail.

Monday, June 11, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:30 am;
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Giorgio A. Tsoukalos (Bio, Web) "Ancient Aliens Update"; VIDEOS: Crystal Skulls; Evidence of Ancient Aliens; Time Travelers; Da Vinci Conspiracy; Aliens & Bigfoot; Leading Ancient Mysteries Expert

Ancient Aliens renewed
by the History Channel
for the fifth season. Monday, June 11, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:30 am;
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews Roy Stemman (Bio, Web) "Researching Reincarnation"; BOOKS: "The Big Book of Reincarnation"; "One Soul, Many Lives: First Hand Stories of Reincarnation"; "Spirit Communication"

Ian Stevenson found
birth marks connected to
wounds in past incarnations.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Using nature to inspire robotics"
(By Alvin Powell, Harvard Gazette, 6-11-2012)

Normal walking motion
could power prosthetics
instead of bulky batteries. Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Are We Living in Sensory Overload or Sensory Poverty?" (Diane Ackerman, NY Times, 6-10-2012)

We live in sensory
poverty and drown in
twittering bog of data.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"OPINIONATOR: The Sound of a Sentence"
(By Constance Hale, NY Times, 6-11-2012)

Goodnight Moon rhyming—
Goodnight stars / Goodnight air /
Goodnight noises everywhere. Tuesday, June 12, 2012, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"OPINIONATOR: Using Undictionaried Words"
(By Erin McKean, New York Times, 6-4-2012)

Neologism— new words
not in dictionaries but
found at Wordnik.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 2:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Lab: Checking on
Iris Photos (1, 2, 3, 4) taken near Alta View Animal Hospital, 690 Showers Drive (6-9-2012, 11:15 am)

Iris: 3 in 3 in 3—
Nine petals singing
"Square of the Trinity". Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 2:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Lab: Checking on
Ducklings Photos (1, 2, 3, 4) taken at Portola Redwoods State Park (6-10-2012, 7:08 pm)

Photos of duck & ducklings
were too dark and needed
Photoshop to brighten them.

Thursday, June 14, 2012, 3:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Stanford scholar tracks meditation's migration from ancient Buddhist monasteries to your local yoga class (By Kelsey Geiser, Stanford Report, 5-1-2012)

Carl Bielefeldt:
Buddhism is a raft taking
you to the shore of wisdom. Thursday, June 14, 2012, 3:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Everyone has a story; the Stanford Storytelling Project shares them" (By Kelsey Geiser, Stanford Report, 6-1-2012); Stanford Storytelling Project

Rachel Hamburg
on storytelling rules—
hook, climax, & conclusion.

Thursday, June 14, 2012, 3:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Matt Cain pitches first perfect game in SF Giants' history (Alex Pavlovic, SJ Mercury News, 6-14-2012); MLB; NYT; Videos: 1, 2, 3, 4; Perfect Games: 1, 2

Heard rebroadcast of
Matt Cain's perfect game
on KNBR last night from 1-4 am. Thursday, June 14, 2012, 3:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"With Science, New Portrait of the Cave Artist"
(By John Noble Wilford, NY Times, 6-15-2012)
Cave Art; Oldest Cave Art; Borneo Hand Prints

Stone Age "Hand prints" found
in Spain's El Castillo Cave
may be 40,000 years old.

Thursday, June 14, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:30 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Lisa Barretta (Bio, Web: 1, 2) "Psychic Energy & Transformation"; BOOKS: "The Street Smart Psychic's Guide to Getting a Good Reading"; "The Book of Transformation"; (Broadcast)

New waves of energy
in 2012 will lead us
to age of enlightenment. Thursday, June 14, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:30 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews David Cowan & Erina Cowan (Bio, Web) "Dowsing"; BOOKS: "Navigating the Collapse of Time: A Peaceful Path Through the End of Illusions"; "Dowsing Beyond Duality"; (YouTube)

Dowsing using pendulum
connects to superconscious
mind to give us feedback.

Friday, June 15, 2012, 2:15-4:05 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"Gary The Numbers Guy Breaks Down NBA Finals"
(By Jeffrey Eisenband, Yahoo! News, 6-14-2012)
Shaq O'Neal won in 2000, LeBron will win in 2012

Miami Heat beats Thunder
in six for NBA Finals since
Lebron James favored in Dragon Year. Friday, June 15, 2012, 2:15-4:05 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"Niagara Falls Fills With Excitement in Wait of Tightrope Walk" (By Danny Hakim & Liz Leyden,
NY Times, 6-16-2012); NYT: 1, 2, 3; Blondin: 1, 2, 3

Blondin walked across
Niagara Falls on tightrop—
Nik Wallenda will repeat feat.

Friday, June 15, 2012, 5:40-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs
"Monkey Business" (1952), Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Hugh Marlowe; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Chimp pours "youth elixir"
into water cooler and those
drinking it turned to kids. Friday, June 15, 2012, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs
"Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" (1953), Marilyn Monroe, Jane Russell, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid, Tommy Noonan, (YouTube: 1, 2); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Marilyn singing
"Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend"
was sensational.

Friday, June 15, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:30 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Pamala Oslie (Bio, Web: 1, 2) "Auras"; BOOKS: "Life Colors: What the Colors in Your Aura Reveal"; "Love Colors: A New Approach to Love, Relationships, and Auras"; (Videos: 1, 2)

Aura colors closest
to one's body remain the same
while outer bands vary as mood changes. Saturday, June 16, 2012, 12:30-3:30 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory interviews John L. Casti (Bio, Web) "Catastrophic Events"; Book: "X-Events: Collapse of Everything"; Also John Gray: "Celebrating Fathers"— "Children need masculine energy that's calm & decisive"

X-Events will end our way
of life— Internet collapse,
global deflation, nuclear detonation.

Saturday, June 16, 2012, 1:15-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
Photos of Seagull Cloud (1, 2), Agapantha (3, 4, 5),
and "potato chip leaf" chewed by seagull ? on 6/1 (6)

Seagull cloud at Ortega
and agapantha flowers
near Showers Drive. Saturday, June 16, 2012, 1:15-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill Krause Center
"Monkey Business" (1952) Editing "Chimp Photos" taken last night at Stanford Theatre (1, 2, 3)

Chimp wearing "Number 5"
T-shirt playing chemist
concocting "youth drink".

Sunday, June 17, 2012, 12:45-8:00 pm
San Mateo County: Portola Redwoods State Park;
Park Brochure; Map of Trails & Campgrounds:
Images; Bay Area Hiker; YouTube; Iverson Trail Map

Got here 90 minutes
earlier than last week
for five miles hike on trails. Sunday, June 17, 2012, 12:45-8:00 pm
San Mateo County: Portola Redwoods State Park;
Map of Trails: Hiked on Service Road, Iverson Trail, Portola Trail, Butano Loop Ridge, Pomponio Trail

Portola Trail was rugged
but Fall Creek Falls
was a delightful treat.

Monday, June 18, 2012, 11:09-11:15 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Guitaritst Christopher Parkening
plays Bach (1749) Cantata Chorales: Sleepers Awake, BWV 645 (Listen), CD, (YouTube)

Bach's Sleepers Awake
tells us that most people
on earth are asleep. Monday, June 18, 2012, 11:30-11:45 am
Reading SJ Mercury News Comics (6-18-2012)—
Patrick McDonnell, "Mutts" quotes William Carlos Williams "In summer, the song sings itself."

Bird sings on branch, frog sings
on lily pads, insect sings on rock,
and Guard Dog sings in his chains.

Monday, June 18, 2012, 1:45-2:40 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Avenue) and
99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Road)

Potato salad,
cucumber, tomatoes,
water chestnuts, bean curd. Monday, June 18, 2012, 4:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
“Bottlenose dolphin falls under attack by 'naughty octopus'” (Pete Thomas, GrindTV.com, 6-18-2012)

Bottlenose dolphin
leaped to shake free
octopus clinging to its belly.

Monday, June 18, 2012, 4:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Daredevil Takes a Successful Walk Across a Popular Void" (By Danny Hakim & Liz Leyden, NY Times,
6-16-2012); Photos; Video; Raw; Nik Wallenda Site

Water and mist everywhere
as he tightrope walked
over Niagara Falls. Monday, June 18, 2012, 4:05-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Poem: "Seagull Circus Show" (Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4)
Seagulls; Facts; Kleptoparasitism; Dolphin Gull Video; Jonathan Livingston Seagull; Film Video

Seagull entertained me
when I missed the bus—
stealing away my anger.

Monday, June 18, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:30 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory
interviews Lauren Weinstein (Bio, Web) "News segment guests"; George Noory complains his private email was spammed with supplements ads sent to all including his boss. Email Virus; Virus Protection

George Noory says his
spam came from Hungary
but it could be scraper site. Monday, June 18, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:30 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory: Peter Lance (Bio, Web) "Mafia Revelations"; Books: "Six Six Six: The FBI Agent, the Mob Killer, and the Bloody Alliance the Feds Tried to Hide", "Murder, Inc.: Inside Story of the Syndicate Killing Machine"

Gregory Scarpa was
Mafia killer but skipped jail
because he was a FBI informant.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Searched for "In summer, the song sings itself" and
found William Carlos Williams, "A Sort of a Song"

Let the snake wait under / his weed
and the writing
be of words, slow and quick, sharp
to strike, quiet to wait, / sleepless.
— through metaphor to reconcile
the people and the stones.
Compose. (No ideas
but in things) Invent!
Saxifrage is my flower that splits
the rocks. Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
76,700 sites quoted William Carlos Williams' "In summer, the song sings itself" WITHOUT the source.
Found in Google Books: Selected Poems, pp. 80-81;
First 4 & last 9 lines in "The Botticellian Trees" (1931)

The alphabet of / the trees
is fading in the / song of the leaves...
move as a woman's / limbs under cloth
and praise from secrecy
quick with desire
love's ascendancy / in summer—
In summer the song / sings itself /
above the muffled words—.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Tending the Body's Microbial Garden"
(By Carl Zimmer, NY Times, 6-19-2012)

No need to slaughter
100 trillion microbes
that call us their home. Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"World literature, sized right" (Prof. Martin Puchner)
(By Corydon Ireland, Harvard Gazette, 6-18-2012)

Norton Anthology of World Literature
has Great Hymn to the Aten
and Popol Vuh on creation.

Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:30 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory: interviews Elisha Goldstein (Bio, Web) "Cultivating Mindfulness"; BOOKS: "The Now Effect: How a Mindful Moment Can Change the Rest of Your Life", "A Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Workbook"; STOP Practice; Balance Brain's Negativity Bias

STOP Practice: Take a deep
breath— Pay attention
to the present moment. Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 10:30 pm-3:30 am
KKSF 910 AM: Coast-to-Coast AM, George Noory: interviews Sydney Ross Singer (Bio, Web: 1, 2) "What's Making Us Sick?"; BOOKS: "GET IT UP!: Revealing the Simple Surprising Lifestyle that Causes Migraines, Alzheimer's, Stroke, Glaucoma, Sleep Apnea, Impotence,... and More!", "Dressed to Kill"

Elevating the head
with wedge pillow may rid
oneself of migraine headaches.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 9:46-10:00 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Mandolinist Avi Avital
plays Johann Sebastian Bach,
Violin Concerto #1 in A minor, BWV 1041 (1720)
(Listen) (CD) (YouTube)

Adagio movement
of Bach's Concerto lifts
me to the starry skies. Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 10:40-10:49 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Christoph von Dohnanyi conducts
Cleveland Orchestra in Carl Maria von Weber, Invitation to the Dance, Op. 65 (1811), (Listen),
CD, (YouTube: Edvard Tchivzhel, Toscanni)

After Bach lifts me
heavenward, Weber brings
me back to earth dancing.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Proposal would put scientific peer review at risk"
(By M.R. Beasley, SJ Mercury News, 6-20-2012, A12)

Peer review process
of science papers is required
to validate research results. Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"The woman who should have been president" (Obit)
(Richard Cohen, SJ Mercury News, 6-20-2012, A13)

Pearl Rosenberg Cohen
was a heroic worker
before dying near 100.

Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Summer Solstice 2012: Why It's Longest Day of the Year" (Ker Than, National Geographic, 6-20-2012)

On Summer Solstice,
Sun sets between two Pyramids
when viewed from the Sphinx. Wednesday, June 20, 2012, 1:00-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Summer Solstice 2012: Longest day of year"
(By Justin Grieser, Washington Post, 6-20-2012)

On Summer Solstice,
Sunrise over the Heel Stone
outside Stonehenge ring.

Thursday, June 21, 2012, 10:00-10:04 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Leonard Bernstein conducts
Aaron Copland, "Appalachian Spring: Simple Gifts" (Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Bertram Ross invited me to hotel in Boston (1972) after his dance backstage

Declined invitation to see
Martha Graham at her hotel
so she'll rest from her cold. Thursday, June 21, 2012, 10:30-10:45 am
Reading SJ Mercury News Comics (6-21-2012)—
Patrick McDonnell, "Mutts" quotes Celia Thaxter "There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart."
Found source in poem "A Grateful Heart" (pp. 39-40)

God's gifts are measureless,
and there shall be eternal
summer in the grateful heart.

Thursday, June 21, 2012, 11:13-11:23 am
Mountain View: Before Bus #22 came, photographed
flowers on Phyllis Avenue & behind Jack in the Box
(Photos: Iris, Daisies, Rose, White Irises, Crows 1, 2)

Ox-Eye daisies, red rose,
three white irises, and
three crows over pine tree. Thursday, June 21, 2012, 11:42 am-12:03 pm
Mountain View: Before Bus #35 came, photographed
flowers & cloud (Ortega Ave) & poster (Showers Dr.)
(Photos: Balloon Flowers, Crocodile Cloud, Cavalia)

Balloon flowers in pot,
crocodile cloud, Cavalia
horse poster at bus stop.

Thursday, June 21, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Live shipment includes not one but six extremely rare orange lobsters" (Pete Thomas, GrindTV, 6-20-2012)

Orange lobsters occur
one in ten million and six
showed up in seafood restaurant. Thursday, June 21, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Richard's 9:07 am email video "Nature at Its Best"
(David Attenborough's "What A Wonderful World")

Field of flowers blooming,
a seagull soaring in sky,
chimps crossing stream.

Thursday, June 21, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Celia Thaxter's "grateful heart" reminded me of Gratitude and led to web links: Three Pixie Lane;
Jane Grey: Gratitude; Meister Eckhart quote—

If the only prayer
you said in your whole life was,
'thank you'— that would suffice. Thursday, June 21, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Richard's 9:07 am email video "Nature at Its Best"
(David Attenborough's "What A Wonderful World")
Screen Shots of Favorite Photos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6; Owl

Great grey owl flying,
rainbow blessing elephants,
orangutan relaxing well.

Friday, June 22, 2012, 5:50-7:20, 10:05-10:35 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs
"Man's Favorite Sport" (1964), Rock Hudson,
Paula Prentiss, Maria Perschy, John McGiver;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3)

Hawks repeats love theme
in Bringing Up Baby but
is less successful here. Friday, June 22, 2012, 7:30-9:55 pm
Stanford Theatre: Howard Hawks directs
"Rio Bravo" (1959), John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Bukatman said the film
he'll take to a desert
island is Rio Bravo.

Saturday, June 23, 2012, 1:30-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Avenue)

Oatmeal, eggs, yogurt,
fish fillets, broccoli,
tomatoes, spinach salad. Saturday, June 23, 2012, 3:15-4:25 pm
Palo Alto: Friend takes me shopping at Walgreens
(4170 El Camino) & Fry's (340 Portage Ave)

Ten cans of almonds
at half price and 8 GB
Patroit SDHC camera chip.

Sunday, June 24, 2012, 11:18-11:47 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Lark Quartet plays
Alexander Borodin, "String Quartet #2 in D" (1881) "Baubles, Bangles, & Beads" (lyrics) (Listen), CD,
(YouTube: Joshua Bell, Lindsay Quartet, Peggy Lee)

Love music to celebrate
twenty years after
meeting his wife. Sunday, June 24, 2012, 11:18-11:47 am
San Jose: Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve, 5-miles hike around Mayfair Ranch Trail, Longwall Canyon Trail, and Serpentine Trail:
Ronald Horii's Photos of May 16, 2009 Hike

Scenic views of hills,
"synchronize swimming" oaks,
and hawks soaring in skies.

Monday, June 25, 2012, 1:08-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"World loses species with death of Lonesome George"
(AFP, Yahoo! News, 6-25-2012); Pinta giant tortoise; BBC; CSMonitor; Guardian: 9 photos; Articles: 1, 2

Lonesome George, last Pinta
tortoise died at 100+ years
old on Galapagos Islands. Monday, June 25, 2012, 1:08-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Brain Waves Lift Me Higher" (By Ariel Kaminer,
NY Times, 6-24-2012); "The Ascent" is part art installation, adventure ride, and spiritual journey

Users can harness
their brains' own impulses
to levitate themselves.

Monday, June 25, 2012, 1:08-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Opinionator: Evolution and Our Inner Conflict"
(By Edward O. Wilson, NY Times, 6-24-2012)

Individual selection
promotes sin, while group
selection promotes virtue. Monday, June 25, 2012, 1:08-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"A literary explosion late in life" (By Scott Herhold,
SJ Mercury News, 6-24-2012, B1); Richey's books

Robert Richey began
writing books at 80
and has 14 at age 94.

Monday, June 25, 2012, 1:08-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Bruce Lee— Deadliest Fights"; (Chuck Norris: 1, 2)
(Kareem Abdul Jabbar; Bruce Lee vs. Jet Li)

Bruce Lee's film fights with
Kareem and Chuck Norris
are marathon sessions. Monday, June 25, 2012, 1:08-10:00 pm
"NASA Scientists gather in Santa Clara to ponder life beyond Earth" (Lisa M. Krieger, SJ Mercury News,
6-24-2012); Seth Shostak & Andrew Fraknoi

Cosmophobia: Doomsday
2012— scientists calm us
world is not ending.

Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 11:00 am
Mountain View: Reading "1001 Pearls of Buddhist Wisdom" #43: Brahmin asked Buddha "Are you a God?", "Are you a saint?", "Are you a magician?"

Buddha answered "No".
What are you then?
Buddha said "I am awake". Tuesday, June 26, 2012, 2:00-4:00 pm
Santa Clara: HomeTown Buffet (2670 El Camino)
Friend accompanies me to free birthday lunch;
Photos of "Platonic Lambda" Redwood (1, 2, 3)

Fish fillets, green beans,
onion rings, chicken noodle,
and home-fried potatoes.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"The Secret Herbs: Scientists, Entrepreneurs Intriguted by Vietnamese Plants" (John Boudreau,
Mercury News, 6-27-2012); Prostate Health; Video

Crila (Crinum latifolium)
known as "the king's herb"
treats prostate problems. Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"NORA EPHRON | 1941-2012: Writer and Filmmaker With a Genius for Humor" (By Charles McGrath, NY Timesd, 6-27-2012); Nora Ephron

Author, filmmaker,
journalist, novelist,
she knew how to live well.

Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"The Power of the Particular" (David Brooks,
NY Times, 6-26-12); Bruce Springsteen's paracosms

Go deeper into your
own tradition and past
and people will come. Wednesday, June 27, 2012, 12:30-10:00 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Formatting 137 photos of Cañada del Oro
hike taken on Sunday, June 24, 2012

Clouds of kissing bears,
synchronized swimming oaks,
view from picnic table.

Thursday, June 28, 2012, 12:08-10:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Web page of 110 photos of June 24 hike at
Rancho Cañada del Oro Open Space Preserve

Arch Tree to the creek,
Sun's rays bless sky & earth,
and hawk soars over trees. Thursday, June 28, 2012, 12:08-10:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Reading Jacob Needleman "What Is God?" (2009);
Needleman's memoir of his personal search of God

G. I. Gurdjieff's followers
Jeanne de Salzmann & Lord Pentland
taught him "I am my attention".

Thursday, June 28, 2012, 12:08-10:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Needleman's "What Is God?", Ch. 18: Attention—
God can exist through inwardly developed people

Proof of God is people
who are inhabited by
and who manifest God. Thursday, June 28, 2012, 12:08-10:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
In "What Is God?", Needleman quotes Augustine:
"God sends the wind, but man must raise the sail."

Zen monk: "I owe everything
to my teacher— because
he taught me nothing."

Thursday, June 28, 2012, 12:08-10:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Mike Trout lands unbelievable catch (Video)
(By Kevin Kaduk, Yahoo! Sports, 6-27-2012)

Angels centerfielder
Mike Trout leaps high
for catch over the wall! Thursday, June 28, 2012, 12:08-10:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Torii Hunter catch of Barry Bonds' "homer"
ranks as one of the greatest outfield catches

Torii Hunter robs
Barry Bonds' "homer"
in 2002 All-Star Game.

Thursday, June 28, 2012, 12:08-10:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Jacob Needleman's 1957 interview with D. T. Suzuki
in his book "What Is God?", Ch. 2: Who Am I?—

Needleman: "What is the self?"
Suzuki: "Who is asking the question?"
Needleman: "I am asking it!"
Suzuki: "Show me this I."
Thursday, June 28, 2012, 12:08-10:15 pm
Palo Alto, Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Needleman's What Is God?, Coda— quotes Gurdjieff:
"Meeting with Remarkable Men" (pp. 240-242)

Understanding is the essence...
Only understanding can lead to being...
One must strive to understand;
this alone can lead to our Lord God.

Friday, June 29, 2012, 2:00-4:00 am
At Home Reading Jacob Needleman's What Is God?
Ch. 4: God and the Mind II— Judaism (pp. 62-63)
Man and God interpenetrating in Star of David

Arrow up— Man looks to God.
Arrow down— God comes to Man.
Arrows intersect— Star of David. Friday, June 29, 2012, 2:00-4:00 am
At Home Reading Jacob Needleman's What Is God?
Ch. 4: God and the Mind II— Judaism (pp. 62-63)
Greek: pistis & Hebrew: emunah (2009 Interview)

Christian idea of faith—
receiving the unearned gift—
gift from Above— grace.

Friday, June 29, 2012, 12:08-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center
OP-ED: Nora Ephron: The Best Mailgirl Ever
(By Gail Collins, NY Times, 6-28-2012)

She had armies and armies
of friends— you're talking
Normandy Invasion of friendship. Friday, June 29, 2012, 12:08-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center
Letter: A Director's Memories of Working With Nora Ephron (By Susan Seidelman, NY Times, 6-29-2012)

She had style and grace,
was smart, funny, but also
earthy and generous.

Friday, June 29, 2012, 12:08-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center
Nora Ephron (1941-2012): A Life of Voice and Detail
(By Tom Hanks, Time Magazine, 6-27-2012)

I sent her a piece
I was trying to write,
and her response: "Voice! Voice! Voice!" Friday, June 29, 2012, 12:08-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center
Nora Ephron (1941-2012): A Life of Voice and Detail
(By Tom Hanks, Time Magazine, 6-27-2012)

She sent us an orange tree—
a constant and perfect reminder
of the woman we loved so much.

Saturday, June 30, 2012, 12:18-12:50 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Frans Brüggen conducts Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony #5 in C minor, Op. 67 (1824); Listen, CD, (You Tube: Brüggen; Dudamel); Beethoven 5th Symphony Notes; Churchill's "V"

Churchill used Beethoven's
Fifth Symphony four notes:
Morse Code "V" for Victory! Saturday, June 30, 2012, 2:30-3:35 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (1750 Miramonte Avenue) and
Smart & Final (141 East El Camino Real);
Paid $80 fee Los Altos Library (July 2012-July 2013)

Nuts & seeds wheat bread,
mustard potato salad,
dairy creamer & milk.