HAIKUS: April 2015

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.

Wednesday, April 1, 2015, 1:45-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Kaiser Hospital (555 Castro St.)
Ophthalmology Dept.: Retinopathy Exam;
Changed appt with Fujiwara to 4/27, 1:45 pm


No eye drops today—
popped eyes & bright photo lights,
read next to bottom line on eye chart.
Wednesday, April 1, 2015, 4:55-5:42 pm
Mountain View: Rudy takes me shopping
at Milk Pail (2585 California Street) and
Sprouts Farmers Market (630 San Antonio Rd.)


Black grapes & Roma tomatoes @ 99¢/lb,
mild cheddar cheese @ $1.99/lb,
basket of strawberries @ 98¢/lb.
Thursday, April 2, 2015, 12:01-12:14 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Sir Colin Davis conducts
Bedrich Smetana, "Ma Vlast: The Moldau", (1874)
(Listen) CD, (YouTube: Klassische Musik, Karajan)


Smetana captures flow
of Moldau River through
the Czech's city of Prague.
Thursday, April 2, 2015, 12:18-12:55 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts
Beethoven's Symphony #5 in C minor, Op. 67 (1808)
Listen; CD; YouTube: Dudamel, Toscanini, Analysis


Beethoven's four notes
in his Fifth Symphony
prompts us to wake up!
Thursday, April 2, 2015, 6:30-8:55 pm
Los Altos Library— For Sale Bookshelves:
Marcus du Sautoy's "The Music of the Primes: Searching to Solve the Greatest Mystery in Mathematics" (2012) 512.72DuSauto ($13.99 for $1); pp. 1-18: Riemann hypothesis; p. 6: Primes amongst 100 numbers below & above 10,000,000 show an uneven distribution (9 below and 2 above)


9,999,901; 9,999,907; 9,999,929; 9,999,931;
9,999,937; 9,999,943; 9,999,971; 9,999,973;
9,999,991; 10,000,019; 10,000,079
Thursday, April 2, 2015, 6:30-8:55 pm
Los Altos Library— Robert Kanigel's The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan (1992)
510.92RamanujKanigel ($14 for $1); p. 66: 2n-1 stood for "primordial God & several divinities. When n=0, there is zero or nothing; when n=1, it denotes unity, the Infinite God; when n=2, it denotes Trinity; when n=3, it denotes the Saptha Rishis; p. 7: Ramanujan:


"An equation for me
has no meaning, unless it
expresses a thought of God."
Friday, April 3, 2015, 5:15-6:50 pm
Mountain View: Rengstorff Park Satsang with
friend under giant Redwood; Cute poodle "Baby"
left lady owner with three Chihuahuas to sit with us; Friend read Yoko Ono's poems "Acorns"


The sky is not only above our heads
It extends all the way down to earth.
Each time we raise our foot from the ground
We are walking in the sky.
Friday, April 3, 2015, 5:15-6:50 pm
Mountain View: Rengstorff Park Satsang with
friend under giant Redwood; Cute poodle "Baby"
left lady owner with three Chihuahuas to sit with us;
I read Freeman Dyson's "Enlightenment at Age 15"


Seeing his name not on the list
making the football game, he had
an inner vision that he was everybody—
Cosmic Unity experienced by the sages.
Friday, April 3, 2015, 7:30-9:40 pm
Palo Alto: Friends' House, 957 Colorado Ave,
Waverley Writers Reading: Featured Reader
J. David Cummings, "Tancho" (Hiroshima Poems)


After working at Livermore Lab on
nuclear weapons for ten years, he quit,
and spent 20 years writing on Hiroshima.
Friday, April 3, 2015, 7:30-9:40 pm
Palo Alto: Friends' House, 957 Colorado Ave,
Waverley Writers Reading: Featured Reader
J. David Cummings, "Tancho" (Hiroshima Poems)


I read "Easter Eve at Memorial Church";
Tom Digby read "Blind Wizard"
and gave me a ride home.
Saturday, April 4, 2015, 1:21-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library— Literary Arts, "The World Split Open: Great Authors on How and Why We Write" (2014) 808.02World; Ursula K. Le Guin,
"Where Do You Get Your Ideas?", p. 98:


Secret to writing is writing.
Writing is how you be a writer.
It's only a secret to people
who don't want to hear it.
Saturday, April 4, 2015, 1:21-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library— Steven Pinker's
"The Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's
Guide to Writing in the 21st Century"
(2014)
808.042Pinker; p. 304:


Reasons to strive for good style:
to enhance the spread of ideas,
to exemplifyattention to details,
and to add to the beauty of the world.
Sunday, April 5, 2015, 4:55-7:00 pm
Cupertino: Bluelight Cinema 5 (21275 Stevens Creek Boulevard): Rudy picked me up at 4 pm to see
"Theory of Everything" (2014) directed by James Marsh; starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones,
Charlie Cox, Emily Watson, Simon McBurney,
David Thewlis, Maxine Peake, Harry Lloyd;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)


Given two years to live
with Lou Gehrig's disease, he's still
living 50 years later because of love.
Sunday, April 5, 2015, 7:18-7:50 pm
Cupertino: Mary Avenue & Meteor Drive
Mary Avenue Bridge (aka Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge) over Interstate 280 in Cupertino,
California; Cable-stayed bridge, Height=79.9 feet;
Webcam; Opening Photos (4-30-2009); 5 Photos; "Bold design on Mary Avenue Bridge turning heads"
(By Matt Wilson, SJ Mercury News, May 11, 2009)


Took photos of Platonic Lambda Λ arch
and sculptures of perching Red-tailed Hawk
ready to pounce on five baby quails below.
Monday, April 6, 2015, 1:30-2:35 pm
Mountain View: Rudy takes me shopping at
Safeway (570 North Shoreline Boulevard)
and afterwards to Foothill Computer Lab


Ten Gorton salmon fillets @ $2.35,
salad dressings, dairy creamer,
almond-coconut milk, orange juice.
Monday, April 6, 2015, 4:24-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Corrected identification of Jersey 1095 "Canary
& Budgerigar" was not a Parrot but a Parakeet.


Mike didn't erase my Safari History
on the Mac computer I worked on—
quick links to 61 stamps image sources.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 9:26-9:35 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Andre Previn conducts
Ludwig van Beethoven, Egmont Overture, Op. 84 (1810); (CD), (YouTube: Bernstein, Arturo Leonard)


Beethoven's Egmont
inspired by Goethe's play
lifts me up this morning.
Tuesday, April 7, 2015, 12:03-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Added St. Helena 547 "Transfer of Napoleon's Body
to France" after finding 545-548; Portugal on Stamps


Linked all 101 stamps
to their image sources
in On the Number 38
Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 12:30-1:27 pm
Mountain View: Rudy takes me shopping
at Milk Pail (2585 California Street) and
Sprouts Farmers Market (630 San Antonio Rd.)


Tender asparagus, strawberries,
Roma tomatoes, wheat germ,
Monterey Jack cheese,
and dried apple rings.
Wednesday, April 8, 2015, 1:58-9:35 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Formatted 38 photos of April 5 walk across
Cupertino's Mary Ave Bridge; Favortie photos:


Hawk to pounce on quails,
Platonic Lambda Λ Arches,
Out of the Bushes— A Cat,
South "S" Sign on Sidewalk.
Thursday, April 9, 2015, 2:33-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Address for southern entrance to Mary Ave Bridge is 10655 Mary Avenue, Cupertino, CA 95014-1355.
55 is the Platonic Lambda Λ ("Soul of the Universe")


Amazing that Mary Ave Bridge's
address & zip code has 55 in it
and its arches have the Λ shape.
Thursday, April 9, 2015, 2:33-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Other Photos of Mary Avenue Bridge at night—
Alex Baranda, Moon over Mary Avenue Bridge;
Mary Ave Bridge at Night; Last night (9:55 pm)—


Al drove me on North Hwy 85
to view Mary Avenue Bridge
dazzling like diamonds at night.
Thursday, April 9, 2015, 2:33-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Danced samba with Theresa (3-14-15) when she sang
"Last night I dreamt of San Pago"; I thought it was
"dreamt of some bagels"; Theresa emailed on 4/5
saying it's "San Pedro", Madonna's "La Isla Bonita" (1987); Official Video (12,379,142 hits); Lyrics


Last night I dreamt of San Pedro
Just like I'd never gone, I knew the song
A young girl with eyes like the desert
It all seems like yesterday, not far away.
Thursday, April 9, 2015, 2:33-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time" (61,105,970 hits);
"Perfectly Reasonable Deviations from the Beaten Track: The Letters of Richard P. Feynman" Edited by Michelle Feynman; Letter to Arline Feynman, October 17, 1946; Two years after his wife died, he wrote her:


My darling wife, I do adore you.
I love my wife. My wife is dead.
P.S. Please excuse my not mailing this—
but I don't know your new address.
Friday, April 10, 2015, 1:00-2:15 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Campus, J-6
Tom McCarthy's Trail Hiking class (CRN 40509)
11 students in class; (Winter 2015 Hike Photos)


Took "Day Hiking" Fall 2013—
Taking "Trail Hiking" Spring 2015
to get more exercise & enjoy Nature.
Friday, April 10, 2015, 4:40-5:45 pm
Los Altos Library— Henry Cloud, "Integrity: The Courage to Meet the Demands of Reality" (2009);
web; ($16.99 for $1); p. x: Six qualities to embrace—


Create trust; Face reality; Get results;
Solve problems; Cause growth & increase;
Achieve transcendence and meaning in life.
Friday, April 10, 2015, 4:40-5:45 pm
Los Altos Library— Nina Amir, "How to Blog a Book: Write, Publish, and Promote Your Work One Post at a Time" (2012) web; ($12.99 for $1); p. 163:


A blog post a day
is a book or two a year
360 posts x 250 words = 90,000 words.
Friday, April 10, 2015, 4:40-5:45 pm
Los Altos Library— Steven D'Souza & Dianna Renner, "Not Knowing: Art of Turning Uncertainty into Possibility" (2014) eBook ($15.88 for $3); p. 315:


Wendell Berry's The Real Work
"The mind that is not baffled is not employed.
The impeded stream is the one that sings."
Friday, April 10, 2015, 6:30-7:20, 9:40-10:25 pm
Stanford Theatre, George Cukor directs
"Sylvia Scarlett" (1935) with Katharine Hepburn,
Cary Grant, Edmund Gwenn, Brian Aherne,
Natalia Pavlovna Paley, Dennie Moore;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)


Directed by George Cukor,
it was notorious as most famous
unsuccessful movies of the 1930s.
Friday, April 10, 2015, 7:30-9:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: George Stevens directs
"The Talk of the Town" (1942) with Cary Grant,
Jean Arthur, Ronald Colman, Edgar Buchanan,
Glenda Farrell, Charles Dingle, Emma Dunn,
Rex Ingram; (YouTube: 1, 2): (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)


Is schoolteacher-landlady Jean Arthur
in love with suspected murderer Cary Grant
or her tenant law professor Ronald Coleman?
Saturday, April 11, 2015, 11:45-4:45 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
Composed web page "Robert Lax: Life Is Holy"
with Lax's Poem 27 from "A Thing That Is" (1997)


Life is not holy
because it is beautiful.
It is beautiful
because it is holy.
Saturday, April 11, 2015, 11:45-4:45 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
When Al Guzman drove me to see Mary Ave Bridge
at night (4/8, 9:50 pm), he said "Isn't it beautiful?"


Mary Ave Bridge's address
and zip code has 55 in it
with arches having Λ shape
beautiful "Soul of the Universe"!
Sunday, April 12, 2015, 4:15-5:45 pm
Los Altos Library— Richard J. Goossen,
"epreneur: From Wall Street to Wiki: Succeeding as a Crowdpreneur in New Virtual Marketplace" (2008)
web; ($15.99 for $2); Larry Farrell: pp. 202-206:


Clear sense of mission,
customer/product vision,
high-speed innovation,
self-inspired behavior.
Sunday, April 12, 2015, 4:15-5:45 pm
Los Altos Library— Stephen McKenzie,
"Mindfulness at Work: How to Avoid Stress,
Achieve More, and Enjoy Life!"
(2014)
eBook ($15.99 for $3); p. 177—


"When we work mindfully,
our minds & our hearts open
out to the ultimate reality
of our human situation."
Monday, April 13, 2015, 12:30-12:45 pm
Mountain View: In Search of Ultimate Energy
(UC Santa Cruz physicists Howard Haber & Abraham Seiden at CERN's Large Hadron Collider)
(By James Urban, SJ Mercury News, 4-13-2015)


Atlas detector to find particles
after proton collisions
making up dark matter.
Monday, April 13, 2015, 12:50-1:15 pm
Mountain View: Sand man leaves giant labyrinth-like circles on Santa Cruz beaches (Brandon Anderton carves mandalas on the sand at Año Nuevo Bay)
(By Bruce Newman, SJ Mercury News, 4-12-2015)


His giant geometric designs
cover size of a football field
looking like alien crop circles.
Monday, April 13, 2015, 12:46-12:52 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Valentina Lisitsa plays
Franz Schubert, "Ave Maria, D.839", (1825)
(Listen) CD, (Plácido Domingo, Maria Callas)


Schubert's Ave Maria
soothing to calm the mind
and nourishing for the soul.
Monday, April 13, 2015, 3:30-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Wrote 32-lines poem "Mary Avenue Bridge" inspired by 3/29, 4/5, 4/8 trips to the bridge


With "Λ shape" arches
and "55" in its address—
this bridge has "World Soul"
that's both beautiful and holy.
Monday, April 13, 2015, 5:00-5:09 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Gordon Hunt plays
Domenico Zipoli, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3),
"Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings" (1715)


Italian composer
became Jesuit in Paraguay
created this beautiful music.
Monday, April 13, 2015, 6:33-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Got late to Lab because City of Mountain View
Inspector never came to my apt from 9 am-5 pm


Typed "Mary Avenue Bridge"
poem but can't find photo
of sparkling bridge at night.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 2:40-8:40 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Google Images: "Mary Avenue Bridge at night"


Mary Ave Bridge: Best night photos—
Tim Oey's Amazing Bike/Ped Bridge,
Alex Baranda's Moon over Bridge.
Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 2:40-8:40 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Writing Notes to Poem: "Mary Avenue Bridge"


Completed Notes to Poem
in 6 hours rather than 6 days
because I took most of the photos.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 12:39-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Google Images "Mary Ave Bridge" (6 million hits):
found only one photo showing full span of bridge


Lots of editing in Photoshop
to get this full span of bridge
image
from Interstate 280.
Wednesday, April 15, 2015, 12:39-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Richard Feynman's "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" (1985); Ch.: Altered States (pp. 330-337)


Experienced hallucinations
in John Lilly's isolation tanks
and met Baba Ram Dass there.
Thursday, April 16, 2015, 8:51-9:00 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Sir Simon Rattle conducts
Gustav Holst, "The Planets: Jupiter, The Bringer
of Jollity, Op. 32" (1916); Listen, CD, (YouTube:
Simon Rattle, Charles Mackerras, Andy David)


Jupiter— Bringer of jollity
because as the ancient Sky God
he brings us warmth of sunlight.
Thursday, April 16, 2015, 1:45-6:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Interesting that Feynman's open mind led him
to John Lilly who visited sage Franklin Merrell-Wolff;
Web site; Philosophy; Interviews; Letter to Einstein


After meeting the sage in 1973,
Lilly realized contentment without
TV, machines, gadgets & devices.
Thursday, April 16, 2015, 1:45-6:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
John Lilly went to Chile to study with Oscar Ichazo; Following advice from Ram Dass (1972), he studied Patanjali's "Yoga Sutra" (400 AD) translated by I. K. Taimni; Online: Part 3: Siddhis (Divine Powers)—


3.18— knowledge of previous lives,
3.26— knowledge of the heavens,
3.38— levitate & walk on water.
Thursday, April 16, 2015, 1:45-6:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
John White (Ed.), What Is Enlightenment? Exploring the Goal of the Spiritual Path (1985); 17 essays on enlightenment; "Evolution: An Enlightenment View";
Lex Hixon, p. 141: Minnetarree Indian Chant—


I sought my soul— my soul I could not see;
I sought my God— my God eluded me;
I sought my brother— and found all three.
Thursday, April 16, 2015, 1:45-6:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Finished reading Wei Wu Wei's first book
"Fingers Pointing Towards the Moon:
Reflections of a Pilgrim on the Way"
(1958)
Wei Wu Wei Archives; First 20 chapters online;
Ch. 2: Time and Space— "If there were no memory
there would be no Past. If there were no desire
or fear there would be no Future."


The Present, renewed every instant,
alone would remain, and it would be
eternity for there could be no Time.
Thursday, April 16, 2015, 7:30-9:30 pm
Stanford's World War I in Film: "Behind the Lines";
Bishop Auditorium, Lathrop Library, Discussant:
Stephen Stedman; Gillies MacKinnon directs
"Behind the Lines" (1997) with Jonathan Pryce,
James Wilby, Jonny Lee Miller, Stuart Bunce,
Tanya Allen, James McAvoy, David Hayman,
Dougray Scott, John Neville; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)


Three poets in this anti-war film—
Siegfried Sassoon mentored Wilfred Owen
while learning from friend Robert Graves.
Friday, April 17, 2015, 1:00-4:15 pm
Palo Alto: Baylands Nature Preserve; Terminal Blvd, Gate E (Map); Friend gives classmate and me ride to Trail Hike class (PHED23A); Foothill College Hike Instructor Thomas McCarthy; Winter 2015 Photos


Came here October 4, 2013—
No Great Blue Heron or Pelicans
sighted on today's three-hour hike.
Friday, April 17, 2015, 5:40-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Egrets return to Googleplex" (By Jason Green,
Palo Alto Daily News, 4-17-2015, p. 20); Photos: 1, 2; Took photos (4/16) Foothill College Middlefield Lab:


Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab,
Foothill Middlefield Campus I-Building,
Side View: Foothill Middlefield Lab.
Saturday, April 18, 2015, 12:36-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
'Scientific wonderland' expected as spacecraft
approaches Pluto
(Launched in 1977, NASA's New
Horizons half-ton spacecraft in less than 100 days will
have a 6000 miles flyby of Pluto 3 billion miles away.)
(Pete Spotts, Christian Science Monitor, 4-18-2015)


Closest view of Pluto
with its five moons Charon,
Kerbos, Hydra, Styx, and Nix.
Saturday, April 18, 2015, 12:36-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Denzel Washington's 3 Tips For Success"
(1. Preparation Is The Key; 2. The Biggest Fear
You Should Have Is The Fear Of Not Trying;
3. Become The Best At What You Do.)
(By AD, makemesuccesful.com, May 15, 2012)


"If I am a cup maker, I'm interested in making
the best cup I possibly can. My effort goes
into that cup, not what people think about it."
Saturday, April 18, 2015, 12:36-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Planning Notes to Poem: "Twin Luminaries",
Martha Graham (May 11, 1894-April 1, 1991, 96);
Richard Feynman (May 11, 1918-Feb. 15, 1968, 69);
Graham Web Site, History, Dance Company, Images;
Official Feynman Web Site; Feynman Online, Images;
Graham Poem; Graham 37¢ stamp; Feynman stamp


Their photos beam on me—
these twin luminaries
with waves of energy—
Martha Graham & Richard Feynman.
Sunday, April 19, 2015, 2:00-4:00 pm
Cupertino: Bluelight Cinema 5 (21275 Stevens Creek
Blvd): After breakfast at Sweet Tomatoes, Al Guzman,
Rudy, and I went to see "The Imitation Game" (2014)
directed by Morten Tyldum; starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode,
Rory Kinnear, Charles Dance, Mark Strong,
James Northcote, Alex Lawther, Tuppence Middleton;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)


British cryptanalyst Alan Turing
broke Nazi's Enigma code
during World War II.
Monday, April 20, 2015, 9:30-9:48 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Hilary Hahn plays
Ralph Vaughan Williams, "Lark Ascending" (1914)
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, Meredith Poem)


The Lark symbolizes
our Spirit ascending
skyward to heaven.
Monday, April 20, 2015, 11:15 am-12:02 pm
Mountain View: Rudy takes me shopping
at Safeway (570 North Shoreline Drive)
and afterward to Foothill Computer Lab


Vegetarian egg rolls,
3-seed bread, pizzas,
onion rings, orange juice.
Monday, April 20, 2015, 1:16-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"New Jersey teen takes shot, scores friendship with Warriors star Steph Curry" (Curry visited young fan Jeff Lorenz of Pennington, N.J. in March 2012 who challenged him to make a shot from his balcony, which he did after 9 tries; 30 high school students showed up to see Curry & had pizza with him.
(By Daniel Brown, SJ Mercury News, 4-17-2015)


On 4-14-2015, Steph Curry
hit 77 consecutive 3-pointers
in practice and 94 out of 100.
Monday, April 20, 2015, 1:16-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Formatted 70 photos from 4/19 Trail Hiking class
to Palo Alto Shoreline Baylands Nature Preserve;
Trail Hike class (PHED23A); Foothill College
Hike Instructor Thomas McCarthy; Class photo;
Favorite Photos: Black Heron & Ducks; Lone
Canadian Goose
; Bend of Bay; Egret Near Shore;
Seagulls on Island; Raven on Post; Field Wildflowers


Snowy Egret Flying,
Hawk & Sun Flare,
Seagull & Sun Flare.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 8:26-8:30 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Yehudi Menuhin conducts
Edward Elgar, "Imperial March, Op. 32" (1897)
to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria;
(Listen), CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)


Queen Elizabeth II's 89th birthday
today— she'll reign longer than
Queen Victoria on September 9, 2015.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 12:01-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Loch Ness monster: Google Doodle plumbs
the depths of our fevered fascination"

(By Michael Cavna, Washington Post, 4-21-2015)


April 21, 1934: Col. Robert Wilson
released his hoax photograph of a
would-be Loch Ness monster.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 12:01-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Brilliant Venus and Moon Shine Together Tonight:
How to See It"
(Celestial treat on April 21: Turn to
face west about 45 minutes after sunset, to see a
beautiful crescent moon & well off to its right is the
dazzling evening star: planet Venus. Lower right of
the moon, is star Aldebaran in Taurus constellation.
(By Joe Rao, Yahoo! News, 4-21-2015)


Sky & Telescope Chart
shows celestial conjunction
tonight of Crescent Moon & Venus.
Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 12:01-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"How the Hubble Space Telescope Changed Our
View of the Cosmos"
("The Hubble Space Telescope
at 25: A Photo Anniversary" (Documentary); Since
Hubble's launch on April 24, 1990, 4,000 astronomers have used it to produce more than 12,700 scientific papers.) Slide Show: 25 photos, one from each year
(By Nola Taylor Redd, Yahoo! News, 4-21-2015)


25 Year of Hubble Space Photos
some samples of distant galaxies
that bring wonders to our mind.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 12:00-12:48 pm
Mountain View: Rudy takes me shopping
at Milk Pail (2585 California Street) and
Sprouts Farmers Market (630 San Antonio Rd.)


Bok choy, blackberries,
carrots, radishes, red grapes,
Brazil nuts, and green onions.
Wednesday, April 22, 2015, 1:28-10:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
70 photos from 4/17 Baylands/Shoreline Hike Reference: Plants in Hayward; Plants at Shoreline


Wild Mustard & Ducks
Flowers are Wild Mustard
instead of Yellow Yarrow.
Thursday, April 23, 2015, 12:20-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
58 photos from 4/19 Baylands/Shoreline Hike
with Al and Rudy after breakfast at Sweet Tomatoes


Cascading Rocks,
Honey Bee on Pink Rose,
Clouds over Gaudalupe Park.
Thursday, April 23, 2015, 12:20-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Composed web page for niece Emily's Birthday
"May wonder and wisdom be with you always."


26 petals Carefree Wonder Rose,
26 letters fonts by Godfrey Sykes,
Emblema 26 of Maier's Atalanta Fugiens.
Friday, April 24, 2015, 1:00-4:15 pm
Redwood City: Edgewood County Park;
10 Old Stagecoach Road (Map); Old friend gives me ride to Trail Hike class; Instructor Thomas McCarthy


No time to complete the loop
to Edgewood Trail— walked
only on the Sylvan Trail and back.
Friday, April 24, 2015, 5:32-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Stephen Sidoni talked about "Hollow Earth" on
Coast-to-Coast.am (4-6-2015); Mt. Shasta Legends


Legends of Mount Shasta,
Mount Shasta Herald (7-1-2009),
Legend of J.C. Brown (9-8-2014).
Saturday, April 25, 2015, 9:30 am-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
On Sylvan Trail at Edgewood County Park,
met a hiker Ann, who showed us a Manroot
that exploded; Video: Exploding Manroot


Exploded manroot
with porcupine skin
and jelly bean seed inside.
Saturday, April 25, 2015, 9:30 am-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Wisdom Mudra pose: Martha Graham Dancing;
Letter to the World 1940; Martha Graham 1940;
Richard Feynman; Feynman & Yukawa 1954


Their fingers in wisdom mudra
like Einstein's— Bodhisattvas
coming back to enlighten us.



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