Haikus: January 2015

HAIKUS: January 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.

Thursday, January 1, 2015, 2:50-3:31 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Road);
2 lbs coconut & almond granola @ $2.99/lb

Wheat germ, baby carrots,
green bell peppers, radishes,
and Roma tomatoes. Thursday, January 1, 2015, 7:00-8:00 pm
Mountain View: Home reading Alister McGrath,
"C.S. Lewis: A Life"; Ch. 6 (1930-1932);
"Making of a Mere Christian" (pp.131-159); p. 150—

For Tolken, myths expand
the readers' consciousness,
allowing them to transcend themselves.

Friday, January 2, 2015, 1:00-2:40 & 3:00-4:40 pm
Mountain View Senior Center: Friend came late to see Rob Reiner directs "When Harry Met Sally" (1989) (Film's 25th anniversary): Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Steven Ford, Lisa Jane Persky, Michelle Nicastro, Harley Jane Kozak, Franc Luz; YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4

Nora Ephron's screenplay—
Can there be Platonic friendship
between a man and a woman? Friday, January 2, 2015, 7:30-9:10 pm
Palo Alto: Friends' House, 957 Colorado Ave,
Waverley Writers Open Poetry Reading—
Bob Evans told history of Waverley Writers that
received Proclamation from Palo Alto's Mayor
(12/15/2014); Tom "Bubbles" Digby read "How
the Porcupines Learned to be Teddy Bears Again"

I read two poems tonight—
"Children's Christmas Lists for Santa"
and "If I Were Santa Claus".

Saturday, January 3, 2015, 1:18-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library— Jane Hirshfield, "Women in Praise of the Sacred" (1994); 808.8193Women;
(bought for $2); p. 170: Bibi Hayati (d. 1853)—

Before the first seed broke open the rose bed of
Being, / An inner lark soared through your
meadows, / Heading toward Home. Saturday, January 3, 2015, 1:18-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library— Murray Gell-Mann, "The Quark and the Jaguar: Adventures in the Simple and the Complex" (1994) ($15.95 for $2); 530Gell, p. 27—

Simple "plic-" means "once folded",
Complex "plex" means "braided together",
both from Indo-European root "plek".

Sunday, January 4, 2015, 1:55-5:50 pm
Los Altos Library— Sylvia Ann Hewlett,
"Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor: The New Way to Fast-Track Your Career" (2013); 650.14Hewlett;
($20 for $3); p. 212—

Dream big. Build a magnificent castle.
Adorn it, embellish it, and hold it
in your mind in glorious Technicolor. Sunday, January 4, 2015, 1:55-5:50 pm
Los Altos Library— Gary Marcus, "The Birth of the Mind: How a Tiny Number of Genes Creates The Complexities of Human Thought" (2004) 155.7Marcus ($26 for $2); p. 280—

Geneticists, molecular biologists,
neuroscientists, psychologists, linguists,
chemists & physicists need to work together.

Sunday, January 4, 2015, 1:55-5:50 pm
Los Altos Library— John Cook, "The Book of Positive Quotations" (2nd Ed., 2007); 082Boook1999;
($21.95 bought for $2); p. 4: Helen Keller—

I do not want the peace
which passeth understanding, I want
the understanding which bringeth peace. Sunday, January 4, 2015, 1:55-5:50 pm
Los Altos Library— Seth Godin, "Unleashing the Ideavirus" (2001) ($14 for $2); PayPal, Hotmail, GeoCities, Volkswagen launched ideaviruses; Cover:

Stop marketing AT people!
Turn your ideas into epidemics by helping
your customers do the marketing for you.

Monday, January 5, 2015, 12:04-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
Can't find Patrick Tehan's 12/25/2014 photo of
"Santa with Kids" in San Jose Mercury News

Scanned photo from newspaper
for inclusion in my poem—
"If I Were Santa Claus". Monday, January 5, 2015, 12:04-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
Three more poems written during winter break,
formatted in HTML with photos included in poems—

"Easter Eve at Stanford's Memorial Church",
"Children's Christmas Lists for Santa",
"NGC 7822: Galactic Birth".

Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 10:26-10:55 am
Los Altos Library— Found folder left here Sunday;
Liz Wiseman, "Multipliers: How the Best Leaders
Make Everyone Smarter" (2010); 658.4092Wiseman; ($25.99 for $2); p. 1: Epigraph from Bono—

After meeting with Prime Minister Gladstone,
you felt he was smartest person in the world,
but after meeting with his rival Disraeli,
you left thinking you were the smartest person. Tuesday, January 6, 2015, 12:24-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Checked out Liz Wiseman's "Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter"; p. 74: Spielberg successful as his crew is more productive; pp. 33-35: Mitt Romney inspired Meg Whitman

Not mentioned— my favorite Multiplier:
I.I. Rabi, Columbia Physicist, 1944 Nobelist,
inspired a dozen physicists to win Nobel Prize.

Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 2:30-3:31 pm
Mountain View: Rudy takes me shopping
at Milk Pail Market (2585 California Street)
& Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Road);
then to Foothill College Middlefield Lab

Blueberries, broccoli,
Brie cheese, blackberries,
Roma tomatoes, red grapes,
dried apple rings, ginger, mango. Wednesday, January 7, 2015, 3:46-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Why I still believe (on 18th birthday of Creative Good) (By Mark Hurst, Creative Good, 1-7-2015)

The better that companies treat customers—
as fellow human beings who deserve a good
customer experience, as we would want for
ourselves — the better those companies
will perform, over the long run.

Thursday, January 8, 2015, 1:17-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Rudy's Python Homework: Find images resembling
the PYTHON letters— My choices (23 minutes to find
6 images; Hour & half to resize & edit photos for this
web page): P-Chestnut Tree; Y-Bay Tree; T-Square

H-Football Goal Post;
O Glazed Donut;
N-Shape Climber. Thursday, January 8, 2015, 1:17-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"Zuckerberg brings national book club to Internet"
(By Michelle Quinn, SJ Mercury News, 1-8-2015);
Facebook's CEO plans to read two books a month
and have followers join him. 1st pick: Moises Naim's

The End of Power: From Boardrooms to
Battlefields and Churches to States, Why
Being In Charge Isn't What It Used To Be

Friday, January 9, 2015, 2:30-3:28 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (570 North Shoreline Boulevard);
then to Showers Drive for Bus #40 to Foothill

V8 juice, dairy creamers, orange juice,
cooked & popcorn shrimps, scallops,
instant oatmeal, pineapple chunks,
onion rings, almond milk, spinach. Friday, January 9, 2015, 5:23-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
Foothill Middlefield Lab in Palo Alto is now open on
Friday 11:30 am-3:30 pm; but Krause closes at 7 pm

Got sidetracked doing PYTHON
yesterday. Need to focus on
eleven December 2014 haikus
not written during Winter break.

Saturday, January 10, 2015, 11:44 am-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
Catching up on Haikus December 2014 not written:
Sun. 12/14, Mon. 12/15, Tues. 12/16, Thurs. 12/19

More time for links & videos to films—
"Fury", "Star Wars IV", "Shop Around
the Corner", and "Heaven Can Wait". Saturday, January 10, 2015, 11:44 am-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
Can't renew George Victor's "Hitler: The Pathology
of Evil" (2010), p. 190: On October 12, 1940—

Hitler abandoned Britain invasion
and invaded Soviet Union instead
as well as exterminating the Jews.

Saturday, January 10, 2015, 11:44 am-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
Dannion Brinkley's "Saved by the Light: True Story of a Man Who Died Twice" (1994) 133.9013; p. 4—

On September 17, 1975
he was on the phone during thunderstorm
when struck by lightning, having a NDE
going through light tunnel to crystal city. Sunday, January 11, 2015, 2:00-3:09 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at
99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Road) and
Walgreens (1905 West El Caminot Real)

Water chestnuts, bean curd,
firm tofu, spinach wontons,
red bean buns, sesame oil,
vegetarian chop-suey, milk.

Sunday, January 11, 2015, 4:15-5:50 pm
Los Altos Library— Nick Bilton, "Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, & Betrayal" (2013); 302.3028Bilton; ($28.95 for $2); p. 212—

Evan Williams, CEO of Twitter
replaced by Dick Costolo in silent
office coup on October 4, 2010. Sunday, January 11, 2015, 4:15-5:50 pm
Los Altos Library— Sales Shelves: Elisha Goldstein, "Now Effect: How a Mindful Moment Can Change Rest of Your Life" (2012) ($17.50 for $2); p. 244—

Lookout for unhealthy mind traps—
orient negative thoughts
toward the good.

Sunday, January 11, 2015, 4:15-5:50 pm
Los Altos Library— Alan C. Fox, "People Tools: 54 Strategies for Building Relationships, Creating Joy, & Embracing Prosperity" (2014); 302Fox; ($17 for $4); p. 179: Quotes Simone Weil's "Gravity and Grace"—

Attachment is the great fabricator
of illusions; reality can be attained
only by someone who is detached. Sunday, January 11, 2015, 4:15-5:50 pm
Los Altos Library— Sales: Malcolm Gladwell,
"Blink: Power of Thinking Without Thinking" (2005) 153.44Gladwell ($25.95 for $2); Getty Kouros: Thomas Hoving's 1st impression: "Fresh!"; p. 45:

The first time producer
Brian Grazer met Tom Hanks—
"He's the right man for Splash".

Monday, January 12, 2015, 12:40-1:15 pm
Mountain View: Paulson Park Computer Room
Steve Gould's 1/11/2015 email "Went to Rome"—
Hans Memling's Exhibit & Maurits Escher's Exhibit

Ponte St. Angelo across Tiber River
with ten Bernini statues and
sea gull on top of an angel. Monday, January 12, 2015, 6:00-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
Email friend "Paul Brunton's Declarations"
Download photos from recent emails—

Robert & Nena Thurman's Holiday Greetings,
Steve's Sea Gull on top of Bernini's Angel,
Richard & Arlene at Machu Picchu.

Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 11:01-11:09 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: James Sedares conducts
Samuel Barber, Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (1936)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Voted #18 KDFC 2015 All-Stars (Played when FDR & JFK died)

When Adagio for Strings
was played on November 13, 2014
it was included in my "Elephant" poem. Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 2:22-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Numbers in recent comics for Numbers collection—
"15 snowballs" in Peanuts (12-25-2014); Photoshop;
Scanned "To kids from 1 to 92" in Mutts (12-24-2014)

Mutts comics available for two weeks,
but Peanuts comics archive can be
seen from October 1950 to date.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 11:01-11:09 am
Mountain View: Rudy takes me shopping Walgreens
(112 Rengstorff Ave) to get Act II Popcorns 2 for $1;
and Sprouts Farmers Market (630 San Antonio Road)

Brazilian nuts,
Raw wheat germ,
and Turkish apricots. Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 3:04-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
Rudy wants to practice speaking French;
Found someone to speak French with him—

Chef at diner where Dagwood eats
is taking online French course
and Snoppy can help out too.

Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 7:01-8:16 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Michael Tilson Thomas conducts
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony #9 in D minor,
Op. 125 (1824); Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Voted #1: KDFC 2015 All-Stars

#2: Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto #2
#3: Bach's Brandenburg: Concertos
#4: Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue. Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 3:04-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Listen to KDFC Streaming Live top choice All-Stars
Ludwig van Beethoven, Symphony #9 in D minor,
conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas (CD 4-9-2013)

My favorite Zipoli's Elevazione
didn't make the top 100 list—
was voted #32 last year.

Thursday, January 15, 2015, 1:25-6:15 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
Bookmarked 7 articles for Interesting News:
"Technology Has Made Life Different, but Not
Necessarily More Stressful"; "Why Life Is Absurd";
"Elephant Demolish a Car"; "Bigfoot Strolls Through
Russian Forest"; "One of Milky Way's arms encircle
entire galaxy"; "Comet Lovejoy Keeps Wowing
Astronomers"; "Video of molten lava spilling into
ocean" (By Jacob Siegal, Yahoo! News, 1-15-2015)

Lava entering ocean on
rugged volcanic coastline
on the island of Hawaii. Thursday, January 15, 2015, 7:30-9:30 pm
Stanford Commemorates WWI's 100th Anniversary—
Annenberg Auditorium: Rudy & I see "Path of Glory"
(1957) directed by Stanley Kubrick; Film based on
Humphrey Cobb's 1935 novel starring Kirk Douglas,
Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready,
Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson, Joe Turkel,
Christiane Kubrick, Jerry Hausner, Peter Capell;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Humphrey Cobb's novel's title came from
9th stanza of Thomas Gray's 1750 poem
"Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard"—
The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

Friday, January 16, 2015, 5:35-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Notorious" (1946) starring Cary Grant,
Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, Louis Calhern,
Leopoldine Konstantin, Ivan Triesault, Reinhold Schünzel; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Considered Alfred Hitchcock's
greatest film with screenplay
written by Ben Hecht. Friday, January 16, 2015, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock directs
"To Catch a Thief" (1955) starring Cary Grant,
Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis, John Williams,
Brigitte Auber, Charles Vanel; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); Grant & Hitchcock on bus.

Cary Grant catches thief,
but Grace Kelly catches
Prince Rainier in marriage.

Saturday, January 17, 2015, 11:00 am-1:40 pm
Rudy picked me up & we met Al Guzman for brunch
at Sunnyvale: Denny's (311 S. Mathilda Avenue);
Treated all for brunch: Ordered vegetarian omelette with English muffin; Rudy had California Avodado Skillet; Al had Build Your Own Grand Slam and Country-Fried Steak & 2 eggs; Rudy & Al had
roasted coffee and four orders of tortellias

Couldn't find Denny's
on 3715 El Camino Real
since it's in Santa Clara. Saturday, January 17, 2015, 2:08-5:55 pm
Santa Clara: AMC Mercado 20 (3111 Mission College Blvd); Peter Jackson directs "The Hobbit:
Battle of the Five Armies" (2014) with Ian McKellen,
Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Orlando Bloom,
Benedict Cumberbatch, Evangeline Lilly, Luke Evans, Lee Pace, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Manu Bennett; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Bard kills the Dragon
but Thorin would not share
the gold with those in Laketown.

Sunday, January 18, 2015, 2:00-5:50 pm
Los Altos Library— Stephen Hawking &
Leonard Mlodinow, "The Grand Design" (2010); 530.142Hawking; ($18 for $3); p. 177—

There's no exception or miracles.
Gods or demons couldn't intervene
in the running of the universe. Sunday, January 18, 2015, 2:00-5:50 pm
Los Altos Library— Dan Steinbock,
"The Mobile Revolution" (2007);
($25 for $2); p. 273—

All firms can mobilize,
only a few can do strategical
positioning for long-term gain.

Sunday, January 18, 2015, 2:00-5:50 pm
Los Altos Library— Don Tapscott,
"Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation Is Changing your World" (2009) 302.231Tapscot ($27.95 for $2); p. 9—

Youngsters doing five things at once—
texting, download music, upload videos,
updating Facebook, watching movies. Sunday, January 18, 2015, 2:00-5:50 pm
Los Altos Library— Juliette Powell, "33 Million People in the Room: How to Create, Influence, and Run a Successful Business with Social Networking" (2009) Chinese658Powell ($21.99 for $2); p. 6—

June Cohen & Chris Anderson
delivered free TEDtalks video
to 33 million viewers on the web.

Monday, January 19, 2015, 2:00-2:43 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (570 North Shoreline Boulevard)
and Walgreens (121 East El Caminot Real)

Apple sauce, dairy creamers,
spinach, onion rings, yogurt,
pizza, orange juice, and eggs. Monday, January 19, 2015, 4:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Cuesta Park (615 Cuesta Drive)
Friend takes me for a short walk at this
children-friendly park before sunset

Lots of redwoods and pine trees
with many children at play while
I walk slowly around the park.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 1:05-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
"Boy who claimed he had been to heaven retracts story, best-selling book is pulled" (Amazon Reviews)
(By Hillel Italie, StarTribune.com, 1-16-2015)
(His father made him lie on going to heaven)

6-year-old Alex Malarkey's
Boy Who Came Back from Heaven,
published in 2011 was withdrawn. Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 1:05-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
Alan C. Fox, "People Tools: 54 Strategies for Building Relationships, Creating Joy, & Embracing Prosperity" (2014); Ch. 48: Fall Backwards into Hands of Fate; p. 167: cummings' Enormous Room:

Take me up into you mind...
Quickly take me up into
the bright child of your mind.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 1:05-6:10 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
Arranged 27 photos & Preface for web page
Walk Around Cuesta Park, Mountain View;
First Nature Walk of 2015; "Squirrels fight back" (Mountain View Voice, 3-2-2007)

Cuesta Park has children-friendly
playgrounds and open grassy fields
but some squirrels were aggressive. Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 8:00-8:53 pm
Stanford University: CEMEX Auditorium
Louise Glück Poetry Reading: "Faithful and Virtuous Night" (2014 National Book Award); Waverley Writers Peter Carroll, Esther Kamkar, Valerie Kockelman sat across from me in the sixth row

I could speak and I was happy.
I was like a bright light
passing through a dark room.

Thursday, January 22, 2015, 1:03-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
(1) BOOK REVIEW: Acquainted With the Dark—
Louise Glück's 'Faithful and Virtuous Night';
(2) Poem of week: A Work of Fiction by Louise Glück;
(3) Adam Plunkett on "Faithful and Virtuous Night"

Reading three book reviews
of Louise Glück's latest book regarded
as her most ambitious & primitive work. Thursday, January 22, 2015, 1:03-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
"WELL: Writing Your Way to Happiness"
(Students who took part in writing or video received better grades later than those in a control group.)
(By Tara Parker-Pope, NY Times, 1-19-2015)

Writing about oneself can
improve mood disorders
and even boost memory.

Friday, January 23, 2015, 7:30-9:14 pm
Stanford Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Dial M for Murder" (1954) starring Ray Milland,
Grace Kelly, Robert Cummings, John Williams,
Anthony Dawson, Leo Britt; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

John Williams played chauffer
in Audrey Hepburn's Sabrina &
insurance agent in To Catch a Thief. Friday, January 23, 2015, 9:30-11:00 pm
Stanford Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Young and Innocent" (1937) with Nova Pilbeam,
Derrick De Marney, Percy Marmont, Edward Rigby Mary Clare, John Longden, George Curzon; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Daughter of local constable
hides and helps young man
accused of crime he didn't commit.

Saturday, January 24, 2015, 11:42 am-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
Simone Boyce's interview of Neil deGrasse Tyson on Science in "Intersellar"; More Film Facts;
Tyson's favorite space films: "2001", "Contact", "Planet of the Apes"; Nolan influenced by "2001"

Tesseract is a higher dimension
where we see our entire timeline
that we can access our life at will. Saturday, January 24, 2015, 11:42 am-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
BASEBALL: Ernie Banks, the Eternally Hopeful Mr. Cub, Dies at 83; 1954 Topps Rookie BB Card #94;
(By Richard Goldstein, NY Times, 1-24-2015)

Banks hit 512 homers,
Hall of Famer 1977,
NL's MVP 1958 & 1959,
19 years with Chicago Cubs.

Sunday, January 25, 2015, 9:00 am-12:00 pm
San Jose: Sweet Tomatoes (625 Coleman Avenue)
Rudy picks me up in Mountain View (8:20 am)
and we meet Al Guzman & Robert (Tech Shop)
for breakfast; Panera Bread (503 Coleman Ave)
(12-2:30 pm); Can't make it to both films "American Sniper" & "Interstellar" and decide seeing the latter.

Asian ginger soup, scrambled eggs,
home-fried potatoes, ham & eggs,
milk and pomegranate green tea. Sunday, January 25, 2015, 3:00-6:00 pm
Cupertino: AMC Cupertino Square 16 (10123 N Wolfe Rd, Suite 3000); Christopher Nolan directs
"Interstellar" (2014) with Matthew McConaughey,
Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Bill Irwin,
Michael Caine, Matt Damon, Ellen Burstyn;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, Tyson); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Astronauts travel through wormhole
to find some hospitable planet
as Earth becomes inhabitable.

Sunday, January 25, 2015, 7:00-7:50 pm
Mountain View: After the movies, Rudy
takes me grocery shopping at Safeway
(570 North Shoreline Boulevard); so we
could get more work done at Lab tomorrow.

Hazelnut dairy creamer,
yogurts, orange juice,
& French fried onion. Sunday, January 25, 2015, 8:30-11:50 pm
Mountain View: "NBA: Klay Thompson's wondrous
night" (Scored 37 points in 3rd quarter, NBA record,
en route to 52 points in Warriors 126-101 victory.)
(Diamond Leung, SJ Mercury News, 1-25-2015) 1, 2

Thompson made all 13 field goals,
including nine 3-pointers,
and two free throws.

Monday, January 26, 2015, 10:40-11:40 am
Mountain View Senior Center Tech Computer Room
Printouts: Veronica's Veil; Dürer's "Sudarium Held
by One Angel" (1516); Mochi's "St. Veronica" (1632);
Cosimo Fancelli's "Angel with the Sudarium" (1669)

Collecting artworks on
"Angel with the Sudarium"
inspired by Steve's photograph. Monday, January 26, 2015, 1:03-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
"Red Wolf Journal has published two new poems
by Terry Adams: "The Comb" (1-19-2015) and
"Doing It in Your Head" (1-22-2015)

Sherry tells future stepbrother
how to say numbers out loud
in his head and how to kiss too.

Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 11:00 am-2:00 pm
Stanford University: Margaret Jacks Hall (Bldg 460)
Terrace Room (4th floor); Mohr Poet Louise Glück's
Colloquium: "revered but not nourished by Stevens"

D.H. Lawrence's poems—
they were messy, alive,
brilliant and crazy. Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 4:04-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
Escher: The Bridge, Liberation; Memling: Portait,
Adoration, Virgin & Child with Musician Angels

Hans Memling's portrayal of Virgin
is like Zen monks's Buddha statues
bringing serenity to the viewers.

Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 2:00-3:34 pm
Mountain View: Rudy takes me shopping
at Milk Pail Market (2585 California Street)
& Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Road);
then to Foothill College Middlefield Lab

Red grapes, Roma tomatoes,
8 lbs navel oranges for 88¢,
dried sweet mango slices. Wednesday, January 28, 2015, 1:06-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Sudarium refers to two relics of the Passion of Jesus:
Sudarium of Oviedo and the Veil of Veronica;
also Sudarium given to Saint Bilihildis (d. 734).

Dante cites Veronica in Paradiso 31.104
on pilgrims going to Croatia to see
this relic bearing the image of Christ.

Thursday, January 29, 2015, 1:00-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
Web site with photos "Heaven on Earth"—
Reflections; Trees & Lake; Pagodas; Tree on Hill

Landscape with stream shaped
like Platonic Lambda Λ—
Soul of the Universe. Thursday, January 29, 2015, 1:00-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Lab
Notes on Poem: Angel with the Sudarium
Images of Seagull, Lark Ascending to the Clouds

All Roads Lead to Rome,
Rome from St. Peter's Square,
Saint Peter's Basilica.

Friday, January 30, 2015, 7:30-9:35 pm
Stanford Theatre, Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Under Capricorn" (1949) starring Michael Wilding,
Ingrid Bergman, Joseph Cotten, Margaret Leighton,
Cecil Parker, Denis O'Dea; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Margaret Leighton as housekeeper Milly
schemed in film to marry Joseph Cotten
but in real life married Michael Wilding. Friday, January 30, 2015, 9:45-11:33 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Shadow of a Doubt" (1943) with Joseph Cotten,
Teresa Wright, Macdonald Carey, Henry Travers,
Patricia Collinge, Hume Cronyn, Wallace Ford;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4), (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Written by Thornton Wilder,
Hitchcock claimed this was
his favorite of all of his films.

Saturday, January 31, 2015, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
"Online Image Editing Tools" class (9:00 am-3 pm)
was cancelled (17 students) because the instructor William Cavada couldn't make it today

Finding free, online image
resources and editing tools
for teaching and learning. Saturday, January 31, 2015, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
Email: Ho Center for Buddhist Studies at Stanford,
on lecture, Tuesday, February 3, 2015, 4:00 pm
Lathrop East Asia Library, Room 224

Roundtable With Dr. Yunru Chen
"Liu Songnian's (1174-1224)
Luohan Triptych".

Saturday, January 31, 2015, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
Cost of Gold, Myrrh, Frankincense in Dec. 21, 2011;
Gifts to Jesus; Gold $1282/oz; Myrrh $21.33/oz;
Frankincens $17.83/oz; Myrrh & Frankincense Sales

Gold symbolizes solid,
perfume myrrh is liquid,
and frankincense is vapor. Saturday, January 31, 2015, 8:30 am-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
Three Kings' gifts to Christ Child (Matthew 2:11)
gold, myrrh, frankincense represent solid, liquid,
vapor, but the Christ Child is the essence (H₂O)

If the Three Kings realized that
Baby Jesus is the essence of their gifts,
they'd prostrate with crowns off their heads.