Haikus: March 2015

HAIKUS: March 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.

Sunday, March 1, 2015, 12:15-12:32 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Barry Wordsworth conducts
Ralph Vaughan Williams, "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis" (1919); Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2)

UK's Classic FM
Hall of Fame 2014 voting polls
this piece 3rd place in classical music. Sunday, March 1, 2015, 3:10-3:40 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at
Safeway (570 North Shoreline Boulevard)
and afterwards to Los Altos Library

Royal Asia dim sum,
salad dressings, spring rolls,
prune juice and orange juice.

Monday, March 2, 2015, 1:37-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Adding postage stamps & writeup to Number 38—
France 813 Jean-Jacques Rousseau; Germany 361 J. S. Bach; Germany 360 Gottfried Leibniz

At age 38, Rousseau won essay contest,
Bach became music director at Leipzig,
and Leibniz published his Calculus (1684). Monday, March 2, 2015, 1:37-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Adding postage stamps & writeup to Number 38—
Writers at 38: France B568 Jean-Paul Sartre;
U.S. 3308 Ayn Rand; U.S. 3871 James Baldwin

At age 38, Ayn Rand published Fountainhead,
James Baldwin published The Fire Next Time,
and Sartre published Being and Nothingness

Monday, March 2, 2015, 10:00 pm-12:00 am
KKSF 910 am: Coast-to-CoastAM, George Noory
interviews Paul Guercio (Bio, web), George Hart
(Bio, web); "Project Merlin"; YouTube: "Predictions for 2012-13 with Paul Guercio"; PseudoAstronomy

Republican candidate not in spotlight
yet will emerge, and beat prospective
Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton. Monday, March 2, 2015, 12:00 am-2:00 am
KKSF 910 am: Coast-to-CoastAM, George Noory
interviews Bob Mitchell (Bio) "Alien Intrusion"; BOOKS: "Intrusion: Alien Encounters"; "Incident
at Pleasant Ridge: A Canadian UFO Mystery"

Canadian sportswriter of 35-years reports
1975 UFO landing on Joe Borda's Farm
in Pleasant Ridge, Ontario, Canada.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015, 2:27-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Adding postage stamps & writeup to Number 38—
U.S. 2446 Clark Gable in "Gone with the Wind";
U.S. 2447 Gary Cooper in "Beau Geste" (1939)

Gone with the Wind first shown
in small theatre to audience
waiting to see Beau Geste. Tuesday, March 3, 2015, 2:27-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Adding postage stamps & writeup to Number 38—
U.S. 3834 Paul Robeson; U.S. 4197 James Stewart; Spencer Tracy won Oscar for "Boys Town" (1938)

Only stamp honoring Spencer Tracy
is from Dominica showing him playing
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in 1941 film.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 10:00 pm-12:00 am
KKSF 910 am: Coast-to-CoastAM, George Noory
interviews Joseph Sansone (Bio, web), "Hypnosis"; Book: "Bioplasticity: Hypnosis Mind Body Healing"
YouTube: Limbs of Love; Coast-to-Coast 3-4-2015

Hypnosis in Babylonia, Egypt & Greece,
Mesmer practiced animal magnetism—
relax, visualize, affirmations with light. Wednesday, March 4, 2015, 12:00 am-2:00 am
KKSF 910 am: Coast-to-CoastAM, George Noory
interviews Nassim Haramein (Bio, web) "Space-Time"; VIDEOS: "Secrets of the Universe";
"Crossing The Event Horizon"; (Fraud or Sage?)

Our brains operate as receivers
and transmitters of information
that is part of the holographic field.

Thursday, March 5, 2015, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford University: Bechtel Conference Center,
Encina Hall; Another Look Book Club:
James Baldwin's "The Fire Next Time" (1963)
Moderator: Professor Michele Elam; Discussants:
Provost Harry Elam & Professor Tobias Wolff

Book's title came from Negro Spiritual:
"God gave Noah the rainbow sign,
no more water but fire next time". Thursday, March 5, 2015, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford University: Bechtel Conference Center,
Encina Hall; Another Look: "The Fire Next Time"
(1963); Michele Elam's new book on James Baldwin;
Both Harry Elam & Tobias Wolff (& Geoffrey Wolff)
had met with James Baldwin and dined with him

Chat with Seth Streichler who met Baldwin
when he was a freshman at Bowling Green;
Interviewed Lillian Gish & Eva Maria Saint.

Friday, March 6, 2015, 1:51-5:38 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
February 27-28 Photos "Foothill College & Rainbow"
Red flowers by Administration Bldgs look like Azalea

Purple flower with yellow center
seen near Highway 280 Overpass
resembles Sea Fig (Carpobrotus chilensis). Friday, March 6, 2015, 7:30-9:15 pm
Palo Alto: Friends' House, 957 Colorado Ave,
Waverley Writers Poetry Reading—
Ride home with Valerie Kockelman

Read two poems tonight—
"NGC 7822: Galactic Birth"
& "Gold, Myrrh, Frankincense".

Saturday, March 7, 2015, 1:32-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
Arranging 19 photos taken on February 27-28
for Web page: "Foothill College & Rainbow"

Need to darken sky
in Adobe Photoshop
to enhance color of rainbow. Saturday, March 7, 2015, 1:32-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
Arranging 19 photos taken on February 27-28
foe Web page: "Foothill College & Rainbow"

Purple flower with yellow center
near Highway 280 Overpass is closer
to Sea Fig (Carpobrotus aequilaterus).

Sunday, March 8, 2015, 1:01-1:16 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: José Serebrier conducts
Antonín Dvorák, "In Nature's Realm, Op.91" (1891); (Listen), CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Part of "Nature, Life, and Love"
trilogy of overtures Dvorak wrote
to show his appreciation of Nature. Sunday, March 8, 2015, 3:00-3:52 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at
Safeway (570 North Shoreline Boulevard)
and afterwards to Los Altos Library

Sliced beets, pineapple chunks,
pear gorgonzola salad, yogurt,
onion rings and salmon fillets.

Sunday, March 8, 2015, 7:30-9:35 pm
Stanford Theatre, Hitchcock: "The Birds" (1963)
starring Tippi Hedren, Rod Taylor, Jessica Tandy,
Suzanne Pleshette, Veronica Cartwright, Ethel Griffies, Charles McGraw, Lonny Chapman;
YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7; Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Is she the evil one
bringing birds to attack
everyone in Bodega Bay? Sunday, March 8, 2015, 9:45-11:34 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Psycho" (1942) with Anthony Perkins,
Janet Leigh, Vera Miles, John Gavin,
Martin Balsam, John McIntire, Simon Oakland;
YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5; Essay

Bernard Hermann's music
adds to the suspenseful
scarry film Psycho.

Monday, March 9, 2015, 1:10-1:40 pm
Los Altos Hills: El Monte Rd; Bus #40 Driver
lets me off before Hwy 280 North Overpass
so I could photograph blue flowers not taken
while walking by them on February 27, 2015;
By St. Nicholas Catholic School, took photos:

Two giant Eucalyptus trees,
"Dying & Living": Eucalyptus barks
Water Primroses & Redwood Sorrels. Monday, March 9, 2015, 2:42-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Adding 14 photos to "Foothill College & Rainbow";
Purple flowers proliferating by Hwy 280 Overpass
look like Woodland Phlox (Phlox divaricata);
Rudy identified the "Zodiac plant" as Dandelion

French dent de lion means
"lion's tooth", referring to
the coarsely toothed leaves.

Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 11:30 am-1:45 pm
Mountain View: Rudy picked me up at my apt;
Went to Milk Pail to buy red seedless grapes;
then to Kaiser Permanente (565 Castro St.) where
I had 12-hour fasting blood & urine tests & made
appointment with Dr. Liteh Chang for yearly checkup

Didn't drink coffee this morning;
brought water, navel orange, grapes,
almonds, Brazil nuts to eat afterwards. Tuesday, March 10, 2015, 2:54-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Mailed 2014 Tax Returns to Federal & State;
Wrote 14 haikus covering March 1-5, 2015;
Half-hour walk with Rudy around Foothill Campus;
"One Mind" (Epoch Times, March 5-11, 2015, B8)

Our consciousness operates
outside human brain & body,
and is limitless & boundless.

Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 12:45-1:16 pm
Mountain View: Rudy takes me shopping
at Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Road);
then to Foothill College Middlefield Lab

Walnut halves and pieces,
Roma tomatoes, dried ginger,
French vanilla almond granola. Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 2:01-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Wrote 12 haikus covering March 6-11, 2015;
Frank Lipman Interviews Larry Dossey (2-14-2015)

Dossey's book One Mind
says that our mind merges
with all the other minds.

Thursday, March 12, 2015, 1:10-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Notes to Poem: NGC 7822: Galactic Birth—
Cepheus, Cassiopeia, Andromeda, Perseus, Cetus
from mythology all received constellation names

Mountain-like Platonic Lambda Λ,
Crescent Moon Image,
Five sparkling stars. Thursday, March 12, 2015, 1:10-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Notes to Poem: NGC 7822: Galactic Birth—
"Dying Neurons in Rat Brain"; "NDE Explained
by Science"; "Teleportation Technology"

Dying Rat Brain Neurons,
NDE: Tunnel of Light,
Teleportation.

Friday, March 13, 2015, 12:12-12:23 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Gordon Hunt plays
Domenico Zipoli, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3),
"Elevazione for Oboe, Cello and Strings" (1715)

Called friend to listen
to Zipoli's Ascension
on her birthday today. Friday, March 13, 2015, 1:30-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Kaiser Hospital (555 Castro St.)
Checkup with Dr. Liteh Chang; recommends me to
see Dr. Jong-Ping Lu (3 pm) on hernia surgery (1, 2)

Hernia caused by weakening
of abddominal wall so intestine
pushes into sac to cause bulge.

Friday, March 13, 2015, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre, Howard Hawks: "Bringing Up Baby" (1938) with Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant,
Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett, May Robson,
Fritz Feld, Barry Fitzgerald, Virginia Walker;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Wire Fox Terrier George
buried intercostal clavicle
brontosaurus bone of paleontologist. Friday, March 13, 2015, 9:25-10:45 pm
Stanford Theatre: Frank Tuttle directs
"This Is the Night" (1932) with Lili Damita,
Charles Ruggles, Roland Young, Thelma Todd,
Cary Grant, Irving Bacon, Gino Corrado;
(YouTube: 1): (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Cary Grant's first film—
finding his wife going
to Venice with her lover.

Saturday, March 14, 2015, 1:24-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
"Happy Pi Day! This year it's extra special" (By Kim Smuga-Otto, SJ Mercury News, 3-14-15, B1, B5); π

10 digits of π=3.141592653
will show up today 3-14-15
at 9:26:53 am or 9:26:53 pm. Saturday, March 14, 2015, 1:24-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
12 images for Notes to "NGC 7822: Galactic Birth":
Gypsy; Yama; Body Chakras; 7822; Locomotive;

78 Tarot cards, 22 Trumps,
Magus, Moon, Hermit, High Priestess
from Rider-Waite & Thoth Tarot decks.

Sunday, March 15, 2015, 2:15-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at
Safeway (570 North Shoreline Boulevard), and
later to Los Altos Library (4 pm); Took 4:57 pm
Bus #40 to Showers Drive to get haircut at Lam's

Onion rings, salmon fillets,
instant oatmeal, dark rye bread,
spinach, dairy creamer, orange juice.
Sunday, March 15, 2015, 5:06-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Haircut at Lam's Hair & Nails
(2464 W. El Camino Real); Google Community Shuttle at 5:45 pm at California & Ortega instead
of 6:10 pm Bus #40 for 5-minutes ride home

Wash and shampoo hair,
shower, did load of laundry,
egg, ham, cheese, spinach sandwich.

Monday, March 16, 2015, 1:03-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Notes to Poem: NGC 7822: Galactic Birth—
Karma Mirror from Lord of Death Yama in
"Tibetan Book of the Dead" (Thurman translation);
High Priestess with New Moon for birth transitions

High Priestess from Thoth Tarot seems
more welcoming than Rider-Waite Tarot
in ferrying departing souls to a new birth. Monday, March 16, 2015, 10:00 pm-12:00 am
KKSF 910 am: Coast-to-CoastAM, George Noory
interviews Dr. Joel Wallach (Bio, web), "Health News"; Books: "Dead Doctors Don't Lie" (2004); "Hell's Kitchen" (2005); "Rare Earths: Forbidden Cures" (1995); Wallach's Radio Show; Skeptics

Statin drugs cause disease,
minerals prolong life; Big Pharma
wants patients to take drugs for life.

Monday, March 16, 2015, 12:00 am-2:00 am
KKSF 910 am: Coast-to-CoastAM, George Noory
interviews James Barrat (Bio, web), "AI Advances"; Book: "Our Final Invention: Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era" (Reviews); Interviewed Ray Kurzweil, Rodney Brooks, Arthur C. Clarke

Artificial intelligent machines
may have their own goals & agendas
so the human race may be vulnerable. Monday, March 16, 2015, 2:00 am-5:30 am
Mountain View: Searched for 38 denomination postage stamps in "2014 Scott Standard Postage Stamp Catalogue Volume 5: Countries of the World N-Sam"; Found 19 stamps: Netherlands B310 Ship, B315 Red Cross; New Caledonia C180 Biplane

Poland 2561 Fruits, 2600 Lubuski Hat;
Portugal-Madeira 158 Tree Tomato,
Portugal 1847 Vasco da Gama, 1931 Bull Ring

Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 12:15-1:33 pm
Mountain View: Rudy picked me up at my apt;
Went to Milk Pail to buy fresh vegetables
then to Foothill College Middlefield Lab

Pink Lady Apples @ 39¢/lb
green seedless grapes @ 99¢/lb
and bunch of broccoli @ 49¢ each. Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 2:10-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Wrote 10 haikus covering March 12-15, 2015;
Half-hour walk with Rudy around Foothill Campus

Our consciousness operates
outside human brain & body,
and is limitless & boundless.

Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 11:50-1:20 pm
Mountain View: Rudy takes me shopping
at Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Road);
then to Foothill College Middlefield Lab

Baby carrots, green onions,
green cabbage, raw almonds,
and vanilla macaroon granola. Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 1:49-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Wrote 8 haikus covering March 16-18, 2015;
Patrick McDonnell's Mutts (3-18-2015) Ruben Dario:

Sweet as sweetest Grecian honey
will my song be when I sing,
O Beloved, in the season of Spring!

Thursday, March 19, 2015, 4:19-4:22 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: JoAnn Falletta conducts
George Gershwin, Promenade "Walking the dog"
(1937) Listen, CD, (YouTube: Fred & Ginger)

Walking the dogs to catch
your loved one— that's what
Fred did to Ginger on the ship. Thursday, March 19, 2015, 2:15-9:05 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Found 11 stamps with 38 denomination in "2014
Scott Stamp Catalogue Volume 6: Countries San-Z";:

Spain 2326 Aero Car, 2337 Dog,
2331 Communications, 2339 Scouting,
2346 Seville, 2365 Leonard's Vitruvius Man.

Friday, March 20, 2015, 3:01-5:10 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Krause Center of Innovation
Vernal Equinox: March 20, 2015, 3:45 pm (PDT)
Need to write a poem inspired by today's comics:
Patrick McDonnell's Mutts (3-20-2015) Ellis Peters:

Every spring is the only spring,
a perpetual astonishment.
—Edith Pargeter Friday, March 20, 2015, 3:01-5:10 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Friend sends email with inspiring quote from
sculptor Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680)—

"Let every beholder of the images engraven by
the wise Egyptian & carried by the elephant—
strongest of beasts— reflect upon this lesson:
Be of strong mind, uphold solid wisdom."

Saturday, March 21, 2015, 9:48-9:53 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Mischa Maisky plays
Camille Saint-Saens, Listen, CD, YouTube: 1, 2;
Carnival of the Animals: #13 The Swan (1886)

May the swan's beauty,
purity and grace bring
blessings in this music. Saturday, March 21, 2015, 12:36-4:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Adding 27 postage stamps & maximum card with
38 denomination to web page On the Number 38

Portugal 1903 Citroën Car,
Poland 2561 Bowl of Fruit,
St. Helena 634 "We Three Kings.

Sunday, March 22, 2015, 2:20-3:31 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (570 North Shoreline Boulevard),
and Walgreens (112 North Rengstorff Ave),
then to Los Altos Library (4:30-5:50 pm)

Swiss cheese, Yoplait yogurt,
dairy creamers, supreme pizzas,
crabmeat, cashews, nonfat milk.
Sunday, March 22, 2015, 4:30-5:50 pm
Los Altos Library: "Beginner's Guide to Drawing
Cartoons" for $5; Checked out Martha Graham's "Blood Memory"; Leonard Mlodinow's "Feynman's Rainbow"; "The Pleasure of Finding Things Out"

Lawrence M. Krauss, Quantum Man,
Harry Henderson, Richard Feynman,
Harry LeVine III, The Great Explainer.

Monday, March 23, 2015, 12:00 am-4:00 am
Mountain View: Reading Leonard Mlodinow's "Feynman's Rainbow: A Seach for Beauty in Physics and in Life" (2003); Author tells his first year (1981) at CalTech with office near Gell-Mann & Richard Feynman; met John Schwarz & Stephen Wolfram

Taped conversations with
Feynman helped him find
beauty in physics and in life.
Monday, March 23, 2015, 2:40-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Fuzzy Photo of Martha Graham & Richard Feynman;
Found better images on web of Graham & Feynman;
Pasted in fuzzy photo & scaled for a sharper image;
Poem: "Twin Luminaries"; Martha Graham dances—

Primitive Mysteries,
Appalachian Spring,
Acrobats of God.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 1:53-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
Found 30 stamps with "38" denomination
from Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Canada,
Uruguay, Zimbabwe for On the Number 38

Argentina B163a Snowy Egret (1993),
Brazil 1864 Locomotive (1983),
Zimbabwe 576 Duck (1988),
Zimbabwe 592 Black Bass (1989). Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 12:00 am-2:00 am
KKSF 910 am: Coast-to-CoastAM, George Noory
interviews William Henry (Bio, web), "Mystical Technology"; BOOKS: "The Skingularity Is Near" (Free); "Lost Secrets of the Watchers" (2014);
"The Judgment Day Device" (2012)

Mystical technologies creating new
"light body" skin with super strength,
longevity, and even shape-shifting.

Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 1:28-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"38" denomination stamps for Number 38

Fiji 645 Crab (1991),
Gibraltar 763 Costumes (1998),
French Polynesia 419 Dancer (1985). Wednesday, March 25, 2015, 1:28-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"38" denomination stamps for Number 38

Gilbraltar 773 Einstein Quote (1998),
Ireland 1025 Freshwater Ducks (1996),
Ireland 1384-1387 Steeplechasing (2002).

Thursday, March 26, 2015, 1:13-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
"38" denomination stamps for Number 38

Ireland 1377 Teddy Bear (2002),
Isle of Man 1491a-bTitanic (2012),
Jersey 1095 Canary & Parakeet (2003). Thursday, March 26, 2015, 1:13-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Foothill Middlefield Computer Lab
will close March 27-April 5; Reopen on April 6

Can't save History in Safari
of 100 stamps image sources
managed only 16 source links.

Friday, March 27, 2015, 2:00-3:25 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Registration
Registered for "Trail Hiking" (CRN 40509),
(F023A), Friday 1 pm-3 pm ($34 fee)

Friend who wants Hike class
needed over an hour to register
for Admission to Foothill College. Friday, March 27, 2015,3:45-4:35 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
San Jose Mercury News Comics Section
Bob & Tom Thaves: "Frank & Ernest" (3-27-2015)

Butterfly to caterpillar
"It would never work, Ernie...
I'm too old for you."

Friday, March 27, 2015, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Theatre, George Cukor directs
"Holiday" (1938) with Katharine Hepburn,
Cary Grant, Doris Nolan, Lew Ayres, Henry Kolker,
Edward Everett Horton, Jean Dixon, Henry Daniell;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Socialite brings fiance home
to her wealthy New York family
but he falls for her free-spirited sister. Friday, March 27, 2015, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Theatre: Harlan Thompson directs
"Kiss and Make-Up" (1934) with Cary Grant,
Helen Mack, Genevieve Tobin, Edward Everett Horton, Lucien Littlefield, Mona Maris, Lucille Lund; (YouTube: 1, 2): (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Plastic surgeon marries
one of his beautiful creations,
but it's his secretary whom he loves.

Saturday, March 28, 2015, 2:15-2:48 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping
at Safeway (570 North Shoreline Drive)
and afterward to Los Altos Library

Vegetarian egg rolls,
coffee cake, pineapple chunks,
ham, yogurt, and orange juice. Saturday, March 28, 2015, 7:16-7:43 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Fazil Say plays Mozart's
Piano Concerto #21 in C K.467 (1785)
(Listen) (CD) (YouTube: Keith Jarrett)

Second movement Andante played
in the 1967 film Elvira Madigan,
made this music more popular.

Sunday, March 29, 2015, 9:05 am-12:30 pm
Al Guzman picked up Rudy in Sunnyvale & me
in Mountain View (8:30 am); drove to San Jose:
Sweet Tomatoes (113 Bernal Road), where Rudy
treated us for breakfast; this place is more spacious than the Sweet Tomatoes at Coleman Avenue
(took salad in large tall cup home for dinner)

Scrambled eggs, apples
and home-fried potatoes,
peach yogurt and milk. Sunday, March 29, 2015, 1:30-3:40 pm
Cupertino: Bluelight Cinema 5 (21275 Stevens Creek Boulevard): Treated Al Guzman and Rudy to see
"American Sniper" (2014) directed by Clint Eastwood; with Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Max Charles, Luke Grimes, Kyle Gallner, Sam Jaeger, Jake McDorman; YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4; Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4

Returned to Iraq four times
killing 160 terroists—
Was he addicted?

Monday, March 30, 2015, 12:01-12:05 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Neeme Jarvi conducts
Pietro Mascagni, Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo (1890)

Two men in love with
the same woman dueling
fighting to the death. Monday, March 30, 2015, 1:14-1:58 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Lisa Batiashvili plays Beethoven's
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 (1806)
(Listen) (CD) (YouTube: David Oistrakh)

Beethoven wrote this piece
for his friend Franz Clement,
a leading violinist of the day.

Monday, March 30, 2015, 4:40-8:55 pm
Los Altos Library— Checked out Freeman Dyson's "Origins of Life" (1999) 576.83; "Infinite in All Directions" (1989) 501Dyson; "A Many-Colored Glass" (2007) 570.1Dyson; p. 138:

We're likely to find
spiritual information more
among poets than scientists. Monday, March 30, 2015, 4:40-8:55 pm
Los Altos Library— Kadampa Buddhism teacher, Geshe Kelsang Gyatso's "How to Understand the Mind: The Nature and Power of the Mind" (4th Edition, 2014), p. 355 Liberating Prayer to Buddha:

Please nourish me with your goodness,
That I in turn may nourish all beings
With an unceasing banquet of delight.

Monday, March 30, 2015, 4:40-8:55 pm
Los Altos Library: Sarah Granger, "Digital Mystique: How the Culture of Connectivity Can Empower Your Life—Online and Off" (2014); ($17.00 for $2); p. 229:

Build, nurture, and support
communities meaningful to you,
empower and enhance your life. Monday, March 30, 2015, 4:40-8:55 pm
Los Altos Library— Time/CBS News,
"People of the Century" (1999), 920.009People;
p. 18: Foreword by Dan Rather—

Poets are better than
reporters when communicating
a sense of the human condition.

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 1:00-2:42 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave.
Michael Dowse directs "What If" (2013) starring
Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, Megan Park, Adam Driver, Mackenzie Davis, Rafe Spall, Jordan Hayes; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Wallace & Chantry have
great chemistry and became best
friends— could they get married? Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 2:45-8:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave.
None of the Libraries (Santa Clara, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, Palo Alto) have Freeman Dyson's "Disturbing The Universe" (1981); Google Books
has it but is missing pp. 64-65: Trip to Albequeque

Feynman drove 70 mph in 35 mph zone,
got off paying ticket to highway patrol,
saying he's late to be married.

Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 2:45-8:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave.
Confucian Analects, Lunyu 7.8 (475 BC)— Confucius: "I only instruct the eager and enlighten the fervent."
(Confucius wouldn't teach Rudy & me after 3/29)

"If I hold up one corner and a student
cannot come back with the other three,
I do not go on with the lesson." Tuesday, March 31, 2015, 2:45-8:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center, 266 Escuela Ave.
After spotting "S" sign on sidewalk of South end of Mary Ave Bridge, Rudy & I couldn't find "N" sign on North end of Mary Ave Bridge near Homestead Ave

Knowing the South sign,
the other three corners are
known— North, East, & West.