Haikus: August 2017

HAIKUS: August 2017

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.

Tuesday, August 1, 2017, 11:26 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Took screen shots of performances on YouTube
for photos on "Sean Sutherland Plays Mozart" page

YouTube performances listing conductors &
performers were selected instead of postings
with anonymous orchestras or performers. Tuesday, August 1, 2017, 11:26 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Assembling photos of #66 for friend's birthday—
King's Highway 66; "Sixty Six" film; Building 66

U.S. Route 66 Sign,
Messier 66 Spiral Galaxy,
Quadra Rose with 66 petals.

Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 10:30 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Assembling photos of #66 for friend's birthday—
Haydn's Symphony #66; Offenbach's Opera "Le 66"

Hiroshige's 100 Views of Edo
Woodcut #66: "Kojimachi & the
Benkei Moat at Soto Sakurada". Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 10:30 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Assembling photos of #66 for friend's birthday—
66 Card Game; Phillips 66; Route 66 TV Show

Atomic #66: Dysprosium,
U.S. 66¢ Wedding stamp,
U.S. 66¢ Butterfly stamp.

Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 10:30 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Assembling photos of #66 for friend's birthday—
Motel 66, Needles, CA; Santa Monica 66 Sign

Composed Happy Birthday Cathy
web page with eight images
relating to number 66. Wednesday, August 2, 2017, 10:30 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Best By Number: Who Wore What With Distinction (2006), p. 173; #66 Mario Lemieux; Kevin Gogan;

Larry Little of Miami Dolphins,
Ray Nitschke of Green Bay Packers,
Clyde "Bulldog" Turner of Chicago Bears.

Thursday, August 3, 2017, 9:56 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Assembling photos of #66 for friend's birthday—
Amtrak 66 Train; CargoNet CD66 Locomotive

Douglas B-66 Destroyer,
Sherman T-66 Tank, Helicopter 66,
USS America (CV-66) Aircraft Carrier. Thursday, August 3, 2017, 9:56 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Assembling photos of #66 for friend's birthday—
IRT 66th Street Lincoln Center; W 66th Street Sign;

66th Street Manhattan,
66 Rue de Seine Hotel, Paris,
66-Story Au Tower, Gold Coast, Australia.

Friday, August 4, 2017, 12:04-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Assembling photos of #66 for friend's birthday—
Scanned Stanford Plaque 66 & Thomas Mangelsen's
card "9 Bald Eagles in Spruce Tree"; At age 66—

Disraeli published first novel Lothar (1870),
Rousseau wrote Reveries of a Solitary Walker,
Michelangelo painted The Last Judgment (1541). Friday, August 4, 2017, 6:00-6:15 pm
Mountain View: After getting cash at Wells Fargo,
shopped at Walgreens (1905 West El Camino Real)
Dozen of large eggs $1.29; Manzanita Olives 99¢;
Walgreen 24 Alkaline Batteries @ $12,99 BOGO.

Went to Los Altos Library (4:23-4:40 pm)—
Emailed Foothill crowd for Sunday breakfast
followed by 1:15 pm movie Atomic Blonde.

Saturday, August 5, 2017, 11:20 am
Mountain View Post Office is only one open on
Saturday (9 am-2 pm); Took Bus #40 & Bus #35
to get here, and mail Cathy's birthday card of
Mangelsen's "November Snows— Bald Eagles"

Told postal clerk to postmark carefully
"August 5, 2017" on lower left corner
of stamp, but she did it upside-down. Saturday, August 5, 2017, 10:57 pm & 5:20-5:32
Mountain View: Walmart (600 Showers Drive)
to purchase four 60 watts light bulbs $3.27;
Went to Los Altos Library (12:20-4:50 pm);
Sprouts Farmers Market (630 San Antonio Rd.)

Green onions 50¢,
2 lbs Raw almonds @ $3.99/lb,
2 lbs Dried apple rings @ $4.49/lb.

Sunday, August 6, 2017, 5:05-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Max Reinhardt & William Dieterle direct "A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) with Olivia de Havilland, Jean Muir, Dick Powell, Ross Alexander, James Cagney, Mickey Rooney, Joe E. Brown, Victor Jory; Anita Louise, Ian Hunter, Grant Mitchell, Frank McHugh; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

In this Shakespearean play,
James Cagney turns into a donkey,
and is surprised he's really a man. Sunday, August 6, 2017, 7:30-9:45 pm
Stanford Theatre: Michael Curtiz directs "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942) with James Cagney,
Joan Leslie, Walter Houston, Richard Whorf, Irene Manning, George Tobias, Rosemary DeCamp, Jean Cagney, Eddie Foy Jr. S.Z. Sakall, Douglas Croft; (YouTube: 1,2, 3, 4, 5); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

One of my favorite films—
Cagney wins 1942 Academy Award
playing song-writer George M. Cohan.

Monday, August 7, 2017, 9:37-9:47 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Itzhak Perlman plays violin, Daniel Bareboim conducts Berlin Philharmonic in Ludwig van Beethoven's "Romance for Violin #2 in F major,
Op. 50" (1798); CD; (YouTube: Perlman, Heifetz, Mintz, Vengerov, Capuçon, Anne-Sophie Mutter)

Great violinist & conductor
playing Beethoven's soothing
Romance for Violin #2 at breakfast. Monday, August 7, 2017, 11:30 am
Palo Alto: Stanford Theatre Marquee—
James Cagney & Joan Leslie: "Yankee Doodle Dandy" & James Cagney & Olivia de Havilland:
"A Midsummer Night's Dream"; New Posters: Betty Davis, "The Letter" & Errol Flynn, "Robin Hood"

Forgot to bring my camera yesterday
for marquee of Yankee Doodle Dandy.
Today's trips on busses took two hours.

Monday, August 7, 2017, 12:55-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Assembling photos of #66 for friend's birthday—
U.S. 4765 "Yes I Do", 66¢ stamp (issued 4-11-2013);
DDR B20 "Chorus" 50 pf+16 pf (issued 6-14-1950)

European Route 66
is a west-east route 405 miles long
running through Italy, Austria, and Hungary. Monday, August 7, 2017, 12:55-6:30 pm
"TRAVEL: Top 10 places to travel in August"
(By Jackie Burrell, Mercury News, 8-6-2017, F8)
1. The Amazon, 2. Hallstatt, Austria, 3. Botswana, 4. Brazil, 5. British Columbia, 6. Angkor Wat

7. Riviera Maya, Mexico, 8. Costa Rica,
9. Great Barrier Reef, Australia,
10. Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Tuesday, August 8, 2017, 9:59 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Assembling photos of #66 for friend's birthday—
France 0.66 Euro (issued 1-11-2014) honoring
500th anniversary of Anne of Brittany's death

French Polynesia 66 fr. stamps—
1995 Pearls, 1989 Legends,
1995 Loti's Wedding. Tuesday, August 8, 2017, 9:59 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Web page "On Number 66" for friend's birthday—
"Archaeologists discover 66 statues of Sekhmet";
Age 66— Colonel Sanders started KFC (1956)

Frank Lloyd Wright inspected Bear Run
(1934) & designed "Falling Water"
(1935-1937) over waterfall.

Wednesday, August 9, 2017, 9:30 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Typing in Microsoft Word: HTML66-Geography
(2008 Poem for Robert Bly: Notes on "Aha Moment");
Poems at 32nd Foothill Writing Conference 2008—
"Name Acrostic"; "Orange" (Notes);
Al Young's "Words & Music Vignettes"

Al likes to know instructions
poet-teachers gave to students
at Foothill Writing Conference. Wednesday, August 9, 2017, 9:30 am-6:30 pm
Foothill Krause Center: HTML-66: Geography
Section #61-69— U.S. Route 66; Beginning & End
of Route 66; California State Route 66; Phillips 66;
King's Highway 66; IRT 66th St. Lincoln Center;
West 66th Street, Manhattan; 66th Street,
Manhattan; 66 Rue de Seine Hotel, Paris—

Benny Goodman, Andy Warhol,
and Ulysses S. Grant all lived
on 66th Street, Manhattan.

Thursday, August 10, 2017, 12:00-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Last day Foothill Computer Labs open until
Fall Quarter begins on September 25

45 days without Mac computer
to compose web pages
using BBEdit 5.0. Thursday, August 10, 2017, 12:00-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
HTML-66: Books, Music, Films; Section #75-90:
Bach's "Cantata 66" and Offenbach's "Le 66"

"(Get Your Kicks on) Route 66"
American Television drama Route 66,
Rothschild's 66 Ways God Loves You.

Friday, August 11, 2017, 7:30-9:45 pm
Stanford Theatre: Michael Curtiz directs "Sea Hawk" (1940) with Errol Flynn, Brena Marshall, Claude Rains, Donald Crisp, Flora Robson, Alan Hale Sr., Henry Daniell, Una O'Connor; James Stephenso n, Gilbert Roland, Montagu Love, William Lundigan, Ju;oem Mitchell; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Errol Flynn is swashbuckling privateer
on eve of the Spanish Armada
defending the Bristish Isle. Friday, August 11, 2017, 9:55-11:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Michael Curtiz directs
"The Sea Wolf" (1941) with Edward G. Robinson,
Ida Lupino, John Garfield, Alexander Knox,
Gene Lockhart, Barry Fitzgerald, Stanley Ridges,
David Bruce, Francis McDonald Howard Da Silva,
Frank Lackteen; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Edward G. Robinson plays a brutal
Captain Wolf Larsen of Ghost Ship
based on Jack London's novel.

Saturday, August 12, 2017, 2:00-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Sent 6 emails to friends
about free movies at Stanford Geology Bldg 320 on
Wednesday at 7:00 pm with discussions afterwards

Rudy will like these movies
on refugees and immigration since
it was the theme of his Anthropology class. Saturday, August 12, 2017, 2:00-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Sent 6 emails to friends
with interesting news stories: "OP-ED: Stop
with the selfies and experience wonder"—

TRAVEL: Top 10 places to travel in August,
ANIMALS: Praying Mantis eat little birds,
MUSIC: Glen Campbell Dies at 81.

Sunday, August 13, 2017, 8:52 am-11:45 am
Santa Clara: Hometown Buffet (El Camino Real)
Al Guzman picks me up 8:30 am at my apartment for breakfast; Rudy is in Lodi & can't come; Used $1 off breakfast coupon; We go to Cinelux Alamaden Café
for 1 pm showing of Atomic Blonde, but they're not playing it anymore despite listing on their web site.
Al drives to Costco to buy $8.50 discount tickets.

Scrambled eggs, 6 sausages, bacon,
3 potato triangle pancakes, jello,
cantaloupes, 2 chocolate milk. Sunday, August 13, 2017, 2:30-4:45 pm
Century Cinema 16 (1500 N. Shoreline Blvd.)
David Leitch directs Atomic Blonde (2017) with
Charlize Theron, James McAvoy, John Goodman,
Til Schweiger, Eddie Marsan, Sofia Boutella,
Toby Jones, Bill Skarsgârd., James Faulkner, Roland Moller; (You Tube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Spy finding list of double agents
smuggled into the West on eve
of collapse of Berlin Wall in 1989.

Monday, August 14, 2017, 12:18-5:23 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Computer Room 6402
Email Al Guzman: Poem "Aha Moment" (5-6-2008) with Robert Bly (Notes); HTML66-Sports:

Fred Sedgman wins 66th Men's Wimbledon;
Jack Kramer wins 66th U.S. Open Tennis;
Billy Casper wins 66th U.S. Golf Open. Monday, August 14, 2017, 12:18-5:23 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill Computer Room 6402
Typing in Microsoft Word: HTML66-Sports
66th Horse-Racing Winners—

Gallahadion wins 66th Kentucky Derby,
Whirlaway wins 66th Preakness Stakes,
Peace Chance wins 66th Belmont Stakes.

Tuesday, August 15, 2017, 9:50 am-10:24 am
Mountain View: Neighbor Don takes me shopping at
Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave.); Told him it will
take me 30 minutes; $5 off on $50+ purchases

10 Salmon fillets @ $1.75, 2 pizzas @ $3.50,
2 Mt. Olives pickles @ $2.66, 2 Lucerne dairy
creamers @ $1.79, 3 Lucerne yogurts @ $1.54,
5 Quaker Instant oatmeals @ $2. Tuesday, August 15, 2017, 12:55-5:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College TLC Center
"Poem Every Day by Canberra Youth Theatre
uses Joshua Bell's poetry" (By Ron Cerabona,
Canberra Times, 8-14-20170—

Violinist Joshua Bell writes a poem
every day for a month which he
self-publishes in 3 volumes of 'zines.

Tuesday, August 15, 2017, 7:30-9:00 pm
Stanford Theatre: Mervyn LeRoy directs
"Hard to Handle" (1933) with James Cagney,
Mary Brian, Allen Jenkins, Ruth Donnelly,
Claire Dodd, Robert McWade; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Cagney as con-artist organizing
a crooked dance marathon with
girlfriend winning the prize money. Tuesday, August 15, 2017, 9:10-10:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Roy Del Ruth directs "Taxi" (1932) with James Cagney, Loretta Young,
George E. Stone, Guy Kibbee, Leila Bennett,
Dorothy Burgess, David Landau;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Cagney is free-spirit taxi driver
organizing cabbies against
a gangster monopoly.

Wednesday, August 16, 2017, 1:26-5:05 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College TLC Center; Emailed
Rudy 1:48 to meet at Chase 5:40 for Stanford movie;
Typed in Word: HTML66-Bible&Philosophy #116-121
"Philokalia" (4th-15th century AD), Saint Hesychios the Priest (7th century): "On Watchfulness: Text 66"— "As the fruit begins with the flower, so practice of ascetic life begins with self-control"; Evagrios the Solitary (345-399 AD): "On Prayer: Text 66"—

If you long to pray, do nothing that
is opposed to prayer, so that God
may draw near and be with you. Wednesday, August 16, 2017, 7:00-10:15 pm
Stanford University: Geology Bldg 320, Room 105,
Missed 5 films 6/28-8/2 on Refugees & Immigration
SGS Summer Film Festival: Vishal Bhardwaj directs "Haider" (2014): with Shahid Kapoor, Tabu, Shraddha Kapoor, Narendra Jha, Irrfan Khan, Kay Kay Menon, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Lalit Parimoo, Ashish Vidyarthi, Aamir Bashir; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); (Film Reviews: 1, 2)

Haider returns to Kashmir
to avenge his father's death
with his uncle & mother as suspects.

Thursday, August 17, 2017, 11:33 am-5:05 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College TLC
Typed in Microsoft Word: HTML66-Bible&Philosophy:
Verse 66 Ch. 7 & 9 in Santideva's "Bodhicaryavatara"; Koan 66 of Joshu; Chapter 66 of Koran; Saint Hesychios the Priest, "On Watchfulness and Holiness" from The Philokalia (4th-15th century AD), p. 174—

As the fruit begins with the flower,
so the practice of the ascetic life
begins with self-control. Thursday, August 17, 2017, 11:33 am-5:05 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College TLC
Typed in Word: HTML66-Poetry&Literature:
E. Dickinson, Poem 66; Shakespeare, Sonnet 66;
Verse 66 of "Rubáiyát" of Omar Khayyam;
Lines 66-69 of Pearl Poet—

Towards the woods I turned my face,
Where splendid rocks I could descry.
None could believe aught could supply
Such gleaming glory to the sight;

Friday, August 18, 2017, 10:45 am-2:00 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave)
Printed poems from Foothill Writing Conference
"Betty Carter Blues" & Notes; "Entering the Dark Ark" & Notes; "Orange" & Notes; "Name Acrostic"; "Words & Music Vignettes" Los Altos Library (3:10-5:25 pm):
Typed in Word: HTML66-Bible&Philosophy #116-121:
"Sir Gawain & Green Knight" & Seung Sahn's Koan #66 from "The Whole World Is a Single Flower" (1992)

Al wants to see my poems from
Foothill Writing Conferences
and exercises from instructors. Friday, August 18, 2017, 6:50-9:45 pm
Redwood City: Redwood Downtown 20 Cinema (825 Middlefield Rd.), Movie showing at 6:50 pm;
Matt Reeves directs "War for the Planet of the Apes" (2017): with Andy Serkis, Woody Harrison, Steve Zahn, Karin Konval, Amiah Miller, Terry Notary, Ty Olsson, Michael Adamthwaite, Aleks Paunovic, Gabriel Chavarria; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Men and apes fight
for survival of their species
as Caesar battles tne Colonel.

Saturday, August 19, 2017, 1:14-4:50 pm
Los Altos Library: Typed in Microsoft Word:
HTML66-Bible&Philosophy— Section 66
of Chu His & Wang Yang Ming; Verse 66
of Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" & "Hua Hu Ching";
Pythagoras "Golden Verses" 66—

And by the healing of thy soul,
thou wilt deliver it from
all evils, from all afflictions. Saturday, August 19, 2017, 1:14-4:50 pm
Los Altos Library: HTML66-Poetry&Literature:
Kay Ryan's "The Best of It", Poem 66; "Paired Things"; Jane Hirshfield's "Women in Praise
of the Sacred", Poem 66: Marguerite Porete,
"Beloved, what do you want of me?"—

I contain all that was, that is, and shall be,
I am filled with the all.
Take of me all you please—

Sunday, August 20, 2017, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: William Wyler directs "The Letter" (1940) with Bette Davis, Herbert Marshall, James Stephenson, Frieda Inescort, Gale Sondergaard, Bruce Lester Elizabeth Inglis Cecil Kellaway, Sen Yung; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
"The Letter" Poster displayed in front of Theatre

Woman kills man claiming
self-defense to protect her honor,
but the letter tells he's her lover. Sunday, August 20, 2017, 9:25-11:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Michael Curtiz directs "Mildred Pierce" (1945) with Joan Crawford, Jack Carson, Zachary Scott, Eve Arden, Ann Blyth, Butterfly McQueen, Bruce Bennett, Lee Patrick, Moroni Olsen, Veda Ann Borg; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Crawford wins Best Actress Oscar
playing mother making sacrifices
for her bratty scheming daughter.

Monday, August 21, 2017, 2:48-6:30 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave.)
Typed in Word: HTML66-Poetry&Literature #138a: 66th Verse in "Rumi Daylight" (Translated by
Camille & Kabir Helmminski, 1999, p. 49)

We are bees, and our bodies are
the honeycomb: we have made the body,
cell by cell, like beeswax. Monday, August 21, 2017, 2:48-6:30 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave.)
Typed in Microsoft Word— Poem: "Seeing the Soul Everywhere" with 9 photos arranged in 3 columns
Five photos from Mountain View Parks & Streets

It began with the Walking Man—
Giacometti's sculpture showing
the Platonic Lambda (Timaeus 35b)

Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 7:30-9:35 pm
Stanford Theatre: Raoul Walsh directs "Captain Horatio Hornblower" (1951) with Gregory Peck, Virginia Mayo, Robert Beatty, Terence Morgan, Moultrie Kelsall, James Robertson Justice, Denis O'Dea, Alec Mango, Richard Hearne, Michael J. Dolan, Stanley Baker, Christopher Lee;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Swashbuckling naval film
as Gregory Peck falls in love with
Virginia Mayo when she boards his ship. Tuesday, August 22, 2017, 9:45-11:05 pm
Stanford Theatre: Tay Garnett directs "One Way Passage" (1932) with William Powell, Kay Francis, Aline MacMahon, Frank McHugh, Warren Hymer, Frederick Burton, Mike Donlin; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); 1932 Oscar for Best Original Story; Film remade (1940) as 'Til We Meet Again" (Merle Oberon & George Brent).

She's dying & he's sentenced for murder
as they fall in love on a ocean-liner
heading for San Francisco.

Wednesday, August 23, 2017, 1:50 pm-3:30 pm
Mountain View: 1:40 pm Bus #34 from Escuela to Kaiser Hospital for annual fasting blood test (2 pm);
Changed appointment with Dr. Diego Chang from Thursday to Monday 8/28, 11 am; Mtn View Senior Center (11:45 am-1:18 pm): Typed #66 from Chang Tsai, Cheng Hao, Cheng I, Hekiganroku Koan #66

Should have walked to Train Depot
for Bus #34 home instead of taking
Bus #35 & Bus #40 that took longer. Wednesday, August 23, 2017, 6:02 pm-7:10 pm
Mountain View to Stanford University to see"Mirage" at Geology Corner; 6:02 pm Bus #40 (Rengstorff) to Showers Dr.; 6:25 pm Bus #522 to Palo Alto Medical; 6:50 pm Palm Exp Bus to Quad; Karen calls to me at Memorial Quad & we walk to Geology Bldg; 15 minutes late for film

Stanford Shuttle buses not running in
summer; Karen gave me ride home,
saved two hours walking & bus trip.

Wednesday, August 23, 2017, 11:45 am-1:18 pm;
5:12-5:45 pm: Mountain View Senior Center Tech Room (266 Escuela) with trip to Kaiser Hospital;
Typed in Word: HTML66-Bible&Philosophy—
Section #66 in Chang Tsai, Ch'eng Hao, Ch'eng I; Hekiganroku Koan #66 ; Swedenborg, "World in Space", Ch. 66; Dante, "Paradiso" I.64-66—

The eyes of Beatrice were all intent
On the eternal circles: from the sun,
I turned aside; I set my eyes on her. Wednesday, August 23, 2017, 7:00-7:45 pm
Stanford University: Geology Corner, Bldg 320, Room 105, SGS Summer Film Festival: Srdjan Keca directs "Mirage" (2011): (YouTube: 1);
(Film Review: 1, 2); Missed 15 minutes of 45-minutes documentary film; Karen didn't want to
stay for after-film discussions & drove me home

Oil-rich Dubai with high-rise
towers in sand-storm desert,
and the architecture is atrocious.

Thursday, August 24, 2017, 9:40-9:49 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: John Williams conducts
Boston Pops in Alexander Borodin's
"String Quartet #2" (1881), "Nocturne in D";
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Chemist by day, Composer at night,
Borodin wrote "And This My Beloved"
that became a big hit in the billboards. Thursday, August 24, 2017, 10:45 am-9:00 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave)
Friend tells about upcoming trip to Tasmania;
Tasmania postage stamps; Tasmanian Devil,
Jersey Devil, Tasmanian Tiger

Found 10 Tasmania postage stamps
with "Sock-on-the-Nose" cancels
of dates from the early 1900s.

Friday, August 25, 2017, 7:30-9:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: William Wellman directs "Track of the Cat" (1954) with Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Diana Lynn, Tab Hunter, Beulah Bondi, Philip Tonge, William Hopper, Carl Switzer; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4,
full film); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Haunted by legend of ferocious panther,
two brothers trekked in the snow
to kill the wild beast. Friday, August 25, 2017, 9:30-11:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Raoul Walsh directs "Pursued" (1947) with Robert Mitchum, Teresa Wright, Judith Anderson, Dean Jagger, Alan Hale, Sr., John Rodney, Harry Carey, Jr., Clifton Young; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Robert Mitchum was a child
when his parents were murdered
and vows vengeance when he recalls.

Saturday, August 26, 2017, 1:20-4:10 pm
Los Altos Library: Barry Stone, "1001 Walks You Must Take Before You Die" (2015), $31 for $8; p. 794: Philosopher's Walk, Kyoto, Japan, 1.2 miles
(1 hour walk), named after Kitaro Nishida

In springtime along the canal,
cherry tree blossoms turn
the trail to pink and white. Saturday, August 26, 2017, 1:20-4:10 pm
Los Altos Library: Todd Tietchent (Ed.), "New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge" 2nd Edition; $35 for $3; 031New2011; 1320 pp. (paragraphs on facts worthwhile knowing; p. 715 on Hinduism—

Moksha: "freedom" or "liberation"
breaking away from egotism to realize
one's true self is identical as Brahman

Sunday, August 27, 2017, 7:30-9:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Raoul Walsh directs "High Sierra" (1941) with Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino, Alan Curtis, Arthur Kennedy, Joan Leslie, Henry Hull, Henry Travers, Cornel Wilde, Bogart's Dog Zero played "Pard"; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Bogart is "Mad Dog" Roy Earle—
an aging con-artist, tough & nasty,
but with a soul of nobility. Sunday, August 27, 2017, 9:30-11:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Raoul Walsh directs "They Drive by Night" (1940) with George Raft, Ann Sheridan, Ida Lupino, Humphrey Bogart, Gale Page, Alan Hale Sr., Roscoe Karns, John Litel, George Tobias; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Raft and Bogart play Fabrini brothers,
struggling truck drivers with good & bad
girls played by Ann Sheridan & Ida Lupino.

Monday, August 28, 2017, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Mountain View: Kaiser Permanente (555 Castro St.)
Yearly check-up with Dr. Diego Chang; Got four 0-Refill medications; Janine gave me ear-wash
to remove wax buildup.

Walked to Mountain View Train Depot
for 1 pm Bus #34; Took wrong Google
Red Line Bus & wasted 40-minute ride. Monday, August 28, 2017, 3:40-7:50 pm
Los Altos Library: Came here instead of Mtn View
Senior Center because fences around Rengstorff Park add 40-minutes walks plus additional
20-minutes walk home.

Finished bookmarks on Sunday films
at Stanford Theatre— High Sierra &
They Drive By Night with Humphrey Bogart.

Tuesday, August 29, 2017, 7:30-9:25 pm
Stanford Theatre: Raoul Walsh directs "Gentleman Jim" (1942) with Errol Flynn, Alexis Smith, Jack Carson, Alan Hale Sr., John Loder, William Frawley, minor Watson, Ward Bond, Madeleine Lebeau,
Rhys Williams, Arthur Shields, Dorothy Vaughan;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Bank teller Jim Corbett
becomes boxer and beats
John L. Sullivan for championship. Tuesday, August 29, 2017, 9:35-11:17 pm
Stanford Theatre: Michael Curtis directs "Kid Galahad" (1937) with Edward G. Robinson, Betty Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Wayne Morris, Jane Bryan, Harry Carey, William Haade, Ben Welden, Joseph Crehan, Veda Ann Borg, Frank Faylen; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Bellhop becomes boxer and
falls in love with manager's
sister and stirs his wrath.

Wednesday, August 30, 2017, 12:00-6:05 pm
Los Altos Library: Al Guzman starts work at Foothill College on Sept. 5, and can't go to the Oakland A's & Los Angeles Angels baseball game Sept. 6, 12:35 pm; Emailed others to see if they're interested in going.

Bookmarked boxing films at Stanford Theatre
Gentleman Jim & Kid Galahad
seen with Rudy yesterday. Wednesday, August 30, 2017, 12:00-6:05 pm
Los Altos Library: "Sean Connery Smiles as US Open Plays James Bond Theme in his Honor during Rare Appearance" (Yahoo Celebrity,
8-30-2017); Solar Eclipse postage stamps

U.S. #5201 Solar Eclipse,
Eclipse stamps 1990-2001
Eclipse stamps with catalogue #s.

Thursday, August 31, 2017, 2:00-8:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave);
Composing poem: "Solar Eclipse: August 21, 2017"
with 9 postage stamps on total solar eclipse.

536,000 cars entered Wyoming
a few days before the total eclipse
to drink in this nature's splendor. Thursday, August 31, 2017, 2:00-8:45 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave);
Green Lion Eats the Sun; News of previous solar eclipses across the U.S.

Solar eclipse of June 8, 1918 crossed
from Washington State to Florida, similar
to the ribbon rolling across U.S. this time.