Haikus: July 2017

HAIKUS: July 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.

Saturday, July 1, 2017, 11:38 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Library: Emailed Rudy & Al Guzman
on time (8 or 9 am) to meet at my apartment Sunday
for breakfast at Hometown Buffet & film afterwards;
Emailed Jack to give for him at Library by 4:40 pm

Cinelux Almaden Café & Lounge
is showing "Wonder Woman"
film at 11:00 am & 2:15 pm Saturday, July 1, 2017, 11:38 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Library: Email William Cavada (2 pm)
on "What I want to learn in Adobe Photoshop 6.0?":
Wrap a label around bottle or container;
Photoshop 2.5 projects done years ago—

Timeliness; CPITS;
Postage Stamps on 80;
Loch Lomand Hike Photos.

Sunday, July 2, 2017, 9:28 am-12:30 pm
Santa Clara: HomeTown Buffet (2670 El Camino Real, Moonlit Plaza); Al Guzman picked me up at my apartment at 9:00 am in Mountain View, Rudy came & parked his car on my street; Al drove us for breakfast; Later we see "Wonder Woman" film at Cinelux Almaden Café & Lounge 2:15 pm for $6; Rudy treated Al for breakfast (my free Birthday coupon); I treated Al for film; Al invited Sinchai (Thailand) to join us at our table

Scrambled eggs, ten sausages,
two potato triangle crisps, bacon, jello,
cantaloupe chunks, two chocolate milk. Sunday, July 2, 2017, 2:15-5:00 pm
San Jose: Cinelux Almaden & Café & Lounge:
Patty Jenkins directs "Wonder Woman" (2017)
with Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright,
Connie Nielsen, David Thewlis, Danny Huston,
Elena Anaya, Lucy Davis, Saïd Taghmaoui,
Ewen Bremner, Eugene Brave Rock, Lisa Loven Kongsli; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4);
Film ratings: Al Guzman gave it 7, Peter 8, Rudy 10

Wonder Woman kills Ares, God of War,
who posed as Sir Patrick Morgan, to end
World War I and restores peace on earth.

Monday, July 3, 2017, 11:00 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Excercise 8: Organize Layers— Selected Sign with
Lasso Tool & made SignCropped(331x217).psd;
Dog & Background resized from 150 dpi to 72 dpi
DogLayer(946x612).psd; Pasted Sign on Dog to
make Dog&Sign(946x612).psd

Couldn't do above steps at Los Altos Library
Adobe Photoshop in 5 hours; Accomplished
on old Mac at Krause Center in 20 minutes. Monday, July 3, 2017, 11:00 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Excercise 8: Organize Layers: Old Mac can't access
Canvas; Moved to New Mac to finish this Exercise—
Word Labels "recycle", "conserve", "think green"
in Layers panel; Click New Group Icon; Name Folder Word Labels; Create Story Objects Folder—

Drag Dog & Sign Layers into
Story Objects Folder; Align Left Edges
Distribute Evenly; Resize & Save File.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017, 11:05 am-11:45 am
Mountain View: Neighbor Don Richards takes me
shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Avenue);
$10 off on $50+ purchase & $5 off on $50+ purchase

Salmon Fillets @ $2.50, Tai Pei Meals @ $2,
Deluxe Pizza $3.99, Pineapple Chunks @ $1.29,
Potato Chips @ $1.99, Galbani Cheese $2.99,
Spinach Salad $1.50, Potato Taters @ $1.72. Tuesday, July 4, 2017, 1:05 pm-3:10 pm
Mountain View: 1:16 pm Bus #40 & Bus #22
to Walgreens (1905 W. El Camino Real) 1:48 pm &
CVS (2630 W. El Camino) 2:20 pm; 3 pm Bus #40

4 Roasted Peanuts, 1 lb @ $1.99,
4 Unsalted Cashews 8 oz @ $2.50;
6 Wonderful Pistachios 8 oz @ $2.50,
GE Deluxe Mixed Nuts 17.5 oz @ $6.99.

Tuesday, July 4, 2017, 4:00 pm-1:30 am
Mountain View: Connie took me hiking on July 4,
with her passing, can't go hiking today since
the VTA buses don't run on July 4 holiday

Bus #81 to Cuesta Park,
Bus #34 to Eagle Park,
Bus #40 to Rhus Ridge. Tuesday, July 4, 2017, 4:00 pm-1:30 am
Mountain View: Stayed home to do laundry
& threw away bag of computer printouts (2000),
saved articles on brain, dates, numbers, & poetry

Wikipedia: History of Depression;
Healthline: History of Bipolar Disorder;
List of mentally ill modern era world leaders.

Wednesday, July 5, 2017, 8:47-8:57 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Vladimir Jurowski conducts Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Felix
Mendelssohn's "Hebrides Overture: Fingal's Cave,
Op. 26" (1832); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Mendelssohn's tone poem on
the Cave's loneliness & solitude
and movement of rolling waves at sea. Wednesday, July 5, 2017, 10:58 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Excercise 10: Select Object with Quick Selection
(Magic Wand); Arange images to float side by side;
Two dogs in the poster; Save as pychou_10.jpg

Use Quick Mask and Paint Brush
to cover the entire dog with Red Mask—
Prefer Quick Selection than Quick Mask.

Thursday, July 6, 2017, 11:06 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
HISTORY: Newly discovered photo suggests Amelia Earhart survived crash (Earhart landed on Marshall Islands; Photo shows woman resembling Earhart
and her navigator, Fred Noonan, on a dock)
(By Martha Ross, Mercury News, 7-6-2017, A1, A5)

Photo also shows a Japanese ship,
Koshu, in the background
towing Earhart's plane. Thursday, July 6, 2017, 11:06 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Excercise 11: Type Practice: Create Title Text,
and Create a Type Layout; Warp Text for Saturn
Poster; Word Poster for "Think-green, Thrive,
Clean-energy, Conserve, Re-use, Natural, Recycle"
Word Poster: "Insight, Inspiration, Illumination"

Did Exercise 11 in an half-hour on
Old Mac's Adobe Photoshop CS5,
rotating text 90^o counterclockwise.

Friday, July 7, 2017, 12:21 pm-4:45 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Excercise 12: Special Effects with Layer Styles—
Can't find Wood Panel in Photoshop; Located
one in Google Images, but couldn't make Pattern

Bauhaus Bold font 60 pts
not on Old Photoshop; texturized
to create "Wild Woodlands" text. Friday, July 7, 2017, 12:21 pm-4:45 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Excercise 13: Create & Fill a Text Box with Type—
"Baseball on Grass" & "Casey at Bat" text not in
Exercise 13 Folder; Found image & text in Google

Took an hour to get text around
"Baseball on Grass" that could
be typed in only five minutes.

Saturday, July 8, 2017, 9:36 am-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Excercise 14A: Create a Vector Path—
Couldn't put Stroke around the Path made
by the Pen Tool; Need to Flatten Layer?

Found Elliptical Path in Tool Box
to type "Saturn's rings are easily seen"
to upload "Saturn'sRingsCurvedPath.jpg" Saturday, July 8, 2017, 9:36 am-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Excercise 15: Type Mask Techniques—
Pattern Fill in Flying Geese; Grass Pattern Fill
in Think Green Poster; Warped Text in Waterfall

Impact Pattern Fill,
Think Green Grass Fill,
Watch Your Step Waterfall.

Sunday, July 9, 2017, 7:30-10:05 pm
Stanford Theatre: Morton DaCosta directs
"The Music Man" (1962) with Robert Preston,
Shirley Jones, Buddy Hackett, Paul Ford,
Hermione Gingold, Pert Kelton, Ron Howard,
Susan Luckey, Buffalo Bills, Erick Hanson;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Travelling salesman Harold Hill
tries to swindle River City people
in building a boys marching band. Sunday, July 9, 2017, 10:15-11:45 pm
Stanford Theatre: Joseph Pevney directs "Tammy and the Bachelor" (1957) with Debbie Reynolds, Leslie Nielsen, Walter Brennan, Mala Powers, Sidney Blackmer, Mildred Natwick, Fay Wray, Donna Lee, Craig Hill, Louise Beavers;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, full film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Tammy (Debbie Reynolds, died 84) falls in
love with victim (Leslie Nielsen, died 84)
of plane crash in Mississippi swamp lands.

Sunday, July 9, 2017, 11:37-11:59 pm
Palo Alto: Cal-Train & VTA Bus Depot;
"Tammy" movie ended at 11:45 pm, so had to leave
early to catch the 11:37 pm Bus #22, otherwise
I had to wait an hour for the next 12:40 am Bus.

Saw last 17 minutes of Tammy (7:03-7:20 pm)
and left Stanford Theatre at 11:30 pm,
running to catch Bus #22 just in time. Monday, July 10, 2017, 12:30 am-2:00 am
Mountain View: After half-hour walk home
on Rengstorff Ave & Central Expressway,
had dinner of Tai Pei Meals— Non-fat Milk,
Three Egg Rolls & Seven Potstickers fried.

Friend brought 12 bags of printouts
earlier in the afternoon which she
stashed in her trunk since May 17.

Monday, July 10, 2017, 11:07 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
While bookmarking "Tammy and the Bachelor" movie
noticed that Tammy (Debbie Reynolds) & Peter Brent (played by Leslie Nielsen) both died at same age of 84

While bookmarking "The Music Man" movie
noticed Robert Preston & Buddy Hackett had
long marriages of 46 and 48 years respectively. Monday, July 10, 2017, 11:07 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Excercise 16: Layer Styles & Blends; Add Artistry
to Type— Remove blemish, leaves & trash in Dog Photo; Remove blemish & spots in Girl Photo

Lesson 17: Use color tints
for Butterfly wings; Use Radial Blur
and History Brush on Peacock Photo.

Tuesday, July 11, 2017, 9:45 am-10:01 am
Mountain View: 9:32 am Bus #34 Hackett Ave
to shop at Safeway (570 North Shoreline Drive);
Caught 10:05 am Bus #40 back home in time.

Non-fat milk $2.97, 10 ct Danish $3.69,
ICBINB $3.49, Galbani String Cheese $2.99,
Signature Select Butterfinger Ice Cream $2.50. Tuesday, July 11, 2017, 11:34 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Lesson 18: Filter Recipe for Fire; Last Exercise in
Cavada's Online Photoshop Class (LINC-073-W)

Old Mac can't see Syllabus Exercise
Step-by-Step Info; New Mac hard to shrink
Photoshop window to see Instruction Info.

Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 12:09-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Visit Al Guzman at 6406 Division Admin. Office;
gave him Daily Post (July 8-12) & Stanford Theatre
"Warner Brothers" Movie Schedules Brochure

Since Spider Man: Homecoming shows
at 12:45 pm, Al will pick me up at 8 am
on Sunday for Hometown Buffet breakfast. Wednesday, July 12, 2017, 12:09-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Lesson 6: Submitted only one of four exercises
on June 30; Did other three exercises & uploaded—
B&W Dog to Color; Use Filter & Match Color

Six-hour Photoshop Class on June 24
changed to Online Class; Cavada gave me
two-weeks extension so I got it done on time.

Thursday, July 13, 2017, 12:00-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Rudy came to my apartment (9:20 am) and paid $21
for food bought at specials saving him over $20;
He's going to Lodi for repair jobs & can't make film

Al told me to email the Foothill gang
on 8:30 am breakfast at Hometown Buffet
& Spider Man movie at Cinelux Almaden. Thursday, July 13, 2017, 12:00-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
219th anniversary of Wordsworth's "Tintern Abbey" (July 13, 1798); Sent emails to relatives & friends
to share this great cosmic poem; Lines 100-102—

A motion and a spirit, that impels
All thinking things, all objects of all
thought, / And rolls through all things.

Friday, July 14, 2017, 11:31 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Today is 228th anniversary of "French Independence"
(Bastille Day); My favorite painting celebrating
"freedom" is Delacroix's "Liberté" at the Louvre

Delacroix's painting done in 1830
celebrates July Revolution of 1830
rather than Bastille Day of 1789. Friday, July 14, 2017, 11:31 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Fridtof Nansen postage stamps: Norway 397-398; Norway B5-B8; Norway B15-B18; Norway 287; Norway 1982; Germany Nansen; Quote—

1922 Nobel Laureate Fridtjof Nansen:
The difficult takes a little while;
the impossible a little longer.

Friday, July 14, 2017, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Mervyn LeRoy & Busby Berkeley
direct "Gold Diggers of 1933" (1933) with Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler,
Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, Ned Sparks, Ginger Rogers,
Etta Moten Barnett, Billy Barty; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Ginger played Gold Diggers 1933 before finding gold in Fred Astaire (1933-1939)

Busby Berkeley's "Waltz of the Shadows"
is an extravaganza dance production
in this pre-Code musical movie. Friday, July 14, 2017, 9:25-10:55 pm
Stanford Theatre: Lloyd Bacon & Busby Berkeley
direct "42nd Street" (1933) with Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler,
Dick Powell, Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Ginger Rogers, Ned Sparks, Allen Jenkins, Edward Nugent, Robert McWade, George E. Stone, Toby Wing;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Back-stage musical during depression era
as Ruby Keeler danced in "42nd Street"
as well as "Shuffle Off to Buffalo".

Saturday, July 15, 2017, 10:00 am-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Cousin Scott Chou came bringing
a bag of peaches; Found the old iPhone he gave me,
charged it up and tried to link me to YouTube but
the password didn't work for the iPhone Apps.

Scott said the iPhone will not
increase my AT&T bill, as it is linked
to her sister's account in Austin, Texas. Saturday, July 15, 2017, 3:00-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Scott came to Library to set me
up on the iPhone, Phoned Al Guzman and Scott;
Tried to connect me to YouTube but couldn't log in;
2017 Scott's Standard Postage Stamps Catalogues

Found Scott Catalogue numbers for
ten postage stamps in five catalogs
honoring Norwegian Fridtjof Nansen.

Sunday, July 16, 2017, 8:50 am-11:45 am
Santa Clara: HomeTown Buffet (2670 El Camino Real, Moonlit Plaza); Al Guzman picks me up at my apt for
breakfast; Rudy is in Lodi & can't come; Used $1 off breakfast coupon; Karen, former Foothill student came for breakfast & movie; Sinchai (Thailand) whom Al invited on 7/2 recognized us, & came to sit at our table;
EMT Director Dave Huseman joined us for movie

Scrambled eggs, 8 sausages, bacon,
potato triangle, beets, spinach, jello,
cantaloupe chunks, two chocolate milk. Sunday, July 16, 2017, 12:30-3:45 pm
San Jose: Cinelux Almaden & Café & Lounge:
Jon Watts directs Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) with Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Tyne Daly, Marisa Tomei, Robert Downey Jr., Laura Harrier, Jacob Batalon; (You Tube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4);
We all gave this Marvel Comics Movie a "10"

High school kid Peter Parker
is Spider-Man; He prevents Toomes
selling advanced weapons to criminals.

Sunday, July 16, 2017, 4:00 pm-5:00 pm
San Jose: After the "Spider Man" movie, Al drives Karen and I back to Santa Clara "Hometown Buffet"; Karen offers to drive me home since she lives in Palo Alto as Al lives in San Jose; Karen checks her iPhone & says it's a heat wave of 99^oF in Palo Alto, & only 70^oF in Pacifica & wants to go to ocean to cool off; Al declines & I suggest we wait for Rudy to go there

It takes 90 minutes to go to Pacifica
in Asilomar, but Karen says it's only
45-minutes drive to beach from Palo Alto. Sunday, July 16, 2017, 6:00-7:15 pm
San Mateo: Mori Point (a bluff next to the Pacific Ocean): Mori Point Trail; BA Hiker; GGNRA;
Since I completed identifying Scott Catalog #s for 10 Nansen stamps Saturday, need not go to Los Altos Library and decided to go to Pacifica with Karen; Steep decline to ocean is 644 feet or 286 steps;
After hike, Karen takes me to Rockaway Beach where white waves clashed up to the broadwalk

Beautiful view of Pacific Ocean
from Mori Point after an hour
climb to the top of the hill.

Monday, July 17, 2017, 11:29 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Fridtof Nansen postage stamps: Bosnia Serbia 225;
Bosnia Croatia 259; Bosnia Hercegovina 683;
Chad souvenir sheet; Mozambique souvenir sheet;
Guinea souvenir sheet; Romania 2006 postcard—

Joint Stamp Issues: 12 countries
issuing stamps commemorating
150th birthday of Fridtof Nansen. Monday, July 17, 2017, 11:29 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Web page on Fridtof Nansen postage stamps; inspired by his quote: "The difficult takes a little while; the impossible a little longer." (Scott #s for Chad, Guinea, Mozambique, Romania, needed)

Arctic Explorer Fridtjof Nansen:
14 countries have issued stamps
and souvenir sheets honoring him.

Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 9:38 am-10:08 am
Mountain View: Neighbor Don Richards takes me
shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Avenue);
$10 off on $50+ purchase & $5 off on $50+ purchase

Creamers @ $2.49, Pizzas @ $3.49, Milk $2.97,
Tai Pei Meals @ $2, Nonni's Biscotti @ $2,
I Can't Believe It's Not Butter @ $2.99. Tuesday, July 18, 2017, 11:27 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Karen sends photos of Mori Point hike
and Waves at Rockaway Beach on Sunday

Web page on Nansen postage stamps—
28 stamps & souvenir sheets from
14 countries & writing preface.

Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 1:00 pm-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
More Fridtjof Nansen stamps & souvenir sheets:
Chad SS; Chad 2010; Mali 2011 SS; Congo 448; Guinea 8368; Guinea 8372; Mozambique 2226

Web page honoring Fridtjof Nansen
has 26 stamps, 8 souvenir sheets,
and a Romanian postcard issue. Wednesday, July 19, 2017, 1:00 pm-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Karen's photos of Mori Point & Rockaway Beach;
Took 33 photos at Mori Point Hike (5:28-6:58 pm)
& 11 photos at Rockaway Beach (7:06-7:19 pm)

Formatting 44 photos of Sunday July 16
hike uphill to Mori Point and excursion
to Rockaway Beach for clashing waves.

Thursday, July 20, 2017, 11:42 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Found Nansen's "impossible" quote in my Diary
(11-29-1966); Wrote another Nansen quote from
1931 edition of "Living Philosophies" (10-5-1966)—

"What is needed is the feeling of solidarity and
love pervading all our actions and thoughts.
We should remember that love and tolerance
are the most beautiful trees in the forest." Thursday, July 20, 2017, 11:42 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Complete formatting 44 photos of Sunday 7/16
hike to Mori Point and to Rockaway Beach
Some favorite photos of Sunday's adventure—

Windswept Cypress Tree,
View of Bluff & the Ocean,
Buttons on Gnarly Old Tree,
Rocks, Bluff, & Ocean Waves.

Friday, July 21, 2017, 7:30-9:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alan Crosland directs "Don Juan"
(1926) with John Barrymore, Jane Winton, John Roche,
Warner Oland, Estelle Taylor, Montagu Love, Josef Swickard, Willard Louis, Nigel De Brulier, Hedda Hopper, Myrna Loy, Mary Astor, Helene Costello;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

John Barrymore plays Don Juan
seducing long parade of women
with film-record of 127 kisses. Friday, July 21, 2017, 9:40-10:50 pm
Stanford Theatre: William A. Wellman directs "Other Men's Women" (1931) with Grant Withers, Mary Astor, Regis Toomey, James Cagney, Fred Kohler, J. Farrell MacDonald, Joan Blondell, Lillian Worth, Walter Long; (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); Rudy gave "10" to film

Womanizer Bill moves in his
longtime friend Jack's house
and falls in love with his wife.

Saturday, July 22, 2017, 10:00 am-2:45 pm
Mountain View: Stayed home to throw away bag
of newspapers and half bag of printouts; Sorted
more topics to store in Priority Mail envelopes—

Cosmology, Philosophy, Paranormal,
People, Foothill Summer NOVA, Art,
HTML, Singularity, Stanford Lectures. Saturday, July 22, 2017, 3:14-4:50 pm
Los Altos Library: Rudy emailed that Al Guzman
will pick me up at 9 am for breakfast at Hometown Buffet and movie at Cinelux Almaden Theatre

Emailed Al and Rudy on times
of movies at Cinelux Almaden
& film reviews at Rotten Tomatoes.

Sunday, July 23, 2017, 9:26 am-12:00 pm
Santa Clara: HomeTown Buffet (2670 El Camino Real, Moonlit Plaza); Al Guzman picked me up at my apt at
9 am in Mountain View for breakfast; Rudy joined us;
Used $5.99 breakfast coupon; "War for Planet of the Apes" had 3.5-stars rating and starts at 12:15 pm; "Dunkirk" had 4-stars rating & starts at 1:40 pm; Suggested we relax and see "Dunkirk" movie

Scrambled eggs, eight sausages,
bacon, grape tomatoes, beets, jello,
cantaloupe chunks, two chocolate milk. Sunday, July 23, 2017, 1:40-4:00 pm
San Jose: Cinelux Almaden & Café & Lounge:
Christopher Nolan directs "Dunkirk" (2017) with Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance, Tom Hardy; (You Tube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Rudy gave it a "10"

Germany invaded Belgium on May 10
and Paris on June 14; Dunkirk evacuation
May 26-June 4, 1940 rescued 300,000 troops.

Monday, July 24, 2017, 11:58 am-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
SPORTS | Purdy: My five most magical moments
(By Mark Purdy, SJ Mercury News, 7-16-2017)

U.S. beats Russia 1980 Olympics Hockey;
Montana to Taylor wins 1989 Super Bowl;
Gibson's homer beats A's 1988 World Series. Monday, July 24, 2017, 11:58 am-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Are 2017 Warriors best team in Bay Area history?
(By Daniel Brown, SJ Mercury News, 6-25-2017)

1. 1989 49ers 14-2, Playoffs: 3-0;
2. 2017 Warriors 67-15, Playoffs 16-1;
3. 1984 49ers 15-1, Playoffs 3-0

Monday, July 24, 2017, 7:30-9:00 pm
Stanford Theatre: William A. Wellman directs "Pubic Enemy" (1931) with James Cagney, Jean Harlow, Edward Woods, Joan Blondell, Donald Cook, Leslie Fenton, Beryl Mercer, Robert Emmett O'Connor, Murray Kinnell, Mae Clarke, Junior Coghlan;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. 6); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

James Cagney as gangster Tom Powers
kills his way to the top; Shoves half
a grapefruit into Mae Clarke's face. Monday, July 24, 2017, 9:10-10:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: Mervyn LeRoy directs "Little Caesar" (1931) with Edward G. Robinson, Douglas Fairbands Jr., Glenda Farrell, William Collier, Jr., Sidney Blackmer, Ralph Ince, Thomas E. Jackson, Stanley Fields, Maurice Black, George E. Stone; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Edward G. Robinson as hoodlum Rico
ascends the ranks of organized crime
until he reaches its upper echelons.

Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 11:56 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Left 16 GB USB with 11 months of work on Mac
as I rushed for 5:57 pm Bus #40 yesterday;
Found today still in back of Mac computer.

Lost 12 GB USB on August 28, 2016
at Los Altos Library containing
16-months of work without backup. Tuesday, July 25, 2017, 11:56 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Yesterday ants were crawling all over the desk
and onto the keyboard and computer screen;
Swiped over 60 ants to the floor continuously.

Wilbur sprayed pesticides
to get rid of the ants after
Krause Center Lab closed.

Wednesday, July 26, 2017, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave):
Vincent Gomez: South Bay Community Orchestra—
Bach, "Jesu, Joy of Mans Desiring"; Haydn, 2nd movement "Surprise Symphony 94"; Beethoven, "Ode
to Joy"; Brahms, "Variations on a Theme by Haydn"

Tchaikovsky, "Pathetique Symphony 6 Themes";
"Mancini Medley"; "Pirates of the Carribean";
Saint-Saens, "Bacchanale: Samson & Delilah". Wednesday, July 26, 2017, 3:00 pm-4:30 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave):
Sean Sutherland, piano soloist plays W.A. Mozart,
Piano Concerto 21 (1785) (2nd & 3rd movements);
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); "Elvira Madigan" (1967 film);
Wurlitzer Piano used; 2016 Van Cliburn: 1, 2

Orchestra took up 2/3 of the room
with 60 in audience squeezed to
the wall and many left standing.

Thursday, July 27, 2017, 11:25 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Format 5 photos of July 26 Concert at Mtn View
Senior Center: Sean Sutherland at Piano,
Sean Sutherland Plays Mozart

Sean Sutherland and Orchestra,
South Bay Community Orchestra,
Conductor Vincent Gomez & Orchestra. Thursday, July 27, 2017, 11:25 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Colorful 8-page brochure from Collector Guild, Ltd.
offering Salvador Dali's color lithographs (1978) 650 prints limited edition @ $475; 39 years later—

"Dream of Freedom",
"The Pilgrim's Journey",
"Wealth, Fame, and Love" $1200.

Friday, July 28, 2017, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Theatre: Lloyd Bacon directs "Footlight Parade (1933) with James Cagney, Joan Blondell,
Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Farnk McHugh, Ruth Donnelly, Guy Kibbee, Hugh Herbert; Claire Dodd, Gordon Westcott, Arthur Hohl, Paul Porcasi, Billy Barty; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Cagney produces musical prologues
"Honeymoon Hotel", "By a Waterfall",
and "Shanghia Lil" with great success. Friday, July 28, 2017, 9:15-10:35 pm
Stanford Theatre: Lloyd Bacon directs "Picture Snatcher" (1933) with James Cagney, Ralph Bellamy, Patricia Ellis, Alice White, Ralf Harolde, Robeet Emmett O'Connor, Robert Barrat,
G. Pat Collins, Tom Wilson, Arthur Vinton; (YouTube: 1,2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

After leaving prison, Cagney
quits gang, and becomes reporter
snatching photos for news headlines.

Saturday, July 29, 2017, 10:00 am-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Throwing away magazines;
Saved— "An Interview with Keith Ekiss" from
"Leland Quarterly", Winter 2009, pp. 24-26
What poems are or have been important to you?—

Joy Harjo: "New Orleans" & "Santa Fe",
Naomi Shihab Nye: "Yellow Glove",
Tess Gallagher: "Under Stars",
Lorine Niedecker: "Paen to Place" Saturday, July 29, 2017, 4:10-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library: Tony Thomas & Jim Terry,
"The Busby Berkeley Book" (1973), pp. 65-71—
"By a Waterfall" is one of the most staggering
pieces of musical fantasy ever realized on film—

an elaborate aquacade of 100 girls,
led by Ruby Keeler, performing
kaleidoscopic patterns in the water
and climaxing in a huge human fountain.

Sunday, July 30, 2017, 7:30-9:00 pm
Stanford Theatre: Noel M. Smitj directs Clash of the Wolves (1925) with Rin Tin Tin, Charles Farrell, June Marlowe, Heinie Conklin, Will Walling, Pat Hartigan, Guy Kibbee; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Silent film with Dennis James at the Wurlitzer organ.

German shepherd Rin Tin Tin
stars as Lobo in this silent film, saved by
Charles Farrrell & becomes man's best friend. Sunday, July 30, 2017, 9:10-10:50 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alan Crosland directs "The Jazz Singer" (1927) with Al Jolson, Warner Oland, Eugenie Besserer, May McAvoy, Otto Lederer, Richard Tucker, Yossele Rosenblatt, Robert Gordon; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

First sound film with
six songs performed
by jazz singer Al Jolson.

Monday, July 31, 2017, 9:42-9:58 am
Mountain View: 9:32 am Bus #34 Hackett Ave
to shop at Safeway (570 North Shoreline Drive);
Caught 10:10 am Bus #40 back home in time.
11:13 am Bus #40 to Old Middlefield Road
for $310 August rental fee at Public Storage

Vanilla Yogurt $1.54, Bananas @ 69¢/lb,
Signature Kitchens Potato Taters $1.72,
Value Corner Non-fat Milk $2.97. Monday, July 31, 2017, 1:06-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"FOOD: California farms produce a lot of food—
but what and how much might surprise you"
(By Kurt Snibbee, Mercury News, 7-30-2017, D8)
(CA 77,500 farms produce 400+ commodities,

and 2/3 of the nation's fruits & nuts;
1. Milk & cream, 2. Almonds, 3. Grapes,
4. Cattle, 5. Lettuce, 6. Strawberries.