Haikus: September 2017

HAIKUS: September 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.)
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Friday, September 1, 2017, 1:00-2:30 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave)
Pablo Larraín directs "Jackie" (2016) with Natalie Portman, Peter Sarsgaard, Greta Gerwig, Billy Crudup, John Hurt, Max Casella, Beth Grant, Richard E. Grant, Caspar Phillipson; John Carroll Lynch, Roland Pidoux, Aiden Weinberg, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Bio-drama of Jackie as
First Lady and her life
after JFK's assassination. Friday, September 1, 2017, 7:30-8:45 pm
Palo Alto: Quakers Friends Meeting House
(957 Colorado Ave); Took Bus #40 from Los Altos Library and changing to Bus #35 "at Showers Dr., ride to Colorado Ave and long 20 minutes walk to
Waverley Writers Poetry Reading; 16 poets came
to read poems (no meetings for summer July & August); Joel Katz gave me a ride home

Read two poems tonight—
"Seeing the Soul Everywhere" &
"Solar Eclipse: August 21, 2017".

Saturday, September 2, 2017, 11:40 am-4:50 pm
Los Altos Library: Free copies of "Fresh Hot Bread"
from Waverley Writers— Oct. 2011 ("Leo Villareal: Big Bang"); Oct. 2007 ("First Poem in Paris")

Oct. 2008 ("Orange" & "Courting Remembrance"); Oct. 1995 ("Ars Poetica");
Nov. 1994 ("Elephant Rock at Valley of Fire"). Saturday, September 2, 2017, 5:00-5:28 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd);
Shopping for this week's specials for Rudy
before taking 5:49 pm Bus #40 home

6 lbs black seedless grapes @ 88¢/lb
0.85 lb slender asparagus @ $1.98/lb;
green onions & red radishes @ 33¢.

Sunday, September 3, 2017, 12:36-6:10 pm
Los Altos Library: Typed poems "Ars Poetica" and
"Elephant Rock at the Valley of Fire State Park, NV"

Wrote these poems at 1993
CPITS Poet-Teacher Conference
Dorianne Laux & Calendar exercise. Sunday, September 3, 2017, 12:36-6:10 pm
Los Altos Library: Searching for Photo
of Elephant Rock (1, 2)

Can't find photo of Elephant Rock
with daisies in front as was
shown in the calendar photo.

Monday, September 4, 2017, 12:45-1:02 pm
Mountain View: 99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Rd);
Bus #40 (12:11 pm Rengstorff & 1:45 pm Showers Dr.)
& Bus #22 (12:26 & 1:26 pm Grant & El Camino Real)

Bean curd $2.49, firm tofu $1.09,
spinach wontons $1.99, eggs 99¢,
3 veggie buns @ 99¢, Lo Han Chai $2.19. Monday, September 4, 2017, 4:40-7:23 pm
Mountain View: Laundry (wash $1.50, dry $1);
A's on 20 straight: Looking back 15 years later (Martin Gallegos, Mercury News, 9-4-17, C1, C4)

15 years ago September 4, 2002—
Scott Hatteberg's homer in 9th inning
beat Royals 12-11, breaking AL win streak.

Tuesday, September 5, 2017, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford Theatre: Lloyd Bacon directs "Marked Woman" (1937) with Bette Davis, Humphrey Bogart, Lola Lane, Isabel Jewell, Mayo Methot, Eduardo Ciannelli, Rosalind Marquis, Jane Bryan, Allen Jenkins, John Litel, Ben Welden, Henry O'Neill, Kenneth Harlan; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 3);
(Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); Dewey prosecutes Luciano

Bogart plays district attorney
as Bette Davis summons courage
to testify against the top gangster. Tuesday, September 5, 2017, 9:15-11:05 pm
Stanford Theatre: Archie Mayo directs
"Black Legion" (1937) with Humphrey Bogart,
Dick Foran, Erin O'Brien-Moore, Ann Sheridan,
Joe Sawyer, Paul Harvey, Helen Flint, Clifford Soubier, Dick Jones, Samuel S. Hinds; (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); This 80-years old
movie reflects current bias on foreign workers

Based on May 1935 murder
in Detroit of Charles A.Poole
linked to KKK activities in 1920s.

Wednesday, September 6, 2017, 12:58-5:20 pm
Los Altos Library; Mountain View's green canopy of trees recovering from drought (City putting plenty of effort and money into maintaining its urban forest;
need to grow 11,000 newy trees in next 15 years);
(By John Orr, Mercury News, 8-27-2017, B12)
(Palo Alto has 35,000 trees; 29,000 on streets)

Mountain View has 26,000 trees
including 230 different species
of which 19,000 are street trees. Wednesday, September 6, 2017, 7:00-9:00
Stanford University: Geology Bldg 320, Room 105
Free SGS Summer Film Festival Philippe Lioret directs "Welcome" (2009) with Vincent Lindon, Firat Ayverdi, Audrey Dana, Olivier Rabourdin, Yannick Renier, Derya Ayverdi, Jean-Paul Comart;
(YouTube); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Rudy: film "10+"

17-year-old Iraqi Bilal learns
to swim across English Channel
to meet his girlfriend Mina but drowns.

Thursday, September 7, 2017, 7:30-9:35 pm
Stanford Theatre: Irving Rapper directs "Now Voyager" (1942) with Bette Davis, Paul Henreidt, Claude Rains, Gladys Cooper, Bonita Granville, John Loder, Ilka Chase, Lee Patrick, Franklin Pangborn, Katharine Alexander, James Rennie, Mary Wickes, Kenneth Harlan; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Away from her mom's dominance,
Bette Davis blossoms and falls in
love with Paul Henreid on cruise ship. Thursday, September 7, 2017, 9:45-11:00 pm
Stanford Theatre: Alfred E. Green directs "Baby Face" (1933) with Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook, Alphonse Ethier, Henry Kolker, Margaret Lindsay, Arthur Hohl, John Wayne, Robert Barrat, Douglass Dumbrille, Theresa Harris; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Attractive young woman
uses sex for financial gains
and to advance her career.

Friday, September 8, 2017, 11:00 am-1:00 pm
Sunnyvale:877 West Fremont Ave., Suite E-1
Dr. Kevin Jeworski took out tooth #31 after
15 minutes pulling and tugging; Paid $205

After surgery, friend drove to Mountain View
Senior Center Tech Room for printing poems
and then to Walgreens for chicken broth. Friday, September 8, 2017, 8:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Not much pain after anesthesia
worn off; Ibuprofen every 6 hours, changed gauze often and bit hard to stop excess bleeding

Chicken broth, slender asparagus,
green onions, tofu, crabmeat,
spinach, and egg-drop soup.

Saturday, September 9, 2017, 12:30-4:50 pm
Los Altos Library: Bookmarked two Cagney films
on Tuesday 9/12; First anniversary of friend Connie's
passing on 9-9-2016; Emailed her sons Kent & Erik—

Sent poems written by Cay and me
honoring Connie, and inquired on
scattering her ashes in the Redwoods. Saturday, September 9, 2017, 5:00-5:24 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd)
Left Library for Bus #40 to San Antonio & El Camino at 5:05 pm; Got 5:49 pm Bus #40 home

Raincheck: 3 Asian pears for $1.00;
Four bags of Terra Exotic Veggie
Chips @ $4.49 buy one get one free.

Sunday, September 10, 2017, 12:46-5:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Hold on e.e. cummings "73 Poems"
"HTML66-Poetry&Literature": James Richardson's Aphroism 66 in "Vectors 3.0: Even More Aphroisms"
& Henry Miller's "Art and Outrage (1961)—

"At sixty-six I am more rebellious
than I was at 16. Now I know the whole
structure must topple, must be razed.". Sunday, September 10, 2017, 5:30-6-03 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd)
& Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd); Left Library at 5:06 pm for Bus #40 arriving San Antonio & El Camino at 5:14 pm; Got 6:21 pm Bus #40 home

Raincheck: 2 lbs Roma tomatoes @ 49¢/lb;
Walnuts @ $3.99/lb; 32 oz Yogurt @ $1.54;
Five Tai Pei Egg Rolls & Potstickers @ $2.

Monday, September 11, 2017, 11:45 am-12:00 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (570 North Shoreline Blvd)
11:32 am Bus #34 to Shoreline; Got "Daily Post";
Caught in time 12:10 pm Bus #34 home

Gallon of Safeway Non-fat Milk $2.97;
Lucern Hazelnut Dairy Creamer $2.47;
4 Bananas for me & 7 for Rudy @ 49¢/lb. Monday, September 11, 2017, 1:49-7:55 pm
Los Altos Library: 9/8: Oakland beat Astros 9-8;
9/9: A's wins doubleheader against Astros 11-1
and 11-4; 9/10: A's sweep Astros winning 10-2

Astros with best American League record
swept in 4 games by mostly rookies A's
outscoring them 41-15 with 51 hits.

Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 7:30-9:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Raul Walsh directs
"Strawberry Blonde" (1941) with James Cagney,
Olivia de Havilland, Rita Hayworth, Alan Hale, Sr.,
Jack Carson, George Tobias, Una O'Connor,
George Reeves, Lucile Fairbanks, Nan Wynn;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Cagney marries sweetheart
but never forgets Strawberry Blonde
who captured his heart in his youth. Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 9:25-11:15 pm
Stanford Theatre: Raul Walsh directs directs "The Roaring Twenties" (1939), with James Cagney,
Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George,
Jeffrey Lynn, Frank McHugh, George Meeker,
Paul Kelly, Elisabeth Risdon, Edward Keane, Joe Sawyer; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Cagney and Bogart play
good and bad hoodlums
bootlegging in the roaring 20s.

Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 11:48 am-4:50 pm
Los Altos Library; Emailed Rudy's query on actresses from "Roaring Twenties" (Priscilla Lane & Gladys George) & "Strawberry Blonde" (Olivia de Havilland & Rita Hayworth); Indians win 20th in a row, match AL record for consecutive wins set by Moneyball A's ; (By R.J. Anderson, CBS Sports, 9-13-2017)

Corey Kluber threw 9 shutout innings
8 strike outs, no walks, 5 hits,
beating Detroit Tigers 2-0. Wednesday, September 13, 2017, 7:00-10:00 Stanford University: Geology Bldg 320, Room 105
Arashi T. Riahi directs "For a Moment, Freedom" (2008) with Navíd Akhavan, Pourya Mahyari, Elika Bozorgi, Sina Saba, Behi Djanati Atai, Payam Madjlessi, Kamran Rad; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4): Q&A with Director Riahi

Three Iranians groups
of refugees escaped to Turkey
hoping and waiting for asylum.

Thursday, September 14, 2017, 11:50 am-7:55 pm
Los Altos Library; Sales Shelves: "John Gould's Birds" (1981) ($50 for $15); 5-stars on Amazon; reviewer
"it's better than Audubon"; p. 147 "Grey Heron:
Adult birds with their young in the nest, 1865"
found in 40 birds paintings

John Gould was the leading
ornithology publisher in Britain
producing 3000 colored lithographs. Thursday, September 14, 2017, 11:50 am-7:55 pm
Los Altos Library: Wrote poem "Chandrasekhar's Monet Lecture: Memorable Date (7-25-1994) with Connie on the 1st Anniversary of Her Passing On";
Photos Memorial Auditorium, S. Chandrasekhar, "Truth and Beauty", His autograph on title page

Connie was surprised shaking hands
with a Physics Nobel Laureate
for his work on evolution of stars.

Friday, September 15, 2017, 1:00-3:02 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave)
Richard LaGravebese directs "Freedom Writers" (2007) with Hilary Swank, Patrick Dempsey, Scott Glenn, Imelda Staunton, John Benjamin Hickey, April Lee Hernández, Mario, Jason Finn, Kristin Herrera, Robert Wisdom; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Hilary Swank as Erin Gruwell
teaching inner-city kids in LA—
winning their trust and respect. Friday, September 15, 2017, 4:56-6:55 pm
Los Altos Library: Friend came to see paintings of Cathy Zander; She bought "Magner's Encyclopedia of the Horse" for $3 and "John Gould's Birds" for $15; 7:05 pm Bus #40 to CVS at 7:14 pm: $10 Free coupon for 120 tabs CVS Vitamin D3 $9.49 BOGO free and $3 Free coupon for Yuban Instant Coffee $2.88 (raincheck); Caught 7:39 pm Bus #40 home

Surprised CVS emailed me
two Free coupons this week—
saving $13 in vitamins & coffee.

Saturday, September 16, 2017, 11:00 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Library: Anselm Berrigan (Ed.), "What Is Poetry?: Interviews from The Poetry Project Newsletter (1983-2009)"; "Allen Ginsberg & Kenneth Koch; From a Conversation" (Oct./Nov. 1995); pp. 38-46; A.G. on work neglected by anthologists—

Christopher Smart, "Rejoice in the Lamb",
Edward Carpenter, "Towards Democracy",
Marsden Hartley (painter & poet),
"Lewiston Is a Pleasant Place" (1940). Saturday, September 16, 2017, 11:00 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Library: Anselm Berrigan (Ed.), "What Is Poetry?: Interviews from Poetry Project Newsletter (1983-2009)"; "Allen Ginsberg & Kenneth Koch; From a Conversation" (Oct./Nov. 1995); pp. 38-46; Koch on work neglected by anthologists—

Lord Byron, "Don Juan" (1819),
Edmund Spenser, "Faerie Queene" (1590),
Giorgio Baffo, John B. Wheelwright,
and David Schubert (1913-1946).

Saturday, September 16, 2017, 11:00 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Library: David Lehman (Ed.), Oxford Book of American Poetry (2006); John B. Wheelwright (1897-1940); (pp. 415-419) "Why Must You Know?", "There Is No Opera Like Lohengrin", "Train Ride", "A Poem by David McCord", "Would You Think?"—

Does he sound or the silence
make music? When no ripples pass
over watery trees; like painted glass
lying beneath a quiet lake— Saturday, September 16, 2017, 11:00 am-4:40 pm
David Lehman (Ed.), "Oxford Book of American Poetry" (2006); David Schubert (1913-1946); Poet recommended by Kenneth Koch & admired by John Ashberry; (pp. 588-592) "Peter and Mother", "Midston House", "Kind Valentine" (1936)—

She hugs a white rose to her heart—
The petals flare— in her breath blown;
She'll catch the fruit on her death day—
The flower rooted in the bone.

Sunday, September 17, 2017, 5:20-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: John Huston directs "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948) with Humphrey Bogart Walter Huston, Tim Holt, Bruce Bennett, Barton MacLane, Alfonso Bedoya, Arturo Soto Rangel, .Manuel Dondé, José Torvay, Margarito Luna; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Three men prospecting for gold
in Mexico with lurid bandits
ready to steal their share. Sunday, September 17, 2017, 7:30-9:40 pm
Stanford Theatre: John Ford directs directs "The Searchers" (1954), with John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood, John Quaken, Olive Carey, Henry Brandon, Ken Curtis, Harry Carey Jr., Antonio Moreno, Hank Worden; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

One of the greatest Westerns
with John Wayne searching for
his abducted niece Natalie Wood.

Monday, September 18, 2017, 11:30 am-4:40 pm
Mountain View: Friend takes me shopping at
99 Ranch Market (1850 Grant Rd) and
Walgreens (1905 West El Camino Real)

Firm tofu, Crisp broad beans,
Soy beans & bamboo shoots,
large eggs, cashews & pieces. Monday, September 18, 2017, 5:20-7:50 pm
Los Altos Library: Read with friend "The Man Who Changed His Name" on Saul's conversion to Paul in Dr. Jeworski's office (11 am); Sent quotes—

St. Paul's I. Corinthians 13:11-13
and Philippians 4:8, used as the title
of Krishnamurti's Think on These Things.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017, 4:55-5:12 pm
Mountain View: Smart & Final (141 East El Camino)
4:23 pm Bus #40 to Showers & El Camino; 4:34 pm Bus #22 & 5:29 pm Bus #22 at Grant Road back

Two Land-O-Frost Smoked Ham
(1 lb) @ $2.24 with 75¢ coupon—
savings over $4.99 regular price. Tuesday, September 19, 2017, 7:00-7:50 pm
Los Altos Library: e.e. cummings, "Complete Poems 1904-1962" (1991) Edited by George J. Firmage; Poem 66 from "95 Poems", p. 738

"but why should"
the / greatest / of
living magicians... call april).

Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 5:50-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: Michael Curtis directs "Four Daughters" (1938) with Prscilla Lane, Rosemary Lane, Lola Lane, Gale Page, Claude Rains, John Garfield, Jeffrey Lynn, May Robson, Frank McHugh, Dick Foran; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4

Lane Sisters and Gale Page
play prodigies in a musical family
disrupted with John Garfield's arrival. Wednesday, September 20, 2017, 7:30-9:15 pm
Michael Curtis directs "The Breaking Point" (1950), John Garfield, Patricia Neal, Phyllis Thaxter, Juano Hernandez, Wallace Ford, Edmon Ryan, Ralph Dumke, William Campbell, Victor Sen Yung; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Hawkes 1944 film To Have and Have Not
based on Hemingway's novel remade
with John Garfield instead of Bogart.

Thursday September 21, 2017, 1:14-2:06 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Registration Bldg
Paid $18.50 for LINC F066A01Y (CRN 22183)
"Using the Internet" (Sat. Oct. 7, 9 am-2:45 pm)

Smart Shop closed Sept. 21-22
to get update sticker for Fall 2017;
Al Guzman not in Teaching Learning Center. Thursday September 21, 2017, 2:30-7:50 pm
Los Altos Library: Email from Cynthia Haven on
"Another Look" Book Discussion: Sandor Marai's
"Embers" (1942) Wed. October 18 at 7:30 pm

"Eager beavers" of book discusion
have checked out both copies
of this book with four holds.

Friday, September 22, 2017, 1:00-2:44 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave)
Michael Grandage directs "Genius" (2016), with Colin Firth, Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Dominic West, Guy Pearce, Laura Linney, Vanessa Kirby, Makenna McBrierty; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Max Perkins who discovered
Fitzgerald and Hemingway,
now mentors Thomas Wolfe. Friday, September 22, 2017, 2:45-4:10 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave)
Thought the writer portrayed in the film was
Tom Wolfe who always wore a white suit. But it
was on Thomas Wolfe, an earlier writer during the
time of F. Scott Fitzgerald & Ernest Hemingway.

Thomas Wolfe (1900-1938) aged 37
wrote Look Homeward, Angel (1929);
Tom Wolfe (born March 2, 1931) age 86
wrote The Bonfire of the Vanities (1987).

Friday, September 22, 2017, 5:25-7:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: King Vidor directs (1949) "The Fountainhead", with Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Kent Smith, Robert Douglas, Henry Hull, Ray Collins, Moroni Olsen, Jerome Cowan; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)
Ayn Rand wrote screenplay based on her 1943 book
about society's rejection of architect's artistic vision

Gary Cooper & Patricia Neal
fell into a passionate love affair
while making The Fountainhead. Friday, September 22, 2017, 7:30-9:35 pm
Stanford Theatre: Elia Kazan, directs "East of Eden" (1955), with James Dean, Julie Harris,
Raymond Massey, Richard Davalos, Burl Ives,
Jo Van Fleet, Albert Dekker, Lois Smith, Timothy Carey, Nick Dennis, Barbara Baxley, Richard Garrick, Lonny Chapman, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Of the three films in which James Dean
played the male lead, East of Eden
is the only one he viewed in its enitirety.

Saturday, September 23, 2017, 11:09-11:15 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays
Frederic Chopin's "Grande Valse Brillante in Eb
Op.18 B.62" (1833); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Beautiful playing of Chopin's
"Grande Valse Brillante" by
Thibaudet at breakfast. Saturday, September 23, 2017, 12:30-4:50 pm
Los Altos Library: On Sale: Stirling Macoboy's "What Flower Is That?" (2000) for $5;
pp. 207-208: Globular flowers are Hydrangea

Platonic Lambda flowers in courtyard—
p. 67: Butterfly Bush is Buddleia,
p. 361: Houseleek is Sempervivum.

Sunday, September 25, 2017, 9:38 am-12:00 pm
Santa Clara: Hometown Buffet (2670 El Camino Real)
Karen picks me & Rudy up 9:10 am at my apt for breakfast; She saved Al Guzman a trip from San Jose; Used $5.99 breakfast coupons for the four of us; No time to invite our Foothill friends since we didn't know whether we'll see the movie "IT" at Cinelux Theatre,
or "Logan Lucky" At Shoreline Century 16 Cinema.

Scrambled eggs, 6 sausages, bacon,
3 potato triangle pancakes, beets, jello,
cantaloupes, and 2 chocolate milk. Sunday, September 25, 2017, 12:30-3:30 pm
San Jose: Cinelux Alamaden Café & Lounge
(2306 Almaden Rd.); Andy Muschietti directs "It" (2017) with Jaeden Lieberher, 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); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); We didn't like this horror film

Don't like the idea of clown
ubiquitous like God, more
powerful than all Superheroes.

Monday, September 25, 2017, 7:04-7:09 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Voices of Music plays
Johann Pachelbel's "Canon in D" (1706);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Hoyt Smith plays Pachelbel's
"Canon in D" as "One-Hit Wonder".
It's one of my favorite music. Monday, September 25, 2017, 11:59 am-7:30 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Scanned photo of Charlie Thom Red Hawk; Hammond's Flycatcher; Sweat Lodge

Old Mac with BBEdit 5.0 gone.
Will try BBEdit 11.6 on new Mac
to compose my HTML web pages.

Tuesday, September 26, 2017, 12:51-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Couldn't see Source Code on BBEdit 11.6 like at
Los Altos Library or Mtn View Senior Center

Finished August 8-31 Haikus
and September 1-4 Haikus
written in Yahoo Drafts. Tuesday, September 26, 2017, 12:51-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"When the clock struck 22:22..." (Coincidence?)
(By Eric Adelson, Yahoo Sports, 9-20-2017)

Casey Taub wore 22 as his soccer jersey;
He died of cancer at 16; His team
scored goal miraculously at 22:22.

Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 4:06-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Friend drives me to Safeway (580 Renstorff) to get $6.99 refund on overcharged pizza; to Public Storage for $310 October storage fees; to Mtn View Post Office for $90 yearly dues for Box 390707;

Got to Chase Parking Lot at 6:30 pm,
11 minutes late; but Rudy was not there
and never showed up at Stanford Theatre. Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017, 11:50 pm-1:13 am
Mountain View: CVS (2630 W. El Camino Real)
Checkout clerk's cashier register stuck 11:59 pm
so my $10 off Health coupon (expires 9/27) for
100 gels of Vitamin E ($8.99) Free didn't work

An hour leisurely walk home passing
Platonic Λ Pepper Tree on Latham, but
Bamboo Trees on Ortega Ave all gone.

Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 7:30-9:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: Curtis Bernhardt directs "Possessed" (1947) with Joan Crawford, Van Heflin, Raymond Massey, Geraldine Brooks, Jakob Gimpel, Stanley Ridges, John Ridgely, Moroni Olsen, Erskine Sanford; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Crawford goes to insane asylums
to study her role in this film—
hallucinating and hearing voices. Wednesday, September 27, 2017, 9:40-11:17 pm
Stanford Theatre: King Vidor directs "Beyond the Forest" (1949) with Bette Davis, Joseph Cotten, David Brian, Ruth Roman, Minor Watson, Regis Toomey, Dona Drake, Mary Servoss, Sarah Selby; (YouTube: 1, , 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Bette Davis as Rosa Moline plays
evil woman killing husband's friend
and aborts her baby to marry her lover.

Thursday, September 28, 2017, 11:58 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Wilbur adjusted Mac computer so the Source Code
can be viewed by going through Developer Window

Finished September 5-27 Haikus
written in Yahoo Drafts during
the summer, so it's almost complete Thursday, September 28, 2017, 11:58 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Bus #40 leaves at 7:22 pm, so need to leave before
7:30 pm closing time; otherwise get 7:52 pm Bus

Since WisdomPortal.com is not online,
edited "The Soul Must Remain Hidden" poem
so three photos will appear on the top of page.

Friday, September 29, 2017, 7:30-9:20 pm
Stanford Theatre: David Butler directs "Calamity Jane" (1953) with Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie, Philip Carey, Dick Wesson, Paul Harvey, Chubby Johnson, Gale Robbins, Francis McDonald,
Monte Montague, Bess Flowers; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3,
4, 5); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Musical explores alleged romance
between Calamity Jane (Doris Day)
and Wild Bill Hickock (Howard Keel). Friday, September 29, 2017, 9:30-11:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: Gordon Douglas directs "Young at Heart" (1955) with Doris Day, Frank Sinatra, Gig Young, Ethel Barrymore, Dorothy Malone, Elisabeth Fraser, Robert Keith, Alan Hale Jr., Lonny Chapman, Veda Ann Borg, Frank Faylen; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Remake of 1938 film "Four Daughters"
with Sinatra playing John Garfield's
negative attitudes toward life.

Saturday, September 30, 2017, 11:00 am-3:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Scanned Green Magnolia Leaf as comparison to
newly found Yellow Magnolia Leaf with veins

Scanner was not working
and the yellow Magnolia leaf's
color changed to brown a day later. Saturday, September 30, 2017, 11:00 am-3:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Scanned close-up of Hammond's Flycatcher from
printed color photo at 1200 dpi, but it was fuzzy.

Close-up of Bird in Hand
from original photo came out
clearer at 500x368 pixels, 72 dpi.