Haikus: January 2018

HAIKUS: January 2018

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.

Monday, January 1, 2018, 1:01-1:39 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Gil Shaham plays violin as Claudio Abbado conducts Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra in Johannes Brahm's Violin Concerto in D Op 77 (1878); CD; (YouTube: Gil Shaham; Itzhak Perlman; David Oistrakh; Sayaka Shoji)

This piece was premiered
in Leipzig, Germany, exactly
39 years ago on January 1, 1879. Monday, January 1, 2018, 3:00-11:50 pm
Mountain View: Mountain Citations in the Bible from
"Complete Concordance to the Bible: New King James Version" Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1983; Exodus 24:18— "and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights"; Leviticus 25:1 "mount Sinai"

154 Mount (pp. 663-664);
200 Mountain (pp. 664-665);
235 Mountains (pp. 665-666).

Tuesday, January 2, 2018, 1:10-6:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Emailed Theresa thanking her
for Holiday Greetings Card with photos of her,
Lee, and Joanna; also tiny oval pinched penny
of "Hiram M. Chittenden Locks" Centennial
that was built in Seattle 1911-1917

Sent Thomas D. Mangelsen's
cute photo "December Ermine"
as New Year's Greetings Card. Tuesday, January 2, 2018, 1:10-6:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Typed Thomas H. Johnson's
"Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson" (1960),
"Mountain" in Poem 666: (p. 331), Poem 667
(pp. 331-332), Poem 722 (p. 354), Poem 757 (p. 371), Poem 975 (p. 456), Poem 1278 (p. 558)

Poem 757 and Poem 1278
with mountain citations were not
in the Index of Completed Poems.

Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 3:45-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Left my 8 GB purple Lexar USB
yesterday on computer #14; They showed me a cup
with around 8 USBs; a Lexar USB was wrapped around a yellow Post-It with 1/3/18 written on it.

Thanks God my lost USB was found—
all my work since 8/28/2016 was on it,
months compiling Numbers "66" & "96". Wednesday, January 3, 2018, 6:00-7:15 pm
Mountain View: Grocery Shopping at Sprouts
(630 San Antonio Rd.) & Safeway (645 San
Antonio Rd.); Caught 7:39 pm Bus #40 home

Signature Select Instant Oatmeal @ $1.80;
2 pints 6 oz. Blackberries @ 98¢;
3.77 lbs Navel Oranges @ 33¢/lb;
120 tablets Magnesium Citrate $13.07.

Thursday, January 4, 2018, 11:15 am-1:00 pm
Mtn View: Bamboo Garden (108 N. Rengstorff)
Stella & Gary Franklin whom I've not seen since
Mom's death 12/25/2005 invited me for lunch

Steamed pork buns (Hsiao-Lun-Bao);
Pan-fried noodles with shrimp;
Hot and sour soup. Thursday, January 4, 2018, 1:40-7:55 pm
Los Altos Library: Typed Harold Bayley's "The Lost Language of Symbolism" 1912: Mountain Symbolism in Chapter III: The Ways of Ascent (pp. 32-54)

In Allegory, hills or mountains
frequently imply Meditation
and Heavenly Communion.

Friday, January 5, 2018, 1:00-2:40 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave)
Jonathan Teplitzky directs "Churchill" (2017) with
Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, John Slattery, James Purefoy, Julian Wadham, Danny Webb, Jonathan Aris, Richard Durden, Ella Purnell; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 ); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Churchill in trouble with wife Clementine;
Opposed Eisenhower's Normandy Invasion;
Persuaded King George VI to lead troops. Friday, January 5, 2018, 7:30-8:30 pm
After "Churchill" movie, Bus #35 to Kaiser for Humulin vial that had 0-refill on Monday; Went to Wells Fargo for cash (Sunday breakfast & movies); 6:21 pm Bus #35 to Colorado Ave.; 22-minutes walk to Friends Meeting House for Waverley Writers Monthly Poetry
Reading; 14 poets came; Joel Katz gave me ride home.

Read two poems tonight—
"Playground at Grandma's Place"
& "Platonic Lambda Λ Business Cards".

Saturday, January 6, 2018, 11:35 am-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library: Typed "Mountain" passages from "Nine Mountains:Dharma-Lectures of
Korean Meditation Master Ku San", Seoul (1978)

The bright moon shining
on Chogye Mountain is
the brightness of my mind. Saturday, January 6, 2018, 11:35 am-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library: Graham White (Ed.), "Sacred Summits: John Muir's Greatest Climbs" 1999; p. 80:
"Mountains holy as Sinai. No mountains so alluring."

"The mountains are calling and I must go."
John Muir's Letter to Sarah Galloway,
3 September, 1873.

Sunday, January 7, 2018, 11:00 am-12:45 pm
Rudy picks me up at my apt at 10:30 am for breakfast at Hometown Buffet (2670 El Camino Real, Santa Clara); Went to Santa Clara Library (Opens 1 pm) 2635 Homestead Rd., Santa Clara to get map directions to Almaden Theatre 2306 Almaden Rd, San Jose (13 minutes, 9.6 miles); Al drives there in 10 minutes. Took Rudy 3 hours to get there! Went in opposite directions on I-280.

Stopped by 7-11 Shop & Luna's Mufflers
for directions; finally got there at 4 pm.
The movie started 4:15 pm. Sunday, January 7, 2018, 4:15-6:15 pm
San Jose: Cinelux Almaden Café & Lounge
(2306 Almaden Rd.);Michael Gracey directs "The Greatest Showman" (2017) with Hugh Jackman,
Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, Rebecca Ferguson, Zendaya, Keala Settle, Sam Humphrey, Paul Sparks, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Natasha Liu Bordizzo, Gayle Rankin, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Rudy gave movie a "10+"; I rated it a "9".

P.T. Barnum brings Jenny Lind
on tour as Swedish Nightingale
so his show is not all about freaks.

Monday, January 8, 2018, 10:30 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Great to work on Mac with BBEdit for HTML again
when Krause Center was closed for 17 days during
Winter Break; Typed in Word at Los Altos Library

Wrote 22 haikus from December 23
to January 1, using Microsoft Word
typed notes on "Mountains" citations. Monday, January 8, 2018, 1:35-6:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Despite rain, checked out books: Michael Daly, "Topsy" (2013) 791.3209Daly and
Howard V. Chaykin, "Barnum! in Secret Service
to the USA" (2003) 741.5973Chaykin

Topsy is about an elephant
electrocuted by Thomas A. Edison;
Other is a comic book on Barnum vs. Tesla.

Tuesday, January 9, 2018, 10:30-10:42 am
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Library
Checked out "The Colossal P.T. Barnum Reader" (2005) & "Seven Daughters of the Theater" (1981)

Perhaps these two books
will have more infomation on
P.T. Barnum and Jenny Lind. Tuesday, January 9, 2018, 10:30-10:42 am
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Wrote 16 haikus January 2-9, 2018 today
so my Haikus entries are up to date.

Felix Mendelssohn wrote passionate
love letters to Jenny Lind entreating her
to join him in an adulterous relationship.

Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 9:01-9:22 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Anton Steck conducts Musica Antiqua Köln in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's
"Eine kleine nachtmusik in G K.525" (1787); CD; (YouTube: Anton Steck; Karl Bohm; Werner Stiefel; Alexis Hauser; Nobuyuki Tsujii)

While writing opera Don Giovanni
Mozart stepped away from his piano
and wrote "Eine kleine Nachtmusik". Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 11:00 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"KDFC Classical All-Stars Top 100 Countdown": Voting Deadline Extended to January 15; KDFC 2017 Top 100: 1) Beethoven's "Symphony #9"; 2) Dvorak's Symphony #9; 3) Schubert's Symphony #9

My choices: 1) Zipoli: Elevazione;
2) Albinoni: Adagio in g minor;
3) Massenet: Thais: Meditation.

Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 11:00 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Hilary Hahn plays violin as Gustavo Dudamel conducts Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra in Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's "Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216" (1787); for Pope Benedict XVI's 80th birthday (4-16-2007) CD; (YouTube)

My favorite violinist Hilary Hahn
& favorite conductor Gustavo Dudamel
play Mozart for the Pope's 80th birthday. Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 11:00 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Mountains Cover with Matterhorn photograph;
Mountain Contents with Mt. Ladakhi & Japan 222
Mt. Fuji postage stamp images; Symbolism, Bible, Quotes, Essays, Mythology, Books, Art, Music, Poetry, Photos, Postage Stamps, Resources

515,000,000 "Mountains" hits in Google;
31,300 "Mountain Symbolism" in Google;
Will "Mountain Contents" climb to the top?

Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 11:00 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Music on Mountains: John Denver's "Rocky Mountain High" (1972); Denver testified before Congress that the "high" in his song is not about drugs, but elation seeing Perseid meteor showers.
Song certified Gold: sales of 500,000 downloads

Rocky mountain high
It's Colorado rocky mountain high
I've seen it rainin' fire in the sky. Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 11:00 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Rodgers & Hammerstein's "Climb Every Mountain" (1959) is from their musical "The Sound of Music".
It was sung by Mother Abbess to encourage people
to take every step towards attaining their dreams.

Climb every mountain
Ford every stream
Follow every rainbow
Till you find your dream.

Thursday, January 11, 2018, 10:57 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
First learned about P.T. Barnum from 1952 Topps
trading cards "Look-'n-See"; Card #24: Barnum
& Bailey Circus was the greatest show on earth.

Finished reading 49 pages in
"Seven Daughters of the Theater" (1964)
about "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind. Thursday, January 11, 2018, 10:57 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
After seeing movie "The Greatest Showman"
on Sunday with Rudy, checked out books to learn
everything about P.T. Barnum and Jenny Lind.

Eduard Magnus 1846 portrait
of soprano Jenny Lind (page 102);
Lind on 50 Kronor Swedish banknote.

Thursday, January 11, 2018, 10:57 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Author Edward Wagenknecht (1900-2004) of
"Seven Daughters of the Theater" (1964) lived
to 104 years old. Typed chapter on Jenny Lind

Web links made to famous poets,
artists, writers, and politicians
who witnessed Jenny Lind singing. Thursday, January 11, 2018, 10:57 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Modest Mussorgsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" (1867) on witches' sabbath occurring on St. John's Eve, was revised by Rimsky-Korsakov (1886)

Leopold Stokowski's version,
specially produced for Walt Disney's
1940 film Fantasia made this tune famous.

Friday, January 12, 2018, 8:11-8:19 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Alice Sara Ott plays piano to Ludwig van Beethoven's "Rage over a Lost Penny
in G Op.129" (1798); CD; (YouTube: Evgeny Kissin; Grigory Sokolov; Alfred Brendel; György Cziffra; Josef Hofmann: Natalie Schwamova)

Anton Schindler gave this title—
a favorite with audiences and
performed as a show piece. Friday, January 12, 2018, 9:55 am-12:50 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave)
"KDFC Classical All-Stars Top 100 Countdown": Voting Deadline Extended to January 15; KDFC 2017 Top 100: 1) Beethoven's "Symphony #9"; 2) Dvorak's Symphony #9; 3) Schubert's Symphony #9

Voting again: 1) Zipoli: Elevazione;
2) Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana;
3) Shostakovich: Jazz Suite: Waltz.

Friday, January 12, 2018, 1:00-3:00 pm
Mountain View Senior Center (266 Escuela Ave),
Ava DuVernay directs "Selma" (2014) with
David Oyelowo, Tom Wilkinson, Carmen Ejogo, André Holland, Tessa Thompson, Giovanni Ribisi, Lorraine Toussaint, Stephan James, Common; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)
1965 Selma after "I Have a Dream" speech (1963)

This movie focused on King's 54-mile
march from Selma, Alabama to the state
capitol Montgomery, March 7-25, 1965. Friday, January 12, 2018, 5:30-6:20 pm; 8:45-9:03 pm
Mountain View: Too late to go to Krause Center closing at 6:30 pm; After friend drove me home,
walked to Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave.) to buy $30+ groceries for $3 off; Got 6:33 pm Bus #40 home;
Went to Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd) for 2.78 lbs Roma Tomatoes @ 68¢/lb; Almond Nut Thins @ $3.99 BOG2 Free ($1.34 each); Got 9:13 pm Bus #40 home

2 Frozen large cooked shrimps @ $9.98/2 lbs;
4 International Delight creamers @ $2.49;
3 Lucerne strawberry yogurt @ $1.48.

Saturday, January 13, 2018, 12:02-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library: Typed "Mountain" passages
from Veronica Ions, History of Mythology (1999);
Mount Alburz: Persian Cosmic Mountain and
Mount Meru, Hindu's sacred mountain

Over a period of 800 years Mount Alburz,
the Persian cosmic mountain, grew
until its peak touched the sky. Saturday, January 13, 2018, 12:02-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library: Typed "Mountain" passages
from Arthur Cotterell and Rachel Storm,
"Ultimate Encyclopedia of Mythology" (2012);
Mythical Mountains & China's Sacred Peaks

Tai Shan's summit is reached by climbing
"Stairway to Heaven", consisting of about
7000 steps lined with shrines & temples.

Sunday, January 14, 2018, 11:40 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Rudy's 1/13 email at 2:24 pm
on his class assignment is "What is religion?
Whether it's all in the brain & mental thoughts."
Typed 5 pages of quotes from this book for Rudy—

Rudy never read this book he checked out
that we're to discuss: Newberg & Waldman,
"How Enlightenment Changes Your Brain". Sunday, January 14, 2018, 11:40 am-6:00 pm
Emailed Rudy to consult OED for definition of religion & source of usage; If can't acess online, consult 26-volumes OED hard copies on library's reference shelves; 1st usage 1200; Sent Rudy 4 OED definitions

Longfellow's Kavanagh, xvi.78 (1849)—
The memory of that mother had
become almost a religion to her.

Sunday, January 14, 2018, 11:40 am-6:00 pm
Emailed Rudy on "Religion" from Enlightened Masters: Remembered my reading about Jiddu Krishnamurti on "What Is a Religious Man" from Laura Huxley's "This Timeless Moment" (1968).

Typed up passage from the book to share
in "Wisdom Stories" on my web site that's
archived on Internet's Wayback Machine. Sunday, January 14, 2018, 11:40 am-6:00 pm
Emailed Rudy on "Religion" from Enlightened Masters: Typed chapters from Paul Brunton's "Discover Yourself" (1939); "A Message from Arunachala" (1936); "Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga" (1941)

"Religion" is derived from Latin word
meaning "to bind". That which binds
man with God is religion.

Monday, January 15, 2018, 10:40-10:55 am
Mountain View: Safeway (570 N. Shoreline Blvd)
10:30 pm Bus #34 for 15 minutes shopping
and catching 11:05 am Bus #34 home

Signature Select Tater Tots @ $1.80;
Silk Almond & Coconut Milk @ $2.00;
Value Corner Gallon Nonfat Milk @ $2.38. Monday, January 15, 2018, 2:10-4:50 pm
Mountain View: Laundry of bed sheets, 6 towels,
pajama top & bottom, pants, 8 shorts, T-shirts, socks;
$1.75 wash (42 minutes) & $1.00 dry (48 minutes)

Sorted through Poems 2017 for
Richard & Arlene (PA) and Deborah (NV)
who mailed to me Holiday Greetings cards.

Tuesday, January 16, 2018, 9:22 am-12:00 pm
Mountain View: Phoned DMV Santa Clara
(1-800-777-0133) for appointment to update my
CA ID for change of address since 2014 move

Lots of callers with hour & 15 minutes wait;
Option to leave my phone # so they'll call
back, but they never did or left message. Tuesday, January 16, 2018, 2:22-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Typed up 14 Haikus (January 12-16) in BBEDit
for HTML, unavailable because Krause was closed

Assembled two books Poems 2017
with spine on spacious table
at Foothill Krause Center.

Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 1:58-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Added Sweden 50 kronor banknote & 1 kronor
1975 stamp on Jenny Lind to her web page

Found P.T. Barnum Card #24 from
1952 Topps Look 'N See trading cards—
first encounter with Greatest Showman. Wednesday, January 17, 2018, 7:45-7:58 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd) to buy
Specials for Rudy: Almond Nut Thins @ $3.99 BOG2
Free ($1.34 each); Caught 8:08 pm Bus #40 home

Organic broccolette 98¢;
Blueberries (18 oz) @ $2.98;
3 Almond Thins (BOG2 free)@ $1.34.

Thursday, January 18, 2018, 1:45-1:58 pm
Los Altos Post Office (221 Main Street)
Vincente mailed packages of Poems 2017,
Class Notes; Hike Photos for Deborah

Media rate packages @ $2.63
to Richard & Arlene (PA),
and Deborah Oakley (NV). Thursday, January 18, 2018, 4:30-5:00 pm
Cupertino Podiatry: 10353 Torre Ave., Suite C
Dr. Adam S. Howard trimmed toe nails too thick to cut
with nail clippers or scissors (came here 7-7-2016)

16 minutes drive on Hwy 101,
CA-85, I-280 to DeAnza Blvd,
Pacifica Drive to Torre Ave.

Friday, January 19, 2018, 9:56 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Composing web page on P.T. Barnum typing from
James W. Cook's "Colossal P.T. Barnum Reader"

Los Altos Library yesterday (7-8 pm)
Typed pages 152-153 on Jenny Lind
from Colossal P.T. Barnum Reader Friday, January 19, 2018, 9:56 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"People, A Volume of the Good, Great, Eccentric Who Illustrate the Admirable Diversity of Men" (1957)

Add paragraph on "The Greatest Showman"
from above book to web page
on Phineas Taylor Barnum.

Friday, January 19, 2018, 9:56 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Harold Bayley, Lost Language of Symbolism (1912)
Chapter IV: The Ways of Ascent shows on page 39
Dove (symbol: Spirit) on mountain-top (Fig. 74)

The mountain image in Fig. 74
resembles Chinese ideogram
shan for mountain . Friday, January 19, 2018, 9:56 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Chinese ideogram shan for mountain (3 strokes),
a perpendicular vertical stroke inside receptacle;
vertical stroke Kun resembles "1" or heaven

The bottom K'an
means to contain, a vessel
resembling Mother Earth.

Saturday, January 20, 2018, 10:08 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Found my Notes of June 6, 1973: Lecture on
"Meaning of the Kabbalah" (Cambridge, MA) by
Carlos Suarèz, author "Cipher of Genesis" (1970)

Carlos Suarez visited Wei Wu Wei,
Taoist-Buddhist sage in Monaco,
one of my spiritual mentors. Saturday, January 20, 2018, 10:08 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Suarez on first letters of Hebrew alphabet—
Aleph is immeasurable infinite energy,
Beth is the house, container of energy.

In Gematria, Aleph represents "",
since Beth is depicted as receptacle ,
they combine to form shan for mountain.

Sunday, January 21, 2018, 10:55 am-12:00 pm
Al has pinched nerve & can't go to "Darkest Hour";
Rudy picked me up at my apt at 10:30 am for breakfast at Hometown Buffet (2670 El Camino Real, Santa Clara); Went to Sunnyvale Library (Opens 12 pm) 665 W. Olive Ave., Sunnyvale to get map directions to Almaden Theatre 2306 Almaden Rd, San Jose (17 minutes, 17.5 miles); Took Rudy 1/2 hour to get there: Mathilda Ave, I-280 South, CA-87, Almaden Expresway, Curtner Ave.

Scrambled eggs, six susages,
five Polish sausages, bacon,
two potato crisps, chocolate milk. Sunday, January 21, 2018, 2:00-4:15 pm
San Jose: Cinelux Almaden Café & Lounge
(2306 Almaden Rd.); Jaume Collet-Serra directs
The Commuter (2017) with Liam Neeson, Vera Farmiga, Patrick Wilson, Jonathan Banks, Andy Nyman, Elizabeth McGovern, Sam Neill, Dean-Charles Chapman, Florence Pugh, Clara Lago, Kingsley Ben-Adir, Scott Killian, Letitia Wright, Roland Moller, Shazad Latif, Pat Kiernan; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Rudy gave it "10"; I rated it "9".

Michael is blackmailed on commuter
train with $100,000 pay if he finds
someone on board or his family gets killed.

Monday, January 22, 2018, 12:56-1:00 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Norbert Kraft plays guitar
to Narciso Yepes's "Romance d'amour"
(19th century); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

One of my all-time favorites after
hearing music in René Clément's
film Forbidden Games (1952). Monday, January 22, 2018, 12:00-3:06 am
Mountain View: At home, drank cup of apple cider; rounded up books & notes to write first poem of the year— "Chinese Ideogram Shan for Mountain":

Wei Wu Wei's Vertical Vision:
"an awakened sage lives and thinks vertically"
and the essence of mountain is its verticality.

Monday, January 22, 2018, 11:55 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Typing 27-line poem written last night at home:
"Chinese Ideogram Shan for Mountain"—

Michael Maier's Atalanta Fugiens (1617)
work in alchemy shows birds on mountain
in Emblema VII and Emblema XLIII. Monday, January 22, 2018, 11:55 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Typing 27-line poem written last night at home:
"Chinese Ideogram Shan for Mountain"—

Since mountain peak is highest point on earth,
the meeting place of heaven, home of the gods—
all depicted in the Chinese ideogram shan.

Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 10:55-11:30 am
Mtn View: 10:10 am Bus #34 & 10:39 am Bus #22
to Smart & Final (141 E. El Camino) & Walgreens (121 E. El Camino); 11:47 am Bus 22 & 12:06 om Bus 40 to Rengstorff & Montecito; Neighbor Don Richards fixed his car & beeped as I walked down Montebello Ave to give me one block lift home—

4 Nestle Coffee-Mate Creamers @ $1.38,
Canola Oil $2.99, Pancake Syrup $1.99;
6 Wonderful Pistachios (1 lb) @ $4.99. Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 1:21-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Scanned page 39 Ch. III: "The Ways of Ascent" from Harold Bayley's "The Lost Language of Symbolism";
& Figure 74: "Dove on Mountain-top"; Download
images: "Cipher of Genesis"; Hebrew alphabet:
Alef, Beth; Arabic alphabet: Alif, Baa

First two letters of Arabic alphabet
Alif and Baa combine to form
Chinese ideogram shan for mountain.

Wednesday, January 24, 2018, 12:50-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Stayed home to finish reading
Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" for Another Look
Read pp. 1-135: 11:28 pm 1/23 to 3:41 am 1/24; Read pp.136-243 from 2:44-5:50 pm; Friend came late at 7:30 pm instead of 6:00 pm in heavy rain

The version I read had 243 pages
with no Introduction; Book used
was Oxford University Press edition. Wednesday, January 24, 2018, 7:30-9:30 pm
Stanford University, Bechtel Conference Center
Encina Hall; Another Look Book Discussion—
Mary Shelley, "Frankenstein" (1818); Discussants: Robert Pogue Harrison, Dan Edelstein, Andrea Nightingale, Inga Pierson; Inga's essay

Got to Another Look at 8:30 pm
with no parking around Encina Hall;
Finally found space at Stanford Oval.

Thursday, January 25, 2018, 10:45-11:30 am
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Smart Shop
Movie Discounts: Cinemark $8.50; AMC $10.25;
Registrar: LINC 72C Adobe InDesign (CRN 32200) on Sat., Feb. 20: Changed to Pass/Fail grading;
Foothill Library: No Oxford Ed. of "Frankenstein"

Went to Teaching Learning Center
to visit Al Guzman, but he's not there,
still home sick with pinched nerve pain. Thursday, January 25, 2018, 11:43 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes for Poem: Chinese Ideogram Shan:
Bird on Table Mountain; Eagle on Mountaintop;
Dove on Mountain Top Cover; Dove as Holy Spirit; "Birds with Human Souls"; Dove Symbolism; Poem

Birds symbolize spirits
of the air, ascent, freedom,
the soul, and transcendence.

Friday, January 26, 2018, 11:52 am-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Google Doodle celebrates Wilder Penfield's
127th birthday (Eli Meixler, Time, 1-26-2018);
(By Angela Chen, The Verge, 1-26-2018)

Neurosurgeon Wilder Penfield
prompted memory recall during
surgery via temporal lobe stimulation. Friday, January 26, 2018, 11:52 am-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes for Poem: Chinese Ideogram Shan:
Michael Maier's "Atalanta Fugiens" 1617 work shows
birds on mountain-tops in Emblemas VII & XLIII.

Carlos Suarès "I Am Cain II"—
If Alef (Oneness) is spirit or Heaven,
then Bet (container) is matter or Earth.

Saturday, January 27, 2018, 9:35 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes for Poem: Chinese Ideogram Shan:
My encounter with Wei Wu Wei (1968 & 2008); Now, surprised to learn that Wei Wu Wei's cousin
Ninette de Valois (1898-2001) lived to age 102—

Regarded as one of the most influential
figures in the history of ballet and as
"godmother" of English and Irish ballet. Saturday, January 27, 2018, 9:35 am-4:00 pm
Wei Wu Wei's Vertical Vision (p. 33): "an awakened sage lives and thinks vertically. If his body is flowing horizontally in the stream of time, his mind has acquired the vertical dimension which rises at right-angles from each moment of that time-river."

Vertical vision is a consequence, not a method.
It cannot be practised. But envisioning it,
may point towards the state of wisdom.

Sunday, January 28, 2018, 12:48-5:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Mussorsky's "Night on Bald Mountain" (1867) music made popular by Disney's "Fantasia" (1940); Music Sheet; Opera Cover; "She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" (1927); Music Cover; Music Sheet; Lyrics—

She'll be driving six white horses when
she comes / We will all have chicken
and dumplings when she comes. Sunday, January 28, 2018, 12:48-5:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Finding Mountain postage stamps—
Nepal 253-255: Everest, Kangchenjunga, Annapurna;
Russia 2982 Khan Tengri, 2983: Kazbek; U.S. 1454:
Mt. Mckinley; Switzerland 479: Mt. Finsteraarhorn;
Canada 155: Mt. Hurd; Canada 177: Mt. Edith Cavell

Switzerland 181-182: The Mythen;
Philippines N15: Mt. Mayon & Mt. Fuji;
Nicaragua 706: San Cristobal Volcano.

Sunday, January 28, 2018, 5:20-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd)
for Specials; Rainchecks: Pitted prunes $2.99/lb;
Blanched peanuts $1.99/lb; Romaine lettuce (3) $2.50; Sprouts or Terra Veggie Chips @ $1.99

10 Terra Vegetable Chips @ $1.49;
2 baskets Blackberries (5.6 oz) @ 98¢;
Bunch Green onions 50¢ (Total: $17.36). Sunday, January 28, 2018, 12:48-5:00 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Joshua Bell plays violin
as Michael Stern conducts Orchestra of St. Luke's to Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria" D. 839, Op. 52, No. 6
(1825); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); Sir Walter Scott:

Ave Maria! maiden mild!
Listen to a maiden's prayer!
Thou canst hear through from the wild.

Monday, January 29, 2018, 9:25 am-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Need to convert Yahoo Drafts to HTML pages;
Writing four haikus from Sunday, January 28—

8 links to Mountain Music and
10 links to Mountain Postage Stamps
for web project on "Mountain Symbolism". Monday, January 29, 2018, 9:25 am-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Super blue moon eclipse: Will you be able to see it?"
(By Jennifer Leman, Mercury News, 1-29-2018, A1, A6)

Full Moon on January 1 and 31—
when it occurs twice in a month,
it's called a "Blue Moon".

Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 9:40-9:56 am
Mountain View: Apt Computer Room (8:13-9 am):
Printed "Shan Notes"; Safeway (570 N. Shoreline);
9:30 am Bus #34 & 10:05 am Bus #34 back home

Doritos Nacho Cheese Chips $1.88;
Simply Orange & Mango Juice $2.38;
Sig. Select Thin Crust Supreme Pizza $2.37. Tuesday, January 30, 2018, 11:55 am-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Web page: "Night on Bald Mountain" & Sheet Music;
"She'll Be Coming 'Round the Mountain" & Lyrics

Stamps: Greece 703 Delphi, 705 Mt. Athos;
NZ 70, 83: Mt. Cook; 198: Mt. Egmont;
Italy 1965: Mt. Blanc; Japan 223-226: Mt. Fuji

Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 9:25 am-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
8:52 am Bus 40 (Valero) arrives Foothill 9:15 am;
Emailed Rudy Paul Brunton's "The Religious Urge"

PB told me in 1976 that Heisenberg
and Carl von Weizsacher visited him
to confirm the former's enlightenment. Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 9:25 am-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
PB told me not to mention Heisenberg's visit until it
appears in "Hidden Teaching Beyond Yoga" (1977)

Heisenberg's direct experience in
Preface, page 8 (1977 edition) &
Preface, page vii (2015 edition).

Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 9:25 am-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
My 1975 Catalogs are 43 years old; Consulted
2018 Catalogs to find more Mountain stamps—

Turkey 2227 and 3132: Mt. Ararat;
Tanzania 12 and 1664: Mt. Kilimanjaro;
Greece 1093-1095: Mt. Olympus & Zeus. Wednesday, January 31, 2018, 6:15-9:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Friend didn't show up to go to
Stanford University, Bechtel Conference Center
Encina Hall; Poetry Reading by Louise Glück

She won 2014 National Book Award for Poetry
for her book Faithful and Virtuous Night;
1993 Pulitzer Prize for The Wild Iris.