Haikus: November 2018

HAIKUS: November 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.

Thursday, November 1, 2018, 8:34-8:46 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Ludovic Morlot conducts
Seattle Symphony in Gabriel Fauré's "Pelleas and Melisande: Sicilienne Op.80" (1898); CD; (YouTube);
Mystery in History: Guess date of year? 1898;
"Valentine Mints" plaque at Ferry Building

Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders (7-1-1898);
First car insurance sold by Travelers (2-1-1898);
San Francisco's Ferry Building opens (1898). Thursday, November 1, 2018, 11:24 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Adding to "Pyramids of Giza"— Ronald H. Fritze's
"Egyptomania" (2016); p. 35: The 4th Dynasty (2613-2404 BC) marked the high point of pyramid building. Sneferu was the first king of the new dynasty; p. 89—

Pyramid of Gaius Cestius in Rome
built in 12 B.C. as shown in this
18th century Italian engraving.

Friday, November 2, 2018, 7:14-7:19 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Paavo Järvi conducts Radio
France Philharmonic in Dmitri Shostakovich's
"Jazz Suite #2: Waltz #2" (1938); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, "Eyes Wide Shut")

Shostakovich's Jazz Suite #2
is a lovely waltz to dance to,
played in many movies. Friday, November 2, 2018, 9:45 am-5:45 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Adding to "Pyramids of Giza"— John Romer's
"The Great Pyramid" (2007); Mark Lehner's
"Giza & the Pyramids"; Book cover images (1, 2)

Adding books on Pyramids of Giza
after rounding up postage stamps showing
this Seventh Wonder of the Ancient World.

Friday, November 2, 2018, 9:45 am-5:45 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Printing "Pyramids of Giza" @ 66% totalled
4 pages; Adjusting "Egyptomania" section
so all sections will be reduced to three pages.

Picked up yesterday "Giza & the Pyramids"
by Lehner & Hawass at Los Altos Library—
too heavy to carry to Friends House tonight. Friday, November 2, 2018, 7:30-9:10 pm
Palo Alto: 957 Colorado Ave (Friends House)
for Waverley Writers Poetry Reading (36 came);
Esther Kamkar is featured reader tonight
Mary-Marcia & Joe gave me ride home.

Read one poem tonight— "Meditations on 97:
Practice Pure Prayer" honoring Professor
Harold A. Scheraga's 97th birthday.

Saturday, November 3, 2018, 10:22 am-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
At Poetry Reading yesterday— Steve Arnston signed
before me as "The 97 Excuses" and played Chopin.

Such synchronicity on 97— Gave to Steve
afterwards my "Notes to Meditaion on 97"
showing how my poem was constructed. Saturday, November 3, 2018, 10:22 am-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Writing "Pyramids of Giza" books section so all
sections will be reduced to three pages @ 66%

"Giza & the Pyramids": New Age theories—
Edgar Cayce, Atlantis, Extraterrestrials,
Astronomical observatory, Martian landscapes.

Sunday, November 4, 2018, 7:30-9:10 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Gene Kelly
& Stanley Donen direct "On the Town" (1949)
with Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Betty Garrett,
Ann Miller, Jules Munshin, Vera-Ellen,
Florence Bates, Alice Pearce, Hans Conried,
George Meader; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Three sailors on 24-hour leave
take in sights of New York while
getting dates to escort them around. Sunday, November 4, 2018, 9:20-10:50 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Busby Berkeley directs
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game" (1949), starring Frank Sinatra, Esther Williams, Gene Kelly, Betty Garrett, Jules Munshin, Edward Arnold, Dick Lane, Tom Dugan; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Didn't see film 11/2 due to Waverley Writers; Got 11:15 pm Bus #22 at Train Depot home @ 12:05 am

Three leads from On the Town play
on baseball team unexpectably taken
over by a female owner Esther Williams.

Monday, November 5, 2018, 9:33-9:46 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: John Eliot Gardiner conducts London Symphony Orchestra in Felix Mendelssohn's
"Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Op.27" (1828); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Met 72-year-old Goethe in 1821
when he was just 12 years old—
setting several of his poems to music. Monday, November 5, 2018, 11:33 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Before going to Los Altos Library (4:04-6:00 pm),
stayed home to sort through files of printouts
in three 2-pocket folders (yellow, blue, red)—

"Poems of 2018",
"Platonc Lambda",
"Nature Walks 2018".

Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 10:10 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Chapter 5: Leonardo's Divine Proportions":
Swiss 805 Golden Ratio; "Vitruvian Man" stamps:
San Marino 1684 (2006); Japan 1355 (1979);
Argentina 1593 (1987); Cuba 1526 (1970)

Italy 1911 (9-18-1992),
Monaco 2175 (9-4-2000),
United Nations Geneva 24 (4-7-1972). Tuesday, November 6, 2018, 10:10 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Chapter 5: Leonardo's Divine Proportions": Scanned
"Leonardo's Last Supper" from Stephen Skinner's "Sacred Geometry" (2006) as example of his use of perspectives; Golden ratio used in architecture—

Priya Hemenway's Divine Proportion (2005),
H.E. Huntley's The Divine Proportion (1970),
György Doczi's The Power of Limits (2005).

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 10:04 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Chapter 5: Leonardo's Divine Proportions" printed on one page @ 67%; Adding 7 stamps of Leonardo's "Vitruvian Man", new file of 3 pages printing @70%

Found Morison's Pacioli's Classic Alphabet;
Rewriting section on Luca Pacioli's Type Used
as Logo for Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 10:04 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Chapter 5: Leonardo's Divine Proportions": Writing section "Golden Ratio Found in Nature" & Skinner's "Chapter 6: Sacred Geometry in Architecture"

Added Skinner's Sacred Geometry (2006)
and Kugler's Divine Golden Ingenious (2017)
to expand new Chapter 5 file to three pages.

Wednesday, November 7, 2018, 8:00-8:52 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road)
Bus #40 came late, got to San Antonio Rd @ 7:50 pm;
Went shopping and caught 9:15 pm Bus #40 home

2 dozens large Lucerne Eggs @ 99¢;
4 cans Dole Tropical Fruits @ $1.00;
Spinach $1; Tofu $1; Broccoli Crowns 97¢. Thursday, November 8, 2018, 7:32-7:36 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Vladimir Ashkenazy plays piano to Ludwig van Beethoven's "Für Elise in a WoO 59" (1810); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

My niece Elisa played this piece
for me when she was 8-years-old—
one of my favorite piano music.

Thursday, November 8, 2018, 10:30 am-4:05 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Didn't get off Bus #40 for Los Altos Library since
they open at 10 am, & didn't want to wait half-hour

Went to Foothill's Teaching Learning Center—
Used Al Guzman's laptop's Internet Explorer
to print "Divine Proportions" in 3 pages @71%. Thursday, November 8, 2018, 10:30 am-4:05 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Bookmaked three 2016 articles on Metropolitan Museum of Art changing their classic "M" logo

Justin Davidson, Vulture.com (2-17-2016):
Brenda Cronin, Wall Street Journal (2-18-16);
Robin Pogrebin, New York Times (2-18-2016).

Thursday, November 8, 2018, 5:35-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Busby Berkeley directs "For Me and My Gal" (1942) with Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, George Murphy, Marta Eggerth,
Ben Blue, Stephen McNally, Richard Quine,
Keenan Wynn, Lucille Norman; (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4):
Third time seeing this musical— delightul!

Gene Kelly's first movie
since Judy Garland wanted
him to dance with her at MGM. Thursday, November 8, 2018, 7:30-9:50 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: George Sidney directs
"Anchors Aweigh" (1945), starring Frank Sinatra, Kathryn Grayson, Gene Kelly, José Iturbi, Dean Stockwell, Pamela Britton, Rags Ragland, Billy Gilbert, Henry O'Neill; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Got 10 pm Bus #522 at Train Depot & 10:19 pm Bus #40 at Showers Drive home

Two sailors on leave in Los Angeles
look for romance. Gene Kelly does
his famous dance with cartoon mouse.

Friday, November 9, 2018, 12:06-4:05 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foohill College Krause Center
Los Altos Library to verify 8 Scott Catalogue #s
and date of issue of stamps for "Divine Proportions"

Cuba 1526, UN Geneva 24,
Japan 1355, Argentina 1593, Swiss 805,
Italy 1911, Monaco 2175, San Marino 1684. Friday, November 9, 2018, 12:06-4:05 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Scanned photo of "PB's Sphinx & Pyramids rug"
for "Giza Pyramids"; Egypt #54 & Japan #273

Wrote poem "Sphinx Queries the Buddha"
on August 31, 1979 in Corseaux
after seeing PB's "Sphinx Prayer Rug".

Friday, November 9, 2018, 5:25-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: George Cukor directs "Les Girls" (1957) starring Gene Kelly, Mitzi Gaynor, Kay Kendall, Taina Elg, Jacques Bergerac, Leslie Phillips, Henry Daniell, Patrick Macnee, Philip Tonge, Barrie Chase; (Video: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4

Kay Kendall's tell-all book about
Gene Kelly's dance toupe, sued by
fellow dancer Taina Elg for libel. Friday, November 9, 2018, 7:30-9:15 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Charles Vidor directs "Cover Girl" (1944), with Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly, Phil Silvers, Otto Kruger, Eve Arden, Lee Bowman, Jess Barker, Edward Brophy, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Brooklyn Chorus Girl Rita Hayworth
leaves for Broadway stardom, but
on wedding day, returns to Gene Kelly.

Saturday, November 10, 2018, 9:53 am-12:30 pm
Hayward: Hometown Buffet (704 Southland Mall);
Al picked me up at my apartment at 7:00 am;
Drove to Livermore on Hwy 101 and Hwy 580
to see Robert Slack; then went for breakfast where
Al treated us all; We have spiritual discussions:
He mentioned "The Law of One", heard 80 of 106 lessons; Showed my poem "On the Nature of the One"

Scrambled eggs, 8 sausages,
ham, bacon, jello, cantaloupes,
two cups of chocolate milk. Saturday, November 10, 2018, 1:30-2:15 pm
San Francisco: Ferry Building, The Embarcadero;
Robert wants to see "Hunter Killer" film about Navy SEALs rescuing Russian President in a submarine; Rotten Tomatoes Rating only 36%; Al suggests we
go to San Francisco to see my Bronze Poetry Plaque "Valentine Mints"; Al drove over Oakland Bay Bridge and got there in half-hour; Last visit: 7-27-2005

Photos of Ferry Building Clock at 2 pm,
Diane Wakoski's "Poppies" poetry plaque,
Victor Hernandez Cruz "Letter A" plaque.

Sunday, November 11, 2018, 3:38-6:30 pm
Sunnyvale: Big 5 (721 Sunnyvale-Saratoga Road)
3:38 pm Bus #40 Rengstorff; 3:55 pm Bus #22;
6:19 pm Bus #40 home (Bus driver: Gayle Hart);
Crown of $7 watch bought at Michaels fell off

Bought Smith & Wesson Field Watch
(regular $19.99) for $10.00, despite
Don Richard's gift of Geneva watch. Sunday, November 11, 2018, 7:10-10:10 pm
Mountain View: Did laundary while having Baron
Deluxe Pizza, adding 8 pimiento olives for dinner;
"The Day the Guns Fell Silent" (By Michael E. Ruane, Mercury News, 11-11-2018); John McCrae poem:

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,...
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

Monday, November 12, 2018, 11:51-2:15 pm
Mountain View: Nob Hill Foods (1250 Grant Road)
4 Quaker Instant Oatmeal @ $1.49 (50¢ off coupons)
99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Rd); Sesame Puff $2.79

2 Seaweeds @ $1.69; Fried Mini Tofu $3.69;
2 Dry Tofu @ $1.99; Sesame Buns $1.99;
Custard Buns $2.29; Water Chestnuts $1.69. Monday, November 12, 2018, 3:10-4:45 pm
Mountain View: Walgreens (1905 W. El Camino Real)
3:10 pm Bus #34 & 3:21 pm Bus #22 to Escuela Ave;
3:56 pm Bus #22 and 4:36 pm Bus #40 home

6 cans Swanson Chicken Broth
(low sodium) @ 50¢; Raincheck:
4 Nice Lightly-salted Peanuts @ $1.99.

Tuesday, November 13, 2018, 11:05 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foohill College Krause Center
Format 49 photos (#7776-#7824) to 1306x979 pixels;
23 Gene Kelly movie posters, photos, & marquees

Misty Sun at Foothill on 11-9-2018;
Swirling Clouds at Foothill on 11-2-2018;
Al & Robert at "Valentine Mints" plaque. Tuesday, November 13, 2018, 11:05 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Composing web page "Robert Slack Satsang
(11-10-2018)"; Found these photos online—

Hwy 101 and Hwy 580;
Hwy 580 to Livermore;
Hayward Hometown Buffet.

Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 9:27 am-4:05 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foohill College Krause Center
Added PB's Prayer Rug of "Sphinx & Pyramids"
to the end of "Chapter 7: Pyramids of Giza"

Will this addition of six lines
change the printing of three pages
at 65% or further adjustments needed. Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 9:27 am-4:05 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Robert Slack tells me about the brain found
in Michelangelos's "God Creating Adam"

Told Robert about Persegati
measuring distance between
God's finger & Adam to be 3/4 of an inch.

Wednesday, November 14, 2018, 5:30-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Charles Walters directs "Summer Stock" (1950) starring Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Eddie Bracken, Gloria DeHaven, Marjorie Main, Phil Silvers, Ray Collins, Nita Bieber, Carleton Carpenter, Hans Corried, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); 1st time seeing this film

Judy as farm girl who lets
Gene Kelly & his troupe of actors
rehearse at her barn & falls in love with him. Wednesday, November 14, 2018,, 7:30-9:15 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Gene Kelly & Stanley Donen direct "It's Always Fair Weather" (1955), with Gene Kelly, Dan Dailey, Cyd Charisse, Dolores Gray, Michael Kidd, David Burns, Jay Flippen, Hal March, Paul Maxey, Steve Mitchell, Peter Leeds, Wilson Wood; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Three soldiers return from WW II 1945)
meet in a bar ten years later and found
their friendship has drastically changed.

Thursday, November 15, 2018, 9:00-10:00 am
Mountain View: Phone call from Foothill College—
Campus closed due to poor air quality; Al Guzman
phoned telling me that Sunnyvale campus also closed

Went to Apartment Computer Room: Printed
page 3 of "Pyramids of Giza" @ 64% after
adding PB's prayer rug of Sphinx & Pyramids. Thursday, November 15, 2018, 12:40-6:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Wrote Haikus for Wed., 11-14
on movies seen at Stanford Theatre: "Summer Stock"
(1955) & "It's Always Fair Weather" (1955); Safeway:

3 cans of Dole Pineapple Chunks @ $1.00,
Safeway & French's Fried Onions @ $3.49;
Almond Milk $2.45, Peppermint Creamer $2.70.

Friday, November 16, 2018, 11:00 am-4:15 pm
Los Altos Library: Wrote Haikus on films to be seen
at Stanford Theatre: "An American in Paris" (1951)
and "The Young Girls of Rochefort" (1967)

Los Altos Library has two David Wilcock books
The Ascension Mysteries (2016) (130Wilcock)
Source Field Investigations (001.9Wilcock) Friday, November 16, 2018, 11:00 am-4:15 pm
Los Altos Library: Found Joyce Carol Oates email
(2-11-2010) that was in Spam box and Kay Ryan's
email (2-11-2010) also sent on the same day

Delightful emails on the same day
from world's most prolific fiction writer
and current best poet in the United States.

Friday, November 16, 2018, 5:25-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Vincente Minnelli directs "An American in Paris" (1951) starring Gene Kelly, Leslie Caron, Oscar Levant, Georges Guétary, Nina Foch, Eugene Borden, John Eldredge, Anna Nilsson; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4);
Music by George & Ira Gershwin (3rd time seeing it)

Gene Kelly received Honorary Oscar
for his "brilliant achievement in
the art of choreography on film. Friday, November 16, 2018, 7:30-9:40 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Jacques Demy directs "The Young Girls of Rochefort" (1967), with Catherine Deneuve, Françoise Dorléac, Gene Kelly, Danielle Darrieux, George Chakiris, Grover Dale, Jacques Perrin, Michel Piccoli, Henri Crémieux; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Twin sisters and their mother
trying to find their true love during
open-air festival in small French town.

Saturday, November 17, 2018, 12:25-4:50 pm
Los Altos Library: "Robert Slack Satsang (11-2018)";
Last time Hometown Buffet breakfast (10-2-2016)
& seeing "Magnificent 7" movie at Cinelux Almaden

Told Robert about Manly P. Hall's
Secret Destiny of America (1944)
& Reagan citing from book in 1957. Saturday, November 17, 2018, 5:09-5:26 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd);
Stopped by to buy some specials for this week;
Caught 5:48 pm Bus #40 home

3.09 lbs Walnut Halves @ $3.99 = $12.33;
1.81 lbs Roma Tomatoes @ 98¢/lb = $1.77;
One bunch of 6 Green Onions 77¢.

Sunday, November 18, 2018, 12:40-6:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Returned Ronald Fritze's "Egyptomania"; "Satsang with Robert Slack (2018)"

"Underground City" beneath Giza Pyramids;
Edgar Cayce's "Hall of Records";
Cayce's Hall of Records Discoverd Sunday, November 18, 2018, 12:40-6:00 pm
Los Altos Library: "Satsang with Robert Slack (11-10-2018)"; Directions from Hayward to Ferry Building

8-Sided Pyramids of Giza (1, 2);
David Wilcock's The Ascension Mysteries;
Corey Goode: Coast-to-Coast.am (1-19-2018).

Monday, November 19, 2018, 3:30-3:50 pm
Mountain View: 99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Rd)
Sansui Firm Tofu $1.09 for Chicken Broth soup

Prince of Peace Wild Ginseng Tea
Box of 100 packets @ $27.99
Bought 2 boxes for $50.99 Monday, November 19, 2018, 6:00-9:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Returned "Giza & The Pyramids"
after finishing web page on "Pyramids of Giza"

45 students registered in Cavada's
LINC58A "E-Portfolios" class.
First assignment: Create a webpage.

Tuesday, November 20, 2018, 7:32-7:41 am
KDFC: 104.0 FM Andrew Litton conducts
Dallas Symphony Orchestra in Gustav Holst's
The Planets: Jupiter, The Bringer of Jollity, Op 32 (1897); CD; (YouTube: Sir Colin Davis,
Seiji Ozawa, Eugene Ormandy, Jason K. Fettig)

May the jollity of Jupiter
bring me the joy of completing
"Satsang with Robert Slack" web page. Tuesday, November 20, 2018, 9:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Robert Slack Satsang (11-10-2018); Mapquest: Hayward to San Francisco; Fog pver Oakland Bay Bridge; Uploaded to Network Solutions folder with
32 images of Satsang with Robert Slack & Al Guzman

Feel like a kid in his sandbox
when Krause Center opened today
after closing 5 days due to poor air quallity.

Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 7:31-7:49 am KDFC: 104.0 FM Pascal Rogé plays piano
to Erik Satie 's Je te veux (1897); CD; (YouTube: Klára Körmendi); followed by Gipsy Way Ensemble plays Pablo de Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen Op.20 (1878); (YouTube: Itzhak Perlman)

Satie's slow serene music
contrasts to Sarasate's speedy tempo
in "Gypsy Airs" played back-to-back. Wednesday, November 21, 2018, 11:10 am-4:00 pm Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Scanned from overdue book Steve Kerridge's "Bruce Lee: the authorized visual history" (2018); p. 28: Practing Cha Cha & Notebook of Cha Cha moves;
p. 43: Dancing with Diana Chang; p. 29: "Orphan"

Images on web: Bruce Lee's Flying Kick;
"My Definite Chief Aim" (1969);
Bruce Lee & Kareem Abdul Jabbar.

Thursday, November 22, 2018, 1:18-2:56 pm
Mountain View: 1:51 pm Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd, close 4 pm); 2:17 pm Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd, close 6 pm); Trader Joe's closed; 2:56 pm Bus #40

Late July Tortilla Chips @ $1.16 = $3.49;
Bag of 19 oz Raw Wheat Germ @ $2.79;
2 Lucerne Almond Milk @ $2.45 = $4.90. Thursday, November 22, 2018, 5:40-7:10 pm
Mountain View: Cooked Stir-fried rice dinner: 2 eggs, green onions, broccoli, dried tofu, crabmeat, can chop suey, nuts & seeds; almond milk; 9-11:30 pm Read:

David Wilcock's The Ascension Mysteries;
Ch. 1 Introduction (pp.1-26)— Hans Jenny's
geometric patterns in a drop of water.

Friday, November 23, 2018, 10:54 am-12:07 pm
Mountain View: Wal-Mart (600 Showers Drive);
Black Friday Sales; 12:07 pm Bus #40 home

2 packs of 6 Men's Socks
(Regular $8.47) @ $4 = $8;
Folding Umbrella $5.00. Friday, November 23, 2018, 1:10-3:02 pm
Mountain View: Nob Hill (1250 Grant Rd)
2:30 pm Bus #22; 3:02 pm Bus #40 home

4 Coffeemate Dairy Creamers—
Pumpkin Spice, Peppermint Mocha,
Irish Cream, Hazelnut @ $2.49 = $9.96.

Saturday, November 24, 2018, 8:30-8:38 am KDFC: 104.0 FM Martha Argerich plays piano to Frederic Chopin 's Polonaise "Heroic" in Ab Op 53 B 147, CD; (YouTube: Martha Argerich, Arthur Rubinstein, Maurizio Pollini, Carmen Dragon)

George Sand: "The inspiration!
The force! The vigour!... this polonaise
should be a symbol, a heroic symbol" Saturday, November 24, 2018, 10:01 am-4:50 pm
Los Altos Library: Stan Lee, creator of superheroes, dies at 95 By Alexander F. Remington & Michael Cavna, (Washington Post, 11-13-2018);
NY Times Obituary (11-12-2018)

Lee created Marvel Comics superheroes
with feet of clay and personal problems,
unlike the DC Comics Superman.

Sunday, November 25, 2018, 10:18-10:35 am
KDFC: 104.0 FM Jeffrey Thomas conducts
American Bach Soloists to Johann Sebastian Bach 's Brandenburg Concerto #4 in G BWV 1049 (1720); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Bach means "brook"
but Beethoven says
"Bach is an ocean." Sunday, November 25, 2018, 11:32 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Library: While dancing with Ann last night,
she told me that her Mom died on November 12, and
her obituary appeared in Nov. 24 Mercury News
which was read when I came home

Fond memories of Jean, when attending Verdi's
opera Rigoletto at California Theatre, with her
husband Franklin, when Ann gave me her ticket.

Sunday, November 25, 2018, 8:00-11:45 pm
Mountain View: After dinner, read David Wilcock's
"The Source Field Investigations" (2011), pp. 1-46
Backster's Effect; Healer Pachita; Pineal Gland

Giant Pine Cone at the Vatican casted in
2nd century by Publius Cincius Salvius
looks like the Platonic Lambda Λ "Soul". Monday, November 26, 2018, 9:25 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Bookmarked recent articles in Mercury News;
Wrote 28 Haikus (Nov. 14-Nov. 26) in 6 hours

Kept notes in Yahoo Drafts
and converted to HTML when
Krause Center opened to use BBEdit.

Monday, November 26, 2018, 9:25 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Greek coin (430-410 BC), from Karla, Kaunos,
Silver Slater; Winged female goddess with kerykeion in right hand (obverse) & triangular baetyl flanked by two bunches of grapes; inverted Delta above to left

Greek coin: Baetyl & Gamma Γ in back;
Greek coin: Triangle Baetyl in back;
Greek coin: Baetyl & birds on both sides. Monday, November 26, 2018, 9:25 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Foothill College Library does not have any David Wilcock's books. Mtn View Library has Wilcock's "Ascension Mysteries" book: Adult Non-Fiction,
2nd Floor, 130 Wilcock (AVAILABLE)

David Wilcock's Divine Cosmos
Report: David found his Soul Mate
and married Elizabeth on Oct. 14, 2017.

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, 9:55-10:16 am
Mountain View: Kaiser Hospital (555 Castro St.);
Went to Kaiser Optometry: Fix broken frame
of reading glasses that I stepped on last night;
10:45 am Bus #52 to Foothill College 11:00 am

Rose said broken frame can't be fixed;
gave her my old distance glasses & she
used that frame for my reading glasses. Tuesday, November 27, 2018, 11:10 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Stanford Theatre's new film schedule out—
"Laurel & Hardy, plus Christmas films"; Will see
"Son of the Desert" & "Way Out West" on Friday

Al & I will see Green Book this Sunday
with good reviews in Mercury News and
Rotten Tomatoes: Critics 82%, Audience 94%.

Tuesday, November 27, 2018, 5:40-5:55 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road);
Wilbur didn't come today, Martha announced Lab
will close early at 5 pm instead of 7:30 pm; Shopped
at Safeway & got 6:28 pm Bus #40 home in the rain:
$5 umbrella bought at Wal-Mart (11/23) didn't open

2 Van de Kamp Fish Fillets @ $2 = $4.00;
Signature Farms Spinach Salad = $1.00;
2 Pomegrante Juices @ $2.00 = $4.00. Tuesday, November 27, 2018, 8:40-9:30 pm
KDFC: 104.0 FM Michael Tilson Thomas conducts
San Francisco Symphony to Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony #3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 (1804); CD; (YouTube: Michael Tilson Thomas,, Leonard Bernstein, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Erich Leinsdorf)

Awhile back, CEO sent email thanking
my "Eroica" web page that inspired his son
into classical music instead of heavy metal.

Wednesday, November 28, 2018, 9:00-9:20 pm
Mountain View: Wal-Mart (600 Showers Drive);
Returned pack of Men's Socks for $4 refund;
Caught 9:30 pm Bus #40 to Foothill College

Refund on Pack of 6 Men's Socks
for $4— Size of socks are like baby's,
cannot even stretch up to the ankles. Wednesday, November 28, 2018, 10:00 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center;
After getting off Bus #40 on the hill, took photo
of misty foggy clouds over the Black Mountain

Formatted 16 photos of clouds
& misty sun at Foothill College
and composed page for Nature Walks.

Thursday, November 29, 2018, 7:32-7:35 am
KDFC: 104.0 FM Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts
English Baroque Soloists & Monteverdi Choir to Johann S. Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
BWV 147" (1723); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Jesu, joy of man's desiring,
Holy wisdom, love most bright;
Drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring
Soar to uncreated light. Thursday, November 29, 2018, 9:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center;
Emailed 9 Foothill friends for breakfast & movie on Sunday; Cavada's LINC58A homework of web page:
Musicals: "My Fair Lady", "Sound of Music",

"Yankee Doodle Dandy",
"Meet Me in St. Louis",
"Singing in the Rain",
"The Band Wagon".

Thursday, November 29, 2018, 9:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center;
Cavada's LINC58A: Compose web page (due 12/3):
Instead of "Favorite Musicals Movies" will compose
page of "My Favorite Books"— "Talks with Ramana Maharshi", PB's "Wisdom of the Overself"

Goethe's Italian Journey, Rousseau's Reveries,
Dante's Commedia, St-Exupéry's Little Prince,
Upanishads, Bucke's Cosmic Consciousness,
Campbell's Power of Myth, Thoreau's Walden. Thursday, November 29, 2018, 9:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center;
Cavada's LINC58A: Compose web page (due 12/3):
"My Favorite Books"— These books left out of top
10 books— Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching", "I Ching",
"Plato's Dialogues", Plotinus' "The Enneads"

Iamblichus' Life of Pythagoras,
Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass,
Wei Wu Wei's Asked the Awakened,
Emily Dickinson's Complete Poems.

Friday, November 30, 2018, 7:32-7:36 am
KDFC: 104.0 FM John Williams conducts
Boston Pops to John Williams's "Star Wars:
Imperial March" (1980); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

6-year old boy requested
"Star Wars: Imperial March"
from The Empire Strikes Back. Friday, November 30, 2018, 10:30 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center;
Add Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" as 11th book in
"My Favorite Books"; Verse IV: Nature of the Tao:

Its fountain is deep and everlasting.
I know not who gave it birth,
it came even before the gods.

Friday, November 30 2018, 6:15-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: James W. Horne directs "Way Out West" (1937) starring Laurel and Hardy, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Sharon Lynn, James Finlayson, Rosina Lawrence, Stanley Fields,
Vivien Oakland, Avalon Boys; (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, 4, full film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Laurel and Hardy dance in tune
to the playing of Avalon Boys
before going into the Saloon. Friday, November 30 2018, 7:30-8:55 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: William A. Seiter directs "Sons of the Desert" (1933) with Laurel and Hardy, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charley Chase, Mae Busch, Dorothy Christy, Lucien Littlefield, Ty Parvis, Charita Alden; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, full film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4): Got 9:11 pm Bus #22 home

With their wives refusing them
to attend Chicago Convention, faked
trip to Hawaii to restore Ollie's health.