Haikus: September 2018

HAIKUS: September 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.

Saturday, September 1, 2018, 8:01-8:11 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Jeffrey Thomas conducts
American Bach Soloists in Johann Sebastian Bach's "Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G BWV 1048" (1721); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Classical KDFC went on the air
for first time on September 1, 1948—
70th birthday broadcasting classical music. Saturday, September 1, 2018, 10:10 am-4:10 pm
Los Altos Library: Redwoods from Hikes;
Found 12 photos of Goosepens from Portola Redwoods hikes on July 4, 2012 & July 29, 2012
Need to select best photos for page on "Goose-pens"

Family of Four Goosepen Redwoods;
Family of Five Goosepen Redwoods;
Closeup of Goosepen Redwood.

Saturday, September 1, 2018, 10:10 am-4:10 pm
Los Altos Library: Redwoods from Hikes;
10 photos of Lambda Λ images from
Portola Redwoods hike July 29, 2012

Log with Greek Λ image;
Lambda Λ-Shaped Log;
1924 Islamic Pyramid Shrine. Saturday, September 1, 2018, 4:25-4:45 pm
Mountain View: CVS (2630 W. El Camino Real);
Raincheck on 2 dozen large eggs @ $1.49; Sprouts
Farmers Market (630 San Antonio Road)

2.36 lbs Vine Ripe Tomatoes 88¢/lb = $2.08;
3.78 lbs Black Seedless Grapes 88¢/lb = $3.33;
Got 5:05 pm Bus #40 home at San Antonio Rd.

Sunday, September 2, 2018, 11:38 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Library: "Paul Taylor Dies at 88;
Brought Poetry & Lyricism to Modern Dance"
(As a strikingly gifted dancer in his 20s, Taylor
created roles for the master choreographers
Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham & George Balanchine. When he retired from dancing in 1974,
both his dancers & his new creations became
even more magnetic draws for audiences.)
(By Alastair Macaulay, NY Times, 8-30-2018)

After seeing Martha Graham's dancing
Acrobats of God at Cornell in 1966, went
to see Paul Taylor & Merce Cunningham. Sunday, September 2, 2018, 11:38 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Library: "Being Women: Poetry and Imagery" (This summer, we selected six poems by women and asked photographers to let the poems inspire them. Layli Long Soldier, "Edge"; Jennifer Chang, "The Winter's Wife"; Joy Harjo, "Praise the Rain": Melissa Studdard, "Everyone In Me Is A Bird"; Nickole Brown, "For My Grandmother's Perfume, Norell"; Tonya Ingram, "Until the Stars Collapse" (Kerri MacDonald & Morrigan McCarthy)

NY Times, 8-17-2018 article on
photographs inspired by poetry—
usually it's the other way around.

Sunday, September 2, 2018, 7:00-7:45 pm
Mountain View: Blood sugar was 156 this morning;
& 141 at 7 pm; Took walk around yard, Montebello,
Montecito, Sierra Vista Ave, and Hackett Avenue

45 minutes walk around
the neighborhood lowered
blood sugar 40 points to 100 mg/dL. Sunday, September 2, 2018, around 7:35 pm
Mountain View: Near the end of my walk
around Sierra Vista Avenue, loud cawing
of over 50 crows flew high above me

Fifty crows flew overhead
cawing, cawing— dirge
for one who has just died?

Monday, September 3, 2018, around 6:00 am
Mountain View: Dream of Joseph Campbell,
face distinct, wearing a checkered brown suit;
His car broke down driving a businessman—
Tells me "not spiritual trip but materialistic one";
He then asks me what book have I been reading—

Book on Byzantine Art—
purple & orange curving lines
"Spiritual Flames" rising to heaven. Monday, September 3, 2018, 10:40-11:26
Mountain View: Nob Hill Foods (1250 Grant Road)
Chessmen & Milano Cookies @ $1.99; 2 Vlasic Pickles @ $2.50; 99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Rd);
Caught 11:52 pm Bus #22 at Grant Road to Showers
Drive by 12:02 pm; Waited for 12:39 pm Bus #40.e

2 Wo Chong Extra-Firm Tofu @ $1.19;
Kimbo Frozen Sesame Buns $2.29;
Bunch of six Green Onions 33¢.

Monday, September 3, 2018, 1:00-6:40 pm
Mountain View: Stayed home to throw away
"Mercury News" & "Parade" (June-Sept. 2018);
"Software developer Bill Chamberlain found lost
masterpiece" (Alison Berg, SJMN, 8-19-2018, B3

Émile Bernard's 1930s painting
The Passion of Jesus Christ took
18 years to restore after damage. Monday, September 3, 2018, 6:48-7:38 pm
Mountain View: During walk, 40 crows flew to top
of Redwoods at Central Expressway; Try to lower Blood sugar by walking around yard, Montebello,
Montecito, Sierra Vista Ave, & Hackett Avenue—

Blood sugar 100 mg/dL went up
to 107 mg/dL after 50 minutes walk
instead of down 40 points like yesterday.

Tuesday, September 4, 2018, 10:03 am-5:10 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
closed for 4-days Labor Day weekend; No BBEdit or Macs to compose web pages; Typed draft in Yahoo Email at Los Altos Library (Friday 8/31-Sunday 9/2)

Wrote 20 haikus from Thursday 8/30
to Tuesday September 4, 2018 when
Krause Center was closed for 4 days. Tuesday, September 4, 2018, 10:03 am-5:10 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Narrowed 58 Goosepen photos in Redwood hikes (2009-2012); Need to select best samples for the
3rd Platonic Λ chapter on "Redwood Goosepens"

Goosepens photos in Portola Redwoods
hikes (June 10, 17, to July 1, 4, 29, 2012) separated instead of lumping them together.

Wednesday, September 5, 2018, 8:31-8:35 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Joshua Bell plays violin as Michael Stern conducts Orchestra of St. Luke's in Felix Mendelssohn's "Songs Without Words: May Breezes, Op. 62, #1" (1844); CD; (YouTube: Joshua Bell, V. Horowitz, Daniel Barenboim, Fritz Kreisler)

Ray White played this violin piece
by Joshua Bell since Itzhak Perlman
will be performing tonight at SF Symphony. Wednesday, September 5, 2018, 11:00 am-5:13 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Redwood Goosepens": Catching up writing 20 haikus yesterday, only assembled 6 Goosepen
photos from Memorial Park hikes in summer 2009:
Goosepens from North Leaf Trail & Purisima Creek

Two children's books from Los Altos Library—
Jason Chin's Redwoods (2009) & M.J. Cosson's
Redwood National & State Parks (2007).

Wednesday, September 5, 2018, 8:31-8:35 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Ray White's Music in
History Quiz— Guess date of year? 1889

Eiffel Tower unveiled at Paris Exposition,
Bayer released drug aspirin for headaches,
Count Zepplin showed his airship for travel. Wednesday, September 5, 2018, 8:10-10:30 pm
KDFC 104.9 FM: Jeffrey Thomas interviews
Itzhak Perlman during break of SF Symphony.

Perlman bought Stradivarius from Menuhin;
says "Schindler's List" is the most requested
music piece audience asks him to play.

Thursday, September 6, 2018, 9:30 am-4:05 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Two books from Los Altos Library yesterday—
Reed F. Noss, "The Redwood Forest" (2000),
Peter Johnstone, "Giants in the Earth" (2001)

"Trees are burned out to create
goose pens" cited on page 114
of The Redwood Forest by Noss. Thursday, September 6, 2018, 9:30 am-4:05 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Redwood Goosepens": 59 Goosepen photos from
five Portola Redwoods hikes (June & July 2012)
need to be separated for each separate hike

Arthur Conan Doyle: "tremendous majesty
of the great redwoods... not even fire can
destroy them" in Giants in the Earth, p. 221.

Friday, September 6, 2018, 5:45-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Sidney Gilliat directs "Green for Danger" (1946) starring Sally Gray,
Trevor Howard, Rosamund John, Alastair Sim,
Leo Genn, Judy Campbell, Megs Jenkins,
Moore Marriott, Henry Edwards, Ronald Adam,
George Woodbridge, John Rae; (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, Full movie); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Alstair Sim as Inspector Cockrill
of Scotland Yard must solve a series
of murders in a rural British hospital. Friday, September 6, 2018, 7:30-9:10 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: John Boulting directs "Seven Days to Noon" (1950), starring Barry Jones,
Olive Sloane, André Morell, Sheila Manahan, Hugh Cross, Joan Hickson, Ronald Adam, Marie Ney, Wyndham Goldie, Russell Waters, Martin Boddey; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); 9:34 pm
Bus #22 at Train Depot for 10:20 pm Bus #40 home

Atomic scientist threatens to explode
nuclear bomb in London unless Prime
Minister agrees to a nuclear freeze.

Friday, September 7, 2018, 8:33-8:42 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Civitas Ensemble played
Georges Enesco's "Romanian Rhapsody #1 in A Op.11" (1844); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
Must be a virtuoso violinist to play this piece.

Took 9:30 am Bus #34 to MV Senior Center
to print out "One and the Many" for tonight
and "Memories of Cay Horner" for tomorrow. Friday, September 7, 2018, 7:30-8:50 pm
Palo Alto: 957 Colorado Ave (Friends House)
for Waverley Writers Poetry Reading (13 came);
Marvin R. Hiemstra is featured reader tonight;
Phyllis Klein gave me ride home.

Read 62-lines poem tonight—
"One and the Many"
printed out in two pages.

Saturday, September 8, 2018, 11:18 am-2:45 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Redwood Goosepens": 13 photos of Goosepens
from 4th hike to Portola Redwoods (7-4-2012)

Trail Between Two Goosepens;
Rare Tan Oak Goosepen;
Family of Four Goosepens. Saturday, September 8, 2018, 11:18 am-2:45 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Emailed 8 Foothill friends on Sunday 9/9 breakfast
& "Alpha" movie at 1:30 pm (Cinelux Almaden Cafe)

Meet Ann at Los Altos Library at 3 pm
for ride to Cay Horner's San Jose house
for Memorial Gathering 4:00 pm-7:30 pm.

Sunday, September 9, 2018, 8:30 am-11:30 am
Santa Clara: Hometown Buffet (2670 El Camino Real); Al picked me up at my Mtn View Apt at 8 am; Went to San Jose Lincoln & California Ave; Passed Willow Glen Elementary School; Saw vintage cars in the 11th Annual Auto Show by Goombahs Car Club;
(Joseph Geha, Mercury News, 9-10-2018, B1, B6);
Took photos of cars before going to 1:30 pm movie

Scrambled eggs, 8 sausages,
4 Polish sausages, bacon, spinach,
grape tomatoes, jello, and cup of milk. Sunday, September 9, 2018, 1:30-3:06 pm
San Jose: Cinelux Almaden Café & Lounge:
Albert Hughes directs "Alpha" (2018) with
Kodi Smit-McPhee; Jöhannes Haukur Jöhannesson;
Natassia Malthe; Leonor Varela; Jens Hultén;
Mercedes de la Zerda; Spencer Bogaert;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); After film,
Al dropped me off at Los Altos Library (4:00 pm)

Relationship between wolf and man
as they survive the winter cold
and finds his way back home.

Monday, September 10, 2018, 9:27 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Surprise email from Leonard Wan who was my housemate at 109 Catherine St. in Ithaca while
we worked on our Cornell chemistry doctorates;
Leonard's Ph.D. thesis advisor is Roald Hoffman

Saw Leonard some 40 years ago
when he was doing research at MIT—
fantastic that we are connected again! Monday, September 10, 2018, 9:27 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Redwood Goosepens": 7 photos of Goosepens
from 5th hike to Portola Redwoods (7-29-2012);
Redwood top & Goosepen bottom both resemble Platonic Lambda Λ shape— "Soul of the Universe"

While top of Coast Redwood soars to heaven,
the Redwood Goosepen is anchored to Earth,
so we may see Heaven on Earth on our hikes.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 9:00 am-2:45 pm
Mountain View: Taylor Painting crew painted front
door of apartments today; need to keep door open
to let the paint dry; Searched through 17 boxes for folders of chemistry classes taught but found none

Found medal won for "Fire Prevention" essay
in 5th grade awarded by Mayor Impellitteri
in 1951 with French tricolor ribbon attached. Tuesday, September 11, 2018, 3:50-6:10 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
5th hike at Portola Redwoods: (7-29-2012)
40 photos were too dark and need to be
brightened in Adobe Photoshop—

Bullseye Log,
Amphitheatre from Road,
Papa & Mama Redwood Top.

Wednesday, September 12, 2018, 9:00 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Scanned Fire Prevention Medal (front and back) &
1966 Lecture Notes by P.B. Medawar & autograph;
Did spirit of NYC fire fighters let me find this medal?

Searched through 17 boxes yesterday
on 17th anniversary of 9/11 and found
1951 medal given by NYC Fire Department. Wednesday, September 12, 2018, 9:00 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Format photos of Clouds at Los Altos Library; Cay Horner's Memorial Gathering at her home (Sept. 8); Walk with Al Guzman, Willow Glen Auto Show (9/9)

Goosepen chapter completed;
Will now focus on formatting photos for
Cay's Memorial (22) & Willow Glen walk (36).

Thursday, September 13, 2018, 11:05 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Clouds at Los Altos Library & Foothill College"
(18 photos taken on August 29 & Sept. 12, 2018)

Cay Horner's Memorial Gathering (9/8);
22 photos of Cay's San Jose home—
each room like an artistic museum. Thursday, September 13, 2018, 5:30-7:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Checked out David G. Haskell's "Songs of Trees: Nature's Great Connectors" (2017) and Steve Kerridge's "Bruce Lee" (2018) books

343 NYC fire fighters died on 9/11;
Rare footage of Bruce Lee winning
1958 Hong Kong Cha Cha Championship.

Friday, September 14, 2018, 9:27 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Cay Horner's Memorial Gathering"; Wrote Preface with links to Cay's poem "With Connie on the Trail"
with my poems "Sweetest Sacred Sound" (7-6-2007)
and "Memories of Cay Horner" (8-19-2018)

Cay Horner was a special friend
to Connie and me, so I wish to honor
my memories of her on this web page. Friday, September 14, 2018, 9:27 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Willow Glen Walk" (9/9) with Al Guzman before seeing "Alpha" movie at Cinelux Almaden Theatre;
Surprising treat was the 11th Annual Auto Show
on Lincoln Ave, so took 9 photos of vintage cars

Ford Deluxe V8 Auto;
Red Corvette Sportscar;
Ford 1934 Greyhound Hood.

Saturday, September 15, 2018, 9:36 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Typed poems written while at home on Sept. 11
waiting for the door to dry after painting

"White Dog on Montebello Ave"
with three photos & one photo
for "Lost Keys Found" poem. Saturday, September 15, 2018, 9:36 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Wrote poem "Fire Safety Medal" with photos
of bronze medal and scenes from 9/11

Lisa saw back of medal awarded
by the NYC Fire Department,
and said "Today is 9/11 !"

Sunday, September 16, 2018, 12:50-6:50 pm
Los Altos Library: Sent Al Guzman "Chinese
Vegetable Page" done for Cathy's Dad (2002)

Helped friend get Yahoo Mail
re-instated without any success,
even testing that she's not a robot. Sunday, September 16, 2018, 7:10-7:24 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd)
Friend drops me shopping before taking me home

Fresh Express Spinach Salad $1.26;
Lucerne Almond-Coconut Milk $1.99;
Birch Bender Waffles FREE sold out.

Monday, September 17, 2018, 9:50-10:05 am
Mountain View: U.S. Post Office (211 Hope Street)
Paid $96.00 for Post Office Box 390707 renewal;
(Neighbor Alan got 9:30 am Bus #34 for P.O. Box)

Rented this P.O Box when
WisdomPortal.com was launched
October 12, 1998 on Columbus Day. Monday, September 17, 2018, 11:00 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Went to Mountain View Train Depot for 10:33 am
Bus #52 to Foothill College Main Campus

Need to upload some photos
to folders in Network Solutions
since they didn't appear on the web.

Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 11:15 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Began "On Number 97" for Prof. H.A. Scheraga's
97th birthday on October 18, 2018

Using On Number 96 as template,
finished #1-37 on Mathematics
and #38-40 on Science sections. Tuesday, September 18, 2018, 7:15-7:37 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road)
7:39 pm Bus #40 came late at 7:45 pm, but didn't
stop for me as I tried to get four bags out of cart.

SeaPak Shrimp Spring Rolls $7.99;
32 oz Lucerne Peach Yogurt $1.50;
Lucerne Almond-Coconut Milk $1.99.

Wednesday, September 19, 2018, 9:20 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Former Cornell housemate Leonard Wan recalled
my research on calorimetry and asked for help:
Calorimeter; Isothermal calorimters; J.H. Sturdivant

Found my Ph.D. thesis published in
Biopolymers, Vol. 10, Issue 4 (April 1971)
on ΔH of helix-coil transition of poly-L-lysine. Wednesday, September 19, 2018, 9:20 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Continue "On Number 97"— Science & Technology
Section (#38-56): Amino Acid #97 in Sperm Whale Myoglobin, Hemoglobin, Bovine Ribonuclease

Messier 97 is known as the Owl Nebula;
NGC 97 is elliptical galaxy in Andromeda;
Asteroid 97 Klotho named after the Fates.

Thursday, September 20, 2018, 9:47 am-5:38 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Bookmarked 4 articles on Enlightenment News;
"Koan, a Zen way to self-realisation"
(By Kamal Jain, Times of India, 9-18-2018)

Zen masters use nonsensical or
unsolvable riddles, or koans,
to bring about enlightenment. Thursday, September 20, 2018, 9:47 am-5:38 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 97"— Technology Section (#55-56): Graham 1938 Model 97 Supercharged; 1931 Willys Overland Six 97 Coach; History #57-67; At age 97—

Prince Philip attends Prince Harry's Wedding;
Robert Mayer tours with Schools Symphony;
John D. Rockefeller dies as wealthiest man.

Friday, September 21, 2018, 10:50 am-4:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Came to Computer Lab at 9:45 am, but Kyle, Lisa,
and Martha was at Foothill Convocation Gathering
and didn't open Krause Center until 10:45 am

Cities located at 97^o longitude include
Stillwater, Oklahoma: 97^o 5' W longitude,
& Fort Worth, Texas: 97^o 3' W longitude. Friday, September 21, 2018, 10:50 am-4:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 97"— Geography Section (#68-80):
No 97th Street subway station in New York City;
Canada's King's Highway 97 decomissioned in 1984;
Missed 4:16 pm Bus #40 by footsteps as it passed by

Buildings on 97th Street in New York City—
241 West 97th St. called Sabrina built in 1923;
1 East 97th Street where Charles Mingus lived.

Friday, September 21, 2018, 6:00-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Michael Curtiz directs "Cabin in the Cotton" (1932) starring Richard Barthelmess, Dorothy Jordan, Bette Davis, Hardie Albright, David Landau, Berton Churchill, Dorothy Peterson, Russell Simpson, Tully Marshall, Henry B. Walthall, Edmund Breese, Erville Alderson; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Bette Davis' famous line—
"I'd like to kiss you,
but I just washed my hair." Friday, September 21, 2018, 7:30-9:30 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: William Wyler directs "The Little Foxes" (1941), starring Bette Davis,
Herbert Marshall, Teresa Wright, Richard Carlson, Dan Duryea, Patricia Collinge, Charles Dingle, Carl Benton Reid, John Marriott, Russell Hicks, Lucien Littlefield; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4; (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Got 9:55 pm
Bus #22 at Train Depot for 10:20 pm Bus #40 home

Bette Davis gives one of her best performances
as a shrewd ruthless woman who will stop
at nothing to get what she wants.

Saturday, September 22, 2018, 9:58-10:17 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Emanuel Ax plays piano,
Charles Mackerras conducts Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment in Frederic Chopin's Variations on "La Ci Darem La Mano", Op 2 (1827); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Claudio Arrau & London Philharmonic;
Emil Gilels & Leningrad Philharmonic;
Ksenia Kogan & Belgian National Orcheatra.. Saturday, September 22, 2018, 11:32 am-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 97"— Sports Section (#81): "Best By Number: Who Wore What With Distinction" (2006),
p. 218; Sports Players with Uniform #97—
Buffalo Bills Cornelius Bennett

Tampa Bay Buccaners Simeon Rice;
San Francisco 49ers Bryant Young;
Philadelphia Flyers Jeremy Roenick.

Sunday, September 23, 2018, 10:30 am-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Searched Lyle Spatz's "SABR Baseball List & Record Book" for statistics on 97
for Sports Section in Number 97; Season records:

Babe Ruth: 25th in Most Extra-base Hits
with 97; Cy Young: 27th in Fewest Walks
per 9 innings with 0.97; Ron LeFlore:
9th in Most Stolen Bases with 97. Monday, September 24, 2018, 8:40-8:47 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Joshua Rifkin plays piano,
in Scott Joplin's "The Entertainer" (1902); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); Alarm clock at 7:00 am
didn't go off; Woke up 8 am; Got 9:52 am Bus #40

Ragtime music became popular
after its use as theme music for
1973 Oscar-winning film The Sting.

Monday, September 24, 2018, 10:30 am-7:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 97"— Geography Section (#68-80):
97 Fifth Avenue; Stanford 1897 BronzePlaque; Stanford 1997 Bronze Plaque; Sports #77-92—

97th World Series: Arizona beats Yankees 4-3;
Juju Smith-Schuster's 97-yard touchdown;
Rickey Henderson 97th Stolen Base. Monday, September 24, 2018, 10:30 am-7:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 97"— Collectibles Section (#98-107):
1997 China Panda Gold Coin; U.S. 1897S Morgan Silver Dollar; Marvel Stamp #97: Black Knight

Wings #97: C-124 Globemaster Transport;
Wheels #97: Packard 1953 Patrician Sedan;
Look 'n See #97: Jules Verne (Back of card).

Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 9:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Watched CBS 60 Minutes on Sunday 6:30-6:45 pm:
"Power of Google" on neighbor Don Richards' TV

Google is a monopoly on Search
with 90% using them on the Internet;
control what sites get on their first page. Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 9:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Ex-housemate at Cornell, Leonard Wan, who has not
been in touch for 40 years emailed me on Sept. 22—

His daughter is teaching Dante's Inferno;
Will send him my "Dante at Wisdom Portal"
and Inferno V:82-142 on "Paolo & Francesca".

Tuesday, September 25, 2018, 7:35-8:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Rushing for 7:22 pm Bus #40,
Al Guzman beeps & gives me ride to Library where
I look up Stamp Catalogues for Scott Catalogue #s:

Malta #1429d Rabbitfish, #1449 Edward Lear, #1488 Maritime; Slovenia 1198a Fried Cheese, #1198b Strudel, #1140 Eurasian Beaver.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 9:26 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 97"— Art, Books, Music, & Film Section
(#108): Hiroshige Woodcut #97 inspired this haiku:

Giant pine overhead
the waters as tourists
enjoy the autumn breeze.

Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 9:26 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 97"— Music Section (#118-125):
"Wreck of the Old 97" song recorded by:

Vernon Dalhart, Statler Brothers,
Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger,
Johnny Cash, and Hank Snow.
Wednesday, September 26, 2018, 9:26 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 97"— Film Section (#126-130):
AFI's 100 Years film 97th choice in poll—

Best Passion: Grease (1978),
Best Thriller: Safety Last (1923),
Best Song: 42nd Street (1933).

Thursday, September 27, 2018, 10:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"Hiking & Poetry on Arizona National Scenic Trail"
(Stephen Chaffee, retired national park ranger, hiked the 800-miles Arizona Trail twice from 2011 to 2015)
(Tony Paniagua, Arizona Public Media, 9-26-2018)

His poetry book The Arizona Trail
contains 43 passages, one for each
section of the famous course. Thursday, September 27, 2018, 10:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 97"— #66: 97th United States Congress;
#131-136: 97 in the Bible— 97th Psalms; Book of Enoch, Ch. 97; 97th Saying in Gospel of Thomas;
Ch. 97 of Aquarian Gospel; Pistis Sophia Ch. 97

#64: 97th Infantry Division;
#65: The Marching 97 Lehigh Band;
#97: Ford 97 Fusion 2004 Nascar Champion.

Friday, September 28, 2018, 9:50 am-10:12 am
Mountain View: 9:30 am Bus #34 at Hackett Ave to
Bryant St.; Walk to Kaiser Optometry (555 Castro St) for change in reading glasses. Last visit in 2010.

Made appointment at Kaiser Optometry
on Tuesday, October 2 at 11:35 am
with Valerie Hamamoto, O.D. Friday, September 28, 2018, 11:07 am-4:10 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
"On Number 97"— 3 books to type: "Philokalia",
"Lankavatara Sutra" & "Bodhicaryavatara"

Plato's Phaedo 97c: It is mind that produces
order and is the cause of everything.
This explanation pleased me.

Friday, September 28, 2018, 6:05-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: William Dieterle directs "Satan Met a Lady" (1936) starring Bette Davis, Warren William, Alison Skipworth, Marie Wilson, Arthur Treacher, Wini Shaw, Porter Hall, Olin Howland, Charles C. Wilson; (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Based on Dashiell Hammett's Maltese Falcon
with ram's horn standing
for the falcon relic. Friday, September 28, 2018, 7:30-9:10 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: John Huston directs
"In This Our Life" (1941), starring Bette Davis,
Olivia de Havilland, George Brent, Dennis Morgan, Frank Craven, Billie Burke, Charles Coburn, Ernest Anderson, Hattie McDaniel, Lee Patrick, Mary Servoss; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4);

Bette Davis steals Olivia's husband,
torments him to commit suicide,
kills girl while DUI & blames other.

Saturday, September 29, 2018, 12:25-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library: 97th Name of Allah is Al-Waarith "Supreme Inheritor"; Chapter 97 of Mohammed's Holy Koran is titled "The Grandeur"

Krause Center closed today: 140 attended
Los Altos Hills Google for Education Summit;
using G-Suite and Google Apps in K-12. Saturday, September 29, 2018, 12:25-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library: "On Number 97"— "Philokalia",
#151-156: Sayings #97 of the Desert Fathers;
Saint Mark the Ascetic:

Undistracted prayer is a sign of love for
God; but careless or distracted prayer
is a sign of love for pleasure.

Sunday, September 30, 2018, 12:00-12:21 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Road)
Neighbor Don Richards takes me shopping here

5.72 lbs Red seedless grapes @ 88¢/lb = $5.03;
1.95 lbs Black grapes @ 88¢/lb = $1.72;
2.43 lbs Banana chips @ $1.94/lb = $4.71. Sunday, September 30, 2018, 12:30-12:41 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road)
Got heavier items due to ride with Don Richards

Non-fat milk $2.38; Almond-coconut milk $2.38;
Lucerne Hazelnut & Vanilla Creamers @ $2.48;
Lucerne Strawberry Yogurt, 32 oz, $2.25.