Haikus: April 2019

HAIKUS: April 2019

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, April 1, 2019, 8:34-8:43 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM Christian Benda conducts
Prague Sinfonia to Franz Schubert's Overture
"In the Italian Style" in D, D.590 (1817); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Trivia Quiz: Music in
History 1817: Rossini's opera La Cenerentola
(Cinderella) premieres in Rome (1-25-1817);

NY Stock Exchange is founded (3-8);
American School for the Deaf opens in
Hartford, CT (4-15); University of
Michigan founded (Ann Arbor) (8-23);
First sword swallower in US performs (11-25). Monday, April 1, 2019, 10:15-1:40 am
Mountain View:: Safeway (590 N. Rengstorff Ave);
Neighbor Don Richards takes me here shopping—
Mariani 64 oz Walnut Milk Free; Gallon
Value Corner Non-fat Milk $2.49;
2 Sig. Select Green Beans @ $1.00;
3 lbs Mustard Potato Salad $5.99

2 Open Nature Italian Pizzas @ $3.88;
2 Sig. Select Potato Tater Treats @ #2.38;
2 Sig. Select Mini Florentine Quiches @ 4.99;
2 Mott 6 ct. Cinnamon-Apple Sauce @ $2.00;
2 Softsoap Hand-pump Liquid Soap @ 25¢.

Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 8:34-8:43 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM Xiayin Wang plays piano
to Enrique Granados 's Five Poetic Waltzes
(1886); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)
Trivia Quiz: Music in History 1886—

Sigmund Freud opens practice in Vienna (1886); R. L. Stevenson publishes Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1-5); Geronimo surrenders (9-4);
Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 10:15-11:40 am
Mountain View: Went to San Antonio Dental
(530 Showers Drive) for appointmentt & cleaning
(July 5, 10 am); Sprouts (630 San Antonio Road);
Missed 12:07 pm Bus #40; Got 12:20 pm Bus #34 home

2 packages 6 oz Blackberries @ 88¢;
1.35 lbs Roma Tomatoes @ 98¢;
(No time to buy 3 lbs Cuties for $2.98)

Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 12;58-5:16 pm
Mountain View: Apartment Computer Room
Word to write Notes to Poem: "Meditations on 42"
[Psalms 42:7 (1000 BC) to PB's Notebook (1988)]

Eight stanzas of four lines from
writings of philosophers & poets
as source for "Poem on 42"
Tuesday, April 2, 2019, 7:40-7:49 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
Last day to buy 10 Yoplait Yogurt 6 oz @ 39¢;
Caught 8:03 pm Bus #40 home.

2 Blueberries, 2 Blackberries,
2 Black Cherry, 2 Pina Colada,
Orange Creme, French Vanilla.

Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 2:15-2:49 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
Caught 3:02 pm Bus #40 home.

Doritos Nacho & Ruffles Pot. Chips @ $1.99;
4 Lucerne Sliced Swiss Cheese 4 for $5.00;
Sig. Select Thin Crust Supreme Pizza $2.49. Wednesday, April 3, 2019, 7:15-7:29 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Farmers Market (630 San Antonio Road); Caught 7:43 pm Bus #40 home.

3 lbs Cuties Mandarin Oranges $2.98;
3.16 lbs Red Seedless Grapes @ 98¢/lb;
19 oz Wheat Germ $2.79; Cage-free Eggs $1.79.

Thursday, April 4, 2019, 8:32-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.0 FM Gennady Rozhdestvensky conducts London Symphony Orchestra to Jean Sibelius's Karelia Suite: March Op. 11 (1893); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Quiz: Music in History 1893—

Great Northern Railway connects Seattle with east coast (1-6); Edison motion picture studio (2-1); Puccini's Opera Manon Lescaut premieres (2-1); Clydesdale horses pulled
48 tons on a sledge in Michigan (2-26); Thursday, April 4, 2019, 11:13 am-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Apartment Computer Room; Notice from Los Altos Library that Mary Oliver's "Evidence"
is now in; Need to find Poem #42 to include in my "Number 42" & Poem "Meditations on 42"

Can't go to Half-Moon Bay to celebrate Karen's
birthday on April 5 due to Waverley Writers
Poetry Reading on first Friday of each month;
April 5 postmarks from Canal Zone & Illinois cancellations honoring Columbus & Space Flight.

Friday, April 5, 2019, 7:50-7:54 am
KDFC: 104.0 FM Itzhak Perlman plays violin as
Samuel Sanders plays piano to Giuseppe Tartini's
Variations on a theme by Corelli (1931); CD; (YouTube: Itzhak Perlman, David Garett,
David Oistrakh, Stepan Grytsay), Fritz Kreisler—

Four violinists have hands on this piece—
Itzhak Perlman playing Fritz Kreisler's
Variations on a Theme of Corelli
in the stlyle of Giuseppe Tartini Friday, April 5, 2019, 8:33-8:39 am
KDFC: 104.0 FM George Szell conducts
Cleveland Orchestra to Richard Wagner's
The Valkyries: Magic Fire Music (1854);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)
Trivia Quiz: Music in History 1854—

Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden (8-9);
Lincoln's 1st political speech in Illinois (10-4);
First street-cleaning machine in US used
in Philadelphia (12-15-1854).

Friday, April 5, 2019, 9:30 am-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Apartment Computer Room;
Finding photos of Zen sesshin with Zen stick
for poem "My New Mantra"

Kyosaku is the Zen stick used
to hit those falling asleep at zazen;
1939 Drawing by Sato Giel. Friday, April 5, 2019, 7:30-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Friends Meeting House (957 Colorado Ave)
Waverley Writers Poetry Reading (27 came);
Joel Katz gave me ride home

Mirna Hirschl is featured reader;
Read one poem tonight—
"Meditations on 41".

Saturday, April 6, 2019, 12;34-1:00 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
performs Giacomo Puccini 's Tosca (1900) CD;
(YouTube: Houston Grand Opera, Oslo Opera,
Kansas City Opera, Paris Opera)

Most cinematic of all operas—
Puccini's Tosca is melodramatic
with torture, murder, and suicide. Saturday, April 6, 2019, 1:17-1:22 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM Itzhak Perlman plays violin
as Samuel Sanders plays piano to Fritz Kreisler's Liebesfreud (1905); CD; (YouTube: Itzhak Perlman, David Garett, David Oistrakh, Stepan Grytsay)—

Kreisler wrote "Liebesfreud" (Love's Joy),
"Liebesleid" (Love's Sorrow), "Schön Rosmarin"
(Lovely Rosemary) for encores at his concerts.

Sunday, April 7, 2019, 3:40-5:00 & 7:30-9:40 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock
directs "Vertigo" (1958); starring James Stewart,
Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes; Tom Helmore, Henry Jones, Raymond Bailey, Ellen Corby, Konstantin Shayne, Lee Patrick; (YouTube: 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, Full movie); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Professor Dupuy's Lecture on "Vertigo";
Vertigo Symposium; Mythology in Vertigo;
Hitchcock's Vertigo & Dürer's Melencolia. Sunday, April 7, 2019, 5:10-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "Marnie" (1964); starring Tippi Hedren, Sean Connery, Diane Baker, Martin Gabel, Louise Latham, Bob Sweeney, Alan Napier, Mariette Hartley, Bruce Dern, Meg Wyllie, Melody Thomas Scott, Kimberly Beck; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

She's afraid of color red & thunderstorms—
repressed memories from childhood
that her husband tries to solve.

Monday, April 8, 2019, 7:32-7:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Florian Heyerick conducts
Mannheim Chamber Orchestra to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Eine kleine nachtmusik in G K.525 (1787); CD; (YouTube: Apollo Symphony Orchestra, Consort of London, Gabriele Tomasello, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Ensemble

Teaching Ascending & Descending Order
in Chemical Statistical Mechanics,
cited Mozart's "Eine kleine nachtmusik". Monday, April 8, 2019, 9:27 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Collecting data & photos for poem "Most Miraculous Growth"— Acorn diameter half inch, weighs 5-6 gm; Giant Oaks; Weight of Oaks; Angel Oak; Acorn, Spermatozoa 3x5 μm; Haystack Calhoun weighed 663 lbs; Hydrogen; Proton weighs 1.672x10^-27 kg

Hyperion Redwood;
Photo of Hyperion;
Weight: 1.6 million lbs.

Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 7:21-7:28 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Gustavo Dudamel conducts
Vienna Philharmonic to Peter Tchaikovsky's
Swan Lake: Act I: Waltz Op. 20 (1876); CD; (YouTube: Fonteyn / Nureyev, Riccardo Muti, Charles Dutoit, Djansug Kakhidze, Arthur Fiedler)

Princess Odette turned into
white swan by evil sorcerer's curse—
Can Prince Siegfried break that spell? Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 9:24 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
So happy to be back at Krause Center (closed 3/30-4/7)
for Spring Break; Wrote Haikus April 1-8 yesterday;
Added Akhtamova & Koch Poems 42, Corrected Typos
in "Number 42"; Add Mary Oliver's Evidence Poem 42

Numerology: 8 words whose letters add to 42;
12 pair words whose letters add to 42;
Photo of "Star Ruby" to end "Number 42".

Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 7:21-7:28 am
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
While linking to YouTube videos of Tchaikovsky's
Swan Lake: Act I: Waltz Op. 20 (1876); came across beautiful photos of roses, landscapes, seascapes,
& Monet paintings with 39,206,434 views; Saved:

Curvy Forest Trail;
Blue Misty Mountains;
Lambda Λ Castle Towers. Tuesday, April 9, 2019, 9:24 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
So happy to be back at Krause Center (closed 3/30-4/7)
for Spring Break; Wrote 4 Haikus April 9 today;
Item #329: "Further Contemplation on 42" (from
7-16-1993 Newsletter, Issue #16 of Inspirit)—

Poems typed in Microsoft Word "My New Mantra" and "Found" plus Notes to Poem "Meditations on 42" need conversion to HTML.

Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 6:49-6:55 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Seiji Ozawa conducts
Boston Symphony Orchestra to Peter Tchaikovsky's
Swan Lake: Act IV: Final Scene Op. 20 (1876); CD; (YouTube: André Previn, Charles Dutoit, Evgeny Svetlanov, Michael T. Thomas, Ballet performance)

Heard Act I of Swan Lake
yesterday, great to hear Act IV
the final scene waltz this morning. Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 8:50 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Went to Foothill College Library to check out
Branch Rickey's "The American Diamond:
A Documentary of the Game of Baseball" GV867.R53
Can't find these Robinson photos in Google Images.

Checked out this book 26 years ago (1993)
to scan photos of Jackie Robinson
wearing uniform #42 stealing home.

Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 8:50 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Addendum to Item #46 Molybdenum Atomic #42:
Found article "Seeing Beauty in Atoms"
(New York Times, July 6, 1993, B5)

Roald Hoffman believes that many things
can be better explained by poetry
or art than by equations. Wednesday, April 10, 2019, 8:50 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Finally finished "Number 42" with 330 items—
Added "Number 42— Jackie Robinson Stealing Home"
to Item #167 with photos scanned from Rickey's book

Poems typed in Microsoft Word "My New Mantra" and "Found" plus Notes to Poem "Meditations on 42" converted to HTML.

Thursday, April 11, 2019, 6:55-7:02 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Joshua Bell plays violin
as Andrew Litton conducts Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to Jules Massenet's Thaïs: Meditation (1894); CD; (YouTube: Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, Maxim Vengerov, Sarah Chang, Relay Team)

Massenet's Thaïs: Meditation—
France #452 honored centenary of
his birth with 4 francs postage stamp. Thursday, April 11, 2019, 9:28 am-4:10 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Downloaded Philip Wheelwright's 1964 paperback
of Heraclitus at goodreads; Copy at IberLibro.com
is better with "Atheneum 60 $1.25" at top upper right; Will include book image in "Notes to Poem: Found"

Scan pages 18-19 of Wheelwright's Heraclitus
on my 1967 query to him "Have you found?"—
Found answer in Plotinus 19 years later (1986).

Thursday, April 11, 2019, 5:45-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "I Confess" (1953); starring Montgomery Clift,
Anne Baxter, Karl Malden; Brian Aherne, O. E. Hasse, Dolly Haas, Roger Dann, Charles André, Gilles Pelletier; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
(Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Saw this film years ago, and thought Karl Malden was the Priest instead of Clift

Priest hears a murderer's confession
but will not divulge his identity even
when he was accused for the crime. Thursday, April 11, 2019, 7:30-9:15 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "The Wrong Man" (1957); starring Henry Fonda,
Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Charles Cooper, Esther Minciotti, Doreen Lang, Laurinda Barrett, Norma Connolly, Nehemiah Persoff, Werner Klemperer, Lola D'Annunzio; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, full movie); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Semi-documentary about man accused
of a crime he didn't commit, filmed in
locations where actual crime took place.

Friday, April 12, 2019, 9:30 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Found my Notes to Maxine Kumine's Poetry
Reading at San Jose State University (3-11-1993)
where she read 18 of her poems.

Told Kumin on my love interest from
biochemistry to poetry; she tells me
Roald Hoffman consulted her on poetry. Friday, April 12, 2019, 9:30 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Scanned p. 357 from Plotinus Enneads IV:8:1
that "Heraclitus searched himself and found"
for "Notes to Poem: Found"

Page 357 from my Plotinus Enneads book
is clearer than my scribbles on page 18 of
Wheelwright's Heraclitus that he found!

Saturday, April 13, 2019, 7:19-7:23 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Yo-Yo Ma plays cello with
The Knights to Antonin Dvorak's Rusalka: Song
to the Moon (1901); CD; (YouTube: The Knights, Renee Fleming, Kristine Opolais, Joshua Bell)

Most popular excerpt from opera
Rusalka is "Song to the Moon"
performed separately in concerts. Saturday, April 13, 2019, 9:40 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Download postage stamps showing "Picasso Dove"—
Czech 438, 439; 567; People's Republic of China 108,
109, 110, PRC108-110; PRC 187, PRC 188, PRC 189

PRC 187-189; Poland 487, Poland 488;
Poland 1320; Czech 1408: Guernica;
Senegal C59: Les Demoiselles d'Avignon.

Sunday, April 14, 2019, 8:34-10:35 am
Mountain View: Century Cinema 16 (1500 N Shoreline Blvd); directs "How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World" (2019); with Jay Baruchel,
America Ferrera, Cate Blanchett; Craig Ferguson,
F. Murray Abraham, Jonah Hill, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Kristen Wiig, Kit Harington, Gerard Butler;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Al picked me up at 8:00 am
to see Dragon: Hidden World movie
at Mountain View CineMark before breakfast. Sunday, April 14, 2019, 11:00 am-1:30 pm
Sunnyvale: Sweet Tomatoes (1210 Kifer Rd)
Another surpise: Al drove here instead of
HomeTown Buffet (408 North Capitol Ave. San Jose), and treated me for lunch— 2 plates of Salad, Spinach, Purple Cabbage, Beets, Cucumbers, Olives, Tuna, Egg salad, Sunflower Seeds, Chow-mein Noodles, Ranch & Italian Dressing; 2 cups Milk; Jello, Tapicoa Pudding

Al drove me home at 2 pm;
After nap (2:30-6 pm), found W-2 forms;
Did Federal & State taxes (9:15 pm-12:45 am).

Monday, April 15, 2019, 7:18-7:24 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: John Williams conducts
Boston Pops, to John Williams's "Star Wars:
Imperial March" (1980); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

KDFC announced "Imperial March"
being played, but listed instead on
Playlist "Raiders of the Lost Ark: March". Monday, April 15, 2019, 10:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to poem "My New Mantra";
Photo: Self-Portrait Graham Sutherland (1977)

Sutherland's painting "Christ in Glory" (1962);
Chou-Fasman Amino Acids Potentials;
Biochemistry 13 (211-222)1974; β-turns.

Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 8:38-8:44 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Werner Haas plays piano
to Claude Debussy's Masques L 105 (1904); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Music in History 1904: (4-20):
Louisiana Purchase Exposition opens in St. Louis

Bank of America opens San Francisco (10-17);
Ice cream cone makes its debut (7-23);
Automobile tire chain patented (8-23). Tuesday, April 16, 2019, 12:00-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Robert.Nyden (Sarum Seminar) Emails: "Notre-Dame: Massive fire ravages Paris cathedral" (BBC, 4-16-2019); 850-year-old Gothic building's spire & roof collapsed

Main structure, including the two
bell towers, has been saved by
500 firefighters for eight hours.

Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 9:25 am-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Downloading postage stamps for poems written
at Yohohama (8-28-1978): Laos C8 Buddha Statue;
and Paris (8-5-1979): France 1090 Rose Window

"Be Still and Know I am Being";
"La Rose de Notre Dame";
North Rose Window. Wednesday, April 17, 2019, 9:25 am-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Wrote poem "Homage to Notre Dame" (France B217)
27 lines, 9 stanzas of 3 lines, 6 syllables per line;
with my experience in Paris, summer 1979

Crowd watch in horror on the Seine;
Notre Dame Cathedral on fire;
Christ's Crown of Thorns saved.

Thursday, April 18, 2019, 8:29-8:37 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Jan Mracek plays violin as
Lukas Klansky plays piano to Antonin Dvorak's Mazurek Op.49, B. 90 (1879); CD; (YouTube:
1): 2, 3, 4); Trivia Quiz: Music in History 1879

Edison exhibited incandescent light (12-31);
Gilbert-Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance (12-31);
Milk sold in glass bottles for first time (4-8). Thursday, April 18, 2019, 10:27-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Add photos of Paul Brunton, Master Subramuniya, Swami Chinmayananda, Seung Sahn, Wei Wu Wei
as sages to Notes to poem "My New Mantra"

Find more photos for Notes
to poem "Homage to Notre Dame"—
most visited cathedral (12 million annually).

Friday, April 19, 2019, 8:34-8:42 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Mark Elder conducts
Hallé Orchestra to George Butterworth's Banks of Green Willow "Idyll for Small Orc" (1913); CD; (YouTube: 1): 2, 3, 4); Music in History 1913:

Toy inserted into a Cracker Jack box (2-19);
President Wilson throws out 1st ball, Senators beat Yankees 2-1 (4-10); Elastic brassiere
patented by Mary Phelps Jacob (11-3). Friday, April 19, 2019, 10:30-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Photos for Notes to "Homage to Notre Dame"—
Fire Fighters (1); Crown of Thorns; France B285:
King St. Louis IX; Angel Statue; Rooftop Angel

Catholics believe the Crown was worn
by Jesus Christ during his crucifixion.
It was given to King Louis IX (1238)
by the Emperor of Constantinople.

Saturday, April 20, 2019, 10:08 am-4:45 pm
Los Altos Library: Emailed Easter poems
(2014 and 1977) & other poems to friends—

"Be Still"; "La Rose de Notre Dame";
"My New Mantra" (Notes); "Found" (Notes);
Latest poem "Homage to Notre Dame". Saturday, April 20, 2019, 5:10-5:26 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Farmers Market
(630 San Antonio Rd); 5:48 pm Bus #40 home.

1.96 lbs Dried Cranberries @ $2.99/lb = $5.86;
1.09 lbs Broccoli Crowns @ 98¢/lb; = $1.07;
One Bunch of 6 Green Onions 98¢.

Sunday, April 21, 2019, 2:05-2:26 pm
Mountain View: 99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Rd):
Got 2:32 pm Bus #22 & 2:56 pm Bus #40 home

Vegetable Buns $3.69; Egg Custards $1.25;
Sesame Buns $3.29; Spinach Buns $2.29;
Can (14.5 oz) Kimbo Chicken Broth 69¢. Sunday, April 21, 2019, 5:00-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Writing "Most Miraculous Growth"
(47 minutes walk reduced blood sugar 127 to 74)

An acorn boasts its growth: "Squirrels
that would eat me are now living
in my branches— Hard to top that!"

Monday, April 22, 2019, 7:03-7:08 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Mike Dixon conducts London Philharmonic to Tony Banks's "Seven— Earthlight" (2004); CD; (YouTube: 1; 2); Music for Earth Day

Google Doodle Earth Day 2019;
My "Earth Day 2013" poem (4-22-2013)
& Notes inspired by Bill Morrison's photos. Monday, April 22, 2019, 9:00 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Finish Notes to Poem "Homage to Notre Dame"—
CECAM; My 1979 paper in Fasman's 1989 book

Found better photo of Hotel Sorbonne;
Photo of University of Paris at Orsay;
Ruben's Assumption of Virgin Mary.

Monday, April 22, 2019, 9:00 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Typed up poem "Most Miraculous Growth"
Redwood seed grew 16 trillion times in weight

The Sperm said "I weigh much less—
yet I grow as tall as Yao Ming
and as big as Haystack Calhoun. Monday, April 22, 2019, 9:00 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Size of human cells; Cell weighs 3.5x10^-9 gm;
27 x 10^-12 gm (picogram); Genome 3.6 picogram

Haystack weighs 663 lbs = 3 x 10⁵ gm
Cell weights 3.5 x10^-9 gm—
increase 100 trillion times.

Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 8:33-8:43 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Gianadrea Noseda conducts
BBC Philharmonic to Amilcare Ponchielli's
"La Gioconda: Dance of the Hours" (1876); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, Hours); Music in History 1876:

Battle of Little Big Horn (6-25);
Bell's first telephone call (3-10);
Ibsen's Peer Gynt premieres (2-24). Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 10:00-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Paris Professor Dupuy likes my "Notre Dame" poem; Emails photo of Firefighters entering Notre Dame full
of debris, yet found the Cross still intact and shining

"Some form of transcendence"
of Cross still standing above debris—
Will incluce photo in my "Notes to Poem".

Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 10:00-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Found my poem "A Sea of Steps" (1-21-2010)
in Sarum Seminar Newsletter (Spring 2010, p. 7):
Robert Nyden is Layout Editor of Newsletter

Nyden emails news on "Protecting Notre Dame from Rain"; Send him my poem "Homage to Notre Dame" & Notes that he'll appreciate. Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 10:00-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composed Web Page for niece Emily's Birthday
with Hiroshige's Edo Woodcut #30 "Plum Park",
Double Delight Hybrid Tea Rose with 30 petals,

Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, Verse 30,
30¢ Buffalo U.S. postage stamp,
and "Home on the Range" song.

Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 7:15-7:33 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
Left Lab for 6:56 pm Bus #40 for shopping; 7:43 pm
Bus #40 home; Ann came 8:15 pm for newspapers

Sea Pak Shrimp Scampi $5.24;
6 cans Dole Pineapple Chunks @ $1.12;
Gallon Nonfat Milk $2.49; Orange Juice $1.99. Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 6:48-6:53 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Daniel Hope plays violin with
Zurich Chamber Orchestra to Christoph Gluck's "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" (1774); CD; (YouTube: 1; 2; 3)

"Dance of the Blessed Spirits" music
for the healing of Notre Dame de Paris—
May she recover soon and be splendid again.

Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 8:50-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Mercury News, Tuesday, 4-23-2019, B2, Ad on
"Enter for Chance to Win a Pair of Tickets to See
Tony Bennett, May 3, 2019, City National Civic,
135 Carlos St, SJ; 5 readers to win pair of tickets

Hour to find Site to enter drawing;
Tony Bennett's May 3, 2019 Concert;
Metroactive's Tony Bennett drawing. Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 8:50-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Compose Notes to poem "Most Miraculous Growth"
with % increase for Acorn to Oak; Redwood seed to Coast Redwood; Sperm to Yao Ming & Haystack Calhoun; Hydrogen Atom to Sun; Point to Universe

Finding photos for these competitors of
"Most Miraculous Growth" will be fun;
easier than finding their actual weights.

Thursday, April 25, 2019, 8:34-8:45 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Michael Tilson Thomas conducts
San Francisco Symphony to Sergei Prokofiev's
"Romeo and Juliet: Scenes" (1938); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); Music in History 1938:

Ella Fitzgerald's "A-Tisket, A-Tasket" (5-2);
Howard Hughes flies around the world in 91 hours (7-10); Time capsule, buried at World's Fair in NYC (capsule contained a woman's hat, man's pipe & 1,100 feet of microfilm) (9-23). Thursday, April 25, 2019, 10:29 am-7:22 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"Western Concepts Have Drastically Shaped History of Chinese Art. But the Artworks Have Their Own Stories to Tell" (By Wu Hung, artnet.com, NYC, 4-25-2019)

Reformist intellectuals not only adopted
Enlightenment ideology to reshape China's
sociopolitical systems, but also strived to rewrite
the country's cultural history based on "scientific"
models provided by Europe and Japan.

Thursday, April 25, 2019, 10:29 am-7:22 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Compose Notes to poem "Most Miraculous Growth"

Inspired by Master Subramuniya—
"as the mighty oak tree unfolds into
all its glory from the tiny acorn" Thursday, April 25, 2019, 7:45-7:58 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Farmers Market (630 San Antonio Road); Caught 8:06 pm Bus #40 home.

2.18 lbs Turkish Apricots @ $2.99/lb = $6.52;
2 packages Strawberries (lb) @ $1.25 = $2.50;
Rush to catch 8:01 pm Bus #40 home.

Friday, April 26, 2019, 8:34-8:45 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Andras Schiff plays piano
to Ludwig van Beethoven's "Andante Favori in F WoO 57" (1804); CD; (YouTube: Brendel, Richter, Itin, Pico-Leonis, Schiff); Music in History 1804:

Jefferson's Lewis & Clark Expedition (5-14);
Aaron Burr kills Alexander Hamilton (7-11);
Jefferson makes Louisiana Purchase (10-1). Friday, April 26, 2019, 10:00 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Finished Notes to poem "Most Miraculous Growth"
Error in Acorn weight (5 gm jewelry) to actual (3 gm);
increase of 440 times to 730 times growth to Oak Tree.

Redwood Seed to Hyperion increase 16 trillion x;
Sperm to Haystack increase 100 trillion times;
Sperm beats Redwood Seed by 6.25 times!

Saturday, April 27, 2019, 9:41 am-11:22 am
Palo Alto: Stanford Theatre is having Doris Day Film Festival (April 19-May 23, 2019); Picked up batch of brochures; Went to Walgreens (300 University Ave):

Swanson Chicken Broth @ 59¢ out of stock;
Bottle Maxwell Instant Coffee (8 oz) $3.99;
Bottle Nice Dry Roasted Peanuts (1 lb) $1.99. Saturday, April 27, 2019, 1:14-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Martha told me Krause Center will close on 4/27;
Emailed 4/26 at 11:44 pm "We will be open Peter"

Got to Krause Center 1:14 pm; Closing 3 pm;
Told Martha: "An hour of work at Krause Center
is worth more than 5 hours at Los Altos Library."

Sunday, April 28, 2019, 12:15-3:00 pm
Mountain View: 95.7 FM: NBA 2nd Round Playoffs between Golden State Warriors & Houston Rockets: Warriors beat Rockets 104-100; Durants scores 35

Durant's 3-points at buzzer ties game 53-53
at the Half; Curry's dagger 3-points
wins game near the end 103-98. Sunday, April 28, 2019, 6:00-6:52 pm
Mountain View: Walk around neighborhood—
Sierra Vista Ave, Silverwood Ave, Farley Street,
Central Expy, Montebello Ave, Montecito Ave

52 minutes walk reduced blood sugar
from 212 to 129— 83 points drop is
a record for walk more than half-hour.

Monday, April 29, 2019, 8:33-8:43 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Valery Gergiev conducts
Kirov Orchestra to Peter Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake:
Dances (1877); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 );
Music Trivia: Year in Music History 1877 :

Queen Victoria made Empress of India (1-1);
Edison invents the music phonograph (8-12);
Henry Ossian Flipper: 1st African American
to graduate from West Point Academy (6-15). Monday, April 29, 2019, 10:30 am-6:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
International Dance Day today; Bay Area Dance Week (By Randy McMullen, Mercury News, 4-25-2019)
Kathak Dance (5-5-2013); Shoreline Blvd Walk

Gnarly Pepper Tree (Wright Ave & Shoreline Blvd); Top of Pepper Tree; Pepper Trees on Montebello Avenue: Lion of Courage Tree;
Platonic Λ Pepper Tree (Poem 7-20-2014).

Monday, April 29, 2019, 7:15-7:32 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
Left Lab for 6:56 pm Bus #40 for shopping;
Caught 7:43 pm Bus #40 home

8 Gorton Grilled Salmon @ $2 = $16.00;
Reiser Devil Eggs Potato Salad $6.99;
Apple Sauce @ $1.90; Green Beans 99¢;
Cheese Danish $2.05; Egg Rolls $2:00. Monday, April 29, 2019, 9:27-9:49 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Seiji Ozawa conducts
Boston Symphony Orchestra to Peter Tchaikovsky's "Sleeping Beauty: Suite Op. 66a" (1889); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Sleeping Beauty (1889) is Tchaikovsky's longest
ballet; (nearly 4 hours) and received more
favorable accolades than Swan Lake (1876).

Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 8:32-8:39 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Turibio Santos plays guitar
to Isaac Albéniz's Suite Espanola: Asturias Op. 47 (1886); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 );
Music Trivia: Year in Music History 1886 :

Karl Benz drives first automobile (7-3);
US strike for 8-hour working day (5-1);
Statue of Liberty dedicated by U.S.
President Grover Cleveland (10-28). Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 10:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing poem "My Favorite Trees" with tree photos: Redwood, White Oak, Eucalyptus, Pepper Tree, Ginkgo, Bamboo, Pine, Palm, Redbud, and Weeping Willow

Sequoia sempervirens— ever-green, ever-living
Coast Redwood, tallest living thing on earth
soaring to the skies with goosepen anchored
to earth— the Soul shines in your shape.

Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 10:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause
Email from Roy & Kathy Mize of Sarum Seminar:
"How to reduce digital distractions: advice from medieval monks" (Jamie Kreiner, Aeon, 4-24-2019))

Cut back your commitments to serious stuff,
and you'll have fewer thoughts
competing for your attention. Tuesday, April 30, 2019, 10:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing poem "My Favorite Trees" with photos
of trees encountered during my walks

Weeping Willow: Wednesday's Child full of woe,
I sat by you at Boston Public Garden
watching swan boats gliding in the lake
pondering on mysteries & wonder of life.