Haikus: December 2019

HAIKUS: December 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.

Sunday, December 1, 2019, 2:00-5:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Renewed Journey to the West Vol. IV
by Cheng'en Wu, due today, now due December 28, 2019;
Karen dropped by to take me shopping, but I'm too busy

Need to type Chapters 43, 69, 99
for Elisa, Cathy, & Prof. Scheraga's
birthdays next year while book is available. Sunday, December 1, 2019, 5:30-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Rd.)
Earlier rain this morning has stopped;
Caught 6:26 pm Bus #40 home

2.58 lbs Vine Cluster Tomatoes @ 98¢/lb = $2.53;
6.04 lbs Raw Almonds @ $3.99/lb = $24.10;
2 Blueberries @ $1.67; Green Onions 98¢.

Monday, December 2, 2019, 10:40 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Without Mac Computer, BBEdit to write HTML
the last four days, felt like bird locked in cage

With Krause Center open again, feel free
and soaring— caught up on 16 Haikus
from November 27-December 2, 2019. Monday, December 2, 2019, 10:40 am-4:45 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Place images for Notes to Poem: "November 10, 1619"
and write commentaries for the remaining five stanzas

Try to finish the Notes to Poem
before Krause Center closes at 5 pm
or even earlier as Martha is not here.

Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 8:30-8:37 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Johannes Brahms's, Symphony No. 3
in F major, Op. 90 (1883); (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
Trivia in Music History 1883

Life magazine is founded in Los Angeles (1-4); Adventures of Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi is first published (2-1883); Robert Louis Stevenson's
novel Treasure Island published (5-23-1883). Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 11:12 am-7:27 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Place images for Notes to Poem: "November 10, 1619"
and write commentaries for the remaining three stanzas.

Uploaded 8 photos as lab closed yesterday,
however 13 more images not uploaded yet;
Lin Chi's four Zen Shouts; Chi Ch'eng's Ch'an Shout in Lu K'uan Yü's Practical Buddhism (1971).

Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 7:45-8:00 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road)
Made 7:31 pm Bus #40 at Foothill College just in time;
Shop tonight as it's not raining; 8:12 pm Bus #40 home

Orange Milano & Chessman Cookies @ $1.99;
32 oz Lucerne Strawberry Yogurt $2.50;
64 oz Silk Oat Yeah Oatmilk $2.49. Tuesday, December 3, 2019, 9:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Served Dutch Apple Pie
to neighbor yesterday; Finished Stir-Fry
Seafood & Veggies finally in 4-1/2 days.

8 Florentine & Cheese Mini-Quiches;
Potato Salad, Vine Cluster Tomato;
2 Tea-Leaf Eggs; Apple Pie, Ice Cream.

Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 8:33-8:37 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Jeanne Lamon conducts Tafelmusik
to Chevalier de Saint-Georges's, The Anonymous Lovers: Contredanse in D Op.11 #2 (1780); CD (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, 4); Mystery in Music History 1780

American Revolutionary War: Charleston,
South Carolina taken by British forces (5-12);
First bank created in the United States, Bank of
Pennsylvania, is chartered (7-17); Pennsylvania becomes 1st US state to abolish slavery (3-1-1780). Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 10:35 am-3:55 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Finished Notes to "November 10, 1619" yesterday;
Printed 4 pages @ 70% at Apt Computer Room today;
Will bookmark two movies at Stanford Theatre tonight

"Charlie Chan at Treasure Island" @ 6:05 pm
& "Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever" @ 7:30 pm;
I've seen the Charlie Chan movie before, but
Cesar Romero is great playing "Dr. Zodiac"
that I wish to see this thriller film again.

Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 6:05-7:20 pm;
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Norman Foster directs
"Charlie Chan at Treasure Island" (1939), starring Sidney Toler, Victor Sen Yung, Cesar Romero, Douglas Fowley, Pauline Moore, Donald MacBride, Wally Vernon, Billie Seward, Louis Jean Heydt, Sally Blane, June Gale, Douglass Dumbrille, Trevor Bardette, Gerald Mohr; (YouTube: full film); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Rhadini challenges Dr. Zodiac
at Temple of Magic to see who
has greater supernatural powers. Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 7:30-8:55 pm;
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: W. S. Van Dyke directs "Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever" (1939), starring Lewis Stone, Mickey Rooney, Cecilia Parker, Fay Holden, Ann Rutherford, Sara Haden, Terry Kilburn, Helen Gilbert, John T. Murray, George Breakston, Robert Kent; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, full film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4);
9:33 pm Bus #22 at Train Depot; 10:25 pm Bus #40

Mickey Rooney as Andy Hardy
has spring fever and falls in love
with his drama teacher Helen Gilbert.

Thursday, December 5, 2019, 8:34-8:39 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Peter Jacobs plays piano to
Cecile Chaminade's, The Fauns Op. 60 (1892); CD (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Mystery in Music History 1892

Ellis Island begins accommodating immigrants to the U.S. (1-1); Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is published in London. (10-31); In San Francisco, John Muir organizes the Sierra Club (5-28-1892). Thursday, December 5, 2019, 11:07 am-6:55 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Will miss Stanford Theatre movies tomorrow since
it's the first Friday of month for Waverley Writers

Look through list of Poems 2019
to decide which to read tomorrow
at Waverley Writers Poetry Reading—
Read 13 poems so far with 7 still unread.

Thursday, December 5, 2019, 7:20-7:50 pm
Mountain View: Walmart (600 Showers Drive);
Friend drove me to Stanford Theatre at 6 pm
and in my rush, lost my beanie hat yesterday

Cuffed Rib Knit Beanie @ $3.66 at CVS;
Knit Cuff Beanie @ $3.50 at Walgreens;
Ribbed Cuffed Knit Beanie @ $2.96 at Walmart. Thursday, December 5, 2019, 7:50-8:09 pm
Walmart & CVS didn't have Beanie Hat on sale;
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road)
Missed 8:12 pm Bus #40; Took 9:17 pm Bus #40 home

2 Quaker Instant Oatmeal: Apple & Cinnamon,
2 Quaker Instant Oatmeal: Raisins, Dates, Walnuts
@ $1.69; "Quick Sale" Angel Cake @ $2.99.

Friday, December 6, 2019, 10:45-11:10 am
Mountain View: Walgreens (121 E. El Camino Real);
West Loop Double Layer Ski Hat @ $5.00 + 45¢ tax
instead of hunting for Beanie @ Marshalls & Kohls

Better to buy Beanie hat now
when heavy rain forecast
later tonight is due. Friday, December 6, 2019, 7:30-8:45 pm
Palo Alto: Friends Meeting House (957 Colorado Ave)
Waverley Writers Poetry Reading (20 poets came today);
Phyllis Klein gave me ride home; Read 3 poems tonight—

"November 10, 1619" honoring Descartes,
"What Is the Weight of a Dream?",
and "The Awakened State".

Saturday, December 7, 2019, 9:07-9:13 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Leonard Slatkin conducts
Lyon National Orchestra to Robert Schumann's
Carnaval, Op. 9 (1835); CD (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

In 1834 Schumann was engaged to 16-year-old
Ernestine von Fricken, but didn't marry her
when he learned she was born illegimate. Saturday, December 7, 2019, 11:09 am-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Bought October and December 2019 issues of
"Fresh Hot Bread" @ $5 at Waverley Writers

October issue honoring Robert Evans
has my poem "My Favorite Trees";
December issue has "I See Joy".

Sunday, December 8, 2019, 12:19-1:28 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Rd.)
2 lbs Banana Chips @ $2.24/lb; 2 Blueberries @ $1.67;
2.5 lbs Black Grapes; & Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);

Open Nature Almond-Coconut Milk $2.73;
3 lbs Sig. Café Potato Salad $5.69;
Caught 1:56 pm Bus #40 home. Sunday, December 8, 2019, 3:10-3:55 pm
Los Altos Library: Due to heavy rain
yesterday, didn't go shopping at Sprouts
or take hour-long walk to ballroom dancing.

Karen invited me for 5 pm dinner at Chef Chu,
but I've planned going to Stanford Theatre to see
"Beau Geste" & "Stanley & Livingstone".

Sunday, December 8, 2019, 5:25-7:20 pm;
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: William A. Wellman directs
"Beau Geste" (1939), starring Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, J. Carrol Naish, Albert Dekker, Broderick Crawford, Charles Barton, James Stephenson, Heather Thatcher, James Burke, G.P. Huntley, Donald O'Connor; (YouTube:
1, 2); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston—
three brothers join French Foreign Legion,
with one of them stealing the sapphire gem. Sunday, December 8, 2019, 7:30-9:10 pm;
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Henry King & Otto Brower direct "Stanley and Livingstone" (1939), starring Spencer Tracy, Nancy Kelly, Richard Greene, Walter Brennan, Charles Coburn, Cedric Hardwicke, Henry Hull, Henry Travers, Miles Mander, David Torrence, Holmes Herbert; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, full film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4);
9:28 pm Bus #22 at Train Depot; Half-hour walk home

Nice footage of African safari
with wild animals; Stanley defends his
discovery of Livingstone to Royal Society.

Monday, December 9, 2019, 8:34-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Michael Stern conducts
Kansas City Symphony to Adam Schoenberg's
American Symphony: Rondo (2011); CD
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Mystery in Music History 2011

Super Bowl XLV, Green Bay Packers beats Pittsburgh Steelers, 31-25 (2-6); Oprah Winfrey ends her 25 year run of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" (5-25); U.S, Constitution read completely for 1st time in House of Representatives (1-5-2011). Monday, December 9, 2019, 12:20-4:25 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
10:30 am Bus #34 to Kaiser Permanente (555 Castro St)
for Humulin ($16); Will go to Public Storage tomorrow
to pay $136 rental storage fee (last day before late fine)

Read: Henry Morton Stanley; David Livingstone;
Find Scoops Card #102 "Stanley Finds Livingtone" (Nov. 10, 1871); Livingstone discovering Victoria Falls; Stanley Pool, Stanleyville, Stanley Falls;
Movies: "Beau Geste"; "Stanley & Livingstone".

Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 8:35-8:42 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Christian Benda conducts
Prague Sinfonia Orchestra to Gioachino Rossini's
Demetrio e Polibio: Overture (1806); CD
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Mystery in Music History 1806

Noah Webster publishes frst dictionary (1806); Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in
a duel (5-30); Lewis and Clark Expedition
reaches St. Louis, Missouri (9-23-1806). Tuesday, December 10, 2019, 10:00 am-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Lab closed early yesterday at 4:25 pm; Took 4:41 pm
Bus #40 to Public Storage; Paid Destiny $136 rental storage fee at 5:27 pm; Caught 6:08 pm Bus #40 home

Forgot to bring gadget for camera chip
to format photos of Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019
when Al Guzman took me to Shoreline Cinema
to see "The Joker" and we walked an half-hour.

Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 9:40 am-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Friend offered to take me to Kaiser Santa Clara
today for Ophthalmology Retinopathy Eye Exam

Phoned Kaiser Santa Clara and asked how long
will I be able to see after dilation of eyes—
Carlos said "six hours", so I can't see movies;
New appointment: Monday, Dec. 30 @ 2:00 pm. Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 9:40 am-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Found card reader for camera chip in bag by window,
so could format photos of Nov. 3 with Al Guzman

Beside photos of Shoreline Cinema and walk
to Computer History Museum, also photos
of Dinah Hotel Restaurant for lovely lunch,
and marquee at Stanford Theatre for movies.

Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 6:05-7:20; 9:05-9:40 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs
"Jamaica Inn" (1939), starring Charles Laughton, Leslie Banks, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Newton, Marie Ney, Horace Hodges, Hay Petrie, Frederick Piper, Herbert Lomas, Clare Greet, William Devlin, Emlyn Williams, Jeanne de Casalis, Mabel Terry-Lewis, A. Bromley Davenport; (YouTube: 1, 2, film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Maureen O'Hara's debuts in Alfred Hitchcock's
worst film— finding gang of pirates arranging
shipwrecks to plunder and loot passengers. Wednesday, December 11, 2019, 7:30-8:55 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Alfred L. Werker directs "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" (1939), starring Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Ida Lupino, George Zucco, Alan Marshal, Terry Kilburn, Henry Stephenson,
E. E. Clive, Arthur Hohl, Mary Forbes, Mary Gordon; (YouTube: 1, 2, full film); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4);
10:01 pm Bus 22 @ Train Depot; 10:26 pm Bus 40 home

Holmes' arch-enemy Professor Moriarity
plots the theft of the Crown Jewels
at the Tower of London.

Thursday, December 12, 2019, 8:35-8:40 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Daniel Hope plays violin as
Alexander Shelley conducts Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra to Miklós Rózsa's
Spellbound: Prelude and Love Theme (1945); CD
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Mystery in Music History 1945

FDR dies, Truman becomes 33rd U.S. President
(4-12); V-E Day; Truman's birthday (5-8-1945);
Cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost
debuts by Paramount Studios (11-16-1945). Thursday, December 12, 2019, 9:30 am-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Formatted 36 photos from 11/3 outing with Al Guzman;
17 vertical & 19 horizontal photos; Need 3 more vertical photos— Joker poster, Inside View of Stanford Theatre,
and scanned "Movies of 1939" booklet resized to 4x6

Busy with LINC62 class assignments
(October 28-November 22) that didn't
have time to write November 3 outing
at Century Cinema Shoreline until now.

Thursday, December 12, 2019, 9:30 am-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Bookmarked article "Who Owns Silicon Valley?"
(By Leonardo Castanedar, Mercury News, 11-3-2019)

(Stanford $19.7 billion; Apple $9.0 billion; Google $7.5 billion; Irvine Co. $5.9 billion; The largest
landowner is San Francisco Public Utility who
owns 14,001 acres or 21.9 square miles & delivers water to 2.7 million residents in the Bay Area. Thursday, December 12, 2019, 9:30 am-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Commentary by Richard von Busack in "Movies of 1939"
(pp. 32-33) on "The Rains Came" based on 1937 novel

by Louis Bromfield who studied at Cornell and
Columbia; awarded Croix de Guerre (1918) &
Pulitzer Prize (1927) for novel Early Autumn;
Best man at wedding of Humphrey Bogart & Lauren Bacall (5-21-1945) at his Malabar Farm.

Thursday, December 12, 2019, 7:25-7:39 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Rd.)
7:01 pm Bus #40 to El Camino Real & San Antonio Rd.
Missed 7:48 pm Bus #40; Went to Safeway (7:45-8 pm)

Bag of Spinach for Salad $1.99;
3 lbs Raw Pumpkin Seeds @ $3.99/lb = $12.13;
Raincheck for sold out 6 oz Blueberries @ $1.25. Thursday, December 12, 2019, 8:30-9:03 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road)
Missed 8:12 pm Bus #40; Didn't want to wait an hour
& went back to Safeway; Took 9:17 pm Bus #40 home

2 Sig.Select Quiche @ $4.27 = $8.54
2 Tai Pei Pot Stickers & Fried Rice @ $2.50;
2 AIM Gel Toothpaste 5.5 oz @ $1.25 = $2.50.

Friday, December 13, 2019, 8:33-8:43 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Narciso Yepes plays guitar to
Fernando Sor's Variations on a Theme of Mozart Op. 9 (1945); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Music History 1821

James Monroe begins his 2nd term as President of the U.S. (3-4); Emperor Napoleon dies in exile on Saint Helena (5-5); American Old West: Santa Fe Trail first used by William Becknell (11-16-1821). Friday, December 13, 2019, 9:30 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
19th anniversary of Dad's death (12-13-2000);
Metonic cycle of 19 years (#119 in "On Number 911")

Dad ridiculed my Metonic cycle of disasters
linking Challenger explosion (1-28-1986) with
Apollo 1 Fire (1-27-1967), saying the accident
was due to O-ring explained by Richard Feyman.

Friday, December 13, 2019, 5:35-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Clarence Brown directs
"The Rains Came" (1939), starring Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, George Brent, Brenda Joyce, Nigel Bruce, Maria Ouspenskaya, Joseph Schildkraut, Mary Nash, Jane Darwell, Marjorie Rambeau, Henry Travers, H. B. Warner, Laura Hope Crews, C. Montague Shaw, Herbert Evans, Harry Hayden; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, full film);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Esketh (Myrna Loy): unrequited love for Dr. Rama
(Tyrone Power) who wishes to wipe out disease;
then came earthquake, flood, & cholera epidemics. Friday, December 13, 2019, 7:30-9:25 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Zoltan Korda directs
"The Four Feathers" (1939), with John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez, Allan Jeayes, Jack Allen, Donald Gray, Frederick Culley, Robert Rendel, Hal Walters, Norman Pierce, Henry Oscar,
Clive Baxter, Archibald Batty, Derek Elphinstone; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, full film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
9:55 pm Bus 22 @ Train Depot; 10:29 pm Bus 40 home

Harry (John Clements) goes to Africa
to face a series of ordeals to prove
to fellow soldiers that he's not a coward.

Saturday, December 14, 2019, 9:40 am-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Great movies seen yesterday at Stanford Theatre
"The Rains Came" & "The Four Feathers" (1939)

Flood scene in "The Rains Came" won
12th Academy Award for "Special Effects";
No awards given for "The Four Feathers". Saturday, December 14, 2019, 9:40 am-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Checked photos in Camera Chip & found 21 photos
of Foothill Clouds & 98 photos of Filoli Gardens (2/21)

21 horizontal photos for Foothill Clouds;
Need to format 98 Filoli Gardens photos
that may take 9 hours to accomplish.

Sunday, December 15, 2019, 12:35-12:53 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Rd.)
12:19 pm Bus #40 to El Camino Real & San Antonio Rd.
Bag of Yeast Flakes $2.99 (Overcharge $7.99)

3 lbs Unsalted Cashew Pieces @ $3.99/lb = $12.29;
2 lbs Dried Turkish Apricos @ $2.49/lb = $5.78;
2 pkg Blueberries 6 oz @ 98¢ = $1.96. Sunday, December 15, 2019, 1:05-1:33 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road)
52 oz Tropicana Orange Juice $1.69; 7 oz Kerrigold
Savory Cheddar Cheese Free; 1:56 pm Bus #40 home

3 lbs Classic Potato Salad = $5.69;
32 oz Lucerne Peach Yogurt = $2.50;
2 Farm Rich Breaded Mozarella @ $2.74 = $5.48.

Sunday, December 15, 2019, 3:48 pm
Mountain View: Bus #40 Rengstorff to Showers Dr;
4:10 pm Bus #522 to Palo Alto Train Depot for movies

No time to go to Los Altos Library to email
Karen, thanking her for surprise ride Saturday
to Cubberley in the rain for ballroom dancing. Sunday, December 15, 2019, 4:45-4:57 pm
Palo Alto: Walgreens (300 University Ave)
Didn't bring 50¢ off coupon for Pistachios

Got here an hour early for Stanford movies;
12 oz Pirouline Chocolate Wafer Sticks
@ $5.49 BOGO Free (or $2.75 each).

Sunday, December 15, 2019, 5:45-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Edmund Goulding
directs "The Old Maid" (1939), starring Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins, George Brent, Jane Bryan, Donald Crisp, Louise Fazenda, James Stephenson, Jerome Cowan, William Lundigan, Cecilia Loftus/A>, William Hopper, Frederick Burton, Laura Hope Crews, C. Montague Shaw, Herbert Evans, Harry Hayden; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Tina calls Aunt Charlotte (Betty Davis) old
fashioned who knows nothing about love,
not realizing that she is her true mother. Sunday, December 15, 2019, 7:30-9:45 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: George Cukor directs
"The Women" (1939), with Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Paulette Goddard, Phyllis Povah, Joan Fontaine, Virginia Weidler, Lucile Watson, Marjorie Main, Virginia Grey, Ruth Hussey, Hedda Hopper, Florence Nash, Mary Beth Hughes; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4);
10:11 pm Bus 22 @ Train Depot; 27 minutes walk home

All female cast with Mary's husband Stephen
having affair with perfume counter girl Crystal
(Joan Crawford), and tries to win him back.

Monday, December 16, 2019, 8:02-8:06 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Vladimir Ashkenazy plays piano to
Ludwig van Beethoven's Für Elise in a WoO 59 (1808); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Beethoven's 249th birthday today (12/16)—
176 results on my web site WisdomPortal.com;
"Beethoven's Symphony #3 Eroica" Monday, December 16, 2019, 11:00 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Checked out 3 books at Los Altos Library on Saturday—
Filoli (1980); Gardens at Filoli (1994); Filoli (2017)

With the help of these books, will identify
the photos taken of rooms, trees, & flowers
at Filoli Gardens on February 21 visit.

Tuesday, December 17, 2019, 7:01-7:10 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Michael Tilson Thomas conducts
San Francisco Symphony to Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony #5 (Opening) in c Op. 67 (1808); CD; (YouTube: Blomstedt, Bernstein, von Karajan, Toscanini)

Beethoven baptized 249 years ago today (12/17)—
4 notes "dun dun dun DUN!" tell us to wake up!
Notes to poem "Beethoven's Fifth Symphony" Tuesday, December 17, 2019, 10:50 am-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Formatted 26 Filoli photos (8137-8162) at Los Altos
Library yesterday (5:54-7:40 pm); 10 more photos to do
at Foothill College if Adobe Photoshop is not expired.

After break for free lunch (1:11-1:57 pm),
went to Filoli Historic House and took
50 photos with many on Info Boards.

Wednesday, December 18, 2019, 8:31-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: American Brass Quintet plays
Eric Ewazen's Canticum Honoris Amicorum (2017);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2); Mystery in Music History 2017

La La Land won 5 Academy Awards (2-26);
Golden State Warriors beats Cleveland Cavaliers for 2017 NBA Finals (6-12); Los Angeles awarded to host the 2028 Summer Olympics (9-13-2017). Wednesday, December 18, 2019, 12:00-4:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Going to Stanford Theatre to see Drums Along the Mohawk (5:35 pm) & The Roaring Twenties (7:30 pm).

Finished "Filoli Gardens" with 96 photos;
Forgot "Hakone Gardens 2 & Tea Ceremony"
in Nature Walks 2019; Replace Rainbow Photo
with Filoli Gardens Circular Pool Fountain photo.

Wednesday, December 18, 2019 6:00-7:20, 9:30-9:45 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: John Ford directs
"Drums Along the Mohawk" (1939), starring Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Eddie Collins, John Carradine, Ward Bond, Roger Imhof, Arthur Shields, Chief John Big Tree, Francis Ford, Jessie Ralph, Robert Lowery, Kay Linaker, Russell Simpson, Spencer Charters, Tom Tyler; (YouTube: 1, 2, ); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

First film by John Ford in color
so the scenes with fire torching
by Indians looked spectacular. Wednesday, December 18, 2019, 7:30-9:45 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Raoul Walsh directs
"The Roaring Twenties" (1939), starring James Cagney, Priscilla Lane, Humphrey Bogart, Gladys George,
Jeffrey Lynn, Frank McHugh, George Meeker, Paul Kelly, Elisabeth Risdon, Edward Keane, Joe Sawyer, Abner Biberman, John Hamilton, Robert Elliott, Eddy Chandler, Vera Lewis; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

James Cagney has crush on Priscilla Lane
but she loves attorney Jeffrey Lynn
instead of Cagney's bootlegging.

Thursday, December 19, 2019, 8:32-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Massimo Belli conducts
Ferrucio Busoni Chamber Orchestra to
Andrea Luchesi's Ademira: Overture (1784);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2); Mystery in Music History 1784

U.S. Congress ratifies Treaty of Paris with Great Britain to end American Revolutionary War (1-14); Marriage of Figaro written by playwright Pierre Beaumarchais (4-27); Robert brothers are first
to fly more than 100 miles in the air (9-19-1784). Thursday, December 19, 2019, 11:11 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Bookmark movies at Stanford Theatre seen yesterday— Drums Along the Mohawk (6:00-7:20; 9:30-9:45 pm)
and The Roaring Twenties (7:30-9:20 pm).

Arrived at Theatre late & missed first 25 minutes
of Drums Along the Mohawk ; Complete film not available on YouTube; Have seen 26 movies so
far from "Movies of 1939"; Will compose web
page to include in "Nature Walks 2019".

Friday, December 20, 2019, 8:32-8:37 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Gustavo Dudamel conducts
Vienna Philharmonic to Felix Mendelssohn's
Symphony #3 "Scottish" in A Op.56 (1842); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2); Mystery in Music History 1842

Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, founded by
Otto Nicolai (3-28); Queen Victoria is 1st reigning British monarch to travel by train (6-13); New York Philharmonic, founded by Ureli Hill (12-7-1842) Friday, December 20, 2019, 12:20-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Went to Registrar (11:00-11:50 am); Manny couldn't
register me for Cavada's LINC 70 or LINC 70B classes
in Web Page Design as they start late in February 2020

Registered for PHED 27 (Walk for Health)
starting Jan. 6, 2020, ending 3-27-2010,
at Track, MW 12 pm-1:15 pm, 1 unit,
so my VTA Bus Pass will continue.

Friday, Decemeber 20, 2019, 5:30-7:20 pm;
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Michael Curtiz directs
"The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex"(1939), starring Bette Davis, Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp, Alan Hale Sr., Vincent Price, Henry Stephenson, Henry Daniell, James Stephenson, Nanette Fabray,
Ralph Forbes, Robert Warwick, Leo G. Carroll;
(YouTube: 1 ,2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Bette Davis as Queen Elizabeth I
was more brilliant than Errol Flynn
playing Earl of Essex as her lover. Friday, Decemeber 20, 2019, 7:30-8:40 pm;
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Gregory Ratoff
directs "Intermezzo" (1939), starring
Leslie Howard, Ingrid Bergman, Edna Best,
John Hallida, Cecil Kellaway, Enid Bennett,
Ann E. Todd, Douglas Scott, Eleanor Wesselhoeft,
Maria Flynn; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, full film);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Violinist Leslie Howard falls in love with
daughter's piano teacher Ingrid Bergman,
leaving his family for his newly-found love.

Saturday, December 21, 2019, 29:01-9:09 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Gordon Hunt plays oboe
with Norrköping Symphony Orchestra to
Domenico Zipoli's Elevazione (1724);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);

One of my favorite music
composed by Paraguay monk Zipoli
whisking us upward in ascension. Saturday, December 21, 2019, 12:30-4:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Foothill Krause Center closed
until Winter Quarter on January 6; will use
the Library's Dell Computers until that time
Today is Winter Solstice, first day of winter

I'm now joyful on this darkest day
of the year— from this day onward
each day gets brighter and brighter.

Sunday, December 22, 2019, 12:30-12:43 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Rd.)
Karen picks me up @ 12:10 pm to take me shopping

3.09 lbs Brazil Nuts @ $7.99/lb = $24.69;
1.06 lbs Sea Scallops @ $9.99/lb = $10.59;
$5 coupon for $30+ purchase; Total = $30.28. Sunday, December 22, 2019, 12:55-1:14 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road)
1.5 Quart Breyers Snickers Ice Cream @ $2.98

2 Open Natural Almond Milk @ $2.73 = $5.46;
2 Van de Kamps Fish Fillets BOBO Free = $7.99;
4 Sig. Select Thin-Crust Pizzas @ $1.79 = $7.16.

Sunday, Decemeber 22, 2019, 5:35-7:20 pm;
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Victor Fleming directs
"The Wizard of Oz"(1939), starring Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lahr, Billie Burke, Margaret Hamilton, Clara Blandick, Charley Grapewin, Pat Walshe, Terry the dog, Robert Warwick, Leo G. Carroll; (YouTube: 1 ,2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Judy Garland as Dorothy singing
"Somewhere Over the Rainbow"
is special highlight of this film. Sunday, Decemeber 22, 2019, 7:30-9:10 pm;
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Ernst Lubitsch directs
"The Shop Around the Corner" (1939), starring Margaret Sullavan, James Stewart, Frank Morgan, Joseph Schildkraut, Sara Haden, Felix Bressart, William Tracy, Inez Courtney, Charles Halton, Charles Smith, Edwin Maxwell; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Margaret Sullavan & Jimmy Stewart
antagonize each other at work, not
knowing they're secret pen-pals in love.

Monday, December 23, 2019, 10:58 am-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Apt Computer Room: Printed Number 68
Preface; Assembled copies of "Number 68" & "Poems 2019"; LINC 62 HyperDocs (14 pp); Goethe (3 pp);
Filoli Gardens; SF Zoo; 5 issues Common Grounds;
5 Stanford Theatre 2019 film brochures for Cathy

Gifts: 6 oz No-shell Pistachios; 16 oz Pistachios;
4.6 oz Ferrero Collection Chocolates; Nonni's
Toffee Almond Biscotti & Cinnamon Raisin Cookies— these are physical treats. Monday, December 23, 2019, 5:00-7:00 pm
Los Altos: Chef Chu (1067 N San Antonio Road);
Cathy & Larry (Las Vegas) invite me for annual
Xmas dinner; She picks me up at Los Altos Library;
Ordered my favorite dish Crispy Hong Kong Angel-Hair
Noodles (Shrimp, Scallops, Veggies); They ordered—

Hot & Sour Soup, Sauteed Garlic String Beans,
Broccoli & Tofu, Mu Shi Pork and Shrimp (with
paper-thin pancakes, Hoisin sauce & scallions);
Mongolian Lamb; 4 take-out boxes to take home.

Tuesday, December 24, 2019, 4:30-4:37 pm
Mountain View: CVS (2630 W. El Camino Real)
4:15 pm Bus #40: Chat with Bus Driver Mulu;
Get off at San Antonio Rd & El Camino Real

12 oz Whitman's Sampler—
30 pieces assorted chocolates;
gift-wrapped $10.99 (BOGO) @ $5.50. Tuesday, December 24, 2019, 4:45-5:08 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd)
El jay was cashier at checkout counter today;
Caught 5:39 pm Bus #40 came early @ 5:32 pm

4 Quaker Instant Oatmeal @ $2.00 = $8.00;
4 Nonni's Thin Additives @ $2.49 = $9.96;
Total = $17.96 with four $1.00 off coupons.

Wednesday, December 25, 2019, 1:05-2:10 pm
Mountain View: Walk around two blocks; Photo of
Ginkgo "Empty Above, Yellow Below"; Poems for
Stella & Gary: "Every Day is Christmas", "Be Thankful",
"Homage to Notre Dame" & Notes, "Most Miraculous
Growth" & Notes, "Concerning Pets" & Notes;
"Love at First Listen"; "I See Joy" & Notes;

"November 10, 1619" & Notes; Goethe (3 pp.);
LINC 62: Cloud Tools Class; Multimedia Text Set;
HyperDocs for Poetry; No-Shell Pistachios; Nonni's
Biscotti, Cranberry Cookies, Apple-Scented Candle Wednesday, December 25, 2019, 4:15-9:00 pm
Sunnyvale: 999 West Evelyn Terrace Courtyard
Stella & Gary invite me for Christmas dinner
with Darlene, Serena & boyfriend, Jenny Chu & Al;
Stella & Gary came at 3:30 pm to pick me up, but
my phone was off the hook & sounded busy; took
45 minutes before Stella found my apartment

Mashed Potatoes, Noodles, 3 Deviled Eggs,
String Beans, Pasta, Pumpkin Soup,
and Chocolate Chips Cookies, Tea.
(Stella's Mom, Aunt Wen was Mom's best friend)

Thursday, December 26, 2019, 9:00 am-11:00 am
Mountain View: Starbucks (580 N. Rengstorff Ave)
Al Guzman surprises me coming to my apartment
as I'm finishing my coffee and bowl of oatmeal;
We walk to Starbucks where he parked; He has
two cups of coffee and sandwich while we chat

Gave Al web page on our Cinema Shoreline Walk;
Filoli Gardens Photos; Poem: "November 10, 1619"
& Notes;; Tell him about Descartes Three Dreams. Thursday, December 26, 2019, 1:05-6:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Friend found my beanie left in her car
when she drove me to Stanford Theatre (Dec. 11) as I was
late seeing "Jamaica Inn"; Washed my beanie in woolite;
Took me to Public Storage, forgot my password to open
gate; Office open 9:30 am-6:00 pm but closed at 4:25 pm

Came back @ 5 pm: Paid Jan. $136 rent for unit;
Brought step-ladder back lent by neighbor Don;
Got bigger lock with two keys from Destiny.

Friday,, December 27, 2019, 12:30-1:30 pm
Mountain View: Apartment Computer Room
Print 2019 & 2018 poems; Table of Contents:
Poems 2006 to Poems 2018

Assembled 1 copy of "Poems 2018"
and 2 copies of "Poems 2019";
Take 2:48 pm Bus #40 to Library. Friday,, December 27, 2019, 3:26 pm-7:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Wrote Haikus (Dec. 23-Dec. 26)
'Ring of Fire' Eclipse Dazzles Asia and Middle East"
(By Derrick Bryson Taylor, NY Times, 12-26-2019)

Annular solar eclipse, in which moon covers
sun's center, leaving a ring of light around it—
visible Thursday: Event streamed live @ 38.22.

Saturday, December 28, 2019, 11:40 am-12:05 pm
Mountain View: Smart & Final (141 E El Camino Real);
$2 off coupons @ Walgreens (121 E. El Camino Real);
Nothing bought at 99 Ranch (1350 Grant Road);
12:50 pm Bus #22 & 1:19 pm Bus #40 home

2 Nestle Coffeemate Creamers @ $2.25;
2 Nice 16 oz Peanuts (No salt) @ $2.00;
2 Wonderful 16 oz Pistachios (No salt) @ $5.99. Saturday, December 28, 2019, 3:00 pm-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library: VTA Buses Changes Today; No more
Bus #34 near my apt; No more Bus #81 to take me to
Kaiser Santa Clara for 12/30 ophthalmology appointment;
Bus #35 discontinued, replaced by Bus #21

January 2020 Santa Clara Valley Transit Map—
Need to take Bus #21 to Sunnyvale Transit Center
Transfer to Bus #53 to Kaiser at Homestead Road.

Sunday, December 29, 2019, 2:13-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library: Returned 4 children's books
on poetry writing, referenced in HyperDocs
Journey to the West Vol. IV due Dec. 28, 2019

No time to type Chapters 43, 69, 99
for Elisa, Cathy, and Professor Scheraga's
birthdays next year while book is available. Sunday, December 29, 2019, 2:13-5:40 pm
Los Altos Library: Email from Sounds True's Tami Simon
interviews Benedictine monk Brother David Steindl-Rast
(He was my first spiritual mentor at Cornell in 1968)

Grateful Living in the Double Realm—
"Stop, Look, and Go": Stop, Look within
for gift given us and go to taken action.

Monday, December 30, 2019, 7:59-8:08 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Catherine Mackintosh plays violin as
Christopher Hogwood conducts Academy of Ancient Music to Antonio Vivaldi's The Four Seasons: Winter (1717); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

"Love at First Listen"— recalling
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons: Winter
that inspired my first poem "I See Joy". Monday, December 30, 2019, 1:00-2:00 pm
Santa Clara: Kaiser Permanente (710 Lawrence Expwy)
Dept 486 (4th floor): Eyes dilated for retinopathy exam;
Bus #81 to Kaiser cancelled. 11:08 am Bus #40;
11:44 am Bus #21; 12:25 pm Bus #53 @ Sunnyvale

Coming back: 2:35 pm Bus #53 to
Bernardo & El Camino Real; 3:00 pm
Bus #522 (Gail Hart); 3:15 pm Bus #40 home

Tuesday, December 31, 2019, 10:08 am-2:14 pm
Mountain View: Apartment Computer Room (Surprised
it's open on New Year's Eve); Happy New Year's Eve
emails to Karen, Rudy, Cathy, & Al Guzman; Add "39 Apartments of Ludwig van Beethoven" by Jonah Winter
to 0-99.html; Missing photos for uniforms 18. 34. 39—

Roy Campanella (#39) hugging Johnny Podres;
David Ortiz (#34) homers against Detroit Tigers;
Johnny Damon (#18) of Boston Red Sox. Tuesday, December 31, 2019, 3:30-3:53 pm
Los Altos Post Office (221 Main Street); Mailed
"Poems 2019" to Scheraga ($5.47) & Elisa ($5.99)
plus 39 Apartments of Ludwig van Beethoven & The Littlest Mountain for Sophie & Lilly; Bought 2 "Wild Rivers" sheets ($13.20) & "State County Fairs" ($11)

Missed Bus #40 (4:57 pm); Lawrence picks me up
hitchhiking (5:10 pm); No shoes bought at Big 5;
Almond-Coconut Milk & Pudding Ring at Safeway.