Haikus: January 2019

HAIKUS: January 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.

Tuesday, January 1, 2019, 11:31 am & 12:14 pm
Mountain View: CVS (2630 W El Camino Real)
& Safeway (645 San Antonio Road)
Caught 6:18 pm Bus #40 home

2 bottles CVS Vitamin D3 $15.99 BOGO,
2 Sig. Kitchen Salad Dressings @ $1.79,
Yogurt $2.25, Non-fat Milk $$2.49,
Doritos @ $1.99, Crabmeat $1.49. Tuesday, January 1, 2019, 3:19 pm & 3:47 pm
Mountain View: Smart & Final (141 E. El Camino)
99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Rd); Met neighbor
Don at Smart & Final who drove me home

2 Nestle Coffee Mate Creamers @ $2.50,
Florida Natural Orange Juice $2.50,
2 Kimbo Spinach Wontons @ $3.49
Soft Tofu $1.19, Quail Eggs $1.69.

Tuesday, January 1, 2019, 4:30-5:20 pm
Mountain View: Walk around Paulson Park,
Montebello Ave, Montecito Ave (Redwood Villa),
Sierra Vista Ave to Row of Redwoods by Central Expressway, Hackett Ave; 50 minutes brisk walk
before twilight at 5:08-5:37 pm (sunset 5:08 pm)

Blood sugar went down from
127 mg/dl to 79 mg/dl—
48 points drop after walking. Tuesday, January 1, 2019, 5:23-5:40 pm
KDFC: 104.0 FM Jan Lisiecki plays piano as
Krzystof Urbanski conducts North German Radio Elbphilharmonie Orchestra to Frederic Chopin's Variations on "La ci darem la mano" (1827); CD; (YouTube: Lisiecki, Arrau, Ashkenazy, Han Kim)

Chopin wrote this when aged 17;
Robert Schuman proclaimed—
"Hats off, gentlemen! A genius!"

Wednesday, January 2, 2019, 3:40-7:00 pm
Los Altos Library: My Favorite Photos—
14. Secretariat Winning Belmont (6-9-1973);
15. Kevin Carter, Vulture Preying Girl (3-26-1993)

16. Patricia Rose, Enchanted Forest (1-11-2017),
17. Paul Souders, Luckiest Penguin (12-7-2012),
18. Skyler Hunter, Northern Lights (12-15-2017). Wednesday, January 2, 2019, 7:15-7:29 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Farmers Market
(630 San Antonio Road); Caught 7:40 pm
Bus #40 that came early home

2.17 lbs Brazil Nuts @ $8.99/lb = $19.51,
Rain Check: Pint Grape Tomatoes 98¢,
No time to buy Bay Scallops @ $6.99/lb.

Thursday, January 3, 2019, 2:58-7:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Giant picturesque book
"50 Wonders of the World" (2011) on sale @ $8 (regular $42) by Hugh Thomson is gone!

Local Libraries don't have this book;
Table of Contents not on Amazon.com
or Google Books, only at Book Depository Thursday, January 3, 2019, 2:58-7:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Searched for graphics
of Cube for "My Favorite Things" book
containing 16 topics on one face of cube

1) Cruising Cyberspace,
2) 4x4x4 Rubick's Cube;
3) B&W 4x4x4 Cube (888x1024 pixels).

Friday, January 4, 2019, 2:58-6:00 pm
Los Altos Library: "HEALTH: What is the real secret to a long life?" (By Karen D'Souza,
San Jose Mercury News, 1-3-2019, B2)

Scientists found that positive age beliefs can
reduce the risk of one of the most established
genetic risk factors of dementia Friday, January 4, 2019, 7:30-9:30 pm
Palo Alto: Friends Meeting House (957 Colorado Ave)
Waverley Writers Poetry Reading (14 poets came);
Joel Katz gave me ride home

Read two poems tonight—
"White Dog on Montebello Ave"
and "Goosepen".

Saturday, January 5, 2019, 7:57-8:07 am
KDFC: 104.0 FM Franz Welzer-Möst
conducts London Philharmonic Orchestra
to Johann Strauss II's Roses from the South,
Op. 388 (1880); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Waltz appears in carnival sequence
of Sunrise (1927) & performed regularly at
Vienna Philharmonic's New Year's Concert. Saturday, January 5, 2019, 10:00 am-4:50 pm
Los Altos Library: Adding more to Favorite Photos: Selecting Photos of Animals Riding Animals—
Hilarious Photos of Animals Riding Other Animals;
My favorite is "Chick Riding a Kitten"

Animals Riding Animals favorites—
Phoo Chan, "Crow on Bald Eagle"
and "Rabbit Riding on Swan".

Sunday, January 6, 2019, 8:13-11:15 am
Santa Clara: Hometown Buffet (2670 El Camino Real); Al picked me up at my Apt at 8:00 am;
$2 off coupon + $2.99 drinks; Karen came at
10:30 am for cup of coffee; She found a room in Santa Clara house for $1100/month; Al drove to Icon Theatre in Mountain View to see "Aquaman"

Scrambled eggs, 8 sausages, bacon,
4 Polish sausages, beets, spinach salad,
jello, cantaloupes, 2 cups chocolate milk. Sunday, January 6, 2019, 12:30-3:02 pm Mountain View: Icon Theatre (2575 California St., Suite 601); James Wan directs "Aquaman" (2018) with Jason Momoa, Amber Heard, Willem Dafoe, Patrick Wilson, Dolph Lundgren, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, Nicole Kidman, Temuera Morrison, Ludi Lin; (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Earth-born Aquaman needs
to find first ruler's trident to beat
his half-brother & be King of Atlantis.

Monday, January 7, 2019, 6:55-7:01 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Jean-Yves Thibaudet plays piano to Erik Satie's "Gymnopedie #2" (1888); CD; (YouTube: Daniel Varsano; nature time lapse video; 22 Frederick Church's landscape paintings;
nature painting; Aldo Ciccolini, Satie expert)

Puvis de Chavannes' symbolist paintings
may have inspired the atmosphere Satie
wanted to evoke with his Gymnopédies. Monday, January 7, 2019, 8:56 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"KDFC Classical All-Stars Top 100 Countdown": Voting Deadline Extended to January 13; KDFC 2018 Top 100: 1) Beethoven's "Symphony #9"; 2) Dvorak's Symphony #9; 3) Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2

My choices: 1) Beethoven: String Quartert #15;
2) Domenico Zipoli: Elevazione;
3) Anonymous: Romance for Guitar.

Monday, January 7, 2019, 8:56 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Six hours to write 32 haikus (Dec. 21-31, 2018)
and 14 haikus (January 1-7, 2019) based on
Notes taken daily & typed in Yahoo Drafts

So happy Foothill Krause Center
is open for Winter Quarter so
can compose web pages again. Monday, January 7, 2019, 8:56 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Found more Favorite Photos: #13. Chuck Collet:
"Lone Cypress Tree, Monterey, CA" (5-25-2011);
#20. NASA, "Halley's Comet" (1986): Platonic Λ—

Ch. 8: Vanishing Point— Railway;
Rural Road with Cypress Trees;
Arashiyama: Bamboo Grove Walk, Kyoto.

Tuesday, January 8, 2019, 7:20-7:24 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Leonard Bernstein conducts
Los Angeles Philharmonic to Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring: Simple Gifts" (1944); CD; (YouTube: Scenic photos; Leonard Bernstein;
Aaron Copland; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra)

'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free
'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be,... 'Twill be in the valley of love & delight. Tuesday, January 8, 2019, 9:27 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Format 37 photos (12/20-12/24) (9:57 am-12:50 pm);
Compose "Christmas Displays: Main Street, Los Altos"
21 photos taken 12/24 of shop windows after mailing
books at Los Altos Post Office; Favorite photos—

Painted Illusions,
Paperwhirl: Nutcrackers,
Citibank: Christmas Tree.

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, 7:19-7:23 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Renaud Capuçon plays violin as
Stéphane Denève conducts Brussels Philharmonic to Nino Rota's "The Godfather: Theme" (1944); CD; (YouTube: 1; 2; 3; 4)

Rota's haunting tune "Godfather: Theme" was
disqualified for 1973 Oscar in The Godfather,
but won 1974 Oscar in The Godfather II. Wednesday, January 9, 2019, 11:32 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Compose "It's a Wonderful Life" Christmas Eve screening at Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto (17 images:
10 at Stanford Theatre, 7 from films) Favorite photos:

It's a Wonderful Life Marquee,
Long Line to Stanford Theatre,
First Floor Sold-out Audience.

Wednesday, January 9, 2019, 7:45-7:57 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Farmers Market
(630 San Antonio Road); 8:07 pm Bus #40 came
at 8:03 pm and didn't stop at San Antonio Rd &
El Camino Real as I got grocery bag out of cart

One Bunch of 7 Green Onions 77¢,
Raincheck on Bay Scallops @ $6.99/lb,
2.94 lbs Walnut Halves @ $3.99/lb = $11.73. Wednesday, January 9, 2019, 8:10-9:01 pm
Mountain View: After missing Bus #40, went
shopping at Safeway (645 San Antonio Road)
instead waiting over an hour in the cold;
Caught 9:17 pm Bus #40 home

Lucerne Almond Milk $2.61,
Lucerne 32 oz Peach Yogurt $1.89,
Breyers 1.5 qt Reese Cup Ice Cream $2.88.

Thursday, January 10, 2019, 7:46-7:50 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Nicola Benedetti plays violin to
Carlos Gardel's Tango 'Por una cabeza' (1935);
in Scent of a Woman: Tango (1992)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Nicola Benedetti plays this tango
music with such passion that
all I wish to do is dance! Thursday, January 10, 2019, 1:32-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Reading "Classics of the Silent Screen" & "Classics of the Foreign Film", adding 5 films to "Favorite Films": "Roman Holiday" (Poster), "Miss Julie" (Poster)

Alexander Nevsky (1938) (Poster),
Way Down East (1920) (Poster),
Son of the Sheik (1926) (Poster).

Friday, January 11, 2019, 8:40-8:45 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Daniil Trifonov plays piano
to Franz Schubert's The Trout D. 550 (1817);
in Scent of a Woman: Tango (1992)
Listen, CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

"The Trout" song composed 1817,
two years before Franz Schubert's
The Trout Quintet in 1819 Friday, January 11, 2019, 11:32 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Illuminating 1/11 Letter from Adyashanti in
Sounds True's 4:30 am email today—
(Adyashanti's Santa Clara Library Books: 1, 2, 3)

To engage with the true nature of ourselves—
with the mysterious and overwhelming quality
of existence— requires us to pay attention.

Saturday, January 12, 2019, 6:27-6:48 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Emmanuel Krivine conducts
Sinfonia Varsovia to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony #23 in D major, K 181 (1773);
CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Woke up early today at 6:00 am—
Quick breakfast and catch Bus #40
at 7:57 am to Foothill College 8:20 am. Saturday, January 12, 2019, 8:30 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Adding web links to "My Top 20 Favorite Films";
Found my Notes for Speech & Drama 375 (Cornell)
with Film Report (11-16-1965) for "Blood of a Poet"—

Cocteau used special effects in trick shots
of pool-mirror & wall-ceiling substitutions.
Camera agility in the card table sequence.

Saturday, January 12, 2019, 8:30 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Emailed today Al Guzman, Rudy, Ann, & Karen
"My Top 20 Favorite Films"; Ann recommends Spanish film "The Spirit of the Beehive" (1973);
Tomatoes Reviews: Critics 96%, Audience 90%

Karen liked two Italian films— Cinema Paradiso (1988): Critics 90%, Audience 97%;
Il Postino (1994): Critics 93%, Audience 94% Saturday, January 12, 2019, 8:30 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
After compiling "My Top 20 Favorite Films",
realized forgotten favorites: Ingmar Bergman's
"Wild Strawberries" (1957), Alain Resnais'
"Last Year at Marienbad" (1961)

Murnau's City Girl (1930), Henry King's White Sisters (1923), del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth (2006),
Kang Je-gyu's The Brotherhood of War (2004).

Sunday, January 13, 2019, 5:25-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Satyajit Ray directs "Pather Panchali" (1955) starring Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Subir Banerjee, Uma Das Gupta, Chunibala Devi, Tulsi Chakraborty, (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); David W. Packard writes in the Jan. 2019 Ray's brochure—

"Satyajit Ray uses language of cinema
with a mastery & natural instinct
that reminds one of Mozart." Sunday, January 13, 2019, 7:30-9:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Satyajit Ray directs "Aparajito" (1956), starring Pinaki Sengupta, Smaran Ghosal, Kanu Banerjee, Karuna Banerjee, Ramani Ranjan Sen, Charuprakash Ghosh; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Music composed by
Ravi Shankar; Ray studied painting with Tagore

Apu's father dies in Benares,
Apu gets scholarship to study in Calcutta,
with no time to visit his Mom in the village.

Sunday, January 13, 2019, 9:30-11:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Satyajit Ray directs "Apur Sansar" (1959), starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Smaran Ghosal, Kanu Banerjee, Sharmila Tagore, Swapan Mukherjee, Alok Chakravarty, Sefalika Devi, Dhiresh Majumdar, Dhiren Ghosh; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Apu tricked to marry bride
when bridegroom became insane;
Wife died in childbirth & Apu ignored son. Monday, January 14, 2019, 1:25-1:28 am
After seeing 6 hours of "Apu Trilogy" films at
Stanford Theatre, caught 11:35 pm Bus #22 home;
KDFC 104.9 FM: Norbert Kraft plays guitar to
Anonymous' "Romance d'amour" (late 19th century);
CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, piano); Heard this haunting
music in René Clément's "Forbidden Games" (1952)—

5-year old Orphan Paulette taken in by
by family during WW II. befriend 10-year-old
Michel, and buries animals in hidden cementry.

Monday, January 14, 2019, 11:00 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Wrote 3 haikus of "Apu Trilogy" seen yesterday;
Saw "Pather Panchali (2-1-1968) & "Apur Sansar" (4-10-1968) at Cornell; Saw "Apu Trilogy" at Stanford Theatre with Rudy (10-12-2003)

Need to add Ray's Apu Trilogy
to my list of "Favorite Films"
ranking it #9 above Vertigo. Monday, January 14, 2019, 11:00 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
After compiling "My Top 20 Favorite Films",
found more films to add— "2001: A Space Odyssey", "Forbidden Games", "Seven Samurai", "Jules & Jim",
"The Day the Earth Stood Still", "Zobra the Greek"

Write Preface of Film studies at Cornell
with Prof. Beck (1965) & at Stanford (2006)
with Prof. Bukatman & Prof. Pavle Levi (2007).

Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 7:01-7:07 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: André Previn conducts
London Symphony Orchestra to Tchaikovsky's
Sleeping Beauty: Act I: Waltz Op. 66 (1773);
CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Woke up to Tchaikovsky's Waltz
to "Sleeping Beauty" on KDFC—
Please don't send me back to sleep! Tuesday, January 15, 2019, 9:25 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Wilbur didn't show up at Krause Center yesterday;
Lisa DeLapo closed the Lab early at 6:00 pm; Chatted
with James Ball (4-5 pm) on creativity via intuition—

Ball went to Princeton and MIT—
Admired work of Richard H. Thaler,
2017 Nobel Laureate for behavioural economics.

Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 8:31-8:37 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Pavel Kogan conducts
Moscow State Symphony Orchestra to Sergei Rachmaninoff's Scherzo in D Minor (1887); CD

Music Quiz: Blind Date in History: 1887:
Pasteur anti-rabies published (1-11-1887),
Sullivan teaches Helen Keller (3-3-1887),
Buffalo Bill's "Wild West" opens (5-9-1887). Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 9:25-9:35 am
Mountain View: Smart & Final (141 E. El Camino);
My neighbor Don Richards gave me ride here
shopping ($6 savings) and drove me home

4 Nestle Coffee Mate Creamers @ $1.99,
2 Almond Breeze Almond Milk @ $2.50,
2 pkgs 18 oz Blueberries @ $2.99,
2 Doritos Nacho Cheese @ $1.99.

Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 11:32 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
What is unique about 8,549,176,320? It comprises all the digits from zero to nine in alphabetical order. Eight-Five-Four-Nine-One-Seven-Six-Three-Two-Zero (Ask Marilyn, Parade, 12-30-2018, p. 11)

Added above # in Numbers 1000 & Higher;
Also: AU = 93,000,000 miles Earth to Sun;
$104,300,000 art price for Walking Man I. Wednesday, January 16, 2019, 11:32 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"My Top 26 Favorite Films"; Wrote Preface of Film studies at Cornell (1965) & Stanford (2006-2007):
Saw 252 films (1964-1968) & hundreds at Stanford Theatre (1985-2019); Added 6 films below to list—

"Apu Trilogy", "2001: A Space Odyssey",
"Forbidden Games", "Seven Samurai",
"The Day the Earth Stood Still", "City Girl".

Thursday, January 17, 2019, 10:25-10:40 am
Mountain View: Walmart (600 Showeers Drive);
Refund $5.45 for Umbrella bought November 23
that got twisted and couldn't close yesterday

Weatherman was correct that yesterday's
rainstorm would be biggest this winter—
Lights & computers went dark at 6:15 pm. Thursday, January 17, 2019, 11:32 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
All umbrellas sold out at Walmart, so can't buy any;
"My Favorite Films"; Print-outs in 4 pages @ 65%

Need to reduce film summaries
so there's synchronization of film
posters & texts in each row (pp. 2-4).

Thursday, January 17, 2019, 8:44-8:49 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: José Serebrier conducts
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra to Luigi Boccherini's "String Quintet #5: Minuet" (1771);
CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Music used in films & TV

Third movement of quintet is most famous,
referred to as the "Celebrated Minuet"—
departs key of E Major & becomes A Major. Thursday, January 17, 2019, 11:32 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
After reducing texts of "8-1/2" & "Seven Samurai"
have extra space on page 4 for two more films;
Decide to add "Citizen Kane" & "Zobra the Greek"—

Found YouTube videos for
Rosebud ending of Citizen Kane &
Syrtaki dance ending of Zobra the Greek.

Friday, January 18, 2019, 7:32-7:36 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Myung-Whun Chung plays
piano to Beethoven's "Für Elise in a WoO 59" (1810); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

My 8-year-old niece Elisa
played this music for me, saying
Beethoven wrote it for his lover. Friday, January 18, 2019, 8:16-8:19 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Itzhak Perlman plays violin to
John Williams's "Memoirs of a Geisha: Chairman
met Chiyo" (2005); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Itzhak Perlman played haunting music
written in 2005 by John Williams
for film "Memoirs of a Geisha".

Friday, January 18, 2019, 10:30 am-5:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Adjusted "My Favorite Films", printed in 4 pages
@ 65% without cropped images or blank spaces

Placed Son of the Sheik (11 lines)
on page 3 & Blood of a Poet (8 lines)
on page 4, and added one line in Star Wars. Friday, January 18, 2019, 10:30 am-5:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Looking for "Platonic Lambda Λ Rock" at
Ferne Ave & Alma Street, Palo Alto—

Mystery Photo appeared in Daily Post
12-21-2018, page 43— Google Maps
Street View showed images 1 and 2.

Saturday, January 19, 2019, 1:45-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Mid-Penisular Plumber José
vacuumed 4-inches of water from both sides of
kitchen sink last night; coming today @ 9 am

José never showed up—
Got to Library at 1:45 pm
instead of 10 am for more work. Saturday, January 19, 2019, 1:45-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Email from Columbia classmate
Richard with 24 "Eyegasm" photos from Bright Side;
My favorites: 16. The way this snow is folding—

2. Pattern created by the snow on this bench,
7. Spice piles at Marrakesh market (Platonic Λ),
22. Amazing natural geometry in cabbage.

Sunday, January 20, 2019, 2:00-9:30 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre— See 3 long films
(7-1/2 hours) by Satyajit Ray; Told Al Guzman
that we need to postpone seeing "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" until Feb. 3, since these Indian films end 11:40 pm, & will miss 11:35 pm Bus #22 at Palo Alto Train Depot; Next Bus #22 @ 12:46 am, so need to wait an hour in the cold; Sunday
films starts early, allowing me to catch bus home

"Mahanagar" (2:00-4:15 pm),
"Teen Konya" (4:25-7:20 pm),
"Charulata" (7:30-9:30 pm). Sunday, January 20, 2019, 2:00-4:15 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Satyajit Ray directs "Mahanagar" (1963), starring Madhabi Mukherjee,
Anil Chatterjee, Haradhan Bandopadhyay, Jaya Bachchan, Vicky Redwood, Haren Chatterjee,
Sefalika Devi, Prosenjit Sarkar; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3,
Full film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); Wife works to make ends meet; Sold sewing machines, and made more than
husband; When his bank closed, she was lone earner

One of David Woodley Packard's favorite films:
last shown (11-16-2003) with The Awful Truth
about marriage conflict of husband and wife.

Sunday, January 20, 2019, 4:25-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Satyajit Ray directs "Teen Kanya" (1961); Trilogy written by Tagore— (1) "Postmaster" with Chandana Banerjee, Anil Chatterjee, Nripati Chattopadhyay; (2) "Monihara" with Kali Banerjee, , Kumar Roy; (3) "Samapti" with Soumitra Chatterjee, Aparna Sen, Sita Mukherjee; (YouTube:
1 2, Full Film) (Film Reviews: 1, 3, 4)

The Postmaster,
Monihara (The Lost Jewels),
Samapti (The Conclusion). Sunday, January 20, 2019, 7:30-9:30 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Satyajit Ray directs "Charulata" (The Lonely Wife) (1964), starring Madhabi Mukherjee (sold sewing machines in "Mahanagar"), Soumitra Chatterjee, Shailen Mukherjee, Shyamal Ghoshal, Gitali Roy,
Bholanath Koyal (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, Full film);
(Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Caught 9:48 pm Bus #22 home

Lonely wife falls in love
with younger cousin Amal
who shares his love for poetry.

Monday, January 21, 2019, 8:19-8:39 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Llyr Williams plays piano
to Beethoven's "Piano Sonata #8 "Pathetique"
in c, Op. 13" (1810); CD; (YouTube: Barenboim, Brendel, Ashkenazy, Rubinstein, Yundi Li)

This Beethoven piece was
#79 in 2018 Top Classical All Stars
but failed to make this year's 2019 List. Monday, January 21, 2019, 1:20-3:10 pm
Mountain View: Mid-Penisular Plumber José phoned yesterday that he found a better "snake" to declog my drain pipes, but I was gone to see the 7-1/2 hours of Ray's films; 6 inches of water in kitchen sink today

José vacuumed 4 buckets of water
from kitchen sink and then used
"snake" to declog the drain pipes.

Monday, January 21, 2019, 10:45-11:06 am
Mountain View: Sprouts Farmers Market
(630 San Antonio Road); 10:12 am Bus #34
to Showers Drive, and walked to Sprouts

19 oz. Wheat Germ $2.49; Green Onions 77¢;
3 lbs Pumpkin Seeds @ $4.79/lb = $14.37;
3.11 lbs Dried Apricots @ $2.99/lb = $9.30. Monday, January 21, 2019, 11:25-11:47 am
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road)
Caught 12:03 pm Bus #40 at El Camino Real
& San Antonio Road home; Overcharged $1.50

4 Quaker Instant Oatmeal @ $2.00 = $8.00;
O That's Good Pizza Supreme $4.49;
Tree Top Apple Sauce (6 ct) $2.08.

Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 6:10-6:18 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Kent Nagano conducts
Montreal Symphony Orchestra to Beethoven's "Egmont Overture, Op. 84" (1810); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Got up early today at 6:00 am—
Caught 7:38 am Bus #40 arriving
at Foothill College @ 8:03 am. Tuesday, January 22, 2019, 8:22 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Scanned "Daily Post" December 21-22, 2018 pages
& inserted dates for new Mystery Photo image
(old image without dates & Palo Alto location)

Scanned Mercury News, 1-21-2019 Ad
with "Happy Monday!" coffee cup
for sonnet & first poem of 2019.

Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 8:03-8:14 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Christian Thielemann conducts
Vienna Philharmonic to Johann Strauss II's
"Blue Danube Waltz Op. 314" (1867); CD;
(YouTube: Mehta 2007, Paintings, Klein 2011,
AndréRieu 2011, Mehta 2010, Silvester 2008)

Thielemann chose Blue Danube Waltz
when he conducted for the first time
Vienna New Year's Concert in 2019. Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 12:30-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to sonnet "Happy Monday!" nearly
completed yesterday, except for "well" symbolism,
considered magical and sacred in all traditions;
Cirlot: Demeter by the Well; went to bed 1:30 am

Took two pages of Notes on "Well"
from my library of 8 symbolism books
including the KJV Bible and the I Ching.

Thursday, January 24, 2019, 9:02-9:11 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Gordon Hunt plays oboe
with Norrköping Symphony Orchestrac to Domenico Zipoli's "Elevazione" (18th century); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

My favorite classical music
Elevazione voted #70 this year;
ranked #54 in 2018 KDFC Poll. Thursday, January 24, 2019, 10:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
More "Well" symbolism from E.T.C. Werner's
"Myths and Legends of China" & Barbara G. Walker's "Woman's Dictionsy of Symbols & Sacred Objects"

Remembered Snow White at Wishing Well—
Found video of scene on YouTube
and added them to "Well Symbolism".

Friday, January 25, 2019, 10:03-10:14 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Gerard Schwarz conducts
Seattle Symphony to Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov's "Scheherazade: The Young Prince and Princess" (1888); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade
music was voted #53 this year;
ranked #45 in 2018 KDFC Poll.. Friday, January 25, 2019, 11:27 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Used "Mountain Symbolism" as template for
"Well Symbolism" No need to scan book covers,
just change page #s when typing various texts

Wrote poem "Mountain & The Well"—
Well is Yin, Mountain is Yang
The Tao embraces them both.

Saturday, January 26, 2019, 8:01-8:11 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Jean-François Pailliard conducts
Paillard Chamber Orchestra to Tomaso Albinoni's "Adagio in G minor" (1708); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); This work was reconstructed by Remo Giazotto in 1945 from a fragment by Albinoni.

Albinoni's Adagio in G minor
music was voted #43 this year;
same ranking #43 in 2018 KDFC Poll. Saturday, January 26, 2019, 9:35 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to poem "Mountain & The Well",
using "Mountain Symbolism" & "Well Symbolism"
as guidelines; Need to find photos for the 18 stanzas
(36 lines); Can I finish this project in six hours?

Mountain is masculine, Well is feminine;
Birds fly to mountains, Fairies to wells;
Zeus on mountain top, Hades at bottom of well.

Sunday, January 27, 2019, 2:55-9:10 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre— See 3 long films
(6 hours) by Satyajit Ray; Told Al Guzman
that we need to postpone seeing "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" until Feb. 3, since these Indian films end 11:40 pm, & will miss 11:35 pm Bus #22 at Palo Alto Train Depot; Next Bus #22 @ 12:46 am, so need to wait an hour in the cold; Sunday
films starts early, allowing me to catch bus home

"Ghare Bairer" (2:55-5:15 pm),
"Nayak" (5:25-7:20 pm),
"Devi" (7:30-9:10 pm). Sunday, January 27, 2019, 2:55-5:15 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Satyajit Ray directs "Ghare Baire" ("Home and the World") (1984),
starring Soumitra Chatterjee, Victor Banerjee,
Swatilekha Sengupta, Gopa Aich, Jennifer Kendal, Manoj Mitra, Indrapramit Roy, Bimala Chatterjee;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, Full film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Based on Tagore's 1912 novel, when colonial British were partioning Bengal to separate Muslims & Hindus

Charismatic leader banning foreign goods
comes to live with his peaceful friend
whose wife falls in love with him.

Sunday, January 27, 2019, 5:25-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Satyajit Ray directs
"Nayak" ("The Hero") (1966); starring Uttam Kumar, Sharmila Tagore, Bireswar Sen, Somen Bose, Nirmal Ghosh, Premangshu Bose; Jogesh Chatterjee, Sumita Sanyal, Bharati Devi; (YouTube:
1. 2, 3, Full Film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Bengali film star takes train to Delhi
to accept award; Magazine editor interviews
him, and he realizes the truth about his life. Sunday, January 27, 2019, 7:30-9:10 pm
Stanford Theatre: Satyajit Ray directs "Devi"
("The Goddess") (1960), starring Sharmila Tagore, Chhabi Biswas, Soumitra Chatterjee, Purnendu Mukherjee, Karuna Banerjee, Arpan Chowdhury,
Anil Chatterjee, Kali Sarkar, Mohammed Israil, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, Full film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Father dreams daughter-in-law is Kali
Goddess reincarnated; She heals many
but couldn't heal her beloved nephew.

Monday, January 28, 2019, 8:01-8:13 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Joshua Bell plays violin
with Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields to Antonio Vivaldi's "4 Seasons: Spring in E Op.8 #1 RV 269" (1721); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Vivaldi's Four Seasons
music was voted #24 this year;
ranked #11 in 2018 KDFC Poll. Monday, January 28, 2019, 3:50-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to poem "Mountain & The Well",
using "Mountain Symbolism" & "Well Symbolism";
Images: Mt. Olympus Gods; Moses on Mt. Sinai

Photo: Entrance of Well to Hell
at Quinta da Regaleira,
Sintra, Portugal.

Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 7:55-8:04 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Jay Ungar plays fiddle,
Molly Mason, guitar, to Jay Ungar's "Ashokan Farewell" (1982); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" voted #11 this year.

Ken Burns used "Ashokan Farewell"
tune as the title theme of his 1990
PBS TV miniseries "The Civil War". Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 11:32 am-5:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to poem "Mountain & The Well",
Images: Birds on mountain (Cape Town, Alaska); Fairies at Wells (David Weston, Ida R. Outhwaite)

Peter contemplating on Mt. Lao;
Trees transport water upward;
Water uplift via xylem sap.

Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 7:30-9:03 pm
Stanford University: Encina Hall, Bechtel Center;
"Another Look" Book Discussion of Walter Tevis's
"Queen's Gambit" (1983) with Tobias Wolff, Robert Harrison, and Inga Pierson

Queen's Gambit is a chess opening
with moves (1) d4 d5
(2) c4 written in 1497. Tuesday, January 29, 2019, 7:30-9:03 pm
Stanford University: Encina Hall, Bechtel Center;
"Another Look" Book Discussion of Walter Tevis's
"Queen's Gambit" (1983) with Tobias Wolff,
Robert Harrison, and Inga Pierson

Will Tevis, son of Walt Tevis sends letter
(1/21/2019) "Playing chess with my father"
to members of Another Look book club.

Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 8:19-8:32 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Alison Balsom plays trumpet,
Tom Etheridge, organ, with Choir of King's College, Cambridge to Johann Sebastian Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring BWV 147" (1723); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); Beethoven's "Symphony #9" voted #1 again. (5 in Top Ten)

Holy wisdom, love most bright;
Drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring
Soar to uncreated light. Wednesday, January 30, 2019, 11:28 am-7:20 pm
2019 KDFC Classical All-Stars Top 100 Voting—
1. Beethoven: Symphony #9, 2. Dvorak: Symphony #9, 3. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2, 4. Beethoven: Symphony #3 "Eroica", 5. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, 6. Beethoven: Symphony #6 "Pastoral",
7. Beethoven: Piano Concerto #5 "Emperor",

8. Massenet: Thais: Meditation,
9. Beethoven: Symphony #5,
10. Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik.

Thursday, January 31, 2019, 7:38-7:47 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 giving 3 CDs "Classical Spark" for
donors with themes "Ready, Set, Go"—
"Imperial March" is definitely a "Go!". Thursday, January 31, 2019, 11:00 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Finished Notes to poem "Mountain & The Well",
Drew "Blue Circle with Gold Ring" in "Photoshop"

When praying to trees on my walks,
I was communing with Wishing Wells
after reading Hexagram 48 of the I Ching.

Thursday, January 31, 2019, 7:45-7:58 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
Missed Bus #40 coming early at 8:01 pm instead
of 8:07 pm; Went to Sprouts to keep warm

Refund $1.50 overcharge for O That's
Good Pizza; Azumaya Firm Tofu $1.50;
Signature Kitchen Crabmeat Chunks $1.49. Thursday, January 31, 2019, 8:05-8:56 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Road);
Wait over an hour for 9:16 pm Bus #40 that came
at 9:13 pm at El Camino Real & San Antonio Road

2 lbs Clementine Oranges $1.98;
0.84 lb. Roma Tomatoes 82¢; Spinach $1.99;
1.05 lb Dried Cranberries @ $2.99/lb = $3.14.