Haikus: July 2019

HAIKUS: July 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, July 1, 2019, 7:08-7:16 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Reinhard Goebel conducts
Musica Antiqua Köln to Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G BWV 1048 (1713)
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Heard all six Brandenburg Concertos
at Harvard University back around 1976
while living in Cambridge Massachusetts. Monday, July 1, 2019, 9:25 am-6:05 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Format 29 photos of Jimmy Stewart movies taken
in Memorabilia Room of Stanford Theatre (6/29);
Format 15 photos of Shoreline Park walk (6-30).

Favorite photos at Shoreline Park—
Creek Below the Bridge;
No Ducks in Shoreline Pond.

Tuesday, July 2, 2019, 6:49-6:56 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Kurt Redel conducts
Munich Pro Arte Orchestra to Marin Marais'
Bells of St. Genevieve (1723)
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Work begins with 4 measures of bass line played
by the continuo and viol. Throughout the piece,
the violin and viol take turns with the melody. Tuesday, July 2, 2019, 7:32-7:32 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Albrecht Mayer plays oboe d'amore
as Mathis Monius conducts Academy of St Martin in the Fields to Gabriel Faure's Pelléas et Mélisande: Sicilienne (1898) CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Fauré's music based on Maurice Maeterlinck's
play, a fairy tale of forbidden and doomed love,
that was made into an opera by Claude Debussy.

Tuesday, July 2, 2019, 9:28 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Web page on James Stewart Film Festival with
Haikus on 20 Stewart films (links to directors,
actors, film reviews, and YouTube videos)

44 photos taken at Stanford Theatre
of outside window displays
& inside posters in lobby. Tuesday, July 2, 2019, 9:28 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
3 photos of Shoreline Century Cinema 16 (6-23)
and 15 photos of Shoreline Golf Course (6-30)
for web page on "Walk at Shoreline Park"

With Al Guzman still recovering from back pain,
thanks to Karen for taking me out for movies
and short hike for my "Nature Walks 2019".

Wednesday, July 3, 2019, 8:12-8:17 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Original Soundtrack
to Justin Hurwitz's La La Land: Planetarium (2016)
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Justin Hurwitz's music "La La Land"
won the 89th Academy Awards for
Best Original Score in 2016. Wednesday, July 3, 2019, 12:35-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Add two Aladdin photos with "Scenic View from
Porch" for web page on "Walk at Shoreline Park"

Will Smith as Genie from Aladdin's Lamp;
Magic Carpet Ride with Aladdin & Jasmine;
View of Fremont Mountains & Bay from Porch.

Thursday, July 4, 2019, 1:20-4:45 pm
Saratoga: Hakone Gardens (21000 Big Basin Way)
No movies today, Karen surprised me with visit
to spot I'd not been to before.

Bamboo gardens, Waterfall by bridge,
Colorful carps swimming in the pond—
beautiful & wonderful retreat for the soul. Thursday, July 4, 2019, 5:00-7:00 pm
Saratoga: Big Basin Café (14471 Big Basin Way)
Restaurant closing at 5 pm, but Karen knows owner who serves us Spinach & Mushroom Quiche outside.

Karen takes me down steep 4th Street,
to Wildwood Park, crossing a bridge
with creek & mini-waterfalls below.

Friday, July 5,, 2019, 1:30-3:05 pm
Palo Alto, Avenidas (450 Bryant Street);
Donna Frankel teaches Line Dancing (28 in class);
Came here since Foothill Krause Center is closed 7/4-7/7
for 4-Day July 4 holiday & some exercise; Dances done:
Cupid's Shuffle, Elvira (danced at weddings), New York, NY, Circle Mixer Dance, Yankee Doodle Dandy, & Tush Push; 3:33 pm Bus #522 & 3:49 pm Bus #40 to Library

Last two dances were for more
advanced dancers. I did them all
so to get more exercise this afternoon. Friday, July 5, 2019, 7:30-9:05 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: George_Cukor directs
"My Fair Lady " (1964), starring Audrey Hepburn,
Rex Harrison, Stanley Holloway, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Gladys Cooper, Jeremy Brett, Theodore Bikel, Mona Washbourne, Isobel Elsom, John Holland, Charles Fredericks, Marni Nixon (waiter at bar & dubbing for Eliza); (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

My favorite musical movie,
seen in 1964 and six times
since, worth seeing again & again.

Saturday, July 6, 2019, 8:45-8:55 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM—JoAnn Falletta conducts
Long Beach Symphony Orchestra
to Felix Mendelssohn's Hebrides Overture
"Fingal's Cave" Op. 26 (1832); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Mendelssohn's trip to Fingal's Cave
at the island of Staffa, Scotland
inspired him to write Hebrides Overture. Saturday, July 6, 2019, 4:30-5:07 pm
Los Altos Library: Karen's gift— 2019 Scott's Stamp Catalogue, Vol. 2A (reg. $134.99) for $5.00, since Countries C contains Republic of China (Taiwan)
& PRC; My 1975 catalogue is 44 years old. Safeway:

2 quarts of Almond-Coconut Milk @ $2.49,
5 Yoplait Yogurts $2, 4 Planters 16 oz. Peanuts $1.99, Frozen 2 lbs Potato Tater Treats $1.99,
Sig. Sel. Thin Crust Supreme Pizza $3.88.

Sunday, July 7, 2019, 2:01-2:05 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Joshua Rifkin
plays piano to Scott Joplin's
Maple Leaf Rag (1899); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

No alarm clock ringing— surprised
to wake up at 1:20 pm, but Scott Joplin's
rag time tune jazzed me awake! Sunday, July 7, 2019, 2:05-2:21 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM— David Coucheron plays violin as Robert Spano conducts Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to
Ralph Vaughan Williams 's The Lark Ascending (1914); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Based on George Meredith's poem
"The Lark Ascending" (1881), this music
is the most popular classical piece in Britain.

Monday, July 8, 2019, 8:31-8:37 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Itzhak Perlman plays violin
as John Williams conducts Boston Pops
to Max Steiner's Now Voyager: Theme (1942); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1942 in Music History:
Walt Disney's Bambi premieres (8/21)

Betty Davis & Gladys Cooper nominated
for Best Actress & Best Supporting Actress,
but Max Steiner won 15th Best Music Oscars. Monday, July 8, 2019, 1:00-1:45 pm
Mountain View: Stayed home for yearly Apartment Maintenance; Paul Thomas & Shawn inspected kitchen, bathroom, and living quarters; Fan above the stove is working properly; put new light bulb on ceiling before bathroom; changed wiring in smoke detector.

Caught 2:20 pm Bus #40 to Foothill College;
Composed Haikus July 4-July 8 at Krause Center;
Converted "Aladdin" poem from Word to HTML.

Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 8:30-8:36 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Alessandro Amoretti conducts
Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia to Domenico Cimarosa's
The Impresario in Distress: Overture (1786); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1786 in Music History:

Mozart's Marriage of Figaro premeres (5-1);
Columbia's 1st graduation, with 8 students (4-11);
Caroline Herschel discovers a comet (8-1-1786). Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 2:00-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Al Guzman emailed: going to movies on Sunday 7/14;
Paid $340 Storage Bin (5'x15') monthly fee (prices lower
in September-October when students return to colleges)

Typed poem "Hour Walk to Ballroom Dancing"
with photos of Montebello Ave, Montecito Ave,
Rengstorff Ave and Middlefield Road to dance.

Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 8:24-8:29 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Andrew Parrott conducts
Taverner Players to Johann Pachelbel's
Canon and Gigue in D (1706); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

In 1968, Jean-François Paillard brought the piece
from obscurity to great renown, slowing the tempo;
bought vinyl disc from Musical Heritage Society. Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 9:24 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Got to Lab early today to format photos on hikes with
Al Guzman (Livermore) & Karen (Hakone Gardens);
Will they be done by Sunday when I see them for movie?

37 photos from Livermore (#8206-#8243)
taken on March 3, 2019 and 71 photos from
Hakone Gardens (#8464-#8534) on July 4, 2019.

Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 9:24 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Formatted 37 photos from Livermore Walk with
with Al Guzman & Robert Slack (#8206-#8243)
taken on March 3, 2019; Favorite photos—

"Christmas" Tree with natural star on top;
Historical Livermore Firefighters Mural;
Taj Mahal Mural Through Gate. Wednesday, July 10, 2019, 7:00-7:22 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Farmers Market
(630 San Antonio Road); $5 off for $30+ purchase—
1.16 lbs. Raw Macadamia Nuts @ $13.99/lb = $16.23;
1.02 lbs. Roasted Macadamia Nuts @ $13.99/lb = $14.27;

2.04 lbs. Vine Cluster Tomatoes @ 98¢/lb = $2.00;
2 Packages Strawberries (2 lbs) @ $1.98 = $3.96;
1 Package Blueberries (18 oz) = $1.98.

Thursday, July 11, 2019, 7:32-7:43 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Hilary Hahn plays violin
as David Zinman conducts Baltimore Symphony Orchestra to Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto
in D major, Op. 61 (1806); CD; (YouTube: Hilary Hahn, Yehudi Menuhin, Itzhak Perlman, Janine Jansen)

Morning request: Beethoven's Violin Concerto
Third movement Rondo played today
with cadenzas by Fritz Kreisler. Thursday, July 11, 2019, 8:30-8:36 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Sir John Eliot Gardiner
conducts North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
to Antonin Dvorak's Czech Suite: Romance Op. 39
(1786); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
Year 1879 in Music History—

Eddy founds Church of Christ, Scientist (4-12):
Gilmore renamed Madison Square Garden (5-30);
Edison perfects filament light bulb (10-22-1879).

Friday, July 12, 2019, 6:35-6:42 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Itzhak Perlman plays violin
as Samuel Sanders plays piano to Fritz Kreisler's Liebesleid "Love's Joy" (1905), deliberately misattributed to earlier composer Joseph Lanner; CD; Later Kreisler played it in his encores as his own; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Good morning music as Itzhak Perlman
and Samuel Sanders play Fritz Kreisler's
Liebesleid "Love's Joy" (1905. Friday, July 12, 2019, 8:50 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Postage stamps of animals children love as pets—
Great Britain #3856 "Peter Rabbit" (issued 7-28-2016)
to mark 150th Anniversary of Beatrix Potter's birth;
Australia #171 "Koala Bear" (issued 10-10-1942)

For friend who loves cats— Los Altos Library
has Cube's book by Caterina Gromis di Trana
CATS (2010), 736 pages on sale for $4.00.

Friday, July 12, 2019, 5:45-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Luigi Comencini directs "Bread, Love and Dreams" (1953), starring Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Marisa Merlini, Virgilio Riento, Tina Pica, Maria-Pia Casilio, Roberto Risso, Memmo Carotenuto, Vittoria Crispo, Guglielmo Barnabò, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Gina Lollobrigida became an
international star after this film
with director-actor Vittorio De Sica. Friday, July 12, 2019, 7:30-9:30 pm
Stanford Theatre: William Wyler directs "Roman Holiday" (1953), starring Audrey Hepburn, Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert, Hartley Power, Harcourt Williams, Margaret Rawlings, Tullio Carminati, Paolo Carlini, Paola Borboni, Laura Solari, Alfredo Rizzo, Gorella Gori; (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

My 6th favorite film of all time—
Audrey Hepburn won Best Actress Oscar,
Eddie Albert should won Best Supporting Actor.

Monday, July 15, 2019, 7:16-7:28 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Theodore Kuchar conducts
Janácek Philharmonic Orchestra to Bedrich Smetana's The Moldau (1874), CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)
Poem: "Tellow-Veined Leaf Sings"

Smetana's Má Vlast (My Homeland)
honors river The Moldau
that runs through Prague. Monday, July 15, 2019, 2:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Went to San Antonio Dental
(530 Showers Drive) and was told my 10 am appt
was changed to 2 pm today; Saw Valerie De Leon, DDS;
$10 for full mouth X-rays, photos of teeth, & cleaning

Deep cleaning two sessions $600;
and new crown $864 to clean out
bacteria underneath next time.

Tuesday, July 16, 2019, 9:45-10:20 am
Mountain View: Kaiser Permanente (555 Castro St.)
Bought Humulin & Diabetic Medications $59.33 at
Kaiser Pharmacy; 10:36 am Bus #52 to Foothill College

Saw Joe Adeva at Member Services—
He'll send me the Evidence of Coverage
booklet January 1-December 31, 2019 in 10 days. Tuesday, July 16, 2019, 11:05 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Web page of July 4th Walk at Hakone Gardens with
Saratoga stop to Big Basin Cafe & Wildwood Park Bridge

Karen works in Saratoga so she
takes me to a special 4th of July
journey to spots she knows well.

Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 8:33-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Takuo Yuasa conducts
Ulster Orchestra to Edward MacDowell's
Orchestral Suite #1 Op. 42 (1891), CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1891 in Music History:

Paying old age pensions begins in Germany (1-1);
Wrigley Company is founded in Chicago (4-1);
Stanford University opens its doors (10-1-1891). Wednesday, July 17, 2019, 11:00 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Paid $10 check for visit to San Antonio Dental on 7/15;
Sandy says $864 zironia crowns not covered by Delta Dental insurance or Kaiser Senior Advantage

Add links to Hakone Gardens page;
Convert "Concerning Pets" poem
from Microsoft Word to HTML.

Thursday, July 18, 2019, 8:33-8:40 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Iván Fischer conducts
Budapest Festival Orchestra to Antonin Dvorak's
Slavonic Dance #16 in Ab Op. 72 #8 (1886), CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1886 in Music History:

U.S. general strike for 8-hour working day (5-1);
Statue of Liberty dedicated by US President Grover Cleveland (10-28); First confetti (ticker tape) parade in NYC on Broadway (10-28-1886). Thursday, July 18, 2019, 12:12-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Storage Bin looted with five others on 12/27; Woman
caught 5/25; IBM Selectric 2 Electric Typewriter stolen; No time to check missing items (books & printouts)

Notes to Poem: "Concerning Pets" with stamps—
Hungary 1151: Hunting Dog (issued 3-17-1956);
Denmark B54: Happy Child (issued 10-21-1963);
China (PRC) 4386: Watermelon (issued 7-23-2016).

Thursday, July 18, 2019, 6:50-7:07 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road):
7:15 pm Bus #40 came early at 7:10 pm; 7:43 pm
Bus #40 didn't stop at San Antonio Rd & El Camino;
Caught 8:15 pm Bus #40 home (Waited hour+ for Bus)

4 Kettle Potato Chips @ 88¢;
32 oz. Lucerne Strawberry Yogurt $1.99;
2 quarts of Almond-Coconut Milk @ $1.99.
Thursday, July 18, 2019, 11;36-11:52 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM— as William Boughton conducts English String Orchestra to Ralph Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (1919), CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Stayed up to listen to this
soothing and serene music
before going to sleep.

Friday, July 19, 2019, 7:49-7:53 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Renaud Capucon plays violin
as Stéphane Denève conducts Brussels Philharmonic
to Nino Rota's The Godfather: Theme (1972), CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Voted AFI's Top #5 film scores

Love Nina Rota's music
composed for Fellini's films,
but his "Godfather Theme" is great. Friday, July 19, 2019, 9:40 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Notes to Poem: "Concerning Pets" with stamps—
Watermelon Wine Bottle Label better than Watermelon stamp: Cow Cuddling photos at Mountain Horse Farm

Tom T. Hall playing guitar;
Old Dog playing with child;
Kid Therapy with Seniors.

Friday, July 19,, 2019, 5:40-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Luigi Comencini directs "Bread, Love and Jealousy" (1954), starring Vittorio De Sica, Gina Lollobrigida, Marisa Merlini, Virgilio Riento, Tina Pica, Maria-Pia Casilio, Roberto Risso, Memmo Carotenuto, Vittoria Crispo, Tecla Scara, Saro Urzì; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3; (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4);
10:01 pm Bus #22 & 10:30 pm Bus #40 home

Gossip about Frisky & the Marshall
breaks up her engagement to Pietro,
but they're reunited at the end. Friday, July 19,, 2019, 7:30-9:30 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Robert Mulligan directs "Come September" (1953), starring Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee, Bobby Darin, Walter Slezak, Brenda de Banzie, Ronald Howard, Joel Grey, Rossana Rory, Ronnie Haran, Joan Freeman, Chris Seitz, Cindy Conroy, Nancy Anderson, Michael Eden; (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Rock Hudson romances Gina Lollobridga
as Bobby Darin romances Sandra Dee
& marries her in real life after the movie.

Saturday, July 20, 2019, 9:04-9:10 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Khatia Buniatishvili
plays piano to Claude Debussy's
Suite Bergamasque: Clair de Lune in Db
(1905); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

50th Anniversary of Moon Landing
celebrated with Claude Debussy's
"Claire de Lune" on piano. Saturday, July 20, 2019, 11:00 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Library: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd):
3 Thin-Crust Supreme Pizza @ $2.88; 4 Coffe-Mate Creamers @ @ $1.99; 3 lbs. Reiser Potato Salad $6.30;
2 quarts of Almond-Coconut Milk @ $1.99 (5:28 pm).

Met Edie on Bus #40 again—
She tells me that Buzz Lightyear
in Toy Story was named after Buzz Aldrin.

Sunday, July 21, 2019, 12:00-3:30 pm
Saratoga: Hakone Gardens (21000 Big Basin Way)
Karen wants to see Origami Photo Exhibit, but
we attend John Larissou's Tea Ceremony instead.

Photos missed on July 4: Master Stone,
Jizo Bodhisattva, Fudo Fire God Statue,
Misaki Lantern, and Kanju-ji Lantern. Sunday, July 21, 2019, 4:00-6:05 pm
Los Altos Library: Sent poem "Caçountala" (2-11-1990)
inspired by film "Camille Claudel" (1988) to Karen, & story of losing Rodin debate to "janitor" Albert Elsen.

Can't find the flyers done in Adobe Illustrator
for Albert Elsen's "Matisse Lecture" but found my
1992 journal of his lecture with 119 slides shown.

Monday, July 22, 2019, 8:50-9:01 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: William Tritt plays piano
as Erich Kunzel conducts Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
to George Gershwin's Variations on "I Got Rhythm"
(1934); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Piece starts off with repetitions of four rising
innocent clarinets notes on pentatonic scale,
which opens the melody of the original song. Monday, July 22, 2019, 1:05-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Format 37 photos of July 21 Hakone Gardens Visit
with missing photos from July 4 visit and
Tea Ceremony at Cultural Exchange Center

Favorite photos: Waterfall,
Steps Up to Bamboo Garden,
Fallen Eucalyptus, Tea Ceremony.

Tuesday, July 23, 2019, 8:33-8:39 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Bertrand Chamayou plays piano
to Camille Saint-Saëns's Mazurka Op. 66 #3
(1882); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
Year 1882 in Music History:

Knights of Columbus forms in New Haven (2-6);
Polygamy made a felony by U.S. Congress (3-23);
Standard Oil of New Jersey established (8-5-1882). Tuesday, July 23, 2019 1:05-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Web page of Sunday July 21 Hakone Gardens Visit
with Tea Ceremony at Cultural Exchange Center;
"Escape the Ordinary" Bookmark for "The Letter E"—

"Escape the ordinary"— a bookmark
shows a superhero flying and reading—
for elixirs come to those who explore...

Wednesday, July 24, 2019, 8:33-8:41 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Richard Hickox conducts
BBC National Orchestra of Wales to Frank Bridge's
Valse Intermezzo for Strings H 17 (1902); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1902 in Music History:

Edison's Motion Picture Monopoly Broken (3-10);
Enrico Caruso makes 1st million-selling recording, for Gramophone Co. (4-11); NY Central Railroad inaugurates 20th Century Limited (6-15-1902). Wednesday, July 24, 2019,12:50-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Paintings of Woman in White Dress— Renoir,
"Children at the Seashore, Guernsey" (1883);
James Whistler, "The White Girl" (1862)&3151;

Photos: Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady;
Marilyn Monroe; Mario De Biasi's
"Italians Turn Around, Milan" (1954)
of Moira Orfei, Queen of the Circus.

Thursday, July 25, 2019, 9:30 am
Mountain View: Woke up late today at 9 am;
Rudy phones at 9:30 am; He's back for a few days
from Lodi, and wants Larry Rivers' phone number;
Told him to search in AnyWho & invites him to movie

Karen will buy tickets for Toy Story 4 @ 2:15 pm
showing at Century Cinema 16 at Shoreline Blvd
for $9.50; Rudy can't come, but Scotty will come. Thursday, July 25, 2019, 2:20-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Photos: Marilyn in Seven Year Itch; Marilyn in Korea;
Convert "Woman in White" from Word to HTML
and formatting nine photos for the poem—

But my favorite is another Renoir
in the room— Children at the Seashore—
a girl in white with smile of an angel.

Thursday, July 25, 2019, 7:28 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road):
Saved $12 on Smukers Jams for Rudy (accepted 3/5/19
Expired Raincheck); Caught 7:50 pm Bus #40 home

4 Smukers Orange Marmalade Jams @ $1.69;
2 Instant Oatmeal @ $1.51; Coffe Cake $1.62;
3 lbs Potato Salad $4.99; Silk Soy Milk Free. Friday, July 26, 2019, 1:30-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Ordered Fidelity to sell 400 shares AMD @ $36;
AMD was $1.83 (2-8-16), rising to $34.02 (7-26-19)

Ordered TIAA-CREF to transfer $7500
of pension fund to Fidelity Investments
to cover 6 months of rent payments.

Friday, July 26, 2019, 1:30-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Hiroshige's 100 Views of Edo: Woodcut #68
"Open Garden at Fukugawa, Hachiman Shrine";
(8th month of 1857) Brooklyn Museum

Woodcut shows most famous temple
gardens of Edo— Eitaiji Temple
in the Fukagawa district. Friday, July 26, 2019, 1:30-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Hiroshige's 100 Views of Edo: Woodcut #68
"Open Garden at Fukugawa, Hachiman Shrine";
(8th month of 1857) Brooklyn Museum

Crossing bridges from isle to isle,
seeing blooming of pink cherries
and red azaleas at the same time.

Saturday, July 27, 2019, 2:15-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Century Cinema 16 (1500 N Shoreline Blvd); Josh Cooley directs "Toy Story 4" (2019) with Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Annie Potts, Tony Hale,
Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele, Keanu Reeves,
Madeleine McGraw, Christina Hendricks, Ally Maki,
Jay Hernandez, Lori Alan, Don Rickles; (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Toys love to be played with and fear
to be discarded, much like us in real life
afraid that our friends would not like us. Saturday, July 27, 2019, 4:45-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Sajj Mediterranean (2580 W El Camino Real); After the movie, Karen takes Scotty and me here to try Persian cuisine instead of going to Sweet Tomatoes (1040 Grant Rd) with $9.99 coupon for buffet & unlimited drinks; Karen has come here several times already, but it's first time for Scotty & me to try Persian food; Paid $10.85 to share salad, eggplant, cauliflower & Falafel with Karen

Gave Scotty— August issue of Common Ground,
"My Hero: Goethe" p. 1, p. 2, Step-by-Step Process,
and poems "The Letter E" & "Sacred Geometry".

Sunday, July 28, 2019, 4:15-6:05 pm
Los Altos Library: Checked out book on hold from Gilroy Library: Cha-no-yu The Japanese Tea Ceremony (1963)
to learn more about Tea Ceremony at Hakone Gardens

Emailed Rudy on picking up 2 packages in my
refigerator: Ball Park Franks (reg. $5.98) for 99¢
and Hawaii Onion Rings left in another bag. Sunday, July 28, 2019, 4:00-6:05 pm
Los Altos Library: Got 6:13 pm Bus #40 home
Rudy came to my apt @ 7 pm Friday, 7/26 to pick up
specials from Sprouts & Safeway bought for him—

Total for 10 items came out to $34.88;
Regular price on these items = $84.58;
Saved almost $50.00 for Rudy on grocery.

Monday, July 29, 2019, 11:34 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Postage stamps with 68 denomination for Cathy's birthday: Canada 1069, 68¢ Christmas; Canada 1115,
68¢ Angel; Cyprus 1111, 0.68 Euro Andromeda;
0.68 Euro postage stamps from France —

France Roosters 4916a, 4916b, 4916c, 4916d;
4745 Valentine, 4889 Tango Dancers, 4914b Singing Lesson, 4914f, Dulcimer Player. Monday, July 29, 2019, 11:34 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Words of Wisdom from the Chinese Sage Lao Tzu—
Lao Tzu (604 BC-517 BC), Tao Te Ching, Verse 68:
translated by Stephen Mitchell, published by Harper & Row (1988) winning translation bid for $130,000

The best compete in the spirit of play.
In this they are like children
and in harmony with the Tao.

Tuesday, July 30, 2019, 8:29-8:34 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Neeme Järvi conducts
Detroit Symphony Orchestra to Peter Tchaikovsky's
Snow Maiden: Jester's Dance Op. 12 (1882); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1882 in Music History:

British writer Virginia Woolf is born (1-25-1882);
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra is formed (5-1);
Wagner's opera Parsifal is written (7-26). Tuesday, July 30, 2019, 11:45 am-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Starting late on "Number 68" for Cathy's birthday;
Using "Number 67" as a template (with 172 items); Finished Mathematics (#1-34) & Science (#35-44)—

Stack of Number Cards for #1-15 in Math;
Casio Electronic Calculator for #16-21;
World Wide Web Sites for #22-34.

Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 8:30-8:35 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Barry Wordsworth conducts
BBC Concert Orchestra to Jacques Offenbach's
Tales of Hoffmann: Barcarolle (1810); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1810 in Music History:

Marriage Napoleon & Joséphine annulled (1-12);
Composer Robert Schumann is born (6-8-1810);
British novelist Elizabeth Gaskell is born (9-29). Wednesday, July 31, 2019, 11:10 am-5:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Bookmarked 5 Enlightenment News Stories yesterday;
Today's story: "Freezing the moment is not the answer"
(By Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Times of India, 7-31-2019):

Your faculty of perception is so uncluttered
that you see everything just as it is—
Enlightenment is absolute clarity.