Haikus: June 2019

HAIKUS: June 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.

Saturday, June 1, 2019, 7:33-7:39 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Mischa Maisky plays cello, Pavel Gililov plays piano, to Franz Schubert's "Ave Maria",
D. 839, Op. 52, No 6 (1825) CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

Schubert's "Ave Maria"—
so soothing and serene to hear
this morning, first day of June. Saturday, June 1, 2019, 10:05 am-4:50 pm
Los Altos Library: Tried Rudy's TextPad (Didn't open
at Krause Center as it was incompatible with Mac);
Did open at Los Altos Library's Dell Computer

Opened "Celestial Tree"; Copied & Pasted Poem in TextPad— Clicked View in Web Browser, gave identical poem in "CelestialTree-Text- Notepad".

Sunday, June 2, 2019, 5:40-7:20 & 9:35-11:15 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: W. S. Van Dyke directs
"After the Thin Man (1936); with William Powell,
Myrna Loy; Jimmy Stewart, Elissa Landi, Joseph Calleia,
Jessie Ralph, Alan Marshal, Sam Levene, William Law, Penny Singleton, Teddy Hart, George Zucco, Paul Fix,
Skippy/Asta; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Forgot the plot of this film;
Came here to see fox terrier Asta
my favorite dog in all the movies. Sunday, June 2, 2019, 7:30-9:25 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: George Cukor directs
"The Philadelphia Story" (1940), with Cary Grant,
Katharine Hepburn, Jimmy Stewart, Ruth Hussey,
John Howard, Roland Young, John Halliday, Mary Nash, Virginia Weidler, Henry Daniell, Lionel Pape; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Virginia Weidler as Dinah Lord
Tracy's younger teenage sister
dancing ballet & singing "Lydia".

Monday, June 3, 2019, 8:31-8:40 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Gidon Kremer plays violin, as Nikolaus Harnoncourt conducts Chamber Orchestra of Europe to Ludwig van Beethoven's Romance for Violin #2 in F Op 50 (1802); CD; (YouTube: Heifetz; Perlman, Vengerov, Nishizaki); Year 1802 in Music History:

Napoleon elected president of Italian Republic
(1-25); Wordsworth & sister Dorothy see daffodils, inspiring poem "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"
(4-15); 1st comic book "The Wasp" published in Hudson, NY criticized Republican politicians (7-7). Monday, June 3, 2019, 10:30 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Find #12 items for Sophia's 12th birthday (June 3)—
Dodecahedron with 12 faces; 12 Rays of the Sun;
Angelic Embraces (1); Two Sixes in Dice;
Joe Namath #12; Tom Brady #12; Terry Bradshaw #12

12 Knights at King Arthur's Round Table (1);
Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" (1, 2);
12 Candles on Birthday Cake (1);
Use "Sixth Birthday Poem" as template
to type "Twelfth Birthday Poem" for Sophia.

Tuesday, June 4, 2019, 8:29-8:33 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Julio Reyes plays guitar to Antonio Lauro's Venezuelan Waltz #3 "Natalia" (1802); CD; (YouTube: 1; 2, 3); Year 1936 in Music History:

Boulder (Hoover) Dam fully completed (3-1);
Hitler opens 11th Olympic Games in Berlin (8-1);
Oakland Bay Bridge opens (11-12-1936). Tuesday, June 4, 2019, 11:00 am-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Emailed "Twelfth Birthday Poem" for Sophia yesterday;
Writing "Happy 12th Birthday" to Sophia today—

Mystery of Time in the Number 12;
Number 12 in 3 of Five Platonic Solids;
7 Postage Stamps with #12 Denomination.

Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 8:30-8:34 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Leonard Bernstein conducts
Los Angeles Philharmonic to Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring: Simple Gifts (1945); CD;
(YouTube: 1; 2, 3); Year 1945 in Music History:

Tennessee Williams' "Glass Menagerie" premieres
in NYC (3-31); US President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies in office and Vice President Harry Truman is sworn in as 33rd US President (4-12); Trinity test
of Atomic Bomb in Los Alamos (7-16-1945). Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 12:20-4:10 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Going to Stanford Theatre for Jimmy Stewart movies;
No time for shopping at Safeway or Sprouts today;
Niece Elisa sends photos of Sophie (12) & Lilly (6)

What poems to read at June 7 Waverley Writers?:
"My New Mantra"; "Found"; "Favorite Trees";
"Most Miraculous Growth";
"What Is the Weight of a Dream?";
"The Awakened State".

Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 5:10-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Frank Capra directs
"You Can't Take It with You" (1938); with Jean Arthur,
Lionel Barrymore; Jimmy Stewart, Edward Arnold,
Mischa Auer, Ann Miller, Spring Byington, Donald Meek, Samuel S. Hinds, H. B. Warner, Halliwell Hobbes,
Dub Taylor, Mary Forbes, Harry Davenport;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Wealthy Kirby buys all houses
on the block, except one which
Grandpa Martin refuses to sell. Wednesday, June 5, 2019, 7:30-9:15 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Richard Quine directs
"Bell, Book and Candle" (1958), with Jimmy Stewart,
Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon, Ernie Kovacs, Janice Rule,
Elsa Lanchester, Hermione Gingold, Howard McNear, Dick Crockett, Bek Nelson, Pyewacket the cat;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3), 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)
Caught 10:33 pm Bus #22 & 10:25 pm Bus #40 home

After Jimmy Stewart's obsession
with Kim Novak in Vertigo
they're paired up for film on witchcraft.

Thursday, June 6, 2019, 8:32-8:35 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Angèle Dubeau plays violin
with La Pieta to Howard Shore's Lord of the Rings: Concerning Hobbits (2001); CD; (YouTube: 1; 2, 3, 4); Year 2001 in Music History:

Apple announced iTunes at the Macworld Expo
in San Francisco (1-9); Mexican artist Frida Kahlo
is the 1st Hispanic woman to be honored on a U.S. postage stamp (6-21); Barry Bonds hits his
71st and 72nd home runs (10-6-2001). Thursday, June 6, 2019, 10:35 am-2:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Looking through events of 2001, came across
photo of Pope John Paul II wearing mitre resembling
the Platonic Λ (Pointed Hat, Wizard's Hat, Oregon)

Cynthia Haven of Another Look emailed on next
Stanford Book Discussion (10-30-2019, 7:30 pm):
Alfred Hayes's 1958 noir novella, My Face for the World to See, with Robert Pogue Harrison, Tobias Wolff, David Thomson, and Terry Gamble.

Thursday, June 6, 2019, 2:50-5:55 pm
Los Altos Library: Jack drove me here after electricity
went off at Foothill College and Los Altos Hills;
Bookmarked Stanford Theatre Movies on Sunday—

Jimmy Stewart & Anthony Mann westerns—
Bend of River (1952) @ 5:45-7:20 pm;
Winchester '73 (1950) @ 7:30-9:05 pm. Thursday, June 6, 2019, 6:30-7:11 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (630 San Antonio Road);
6:10 pm Bus #40 (Library); 7:43 pm Bus #40 home;
$28.38 Missed Reward Coupon for $30+ purchase

4 Nestle Coffee-Mate Creamers @ $1.89;
2 Quiches @ $4.49; Devil Egg Salad $6.49;
Onion Rings $2.14; Thin Crust Pizza $1.88.

Friday, June 7, 2019, 8:31-8:36 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Leif Segerstam conducts
with Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra to
Erkki Melartin's Pastorale (1912); CD;
(YouTube: 1; 2, 3); Year 1912 in Music History:

1st running of San Francisco's famed
"Bay to Breakers" footrace (7.63 miles) (1-1); Pitcher Cy Young retires from baseball with 511 wins (3-15); Fenway Park officially opens,
Red Sox beat NY Highlanders (4-20-1912). Friday, June 7, 2019, 12:00-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"Success Story— Q&A: Steve Kerr on his reading
habits, social media, Dubs' dynasty"
(By Mark Medina, Mercury News, 5-26-2019, C1, C3)

Kerr: I like reading Malcolm Gladwell's stuff;
David Epstein's Why Generalists Triumph
in a Specialized World; Invited Money Ball
author Michael Lewis to speak to Warriors;
No idea how good Draymond Green is.

Friday, June 7, 2019, 12:00-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Poetry News: The Sisyphus Stones Are Back, With More Poetry Too (6-7-2019); In New York, a Sisyphean task on Hudson comes to an end (8-20-2018); A Mystery Solved: Why the 'Sisyphus Stones' Rise & Tumble (9-14-2017)

People topple over these stones,
but not this bird— light as a
feather perching peacefully. Friday, June 7, 2019, 7:30-8:40 pm
Palo Alto: Friends Meeting House (957 Colorado Ave);
Waverley Writers Poetry Reading (12 poets came today);
Poems "White Dog on Montebello Ave" & "Homage to Notre Dame" published in June issue of Fresh Hot Bread; Trudy Reagan and her son Russell gave me ride home

Read three poems tonight—
"Most Miraculous Growth",
"Found", & "My New Mantra".

Saturday, June 8, 2019, 7:22-7:37 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Juanjo Mena conducts
with BBC Philharmonic to Isaac Albéniz's
The Magic Opal: Suite (1892); CD;
(YouTube: 1; 2, 3)

A fantastic opera of pirates,
ghosts and impossible love
on the shores of Karatol. Saturday, June 8, 2019, 9:50 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
After Waverley Writers, Trudy Myrrh Reagan drove
me to her home in Palo Alto; introduced me
to her son Russell who drove me home

Russell Reagan did research at UC Davis;
told me about David Baker's Foldit using
online gaming to predict protein structures.

Sunday, June 9, 2019, 7:30-9:05 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Anthony Mann directs "Winchester '73" (1950), starring Jimmy Stewart, Shelley Winters, Dan Duryea, Stephen McNally, Millard Mitchell, Charles Drake, John McIntire, Will Geer, Jay C. Flippen, Rock Hudson, Tony Curtis, John Alexander;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Jimmy Stewart wins a prize Winchester rifle
in a shooting contest, but it's stolen,
and he tries to get it back. Sunday, June 9, 2019, 9:15-10:46 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Anthony Mann directs
"Bend of the River" (1952); starring Jimmy Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Rock Hudson; Julia Adams, Lori Nelson, Jay C. Flippen, Harry Morgan, Howard Petrie, Chubby Johnson, Royal Dano, Stepin Fetchit; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Caught 11:13 pm Bus #22 home

Jimmy Stewart in Anthony Mann
Western with scenic photography
of Snake River and Mt. Hood.

Monday, June 10, 2019, 8:31-8:36 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Mischa Maisky plays cello
with Orpheus Chamber Orchestra to Tchaikovsky's
Andante Cantabile (1888); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1888 in Music Trivia History:

1st wax drinking straw patented, by Marvin C Stone (1-3); Frederick Douglass is 1st African-American nominated for US President (6-23); George Eastman patents the first roll-film
camera & registers "Kodak" (9-4-1888). Monday, June 10, 2019, 10:30 am-6:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Friend visiting Dublin; Recommend going to A.E.'s house
17 Rathgar Ave in Dublin, where James Joyce (age 19)
came to ask "What is the highest state of consciousness?"

Most Amazing 22 Best Places to Visit in Ireland
in One Week; 15 Best Places to Visit in Ireland—
Crazy Tourist; 17 Top-Rated Tourist Attractions
in Ireland; The Irish Bucket List: 25 best things to
do in Ireland before you die (No mention of A.E.).

Monday, June 10, 2019, 10:30 am-6:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Goethe Postage Stamps: Luxembourg 593 (3-14-1977); Germany 10NB6-10NB10 (7-20-49); 4N11 (12-17-45); France 863 (11-9-1959); Germany B306-B308 (8-15-49);
Germany 9N61-9N63 West Berlin (issued 7-29-1949)—

10 pf: Goethe & Iphigenie;
20 pf: Goethe & Reineke Fuchs;
30 pf: Goethe & Faust. Monday, June 10, 2019, 10:30 am-6:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Found & formatted 14 Goethe stamps on the web;
Will use them as images in my Adobe InDesign page
"My Hero: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)";
Find web pages done on Goethe for InDesign texts—

Goethe Poems for Pinsky's Anthology;
Goethe in Rome seeing Sistine Ceiling;
Goethe's Italian Journey; Goethe's Faust.

Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 12:01-12:06 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Robert deMaine plays cello as
Gustavo Dudamel conducts Los Angeles Philharmonic
to John Williams's Superman: March (1978);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

John Williams's "Superman March"
music is stirring and soaring as
his "Star Wars" & "Raiders of the Lost Ark". Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 3:50-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Finding Wisdomportal texts for Adobe InDesign page:
"My Hero: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)":
Goethe: "Earth Inhaling & Exhaling" (4-11-1827)—

Notes: "Meeting Goethe in Heidelberg";
Goethe on Literature; Goethe & Alchemy;
Goethe's poem "Gingo Biloba (9-27-1815).

Tuesday, June 11, 2019, 6:30-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Farmers Market
(630 San Antonio Road); $5 off for $30+ purchase;
Refund $9.06 overcharge for 6 Terra Veggie Chips
19 oz. Wheat Germ $2.79; 18 oz Blueberries $3.98;

4.11 lbs. Black Grapes @ 98¢/lb = $4.03;
3.95 lbs. Red Grapes @ 98¢/lb = $3.87;
2.05 lbs Dried Mango @ $3.89/lb = $7.97;
6 Terra Veggie Chips @ $1.99 = $11.94.
Wednesday, June 12, 2019, 12:01-12:06 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Walt Disney Records
with Original Soundtrack to Michael Giacchino's
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 2016 in Music History:

Zika virus outbreak in Brazil (1-23); 14-inch lock
of John Lennon's hair sells for $35,000 (2-20); Barack Obama becomes the first US President
to visit Cuba since 1928 (3-20-2016).

Wednesday, June 12,, 2019, 5:50-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: George Marshall
directs "Pot o' Gold" (1941), starring Jimmy Stewart,
Paulette Goddard, Horace Heidt, Charles Winninger,
Mary Gordon, Frank Melton, Jed Prouty, Charles Arnt,
Dick Hogan, James Burke, Art Carney, Donna Wood,
Larry Cotton; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Jimmy Stewart sings & plays the harmonica
with Paulette Goddard and band, while
his uncle Charles Winniger hates music. Wednesday, June 12,, 2019, 7:30-9:30 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Anthony Mann directs
"The Glenn Miller Story" (1953); starring Jimmy Stewart, June Allyson, Harry Morgan; Charles Drake, George Tobias, Barton MacLane, Sig Ruman, Marion Ross, Nino Tempo, Irving Bacon, Kathleen Lockhart, James Bell; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Musical biography of great bandleader
Glenn Miller, played by Jimmmy Stewart
was a big box office hit, making him $2 million.

Thursday, June 13, 2019, 9:42-9:47 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Gustavo Dudamel conducts
Los Angeles Philharmonic to John Williams's
Hook: Flight to Neverland (1991);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Dustin Hoffman as Captain Hook
Robin Williams as Peter Banning / Peter Pan;
Julie Roberts as Tinkerbell; Maggie Smith as
old Wendy; Gwyneth Paltrow as young Wendy. Thursday, June 13, 2019, 1:08-6:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Goethe Postage Stamps for Adobe InDesign pages:
"My Hero: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)":
Germany East Berlin 10NB6-10NB10 (7-20-49) for p. 1

France 863 (11-9-59); Germany 4N11 (12-17-45); Luxembourg 593 (3-14-1977); Germany B306-B308 (8-15-49); Germany 9N61-9N63 West Berlin (7-29-1949)— 9 stamps for Adobe InDesign page 2.

Thursday, June 13, 2019, 6:50-7:18 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (630 San Antonio Road);
6:35 pm Bus #40 (Foothill); 7:45 pm Bus #40 home;
Didn't buy fresh pineapples for Rudy on sale @ 99¢;
Warrior and Raptors tied 91-91 on radio 95.7 FM KNBR

2 Tostitos Lime & Less Salt Corn Chips @ $1.50;
4 Hawaiian Maui Onion Potato Chips @ $1.99;
Reiser's 3 lbs Devil Egg Potato Salad $5.99. ***
Neighbor Don Richards invites me to his apartment
to watch ABC TV and see Warriors lose 114-110. Friday, June 14, 2019, 8:32-8:41 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Esa-Pekka Salonen conducts
Swedish Radio Symphony to Jean Sibelius's
Finlandia Op. 26 #7 (1888); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1899 in Music Trivia History:

1st known use of the word "automobile" appears in an editorial in The New York Times (1-3); San Francisco City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building (7-1); Scott Joplin granted copyright for his "Maple Leaf Rag" (9-18-1899).

Friday, June 14, 2019, 10:08 am-4:10 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"Retouching Mona Lisa Is Restoration, but a Mickey Mantle? Collectors Cry Fraud" (By Paul Sullivan,
NY Times, 6-14-2019); "Trading Cards: A Hobby That
Became a Multimillion-Dollar Investment (Over past decade, 1952 Mantle card soared 590%, 1954 Aaron card 829%, & 1933 Babe Ruth card 305%. Top 500 baseball cards beat 2008-2018 S&P 500 by more than double.)
(By Paul Sullivan, NY Times, 3-23-2018)

"What's in Your Attic? Baseball Cards May
Help a Collection Fetch Nearly $1 Million"
(By Christopher Mele, NY Times, 6-5-2017) Friday, June 14, 2019, 10:08 am-4:10 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Goethe Postage Stamps for Adobe InDesign pages:
"My Hero: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)":
Germany East Berlin 10NB6-10NB10 (7-20-49) for p. 1
France 863 (11-9-59); Germany 4N11 (12-17-45); Luxembourg 593 (3-14-1977); Germany B306-B308 (8-15-49); Germany 9N61-9N63 West Berlin (7-29-1949)— 9 Goethe postage stamps for Adobe InDesign page 2;
Quotes from Faust (Part I, 1808) & Faust (Part II, 1831)

Goethe: "Earth Inhaling & Exhaling" (4-11-1827);
Notes to Poem: "Meeting Goethe in Heidelberg";
"Goethe on Literature"; "Goethe & Alchemy".

Friday, June 14, 2019, 5:45-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: George Marshall directs
"Destry Rides Again" (1939), starring Jimmy Stewart,
Marlene Dietrich, Charles Winninger, Brian Donlevy,
Mischa Auer, Una Merkel, Allen Jenkins, Warren Hymer,
Irene Hervey, Jack Carson, Samuel S. Hinds, Billy Gilbert; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Newly arrived deputy sheriff Jimmy Stewart
refused to wear a gun in Bottleneck town,
but changed his mind when gang got violent. Friday, June 14, 2019, 7:30-9:40 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Frank Capra directs
"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" (1939); starring Jimmy Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains; Edward Arnold, Guy Kibbee, Thomas Mitchell, Eugene Pallette, Beulah Bondi, H. B. Warner, Harry Carey, Astrid Allwyn, Ruth Donnelly; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

New junior senator Jimmy Stewart
arrives in Washington D.C. and learns
lots of corruption going on in Congress.

Saturday, June 15, 2019, 8:58-9:03 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Robert deMaine plays cello as
Gustavo Dudamel conducts Los Angeles Philharmonic
to John Williams's Star Wars: Yoda's Theme (1980);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

"Star Wars: Yoda's Theme"
is on track 2, side 1 of CD
in The Empire Strikes Back (1980). Saturday, June 15, 2019, 11:32 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Library: Bookmarked 17 Enlightenment News articles; "FAITH: The guru Illumines" (The Hindu,
6-14-2019; "The Bonfire of Desire" (By Cheryl Oreglia, Good Men Project, 6-13-20)

"Johnson shares Tae Kwon Do experience"
(By Caroline Rosacker, Clayton County
Register, Elkader, Iowa, 6-12-2019)

Sunday, June 16, 2019, 1:00-6:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Father's Day: Pictorial page on History of Founding Fathers (By Kurt Snibbe, Mercury News,
6-16-2019, B16): George Washington had no biological children, adopted two of Martha's from her 1st marriage;
Jimmy Carter is the longest-lived U.S. President at 95

President who had most children
was 10th President John Tyler—
8 from 1st wife & 7 from 2nd wife. Sunday, June 16, 2019, 1:00-6:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Al Guzman emailed 9:39 am—
Third week with back pain; No movie in June;
"Nike lost $16 billion not resigning Curry";
Signed with Under Armour who included
his favorite verse inside tongue of shoes.

Philippians 4:13—
"I can do all things through
Christ who strengthens me."

Monday, June 17, 2019, 9:28-9:37 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Franz Welser-Möst
conducts London Philharmonic Orchestra to
Johann Strauss II's Artist's Life, Op. 316 (1867);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Artist's Life premiered at
Vienna's Hesperus' Ball just 3 nights
after The Blue Danube (2-18-1867). Monday, June 17, 2019, 2:00-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"My Hero: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)":
Adobe InDesign page 1 & Adobe InDesign page 2
need to be converted into PDF files so they're readable

John Cruise, InDesign CS4 HOW-TOs (2009)—
Page 237-238, tells how to export documents
as PDF files (Goethe Page 1, Goethe Page 2)

Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 8:32-8:37 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Riccardo Chailly conducts Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra in Dmitri Shostakovich's
"Jazz Suite #2: Waltz #2" (1938); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, "Eyes Wide Shut")

I love dancing the waltz to
Shostakovich's Jazz Suite #2
that's played in many movies. Tuesday, June 18, 2019, 10:30 am-6:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"My Hero: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)":
Adobe InDesign page 1 & Adobe InDesign page 2
converted to PDF files (Goethe Page 1, Goethe Page 2)

Goethe Page 1 printed OK as PDF;
Goethe Page 2 missing horizontal bar at top,
autograph link, resizing bottom 2 stamps on left.

Wednesday, June 19, 2019, 8:33-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Julian Bream plays guitar
to Heitor Villa-Lobos's Prelude #5 in D (1940); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1940 in Music History:

Britain's 1st WW II rationing (bacon, butter & sugar) (1-8); Booker T. Washington is 1st Afro-American honored by U.S.postage stamp (4-7); Steinbeck's Grape of Wrath wins Pulitzer (5-6-40). Wednesday, June 19, 2019, 9:54 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"My Hero: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)":
Step-by-Step Process using Adobe InDesign & PDF—

Adobe InDesign page 1;
Adobe InDesign page 2;
PDF: Goethe Page 1;
PDF: Goethe Page 2.

Wednesday, June 19, 2019, 9:54 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"My Hero: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832)":
Cruise's InDesign CS4 HOW-TOs (2009), pp. 87-88, p. 84

To create "W" Drop Cap— Go to TYPE—
Paragraph— Drop Cap Number of Lines &
type 2 for character fields; Go to WINDOW—
Stroke 1 pt Weight, Cap Color: Cyan. Wednesday, June 19, 2019, 7:00-7:50 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Farmers Market
(630 San Antonio Road); $5 off for $30+ purchase;
Wheat Germ $2.79; 1.87 lb Cluster Tomatoes $1.83;

1.79 lbs. Black Grapes @ 98¢/lb = $1.75;
3.35 lbs Turkish Figs @ $3.89/lb = $10.02;
1.98 lbs Turkish Apricots @ $2.99/lb = $5.92;
1.96 lbs. Whole Casshews @ $5.99/lb = $11.54.

Thursday, June 20, 2019, 8:32-8:43 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos conducts
London Symphony Orchestra to Manuel de Falla's El Amor Brujo: Pantomime & Ritual Fire Dance (1915); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1915 in Music History:

Exposition (now Civic) Auditorium dedicated in San Francisco (1-9); Alexander Graham Bell in NY calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco (1-25); Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, is established (1-26); Woodrow Wilson is first U.S. President to attend a Baseball World Series game (10-9-1915). Thursday, June 20, 2019, 11:09 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Missed Stanford Theatre's Jimmy Stewart movies
Vivacious Lady (1938) & Come Live With Me (1941)
due to grocery shopping at Sprouts yesterday; Go today

Waited 36 minutes on Tuesday after leaving
Los Altos Library 9 pm for Bus #40 that was late.
Bookmarked 7 articles from New York Times—
Obituaries on Gloria Vanderbilt & Charles Reich;
Enlightenment News: Observer paradox & witness:
Mind creates the observer, but Soul creates witness.

Thursday, June 20, 2019, 5:50-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Clarence Brown directs
"Come Live with Me" (1941), starring Jimmy Stewart,
Hedy Lamarr, Ian Hunter, Verree Teasdale, Donald Meek, Barton MacLane, Edward Ashley-Cooper, Ann Codee, King Baggot, Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Frank Orth, Frank Faylen; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Reviews: 1, 3, 4)

Hedy Lamarr to be deported, marries
writer Jimmy Stewart, who writes
a novel about the situation. Thursday, June 20, 2019, 7:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: George Stevens directs
"Vivacious Lady" (1938); starring Ginger Rogers, Jimmy Stewart, James Ellison; Beulah Bondi, Charles Coburn, Frances Mercer, Phyllis Kennedy, Franklin Pangborn, Grady Sutton, Jack Carson, Alec Craig, Willie Best, Hattie McDaniel; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Botany Professor Jimmy Stewart marries
nightclub singer Ginger Rogers, but afraid
to tell his Dad, the University President.

Friday, June 21, 2019, 8:35-8:46 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Chiara Banchini plays violin
as Andrew Parrott conducts Taverner Consort to
Antonio Vivaldi's 4 Seasons: Spring in E Op 8 RV 269 (1725); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Ray White's last day hosting KDFC—
plays Vivaldi's "Spring" since today is
the first day of Summer at 8:54 am PDT. Friday, June 21, 2019, 11:00 am-4:10 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Enlightenment News: "Zen and the new art of being a millennial monk" (Gelong Thubten's book: "The fastest path to enlightenment is for people to insult you.")

Poetry News— "Malcolm Guite on Shakespeare";
"Noted poet A.K. Ramanujan's diaries are
full of self-doubt and existential questions".

Friday, June 21, 2019, 5:35-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Anthony Mann directs
"The Man from Laramie" (1955), starring Jimmy Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp, Cathy O'Donnell, Alex Nicol, Aline MacMahon, Wallace Ford, Jack Elam,
John War Eagle, James Millican, Gregg Barton,
Boyd Stockman, Frank de Kova; (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, 4, Full film); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Jimmy Stewart seeks vengeance on
man who sold repeating rifles used
in raid that killed his brother. Friday, June 21, 2019, 7:30-9:05 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Anthony Mann directs
"The Naked Spur" (1953); starring Jimmy Stewart,
Janet Leigh, Robert Ryan; Millard Mitchell,
Ralph Meeker, Sam Rolfe, Harold Jack Bloom,
William H. Wright; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Caught 9:33 pm
Bus #22 at Train Depot & 10:19 pm Bus #40 home

Beautifully scenes in Colorado Rockies
as Jimmy Stewart relentlessly pursues
a fugitive for the reward money.

Saturday, June 22, 2019, 8:00-8:04 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Nash Ensemble plays
George Gershwin's Promenade (Walking the Dog) (1937); CD; (YouTube: 1, , 2, 3, 4); Hoyt Smith
hosting today after Ray White's retirement

"Promenade: Walking the Dog"
played in Shall We Dance (1937)
as Fred woos Ginger on Queen Anne. Saturday, June 22, 2019, 10:12 am-4:10 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Sent Rudy 3 emails: Roy Mize's Stanford Sarum Group
notice "Making a Medieval Nail": as I took him to some
Medieval talks (10:33); Free eggs & bread (10:55 am), &

Goethe p. 1, p. 2; Step-by-Step Process (11:13 am);
Emailed Al Guzman (12:22 pm) if he's feeling better to see John Wick 3 movie @ Shoreline.

Sunday, June 23, 2019, 1:20-3:31 pm Mountain View: Century Cinema 16 (1500 N Shoreline Blvd); Chad Stahelski directs "John Wick 3 — Parabellum" (2019): Keanu Reeves, Ian McShane, Mark Dacascos; Laurence Fishburne, Asia Kate Dillon, Halle Berry, Lance Reddick, Anjelica Huston, Saïd Taghmaoui, Jerome Flynn, Cecep Arif Rahman, Yayan Ruhian, Boban Marjanović, Randall Duk Kim; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

John Wick runs away from assassins
as he kills them all with knives, swords,
and bullets from armor-piercing guns & rifles. Sunday, June 23, 2019, 5:15-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Sweet Tomatoes (1040 Grant Road)
Karen picked me up at Mtn View Apt @ 12:30 pm;
Printed coupons for Sweet Tomatoes ($10.49 Lunch with unlimited beverages. 20% off entire meal, expired 6/23; Free Birthday coupon); Karen lost car at Shoreline Parking Lot; 80 minutes to find it (3:40-5:00 pm); Shopped at 99 Ranch Market (6:35-6:52 pm); then she drove me home

Egg salad, spinach salad,
wonton mix salad, beets, jello,
tapioca pudding, cup of ice milk.

Sunday, June 23, 2019, 6:35-6:52 pm
Mountain View: 99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Road)
Karen wants to shop here after Sweet Tomatoes;
I needed to buy some Chinese Steamed Buns

2 Asuka Water Chestnuts @ $1.79; Golden Gate Tofu Puffs $2.69; Half Price: 4 Egg Tarts @ $1.39;
Kimbo Buns @ $1.39— 2 Sesame, Lotus Seeds,
Custard, Vegetable, Mushroom & Green Onion.
Sunday, June 23, 2019, 7:15-10:00 pm
Took nap after returning to my apartment;
Light dinner afterwards while reading Sunday
Mercury News Comics, World, Local, Sports News

Doritos Nacho Chips, Terra Veggie Chips,
Bowl of Pistachios Shelled & Unshelled,
Blueberry Pudding Cake & Ice Cream,
Cup of Silk Iced Almond Milk.

Monday, June 24, 2019, 8:33-8:45 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Marc-André Hamelin plays piano
to Joseph Haydn's Piano Sonata #54 in G Hob.XVI:40 (1784); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1784 in Music:

Emerald Buddha moved to Wat Phra Kaew, Thailand (3-22); Mozart's Sonata #13 in B flat, K454 premieres in Vienna (4-29); Kant publishes "Answering: What is Enlightenment?" (12-1784). Monday, June 24, 2019, 11:00 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Formatted 34 photos of "Walk to Ballroom Dancing"
taken on June 22 (7:31-9:10 pm) to Cubberley Pavilion—

Favorite photos during walk—
Tall Pines by Safeway Sign;
14 Steps Sonnet Platonic Λ;
Palm Trees at Claire Court.

Monday, June 24, 2019, 7:00-7:34 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (630 San Antonio Road);
6:50 pm Bus #40 (Library); 7:45 pm Bus #40 home;
2 Coffee Mate Creamers @ $1.99; 2 Pizzas @ $2.88;

2 Almond-Coconut Milk @ $1.99; Spinach $1.25;
2 Quiches @ $4.48; Potato Tater Treats $2.14;
2 Van de Kamps Fish Fillets $6.92 (BOGO). Monday, June 24, 2019, 9:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Home cooking dinner— Sig. Select
Thin Crust Supreme Pizza; add 2 chopped green onions,
7 sliced Pimento Olives; cup of Almond Coconut Milk

Bowl of Spinach, Maui Onion Rings,
Vine Tomato, 2 Kimbo Egg Tarts,
Blueberry Pudding Cake, Ice Cream.

Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 6:48-6:53 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Anne-Sophie Mutter plays violin
& Lambert Orkis plays piano to Charles Gounod's
Ave Maria (1859); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Wonderful waking up to beautiful music—
Gounod's Ave Maria superimposed over
Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier (1722). Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 9:23 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Arranging 20 vertical & 15 horizontal photos of
"Walk to Ballroom Dancing" (June 22, 2019)—

Walk along Montebello Ave,
Rengstorff Ave, Middlefield Road,
to Cubberley Community Center and Pavilion.

Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 7:15-7:35 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (630 San Antonio Road);
7:00 pm Bus #40 (Library); 7:50 pm Bus #40 home;
2 Rewards coupons expire 6/30; Better to shop today

Signature Select Strawberry Cheesecake
1.5 qt Ice Cream $4.99 FREE with 2 Rewards;
Signature Farms Spinach Salad Special @ $1.25. Tuesday, June 25, 2019, 8:08 pm
Mountain View: Corner Montecito & Montebello Ave:
Saw a small poodle dog barking at a large collie dog;
Owner tells me his dog is a Bedlington Terrier

I like Asta, the Wire Fox Terrier
in The Thin Man movies, but
this Bedlington Terrier is so cute.

Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 8:29-8:36 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Neville Marriner conducts
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra to Sergei Rachmaninoff's Vocalise in e Op. 34 #14 (1912); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1912 in Music Trivia:

Oreo Cookies introduced (3-6); Girl Scouts forms
in Savannah, GA, by Juliette Gordon Low (3-12); Fenway Park opens in Boston (4-20-1912). Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 9:30 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Good news: Al Guzman has returned to work at
Foothill Sunnyvale campus after 3 weeks of back pain;
Next movie? Rotten Tomatoes critics/audience ratings—

Toy Story 4: 98% / 95%; Aladdin: 57% / 94%;
Rocketman: 89%/87%; Dark Phoenix: 23%/64%;
Men in Black International: 22% / 65%.

Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 5:50-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Edward H. Griffith directs
"Next Time We Love" (1936), with Margaret Sullavan, Jimmy Stewart, Ray Milland, Grant Mitchell, Anna Demetrio, Robert McWade, Hattie McDaniel, Ronnie Cosby; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3; (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4);
9:33 pm Bus 22 at Depot; 10:25 pm Bus 40 home

Aspiring actress Margaret Sullavan
marries ambitious newsman Jimmy Stewart
as they try to balance romance & their careers. Wednesday, June 26, 2019, 7:30-9:10 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Frank Borzage directs
"The Mortal Storm" (1940); starring Margaret Sullavan,
Jimmy Stewart, Robert Young, Frank Morgan; Robert Stack, Bonita Granville, Irene Rich, William T. Orr,
Maria Ouspenskaya, Ward Bond; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
(Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); [Stewart, Sullavan, Morgan in Shop]

Nazis came to power as country goes fascist;
Margaret Sullavan breaks engagement to Nazi
Robert Young & escapes with Jimmy Stewart.

Thursday, June 27, 2019, 10:03-10:09 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Jesus Lopez-Cobos conducts
Lausanne Chamber Orchestra to Ottorino Respighi's Three Botticelli Pictures: Spring (1927); CD; (YouTube:
1, 2, 3, 4); Poem: "Entering the Primavera"; Symbolism

10,000 visitors a day to Uffizi Gallery
to see Botticelli's La Primavera
that inspired Respighi's music. Thursday, June 27, 2019, 1:00-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Public Storage (11:55 am-12:15 pm), but Destiny not in;
Next Nature Walks 2019 Photos: "Visit Robert Slack, Livermore" (3-3) or "James Stewart Film Festival" (6-28)

Will have seen 20 Jimmy Stewart movies
at Stanford Theatre (May 24-June 28, 2019);
Place Movie Marquees with Haikus on the films.

Thursday, June 27, 2019, 6:50-7:04 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Rd);
6:30 pm Bus #40 (Library); 7:15 pm Bus #40 home

2.26 lbs Red Cherries @ $1.48/lb = $3.34;
2.05 lbs Brazil Nuts @ $7.99/lb = $16.38
(regular price: $12.99/lb). Total = $19.72 Thursday, June 27, 2019, 8:30-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Home cooking dinner—
Fish fillets, 12 Potato Tots, Almond-Coconut Milk,

Vine Tomato, Spinach salad with Asian Sesame
& Ranch dressing, Blueberry Pudding Cake
and Strawberry Cheesecake Ice Cream.

Friday, June 28, 2019, 7:32-7:40 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Sir Colin Davis conducts
Berlin Philharmonic to Gustav Holst's
The Planets: Mars the Bringer of War
(1916); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Found audio clip of Gustav Holst's
"The Planets Mars" in 1997 for
HTML class at Foothill College. Friday, June 28, 2019, 9:30 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Web page on"James Stewart Film Festival" (6-28)
Found 44 photos at Stanford Theatre of Jimmy Stewart window & lobby displays and Marquees of movie titles

Jimmy Stewart reading poem
on Johnny Carson show (7-28-1981)—
"I'll Always Love A Dog Named Beau".

Friday, June 28, 2019, 5:40-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Anthony Mann directs
"The Far Country" (1954), with Jimmy Stewart, Ruth Roman, Corinne Calvet, Walter Brennan, John McIntire,
Jay C. Flippen, Harry Morgan, Steve Brodie, Connie Gilchrist, Robert J. Wilke, Chubby Johnson, Royal Dano, Eugene Borden Jack Elam, Kathleen Freeman;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4);
9:55 pm Bus 22 at Depot; 10:25 pm Bus 40 home

Cowboy Jimmy Stewart brings
his herd of cattle to sell in Alaska with
scenic Canadian Rockies in background. Friday, June 28, 2019, 7:30-9:35 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: John Ford directs
"The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" (1962); starring John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin; Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine, Ken Murray, John Carradine, Jeanette Nolan, John Qualen, Willis Bouchey, Carleton Young, Woody Strode;, Denver Pyle, Strother Martin, Lee Van Cleef, Robert F. Simon, O. Z. Whitehead, Paul Birch; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Lawyer Jimmy Stewart is no match for
outlaw Lee Marvin terrorizing town of Shinbone,
as John Wayne teaches him how to shoot a gun.

Saturday, June 29, 2019, 9:06-9:17 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Yuri Temirkanov conducts
St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra to
Paul Dukas's Sorcerer's Apprentice
(1897); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, Mickey)

Goethe's 1797 poem inspired
Paul Dukas 1897 "Sorcerer's Apprentice"
featured in Walt Disney's Fantasia (1940) Saturday, June 29, 2019, 4:30-4:56 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (630 San Antonio Road);
4:10 Bus #40 (Library); 5:04 pm Bus #40 home;
Doritos Nacho Cheese & Ranch Tortilla Chips @ $1.49;
$2 Off Rewards coupon: Bleberry Pudding Cake $1.33

Specials for Rudy— 3 Ball Park Franks (8) @ 99¢;
4 Lucerne Cheese (Provolone, Mozarella, Swiss, Pepper Jack @ 99¢); 2 Instant Oatmeals @ $1.44.

Sunday, June 30, 2019, 1:10-4:08 pm Mountain View: Century Cinema 16 (1500 N Shoreline Blvd) Guy Ritchie directs "Aladdin" (2019) with Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott, Marwan Kenzari, Alan Tudyk, Navid Negahban, Nasim Pedrad, Frank Welker, Billy Magnussen, Numan Acar, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Critics: 56%; Audience: 94%

Action adventure with gorgeous costumes
and acrobatic jumps and leaps by Aladdin
escaping from his pursuers & palace guards.. Sunday, June 30, 2019, 4:15-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Shoreline Park (2940 N. Shoreline Blvd)
Karen picked me up at Mtn View Apt @ 12:20 pm;
After "Aladdin" movie, went to Shoreline Park for walk; Took dozen photos of creek under bridge, golf course;
Instead of Sweet Tomatoes, invited me over for dinner;
Played piano tunes "I can show you the world" (1992)

Spinach salad with shrimps,
fruit chunks, six fried pot stickers,
tapioca pudding, ice almond milk.