Haikus: March 2019

HAIKUS: March 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.

Friday, March 1, 2019, 11:11 am-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Sports Section #132-135 in "On Number 42"
2994 pages Baseball Encyclopedia too heavy to carry

Wrote Baseball's 1945 World Series &
1971 All-Star Game highlights to type;
2008 NFL Super Bowl, 1988 NBA Finals. Friday, March 1, 2019, 7:30-8:45 pm
Palo Alto: Friends House (957 Colorado Ave)
Waverley Writers Poetry Reading (10 poets came);
Nelly Capra gave me a ride home

Sat in circle & read two poems tonight—
"Love is for the lucky and brave"
and "Above and Beyond".

Saturday, March 2, 2019, 7:30-7:34 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Milos Karadaglic plays guitar
Paul Watkins conducts English Chamber Orchestra
to Luigi Boccherini's "Guitar Quintet #4 Fandango" (1798); CD; (YouTube: Karadaglic, Eros Roselli,, BoccheriniEnsemble, Isabel Martínez)

Still too sleepy to snap my fingers
and kick my shoes to perform
this passionate dance. Saturday, March 2, 2019, 9:30 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Sports Section #136-160 in "Number 42"
from Ultimate Book of Sports Lists 1998 and
"SABR Baseball List & Record Book" (2007);
Left books on Numbers home because of rain

Most Wins in MLB: 1909 Pirates 110-42;
Most Losses in MLB: 1952 Pirates 42-112;
Bill Bradley wore 42 playing for Princeton.

Sunday, March 3, 2019, 7:00-8:04 am
Livermore: Al Guzman pickes me up at 7 am
and drives to Livermore to visit Robert Slack;
Last visit on November 10, 2018 for Satsang

Al changed his mind on breakfast at
Hometown Buffet, Santa Clara, followed by
Alita film at Cinelux Almaden at 12:30 am. Sunday, March 3, 2019, 8:30-10:00 am
Livermore: Robert Slack suggests we go
to International House of Pancakes (IHOP)
(4567 First Street, Livermore) for breakfast

where Al treated all of us; I selected
Veggie Spinach & Mushroom Omelet
with pancakes, strawberry syrup & milk.

Sunday, March 3, 2019, 10:00-11:00 am
Livermore: We had an hour before movie "Alita"
starts; Robert Slack guides us on hour walk down
First Street where they broadcast runners crossing finishing line of Half-Marathon Race; Scenes today: Cows on hill on way to Livermore; Bull grazing all alone; Evergreen tree with natural 5-star on top;
Livermore Theatre; Thomas Coyne Winery;
Took photos of murals along the street—

Mural honoring Livermore Firefighters;
Vineyard Mural by Victoria Miraglio;
Taj Mahal Mural by public fountain. Sunday, March 3, 2019, 11:20 am-1:35 pm
Livermore 13 Cinema (2490 First Street): Robert Rodriguez directs "Alita: Battle Angel" (2019), starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Keean Johnson, Mahershala Ali, Jennifer Connelly,
Ed Skrein, Jackie Earle Haley, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., Lana Condor; Idara Victor (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Al gives me ride to Los Altos Library 3:20 pm (Rain during drive stopped)

Cyborg Alita learns about her past
after she awakens in a new body
with no memory of who she is.

Monday, March 4, 2019, 7:15-7:25 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Sarah Chang plays violin
as Plácido Domingo conducts Berlin Philharmonic to Pablo de Sarasate's "Zigeunerweisen" ("Gypsy Airs")
(1878); CD; (YouTube: Sarah Chang, Joshua Bell,
Itzhak Perlman, Jascha Heifetz, Gil Shaham,
Julia Fischer, Anne Sophie Mutter)

Fourth movement Allegro molto vivace
is extremely rapid— long spiccato runs,
with double stops, artificial harmonics
and left-hand pizzicato; in 2/4 time. Monday, March 4, 2019, 7:25-7:31 am
John Williams conducts Boston Pops Orchestra
to John Williams's "Superman: March" (1978);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); "Superman March" was used over opening and closing credits. Consists
of two sections, an "A" theme which is main part
of the melody & a "B" theme which is a bit lighter in mood & often connects "March" to "Fanfare.

John Williams's "Superman March"
music is so uplifting that
I feel like flying.

Monday, March 4, 2019, 10:35 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Wrote Haikus for Sunday's trip to Livermore
and Monday's KDFC's classical music broadcast

Just realized Sarasate's "Gypsy Airs" (1878)
& John Williams's "Superman March" (1978)
were written exactly 100 years apart. Monday, March 4, 2019, 10:35 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Sports Section #161-168 in "Number 42"—
Tennis, Horse Racing, Golf, Baseball Uniforms #42:

Jackie Robinson of Brooklyn Dodgers;
Jerry Coleman of New York Yankees;
Bruce Sutter of Chicago Cubs & Cardinals.

Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 6:48-6:55 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Julian Lloyd Webber plays cello
as James Judd conducts Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to Joseph Rheinberger's "Cantilena"
(1887); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

This "Cantilena" piece is titled
"Organ Sonata No. 11, Op.148"
written by Rheinberger in 1887. Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 7:15-7:21 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Xuefei Yang plays guitar
to Isaac Albéniz's "Suite Espanola: Asturias"
(1892); CD; (YouTube: Xuefei Yang, Segovia,
John Williams, Ana Vidovic, Sharon Isbin)

Originally written for the piano,
Asturias is also popular on guitar,
showcasing Andalusian flamenco dances.

Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 9;30 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Sports Section #169 in "Number 42"—
NFL Football Players' Uniforms #42:

Sid Luckman of Chicago Bears;
Paul Warfield of Cleveland Browns;
Ronnie Lott of San Francisco 49ers. Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 9;30 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Sports Section #170 in "Number 42"—
NBA Basketball Players' Uniforms #42:

Nate Thurmond of Golden State Warriors;
Connie Hawkins of Phoenix Suns;
James Worthy of Los Angeles Lakers.

Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 5:45-6:47 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
Specials bought for Rudy: Smuckers Apricot Jam
& Raspberry Jam @ $1.69; Lucerne Sliced Cheese:
Provolone, Pepper Jack, Mozarella, Swiss @ $1.77;
Caught 7:15 pm Bus #40 home; Lucky rain stopped

32 oz Peach & Strawberry Yogurt @ $1.69;
Gallon Value Corner Nonfat Milk $2.49;
18 oz. Seapak Popcorn Shrimps @ $5.24. Tuesday, March 5, 2019, 9:57-10:39 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts
English Baroque Soloists to Mozart's Symphony #41 "Jupiter" in C Major, K 551 (1788); CD; (YouTube: Riccardo Muti, Davide Toso, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ton Koopman, Wolfgang Sawallisch)

Critic E.L. Gerber wrote (1814)— "Jupiter
Symphony in C is overpoweringly great,
fiery, artistic, pathetic, sublime."

Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 8:30-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Daniel Barenboim conducts
Berlin Philharmonic to Franz Schubert's
Rosamunde: Ballet #2 in G, D 797 (1823); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1823 in History:

Franz Liszt plays concert at 11, and
congratulated by Beethoven (4-13-1823);
Monroe Doctrine issued (12-2-1823);
Last missionary in U.S. (1823). Wednesday, March 6, 2019, 9:52 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing #171 Lee Petty drove NASCAR #42
(1959 Daytona 500); Coins Section #174-181 in
"Number 42"— 1942 U.S. coins Quarter to Penny

1942 U.S. Walking Liberty Half Dollar;
1842 Braided Hair Liberty Large Cent;
1842 Spain 8 Maravedis Isabella II;
1842 British Opium War Medal.

Thursday, March 7, 2019, 8:30-8:40 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Valery Gergiev conducts
Kirov Orchestra to Peter Tchaikovsky's
Eugene Onegin: Waltz Op. 24 (1878); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1878 in History:

Maybridge used multiple cameras to show
horse motion to Leland Stanford (6-15-1878);
Stanford's Cable Cars in San Francisco (1878);
Silver Dollar Coinage in U.S, (2-28-1878). Thursday, March 7, 2019, 11.09 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing #182-190 for Collectibles Cards Section in
"Number 42"— Wings #42 IL-12 Rusiian Transport; Wheels #42 M24 Tank; Flags of World #42 Brazil

Scoops #42 Chicago Massacre;
Firefighters #42 1923 Hose Cart;
Look 'N See #42 John Paul Jones;
Antique Autos #42 Packard-Tourist.

Thursday, March 7, 2019, 11.09 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing #191 for U.S. Postage Stamps Section in
"Number 42"— Black Background for Stamps

U.S. 4273: American Flag with Clouds;
U.S. 4275: Alaska Flag with Whale;
U.S. 4279: California Flag with Coast. Thursday, March 7, 2019, 7:35-7:50 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd);
7:26 pm Bus #40 was early tonight with time for
shopping; Caught 8:05 pm Bus #40 home; No rain

Bunch of six green onions 77¢;
Raincheck: Organic Broccolette 98¢;
2 Mandarin Cuties 2 lbs bags @ $1.25.

Friday, March 8, 2019, 6:55-7:02 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Joshua Bell plays violin
as Andrew Litton conducts Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to Jules Massenet's Thais: Meditation (1894); CD; (YouTube: Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, Maxim Vengerov, Sarah Chang, Relay Team)

Wonderful waking up to Massenet's
Meditation music in Thais played
by virtuoso violinist Joshua Bell. Friday, March 8, 2019, 7:26-7:32 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Barry Wordsworth conducts
BBC Concert Orchestra to Pietro Mascagni's
Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo (1890); CD; (YouTube: Herbert von Karajan, Riccardo Muti,
Otis Klöber, Paul Bateman, Nejc Becan)

Another favorite opera music
that's beautiful, sad & sublime with
returning Turiddu slain in gunfight.

Friday, March 8, 2019, 9:35 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Finding Number 6 images for Lilly's 6th birthday—
6-pointed star medal; Stan Musial; Bill Russell;

Guitar; Seraph; Cube; 6-inches Ruler;
Hungary 6 filler; Amy's Nature's Wonders;
6 Days Creation; 6th Labor of Hercules. Friday, March 8, 2019, 9:35 am-4:40 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Finding Number 6 images for Lilly's 6th birthday—
6 O'Clock Wall Clock; 6 Candles Birthday Cake;

Madam I'm Adam is a palindrome;
6 electrons swirling in Carbon atoms;
Color Wheel; Star of David is a Jewish Seal.

Friday, March 8, 2019, 6:20-7:20 & 10:00-10:50 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "To Catch a Thief" (1955); starring Cary Grant,
Grace Kelly, Jessie Royce Landis; John Williams, Charles Vanel, Brigitte Auber, Jean Martinelli, Georgette Anys, René Blancard; (YouTube: 1, 2,
3, 4, 5, 6, Full movie); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4);
5:20 pm Bus 40 & 5:40 pm Bus 522 got to film late

Cameo shot of Hitchcock
on bus to Cary Grant's left
was missing 3/4 of his face. Friday, March 8, 2019, 7:30-9:50 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "North by Northwest" (1959); starring Cary Grant,
Eva Marie Saint, James Mason, Jessie Royce Landis, Leo G. Carroll, Josephine Hutchinson, Philip Ober, Martin Landau, Adam Williams, Edward Platt, Robert Ellenstein, Les Tremayne, Maudie Prickett; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Lubitsch touch when Cary Grant
climbs into a woman's bedroom and
she yells "STOP" then softly "stop".

Saturday, March 9, 2019, 7:05-7:18 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Neeme Järvi conducts Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra to Alexander Borodin's "In the Steppes of Central Asia" (1880); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

"Traveling" theme in pizzicato
representing the plodding hoofs
of the horses and camels. Saturday, March 9, 2019, 9:40 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing for grandniece Lilly's Sixth Birthday Poem
9 stanzas 36 lines rhymes 2nd & 4th lines;
with links to 19 images found on the web

Used Rhyming Dictionary
and Google Images to compose
this "Sixth Birthday Poem" for Lilly.

Sunday, March 10, 2019, 11:14-11:46 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Manfred Honeck conducts Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to Ludwig van Beethoven's "Symphony #5 in c Op.67" (1880); CD; (YouTube: Michael Tilson Thomas, Toscanini, Gustavo Dudamel, Leonard Bernstein, BM Music)

Daylight Savings Time— leap forward
an hour waking up to listen to
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony. Sunday, March 10, 2019, 12:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Didn't go to Los Altos Library;
Stayed home to read Time Magazine (3-18-2019)
cover story on 83-year-old Dalai Lama (pp. 30-39)
his concern to promote awareness of our inner values;
Brie Larson's new film "Captain Marvel" (pp. 47-49)

Searched Vol. II 1975 Scott Stamp Catalogue
and found 12 stamps with 42 denomination—
Austria, Belgium, Germany, & Hungary.

Monday, March 11, 2019, 8:31-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Ophelie Gaillard plays cello
as Timothy Redmond conducts Royal Philharmonic Orchestra to Gabriel Fauré's Pavane in F, Op. 50 (1887); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1887—

15-inches snowflake found in Fort Keogh, Montana (1-28-1887); 1st Groundhog Day in
Punxsutawney, PA (2-2-1887); Michelson-Morley Experiment Published (Nov. 1887). Monday, March 11, 2019, 10:50-11:05 am
Mountain View, Kaiser Hospital (555 Castro St)
Dr. Chang ordered 12-hours fasting blood test;
Next Bus #34 at Mountain View Train Depot
is 12:00 pm; Faster to take 11:08 am Bus #52

Got off Bus #52 at El Camino Real;
11:15 am Bus #522 to Showers Drive;
11:36 am Bus #40 to Montecito & walk home;
Breakfast; Catch 12:54 pm Bus #40 to Foothill.

Monday, March 11, 2019, 1:30-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Email from Elisa thanking "Sixth Birthday Poem" for Lilly and birthday card (2-27-2019) for her birthday

Forgot to include Guitar with 6 strings
& Seraph with 6 wings in poem Add
to make poem 10 stanzas and 40 lines. Monday, March 11, 2019, 1:30-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
For Postage Stamps Section in "Number 42"—
Locate stamps with 42 denomination—

Austria J220: 42 groschen, Postage Due;
Belgium Q415: 42 francs, Parcel Post;
Hungary B55: Eagle with Sword, 40 + 2 filler.

Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 8:31-8:40 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Michael Schoenwandt conducts Royal Danish Orchestra to Christoph Weyse's Symphony #7 in Eb DF 123 (1887); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Year 1799 in History—

Rosetta Stone discovered in Egypt (7-15-1799);
William Pitt introduced income tax (1-9-1799);
Washington died at Mt. Vernon (12-14-1799). Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 10:30 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Germany stamps with 42 pfennigs— 549 Numeral;
B145 Man Holding Rearing Horse (7-12-1939);
B173 Chariot (7-20-40); B192 Amazons: (7-20-41);

B205 Race Horses (1-14-1942);
B243 Hunter on Horse (7-27-1943);
B283 Race Horse & Foal (7-23-1944).

Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 10:06-10:55 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Anne-Sophie Mutter plays violin
as Herbert von Karajan conducts Berlin Philharmonic to Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D,
Op. 61 (1806); CD; (YouTube: Mutter, Hilary Hahn, Pinchas Zuckerman, Joshua Bell, Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh, Maxim Vengerov, Jascha Heifetz)

Not a success when premiered in 1806
until played by 12-year-old Joseph Joachim
conducted by Felix Mendelssohn in 1844. Tuesday, March 12, 2019, 8:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: No Chicken Broth for veggie soup;
Had 8 Nancy's Petite Quiche Florentine & Lorraine;
Small Bowl Sprouts Potato Chips and Peanuts;
2 Cuties Oranges; Cup of Non-fat Milk for dinner;
Derrick Niederman's Number Freak on #42 (p. 131):
42 Laws of Cricket set by Marylebone Cricket Club

Searched Vol. III 1975 Scott Stamp Catalogue
and found no stamps with 42 denomination—
in countries J-Z among the 1179 pages.

Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 6:50-6:56 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Andrew Davis conducts Philharmonia Orchestra to Edward Elgar's
Pomp and Circumstance March #4 in G Op 39/4 (1907); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Music played at wedding of Prince Charles &
Lady Diana Spencer (July 29, 1981) as they
walked down the aisle of St Paul's Cathedral. Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 10:30 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
9:32 am Bus #34 to Kaiser Hospital (555 Castro St)
to pick up free boxes Test Strips & Lancets (10 am)
& 10:06 am Bus #52 to Foothill College (10:19 am)

William Hartston's Book of Numbers (p. 93)
42 inches is maximum length permitted in a baseball bat; 42 eyes on court cards in pack.

Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 10:30 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing #192 for Foreign Postage Stamps Section
in "Number 42"— with 42 denomination—

Hungary B55 charged 5% of postage to aid
war veterans (1917), but Germany B145
charged 257% more of postage (1939-1944). Wednesday, March 13, 2019, 7:40-7:51 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd);
No time to get rainchecks with 10 minutes of
shopping; Caught 8:02 pm Bus #40 home.

2.06 lbs Red Seedless Grapes @ 98¢ = $2.02;
Almond Breeze Vanilla Almond Milk = $2.15;
Almond Breeze Chocolate Milk = $2.15 bogo.

Thursday, March 14, 2019, 7:02-7:10 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Sir Neville Marriner
conducts Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
to Arthur Sullivan's Mikado: Overture (1885);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4(: Music on Pi Day

Opera opened on March 14, 1885
and ran at the Savoy Theatre
in London for 672 performances. Thursday, March 14, 2019, 7:15-7:24 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Joshua Bell plays violin with
Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields to Vivaldi's
4 Seasons: Winter in f Op.8 #4 RV 297 (1717); CD; (YouTube: Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma)

Loved the pizzacoto in "Winter"
sounding like snowflakes or
raindrops falling gently.

Thursday, March 14, 2019, 9:15-9:29 am
Mountain View: Smart & Final (141 E. El Camino);
My neighbor Don Richards gave me ride here
shopping ($4 savings) and drove me home

Raincheck: 4 Nestle Coffee Mate Creamers
@ $1.99 (Hazelnut, Coconut Cream,
Peppermint Mocha, Snickers Bar). Thursday, March 14, 2019, 11:35 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
HomeTown Buffet in Santa Clara has closed;
New site: 408 North Capitol Ave, San Jose

Jack warns "Be careful—
this restaurant is located in a
crime-infested area of San Jose.

Thursday, March 14, 2019, 11:35 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Cathy left message on phone yesterday at 4 pm
wishing Connie's Happy Birthday on March 13

Met Freeman Dyson on Pi Day 2001—
first posting in Stanford Lectures when he told
me names of his daughters he took to see God. Thursday, March 14, 2019, 11:35 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Al Guzman emailed on going for movie on 3/24
instead of breakfast & movie this Sunday 3/17

Foothill College paper The Script
(January 10, 2019)— Students protest
relocating Al Guzman from TLC to Sunnyvale.

Thursday, March 14, 2019, 11:35 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
42 centime France 1421 Coin; 0.42 Euro stamps—
1779s Puppet; Belgium 1780s Henry Moore;

Belgium 1780q Andy Warhol;
Belgium 1780n James Joyce;
Belgium 1780k Rene Magritte. Thursday, March 14, 2019, 11:35 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
0.42 Euro stamps— Belgium 1780p Bela Baartok; Belgium 1779k Jesse Owens; 1779o Beatles;

Belgium 1779p Charlie Chaplin;
Belgium 1780m Bertolt Brecht;
Belgium 1779d John F. Kennedy.

Friday, March 15, 2019, 6:32-6:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Elizabeth Joy Roe plays piano
to John Field's Nocturne #6 "Cradle Song" in F H.40 (1817); CD; (YouTube: Roe, John O'Conor, B. Frith

Waking up to John Field's
"Cradle Song" Nocturne almost
put me back to bed and sleep. Friday, March 15, 2019, 9:27 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
No time for Hitchcock movies at Stanford Theatre:
"The Lady Vanishes" and "Young & Innocent"

Have seen "Shadow of a Doubt"
and "Strangers on a Train"
three times each already.

Friday, March 15, 2019, 6:32-6:38 am
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
42 denomination stamps— Bulgaria 3388
France 1850 stamp; 2015 Malta Aqueduct;
2018 Malta Views; 2000 Belgium King Albert II

Gilbraltar 1053 Legends Ship;
Gilbraltar 1077 Oceania Ship;
Gilbraltar 1154 Grand Princess Ship.
Friday, March 15, 2019, 9:27 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Favorite Stamps: Cambodia Apsara Dancing;
1959 Guinea Doves; 1919 Malta St. Paul Shipwreck;
France 566 Dove; France B256 Cupid; Emily D.

Found 21 more foreign stamps
with 42 denomination to include
in section #192 of Postage Stamps.

Friday, March 15, 2019, 6:30-7:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Jack dropped me off here
after Krause Center closed at 6 pm; Half-hour
to check 2019 Scott Postage Stamps Catalogues

Bulgaria 3046-3051: Musician stamps;
French Polynesia 518: Messages stamps;
Malta 1535: Fleur-de-Lys Aqueduct stamp. Friday, March 15, 2019, 7:30-7:50 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Road);
No time to catch 7:43 pm Bus #40; Relax!
Caught 8:00 pm Bus #40 home.

Red Seedless Grapes @ 98¢/lb;
19 oz bag of Raw Wheat Germ @ $2.49;
6.25 lbs Walnut Halves & Pieces @ $2.99/lb.

Saturday, March 16, 2019, 9:35 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
42 stotinki stamps— Bulgaria 3046-3051 Musicians
3046 J.S. Bach; 3047 Mozart; 3048 Tchaikovsky;
3049 Mussorgsky; 3050 Verdi; Malta 1535 Aqueduct

Belgium 1753 King Albert II (17 fr or 0.42 E);
Much faster to find 42 denomination stamps in
catalogues than on Google Images and eBay. Saturday, March 16, 2019, 9:35 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
42 denomination stamps: Malta 2018 View of Bay;
Fr. Polynesia: 414 Early Tahiti; 486 Tahitian Doll;
555 Pineapples; 518a Get Well; 518b Good Luck;

Fr. Polynesia 518c: Happy Birthday;
Fr. Polynesia 518d: Keep in Touch;
Fr. Polynesia 518e: Congratulations.

Sunday, March 17, 2019, 12:00-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
Today is St. Patrick's Day— Wear something green;
Just occurred to me that Green is the center of the rainbow with 3 colors on both sides (ROYGBIV);
Found booklet "Silent Light: Poems of 1980"—

Wrote "Legend of Saint Patrick" and
"Secret of the Shamrock" on 3-17-1980
on St. Patrick's Day in Worcester, Mass. Sunday, March 17, 2019, 7:00-8:00 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
Friend takes me shopping: 2 lbs Tater Treatss $3;
Open Nature Thin Crust Pepperoni Pizza $3.60;
Ken's Ranch & Asian Sesame Dressings @ $1.25;
Simple Vinaigrette Dressing $1 ($1 off coupon)

10 Gorton Salmon Fillets (BOGO) = $29.95;
Select Kitchen Classic Potato Salad = $5.99;
2 lbs Waterfront Jumbo Raw Shrimps = $7.98.

Monday, March 18, 2019, 9:30 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Shamrock; Ireland #179 St. Patrick; 3 pence blue,
(issued 9-25-1961); Found images for 1980 poem

Type poems written on March 17, 1980
St. Patrick's Day: "Secret of Shamrock"
and "The Legend of Saint Patrick". Monday, March 18, 2019, 9:30 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Finished #192 Foreign Stamps ("Number 42");
Start Section 42 in Books & Quotes—

Claire Messud's The Woman Upstairs (2013): "I'm forty-two years old—
which is a lot more like middle age".

Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 7:01-7:08 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Herbert von Karajan conducts
Berlin Philharmonic to Charles Gounod 's Faust: Valse (1859); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

Celebrating 160th anniversary
of Gounod's opera Faust as it
premiered in Paris on March 19, 1859. Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 7:19-7:22 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Pascal Rogé plays piano to
Erik Satie's Gymnopedie #1 (1888); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4) Inspired by Contamine de Latour's poem:

Trickled in gusts of gold on the shiny flagstone
Where the amber atoms in the fire gleaming
Mingled their sarabande with gymnopaedia.

Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 10:35 am-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Continue work on "Number 42"— #193: James Cagney singing song in Yankee Doodle Dandy
(1942) playing George M. Cohan (1878-1942)—

Give my regards to Broadway,
Remember me to Herald Square,
Tell all the gang at 42nd Street
That I will soon be there. Tuesday, March 19, 2019, 10:35 am-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
#206: My Wife's Lovers (1893) painted by Austrian artist Carl Kahler (1855-1906) depicting Kate Birdsall Johnson's 42 Turkish Angora cats.

Her husband gave title to the painting;
Artist studied cat poses for three years
and exhibited canvas at 1893 Chicago
World's Fair, where it created a sensation.

Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 8:31-8:37 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Péter Csaba conducts
Virtuosi di Kuhmo to Jean Sibelius's
Characteristic Suite Op. 100 (1922); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2); Year 1922 in History:

First insulin treatment (1-11-1922);
Eskimo Pie Patent in Iowa (1-24-1922);
James Joyce's Ulysses published (2-2-1922). Wednesday, March 20, 2019, 10:35 am-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Google Doodle celebrates Spring Equinox (2:58 pm)
Brought umbrella as heavy downpour waiting for 9:52 am Bus #40; Continue work on "Number 42"—

#218-222: Songs, Films, Academy Awards;
#223: 42 cited in Bible 14 times; Psalms 42;
#224-229: Pistis Sophia; Aquarian Gospel.

Thursday, March 21, 2019, 7:02-7:14 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Richard Egarr conducts
Academy of Ancient Music to Johann Sebastian Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F BWV 1047 (1721); CD, (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); Google Doodle
Celebrating Bach's 334th birthday today; I agree—

Beethoven is right saying
"Bach's name means brook
but to me Bach is an ocean." Thursday, March 21, 2019, 7:33-7:38 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Itzhak Perlman plays violin
as John Williams conducts Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to Carlos Gardel's Tango 'Por una cabeza' (1935); in Scent of a Woman: Tango (1992);
CD, (YouTube: Al Pacino dances, 2, 3, 4)

Itzhak Perlman playing Gardel's Tango
is such a great treat after listening to
Bach's Brandenburg Concerto #2.

Thursday, March 21, 2019, 8:55 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Continue work on "Number 42"—
Egyptian Book of the Dead, Chapter 42 (1250 BC):

Brought giant Egyptian Book of the Dead
book (9.7"x14.1") to type Chapter 42
and scan Papyrus Plate 32. Thursday, March 21, 2019, 8:55 am-7:15 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Continue work on "Number 42"—
The Book of Enoch, Chapter 42 (pp. 61-62)—

A dwelling-place was assigned her in the
heavens. Wisdom returned to her place,
And took her seat among the angels.

Friday, March 22, 2019, 8:33-8:41 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Bertrand Chamayou plays piano as Emmanuel Krivine conducts French National Orchestra to Camille Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto #5 "Egyptian" in F Op. 103 (1896); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Year 1896 in History:

H.L. Smith takes first X-ray photo (1-12-1896);
1st Tootsie Roll sold in Brooklyn (2-23-1896);
Henry Ford drives his Quadricycle (6-4-1896). Friday, March 22, 2019, 11:30 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Martijn van Sabben's photo of Nuffield College, Oxford shows Platonic Λ shapes; Continue work
on "Number 42"— Symbols of Pythagoras #42: "Abstain even from a cypress chest".

Pythagoras Golden Verses #42:
Wherein have I done amiss? What have I done?
What have I omitted that I ought to have done?

Saturday, March 23, 2019, 7:37-7:43 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Maurizio Pollini plays piano to
Frédéric Chopin's Nocturne #3 in B Op. 9 #3 B.54 #3 (1896); CD; (YouTube: Arthur Rubinstein, Claudio Arrau, Vadim Chaimovich, Maurizio Pollini)

It is in ternary form A-B-A—
First section is marked allegretto.
The main theme is chromatic,
but filled with nostalgic energy. Saturday, March 23, 2019, 9:30 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Hexagram #42 of I Ching: Wind & thunder: image of Increase. Thus the superior man: if he sees good, he imitates it; if he has faults, he rids himself of them.

Heraclitus: Fragments #42:
"You could not discover the limits of soul,
even if you traveled every road to do so;
such is the depth of its meaning."

Saturday, March 23, 2019, 9:30 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Al Guzman is picking me up at 7:30 am tomorrow
to see "Captain Marvel" at Cinelux Almaden Theatre
at 12:45 pm with breakfast at Hometown Buffet
408 North Capitol Avenue, San Jose; Karen suggests we eat at 99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Rd); Sitting?

HomeTown Buffet just sent $2 off coupon
for Adult or Senior Breakfast Buffet. Earlier
coupon on Buy One Regular Priced Dinner
& Get a Second for 50% off may be better. Saturday, March 23, 2019, 9:30 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
In Fragment #8, Heraclitus says "I have searched myself" and I wrote "Have you found?" (1967).
Then on page 18, I wrote "19 years after posing
this question, I've found the answer in Plotinus
The Enneads IV.8.1 (9-3-1986, 1:30 pm)—

On ascent & descent of the soul,
Heraclitus tells us "it is for us
to seek within ourselves as he
sought for himself and found.

Sunday, March 24, 2019, 8:07-11:00 am
San Jose: HomeTown Buffet 408 North Capitol Ave)
Al picked me up at my Mtn View Apt at 7:30 am;
Coupon: Buy Dinner Buffet, Get a Second Buffet for 50% off + $2.99 drinks; Karen came at 8:30 am for cup of coffee, before driving to Walnut Creek to see relatives; Al drove me to Cinelux Plaza Theatre in
Campbell to see "Captain Marvel" ($6.50 till 6 pm)

Scrambled eggs, 8 sausages,
bacon, 2 potato wedges, spinach,
beets, jello, 2 cups chocolate milk.
Sunday, March 24, 2019, 12:30-2:35 pm San Jose: Cinelux Plaza Theatre (2501 South Winchester Blvd);
Anna Boden & Ryan Fleck direct "Captain Marvel"
(2019) with Brie Larson; Samuel L. Jackson;
Ben Mendelsohn; Djimon Hounsou; Lee Pace;
Lashana Lynch; Gemma Chan, Annette Bening,
Clark Gregg, Jude Law, Akira Akbar;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Carol Danvers becomes Captain Marvel,
and helps Krees being slaughtered by Skrulls
in galactic conflict between two alien worlds.

Monday, March 25, 2019, 7:18-7:22 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Michael Tilson Thomas conducts
Los Angeles Philharmonic to George Gershwin,
Promenade "Walking the dog" (1937); CD, in
"Shall We Dance"; (YouTube: Fred & Ginger)

Walking the dogs to catch
your loved one— that's what
Fred did to win Ginger on the ship. Monday, March 25, 2019, 8:01-8:07 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Evgeny Kissin plays
Beethoven, "Rage Over a Lost Penny", Op. 129 (1795), CD, Listen; (YouTube: Evgeny Kissin,
Natalie Schwamova, Bruno Canino)

Beethoven's fingers
jumping on the keyboard—
his mind in confusion & agitation!

Monday, March 25, 2019, 9:30 am-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Continue work on "Number 42"— Included #199
42 Is Not Just a Number: The Odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American Hero (2017) book by
Doreen Rappaport but forgot 42 film (2013)—

#221: 42 is an American biographical sports film written & directed by Brian Helgeland
on the true story of Jackie Robinson. Monday, March 25, 2019, 9:30 am-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Continue work on "Number 42"— Found online
E.A. Budge's Osiris: The Egyptian Religion of Ressurrection (1911), I.340-342 (42 Assessors)
and I.316 (Image of Scales of Maat)

#233: Type "42 Assessors in Egyptian
Mythology" from Journal Notes (7-7-1993)
written for Issue #14 Dance Gallery: Inspirit.

Monday, March 25, 2019, 9:30 am-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Continue work on "Number 42"— Type Sonnet 42
of Shakespeare; Chapter 42 of Melville's Moby Dick;
#250-255: Philokalia's Desert Fathers (300-680 AD)

Evagrios the Solitary's Text 42:
"try to pray not simply as a routine,
but with conscious awareness on your prayer". Monday, March 25, 2019, 7:20-7:40 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
Heavy rain leaving Krause Center for 6:56 pm Bus #40 that came at 7:05 pm; 8:00 pm Bus #40 home:
Substitutes for FREE Peach Coke & Walnut Milk—

Lucerne Almond-Coconut Milk $$2.89 FREE;
Coca Cola Zero Soda $1.99 FREE;
Tai Pei Meals Egg Rolls $1.75.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 8:31-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— José Serebrier conducts Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra to Antonín Dvorák's Slavonic Dance #6 in D Op. 46 (1878);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Year 1878 in History:

Yale News, first daily college newspaper
(1-28-1878); San Francisco Cable Cars (1878);
First telephone in White House (5-10-1877). Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 10:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Continue on "Number 42"— Brought 7 books from
my library to type— Lankavatara Sutra; Santideva's Entering the path of enlightenment; Rumi Daylight;

The Zen Teaching of Rinzai;
The Zen Teaching of Huang Po;
Sayings of Joshu; Koans of Kido.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 9:30 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Continue work on "Number 42"— Typed #42 passages from 7 books brought from home;
Buddha's 42 Sections; Kuan Yin's 42 emblems

Can't find Kuan Yin statue (British Museum),
but one from Metropolitan Museum of Art
during Tang Dynasty is best resemblance. Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 7:40-7:53 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
Left Krause Center half-hour late; Bus #40 came
at 7:28 pm; Quick shopping in 13 minutes to
catch 8:05 pm Bus #40 home; No hour wait

Used 4 Rewards Coupons expiring 3/31—
Blueberry Pudding Ring $3.60 for $1.60;
Signature Select Supreme Pizza $5.00 FREE.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 8:31-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Erich Kunzel conducts Cincinnati Pops Orchestra to Armas Järnefelt's Praeludium (1900); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3);
Trivia Quiz: Year 1900 in Music History—

Wonderful Wizard of Oz published (5-17-1900);
First hamburger served by Louis Lassen (1900);
First U.S. Navy submarine (10-12-1900). Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 11:10 am-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Brought 4 books from my library to type— Little Flowers of St. Francis; A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy; The Tenth Man; Tagore's Gitanjali

Copied four sections on #42 passages from
Chu Hsi's Reflections on Things at Hand
& Wang's Instructions for Practical Living.

Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 11:10 am-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Continue work on "Number 42"— Typed #42
passages from 4 books plus 3 sections from
Chu Hsi and one from Wang Yang Ming;
42nd Poem of Emily Dickinson "A Day! Help!"

Israel #74 Maimonides 1953 stamp;
Guide for the Perplexed, Book I, LXII—
"The name of 42 letters is exceedingly holy." Wednesday, March 27, 2019, 7:15-7:45 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd);
Left half-hour early for 6:56 pm Bus #40
for shopping; Got 8:02 pm Bus #40 home.
2 Blackberries 6 oz. @ 88¢; Green Onions 77¢;
Container Sprouts No Salt Chicken Broth $1.67

3.23 lbs Raw Almonds @ $3.99/lb = $12.89;
2.07 lbs Dried Cranberries @ $2.61/lb = $5.40;
1.53 lbs Banana Chips @ $2.24/lb = $3.34.

Thursday, March 28, 2019, 8:50 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Continue work on "Number 42"— Typed #42
passages from 3 books; "Maturity Of Being" is Lesson 42: Subramuniyaswami's Merging with Siva

Seung Sahn, Whole World Is A Single Flower Koan #42; Cases 42: Mumon & Setcho, Two Zen Classics; Sage Ninomiya's Evening Talks. Thursday, March 28, 2019, 8:50 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
42 Triangles around the Center in Shri Yantra
Rajasthan, 1700 (Madhu Khanna's Yantra p. 113);
42 in the Kabbalah — Name of G_d, Yahweh

Moses de León (1240-1305)
was a Spanish rabbi and Kabbalist
who is the composer of the Zohar.

Friday, March 29, 2019, 10:25 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Went to Registrar & paid $36.75 for LINC 72B Adobe Indesign (5-3-2019) including $5.75 for VTA Bus Pass; Took photos of White Oak in IE Parking Lot; Library (12:45-2:15 pm) to type Poems #42

E.E. Cummings, 73 Poems; 1x1; Xaipe in Complete Poems 1904-1962: Bijak of Kabir; The Collected Poems of Kenneth Koch;
Collected Sonnets of Edna St. Vincent Millay; Friday, March 29, 2019, 10:25 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Checked out Pablo Neruda's "100 Love Sonnets" from Los Altos Library last night; Brought copy
of "Notebooks of Paul Brunton's Volume 16: Enlightened Mind, Divine Mind" to type

Friar Lawrence in Romeo & Juliet IV.1.105;
Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland Ch. XII, Rule 42; James Joyce, Finnegans Wake (1939),
Chap. 1.7 "fortytwo hairs off his uncrown".

Saturday, March 30, 2019, 9:40 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Last day before Spring Break (April 1-7); Brought
10 books from home to type to finish "Numbers 42":
Merrell-Wolff, Philosophy of Consciousness Without an Object; "Notebooks of Paul Brunton's Volume 16; Tomas Tranströmer, "Selected Poems 1954-1986"; Kay Ryan,"The Best of It";

A.E.'s Song and Its Fountains;
Whitman's Leaves of Grass (1860 Edition);
Hirshfield's "Women in Praise of the Sacred". Saturday, March 30, 2019, 9:40 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Checked out from Los Altos Library last night— "Selected Poems of Su Tung-p'o"; "Selected Poems of Wang Wei"; "Anna Akhmatova: Selected Poems"; "The Journey to the West" Volume 2 containing Chapter 42 checked out; Placed hold from another Library; Forgot Kenneth Koch's "Talking to the Sun"

How many of the ten books can I type
plus six poems from Foothill Library
before Krause Center closes at 4 pm?