Haikus: May 2019

HAIKUS: May 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.

Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 8:32-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Gustavo Dudamel conducts
Vienna Philharmonic to Peter Tchaikovsky's
Eugene Onegin: Polonaise Op. 24 (1878); CD;
(YouTube: 1; 2, 3, 4); Year 1878 in Music History:

1st telephone exchange in SF opens (2-17);
World's 1st telephone directory issued (2-21);
Gilbert & Sullivan's 1st success: comic opera
H.M.S. Pinafore premieres in London, (5-25). Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 10:30 am-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to poem "My Favorite Trees" with Redwood, Oak, Eucalyptus, Pepper Tree, Ginkgo, Bamboo, Pine, Palm, Redbud, Weeping Willow

Surprised to find 30 "Tree Poems"
in archives, however photos of trees
missing in many of them; need to find
photos & upload to WisdomPortal.com site.

Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 8:32-8:38 am
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
With the exception of Ponderosa Pine (Lake Tahoe)
& Weeping Willow (Boston Garden) downloaded
from the web, the other 8 photos were photographs
of trees encountered during my walks in Bay Area.

Writing Notes to poem "My Favorite Trees"—
Found photo of Barbara Walters' interview with Katherine Hepburn (1981) saying "I am an Oak." Wednesday, May 1, 2019, 7:30-9:05 pm
Stanford University: Encina Hall, Bechtel Center;
"Another Look" Book Discussion of Madame de LaFayette's "The Princesse of Clèves" (1678) with Robert Harrison, Chloe Summers Edmondson, and special guest, Yale Professor Pierre Saint-Amand.

The Princesse of Clèves is considered
first modern novel, rife with suspicion,
passions, temptations, and jealousy.

Thursday, May 2, 2019, 8:33-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Joshua Bell plays violin as
David Zinman conducts Philharmonia Orchestra to
Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story Suite: Maria
(1957); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2; 3, 4); Music Trivia:
Year 1957 in Music History:

Wham-O Company produces 1st Frisbee (1-23);
John Lennon (16) & Paul McCartney (15)
meet for 1st time (7-6); 1st President to fly
in helicopter— Dwight Eisenhower (7-12). Thursday, May 2, 2019, 10:50 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to poem "My Favorite Trees" with Redwood, Oak, Eucalyptus, Pepper Tree, Ginkgo, Bamboo, Pine, Palm, Redbud, Weeping Willow;
Found 4 Heart-shaped Redbud leaves (2009)

Pondering on swan boats under Weeping Willow:
Hamsa in Sanskrit means swan and soul—
Socrates dreamt of swan landing on his bosom,
and the next day Plato came to be his disciple.

Thursday, May 2, 2019, 10:50 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Found Haiku (May 2, 2006) written 13 years ago—
Running for Bus #22 on El Camino from Ortega Ave
to Showers Drive, an inner voice gave me this haiku—

Don't run! Don't rush! Don't!
Life is not passing you by—
You're passing through life! Thursday, May 2, 2019, 10:50 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to poem "My Favorite Trees"—
Realized there are more than ten trees that I like,
Madrone, Maple, Sycamore, Magnolia, Cypress

Douglas Fir (Skyline to the Sea);
How They Fall; One Plum Blossom;
Bending Bay Tree; Asymmetric Elm Tree.

Friday, May 3, 2019, 8:31-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Joshua Bell plays violin as
David Zinman conducts Philharmonia Orchestra to
Josef Strauss's The Dragonfly Op. 204: (1866); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2; 3, 4); Music Trivia:
Year 1866 in Music History:

Jesse James: 1st bank robbery $15,000 (2-13);
Charles E. Hires invents Hires Root Beer (5-16); President Andrew Johnson formally declares
U.S. Civil War is over (8-20-1866) Friday, May 3, 2019, 7:30-9:40 pm
Palo Alto: Friends Meeting House (957 Colorado Ave);
Loie Johnson gave me ride, saw me walking (7:20 pm);
Waverley Writers Poetry Reading (20 came today);
Brad Buchanan reads latest book The Scars, Aligned:
A Cancer Narrative; Trudy Reagan gave me ride home

Brad Buchanan is featured reader;
I read two poems tonight—
"La Rose de Notre Dame"
& "Homage to Notre Dame".

Saturday, May 4, 2019, 10:27-10:33 am
Woke up 3 hours late after alarm rang at 7 am;
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
performs Giuseppe Verdi's Aida: Grand March
(1871); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

No other tune is more royal!—
Used as high school graduation march
instead of Elgar's "Pomp & Circumstance". Saturday, May 4, 2019, 12:30-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Trudy wants to learn more about Heisenberg's
enlightenment since she has experienced it
herself being one with cosmos & everyone

Heisenberg's essay on techonology;
PB on Heisenberg's Nirvikalpa Samadhi;
Heisenberg saw world as illusion when dying.

Saturday, May 4, 2019, 12:30-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Science & Spirituality: Heisenberg's Mystical Experience?
(By Sepp Hasslberger, 4-19-2007); Quantum Mysticism: Gone but Not Forgotten (Lisa Zyga, phys.org, 6-8-2009)

Hasslberger quotes PB on Heisenberg's
spontaneous experience of kevala samadhi
& Weizsäcker's visit to Ramanasramam. Saturday, May 4, 2019, 12:30-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Trudy read Freeman Dyson's Disturbing the Universe
and his ride with Richard Feyman's from Ithaca to
Los Alamos when he devised the Feyman's Diagram

Told Trudy about Freeman Dyson's
Enlightenment at 15 in March 1939
when he realized that he is everybody.

Sunday, May 5, 2019, 11:45-11:49 am
KDFC 104.9 FM: Norbert Kraft plays guitar
to Narciso Yepes's "Romance d'amour"
(19th century); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

One of my all-time favorites after
hearing music in René Clément's
film Forbidden Games (1952). Sunday, May 5, 2019, 12:15-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Home to read Mercury News & Parade,
saving articles to bookmark and throwing away the rest; Soup: seaweed, tofu, broccoli, crabmeat, wonton, eggs

Al Guzman cancelled breakfast & seeing Shazam
today, since his cousin from Mexico whom he had
not seen in 40 years called to meet in Los Angeles.

Monday, May 6, 2019, 8:30-8:40 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Lorin Maazel conducts Berlin Philharmonic to Hector Berlioz's Roman Carnival Overture Op. 9: (1866); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2; 3, 4);
Music Trivia: Year 1844 in Music History:

Telegraph message What hath God wrought (5-24);
Berlioz' Carnaval Romain premieres in Paris (2-3); James Polk elected U.S. President (11-5-1844) Monday, May 6, 2019, 12:15-5:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
KCI Flyer had wrong CRN 41857 for LINC 72B
Adobe Indesign (should be 41865) & registered me
me in Adobe Illustrator; Lisa DeLapo corrected error

First Adobe Indesign assignment
is a Layered Poster on Cesar Chavez
but software not installed on computer.

Monday, May 6, 2019, 6:15-6:41 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Farmers Market (630 San Antonio Road); 6:00 pm Bus #40 from Foothill College.

1.87 lbs Roma Tomatoes 98¢/lb = $1.83;
1.80 lbs Dried Ginger @ $3.89/lb = $7.00;
Wheat Germ $2.79; Almond Breeze (BOGO) $2.15. Monday, May 6, 2019, 6:50-7:13 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road);
Caught 7:50 pm Bus #40 home.

32 oz. Lucerne Strawberry Yogurt $2.18;
Sig. Select 3 lbs Classic Potato Salad $5.99;
Chunk Crabmeat $1.77; 1.5 qt. Ice Cream Free.

Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 8:32-8:40 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Michael Tilson Thomas conducts
San Franciso Symphony to Peter Tchaikovsky's Symphony #5 in e Op. 64: (1888); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
Music Trivia: Year 1888 in Music History:

First wax drinking straw patented (1-3);
National Geographic Society is founded (1-27);
Eastman patents first roll-film camera (9-4-1888) Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 12:15-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Bullseye Stamps; 19¢ U.S. 2479 Fawn (3-11-1991);
19 francs Wallis & Futuna 299 Native Hut (1-20-1983);
0.19 euros Belgium 2986 Northern Shrike (3-26-2001)

First Adobe Indesign assignment
is a Layered Poster on Cesar Chavez
but software not installed on computer.

Tuesday, May 7, 2019, 8:05-8:29 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave);
Free Monopoly Coupons; Got 8:43 pm Bus #40 home.

2 Signature Select Mini Quiche @ $4.99;
Sig. Select Thin Crust Supreme Pizza $2.88;
Pringles Potato Chips & 1 lb. Baby Carrots Free. Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 11:45-11:58 am
Los Altos Library: Check out books on Adobe InDesign;
Caught 12:07 pm Bus #40 to Foothill College 12:15 pm

Sandee Cohen, InDesign CS3 (2007);
Kelly Kordes Anton, Adobe InDesign CC (2017);
John Cruise, InDesign CS4 HOW-TOs (2009).

Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 8:32-8:35 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Kenneth Montgomery conducts
Bournemouth Sinfonietta to Percy Grainger's
Shepherd's Hey: (1908); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
Music Trivia: Year 1908 in Music History:

NYC's Sullivan Ordinance forbids women to smoke in public (1-21); First Mother's Day observed (5-10);
Henry Ford builds the first Model T car (8-12-1908). Wednesday, May 8, 2019, 12:40-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Web page celebrates 19th anniversary meeting with Cathy at Foothill College Middlefield Lab (5-8-2000), Truman's & her Dad's birthday; 19 petals Carat Rose

Metonic Cycle of 19 Years;
Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching, Verse 19;
Ramana Maharshi dialogue on May 8, 1946.

Thursday, May 9, 2019, 8:33-8:40 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Sir Neville Marriner conducts
Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra to Tchaikovsky's
Orchestral Suite #2: Waltz Op. 53: (1883); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Year 1883 in Music History:

Edison's first electric lighting system opens (1-19);
Alabama was 1st state to enact antitrust law (2-23);
Brooklyn Bridge opened by President Arthur (5-24). Thursday, May 9, 2019, 10:30-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Wonderful to hear from Greg Reppen (5-8) inviting me for lunch & Stanford Tai Chi class (5-14, 11 am-4 pm); Last email from him was 7 years ago (1-22-2012).

Greg's 12/21/2009 email inspired
my poem "What Is Belief?" (2-4-2009) for
Mark Doty's Stanford class (Notes, 12-31-2009).

Friday, May 10, 2019, 11:46 am-12:00 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Richard Edlinger conducts
Capella Istropolitana to Tomaso Albinoni's
Adagio in g: (1708 and 1945); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

This work was reconstructed
by Remo Giazotto in 1945
from a fragment by Albinoni. Friday, May 10, 2019, 2:20-5:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Greg Reppen dropped in to see me (5/9) before getting
my 1:53 pm email; He'll pick me up for lunch & Tai Chi;
Doing Chavez Poster in Photoshop instead of InDSesign.

Since there were no InDesign instructions,
documented step-by-step process how I did
the "Chavez Poster" in Adobe Photoshop.

Friday, May 10, 2019, 2:20-5:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Al Guzman came at 3:20 pm; Using Speaker cell phone,
called Network Solutions; Brad helped to set up my
email at WisdomPortal.com using 12-digits password

Have not checked my emails
at WisdomPortal.com for a year
need to declutter Spams from InBox. Friday, May 10, 2019, 6:15-6:35 pm
Mountain View: Lam's Hair & Nails Salon
(2464 W El Camino Real); Too busy Saturday (ballroom dancing) & Sunday (movies); Better to get haircut today;
Caught 6:45 pm Bus #40 at Showers Drive home

Surprised Warriors & Rockets tied 57-57
with Durant out & Curry scoring no points;
Curry scored 33 in 2nd half to win 118-113.

Saturday, May 11, 2019, 10:20-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Emailed Al Guzman that Shazam is no longer showing at
Century Cinema 16 at Shoreline or at CineArts Santa Row

AMC Mercado 20 (3111 Mission College Blvd)
is theatre still showing Shazam at 10:15 am—
Will take a walk before movie showing. Saturday, May 11, 2019, 10:20-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
No time to see "Doris Day Film Festival" at
Stanford Theatre after "Hitchcock Festival".

Need to format over 250 photos of
Los Altos Easter Shop Window Displays,
Livermore walk & Filoli Gardens Flowers.

Saturday, May 11, 2019, 10:20-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
No web page on "the weight of a dream" but found
"Scientists identify parts of brain involved in dreaming"

Francesca Siclari: "Maybe the dreaming brain
and the waking brain are much more similar than
one imagined because they partially recruit the
same areas for the same type of experiences." Saturday, May 11, 2019, 10:20-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
After reading Siclari's statement that "dreaming brain
is similar to waking brain", recalled Ramana Maharshi:

The same mind stuff that created
the dream universe is creating
the waking universe right now,
and both states are illusory.

Sunday, May 12, 2019, 10:15 am-12:37 pm
Santa Clara: AMC Mercado 20 (3111 Mission College Blvd); David F. Sandberg directs Shazam! (2019) with
Asher Angel, Zachary Levi, Mark Strong, Jack Dylan
Grazer, Djimon Hounsou, Darla Dudley, Grace Fulton,
Ian Chen, Cooper Andrews, Jovan Armand, Marta Milans,
Michelle Borth, Caroline Palmer; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5)

A Super-hero movie from DC Comics
that's fun to watch, despite the wizardry,
it's grounded in good family relationships. Sunday, May 12, 2019, 1:00-3:00 pm
Santa Clara: Mongolian BBQ (3380 El Camino Real);
Karen & Rudy phoned that they can't make it today for
breakfast & movie; Al Guzman picked me up at 8 am;
Al had coffee at Starbucks; Went for hour walk around Mission College Blvd; Movie @ 10:15; Last time (4/14) went to Sweet Tomatoes (1210 Kifer Rd, Sunnyvale);
Al wants to try something different— Mongolian Beef!

Bowl of veggies and bowl of meat
tossed on circular grill— sizzle, sizzle,
& swept on a plate; fried rice, corn, spring rolls.

Sunday, May 12, 2019, 7:15-7:52 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave);
Reward coupon for $30+ purchase— Raincheck:
4 Planters Peanuts @ $1.99; Potato Salad $5.99;
Strawberry Yogurt $2.18; Orange Juice $1.99.

2 Signature Select Mini Quiche @ $4.41;
4 Nonni's Biscotti & Thin Additives @ $2.49;
4 Tai Pei Meals: Egg rolls & Pot Stickers @ $2.50. Sunday, May 12, 2019, 9:00 pm-12:00 am
Mountain View: Even with hour walk around Mission College Blvd, Blood Sugar was 491 mg/dL (highest in years), because ate plateful of fried rice (carbohydrates)
and 12 veggie spring rolls at Mongolian BBQ for lunch

No coffee cake or ice cream,
just Potato Salad & Almond Milk
for dinner at 11 pm before sleeping.

Monday, May 13, 2019, 10:15-11:00 am
Mountain View: Kaiser Permanente (555 Castro St)
Yearly Checkup with Dr. Liteh Diego Chang—
Blood Pressure: 128/59; Pulse: 76; Wt: 151.5 lb;
Non-fasting blood test HbA1c & TSH in six weeks

Gave Dr. Chang poems "Happy Monday!" &
"Homage to Notre Dame" (Notes 1, 2); Gave
Dr. Ma poems "Notre Dame" & "Rose Window". Monday, May 13, 2019, 12:15-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Swami Chinmayananda's Vivekachudamani (∼800 AD)
by Shankara (p. 261)— The waking state is similar to dream state, & both states are but a hallucination (#170).

Get out, get out—
Roll up the universe,
and carry it under your arms.

Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 11:30 am-2:00 pm
Menlo Park: Fey Restaurant (1368 El Camino Real)
Greg Reppen picks me up at my apt and treats me
for lunch at Fey; introduces me to his friend Tiss

Restaurant with elegant decor—
Shrimp, Fish, Tofu, Chow Mein,
Hot & Sour Soup, and Green Tea. Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 2:30-3:30 pm
Palo Alto: Stanford Neuroscience Health Center
(213 Quarry Road); Free Tai Chi class with
Mwezo Kudumu (17 students in class).

We held to back of chairs
as well as without chairs following
Mwezo in his slow-movement Tai Chi.

Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 4:30 pm-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Greg dropped me off at Krause Center after Tai Chi;
Gave him last 9 issues of Common Ground (2018-2019),
Meditation & Health (Issues #23, #25), and my poems—

Happy Monday!, Love Is for the Lucky & the Brave, My New Mantra, Found, Homage to Notre Dame, Most Miraculous Growth, My Favorite Trees, Rose Window, Chinese Ideogram Shan, Linkage of Souls, One & Many, Goosepen, Giacometti's Walking Man Tuesday, May 14, 2019, 4:30 pm-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Corrected typo "might" to "mighty" in "Most Miraculous Growth" Greg found; He said Black Hole before Big Bang has weight of universe when I said it had none

Greg's questioning led me to ask "What is the weight of a dream?" in Google Search Engine— 368 million results concerning diets to reduce weight; Dream of weight loss: relieved of work; weight gain: overburdened by responsibilities.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 8:33-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Riccardo Muti conducts
Chicago Symphony Orchestra to Sergei Prokofiev's
Romeo and Juliet: Juliet the Young Girl: (1935); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Music History Trivia: Year 1935:

Amelia Earhart flies from Honolulu to Oakland CA (1-11); "Monopoly" board game goes on sale for 1st time (2-6); Hoover Dam between Arizona & Nevada dedicated by President F.D. Roosevelt (9-30-1935). Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 9:55 am-6:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"Greg Reppen Get Together" (5-14-2019) web page
with 16 photos of Chopped-off Bay Tree, Lunch at Fey Restaurant, Tai Chi at Stanford Neuroscience Center

Since I've not heard from Greg for 7 years,
compiling photos of our meeting yesterday
before photos at Richmond, Easter Displays,
Livermore, Filoli Gardens, & Winchester Blvd.

Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 7:15-7:41 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Farmers Market (630 San Antonio Road); $5 off coupon on $40+ purchases;
6:55 pm Bus #40 from Foothill College; 8:02 pm
Bus #40 home; Heavy rain getting off the bus

4.47 lbs Red grapes 98¢/lb = $4.38;
1.98 lbs Brazil Nuts @ $8.99/lb = $17.80;
2.01 lbs Pecan Halves @ $8.99/lb = $18.07;
1.47 lbs Raw Almonds @ $3.99/lb = $5.87. Thursday, May 16, 2019, 8:12-8:25 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Alison Balsom, trumpet; Tom Etheridge, organ; Stephen Cleobury directs Choir of King's College, Cambridge to Johann Sebastian Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring BWV 147: (1723); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Poem: "Which Came First: Joy or Desire?"
Buddha: "Renounce desire and find joy";
Upanishads Rishis: "Joy is the first-born."

Thursday, May 16, 2019, 9:40 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Additions to "Greg Reppen Get Together" web page;
Photo of Bay Tree with Jane Lane & Rengstorff Signpost

Showed Greg & Tiss book of Shivapuri Baba
who lived to 137 years old; 9/7/1978 Kyoto
meeting with Roshi Kobori at Daitoku-ji. Thursday, May 16, 2019, 9:40 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Did "Greg Reppen Get Together" first yesterday;
250+ photos from Nature Walks 2019 to format

Five more hikes to do— Filoli Gardens,
Easter Displays, Robert Slack at Livermore,
Winchester Blvd, and Foothil College Clouds.

Friday, May 17, 2019, 7:42-7:45 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Philippe Quint, violin;
Marta Aznavoorian, piano; to Charles Chaplin''s
"Tango Bitterness" (2011); CD; (YouTube: 1; 2; 3; 4)

Chaplin's "Tango Bitterness"
music is somewhat sweet—
so I danced in the living room. Friday, May 17, 2019, 12:00-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Al Ruffinelli came at 4 pm & closes at 6 pm;
but MakerSpace closes at 4 pm, so he complied.

Compiled 24 photos for web page
on Campbell's Winchester Boulevard Walk
with Al Guzman on Sunday, March 24, 2019,

Friday, May 17, 2019, 7:15-7:52 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road);
Left Library for 6:10 pm Bus #40 for shopping since
it's going to rain tomorrow; Ken's Simply Vinaigrette $1;
Sale: Pringles Potato Chips: Original & Cheese @ 69¢

Dole Fruit Bowls (4): Mandarin Oranges and
Tropical Fruits @ $2.99; Aim Toothpaste $1.49;
Open Nature Thin Crust Pepperoni Pizza $3.58. Friday, May 17, 2019, 7:15-7:52 pm
Mountain View: Time Magazine (May 27, 2019);
"Next Generation Leaders"; Online cover has Greta Thunberg, 16-year old Swedish girl & climate activist; My cover shows Tessa Thompson, movie activist

"Ex-NFL Player John Urschel left for Math Ph.D.";
"Peggy Lipton: Counterculture icon (Mod Squad)";
"Appreciation: Doris Day had more than charm".

Saturday, May 18, 2019, 7:00-8:00 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Yo-Yo Ma plays cello
to Fritz Kreisler's "3 Old Viennese Dances:
I. Liebesfreud" (1910); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Bill Lueth plays Essential Yo-Yo Ma
CD for an hour— "Simple Gifts",
"The Swan", and "Havanaise". Saturday, May 18, 2019, 12:00-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Al Guzman used Laser Cutter to etch Foothill Oak Logo
and Owl on 67 glass bowls for 2019 Latino graduates.

Al introduced me to his brother David Guzman,
Associate Pastor at St. Therese Church Alhambra,
and I showed him my Platonic Lambda Λ project.

Sunday, May 19, 2019, 7:15-7:52 pm
Mountain View: Read "Warriors 110, Trail Blazers 99: Draymond Green playing his best stretch of his NBA career" & "Trip to Portland is trip home for Thompson" (By Mark Medina, Mercury News, 5-19, 2019, C1, C3)

Klay Thompson was shortshop & pitcher
in baseball and accurate passer in foothball;
but chose basketball career in the NBA. Sunday, May 19, 2019, 5:15-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Satsang with friend on Kay Ryan's poetry similar to Emily Dickinson; Greg Reppen Get Together & Tai Chi; Poems "Most Miraculous Growth" and "What Is the Weight of a Dream?"; Wei Wu Wei.

Friend enjoyed "I've Learned My Lesson Well"
& "Do You Know Who You Are?" (Sunnyvale
Zen Master Jian Hu's talk at Stanford, 11-22-2004).

Monday, May 20, 2019, 10:08 am-7:22 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Since Krause Center closed two hour early at 4 pm
Friday, & talked to David Guzman Saturday, no time

to type "What Is the Weight of a Dream?"
& put "Chuang Tzu Dreaming of a Butterfly"
inside the "Cloud Hovering Over Hand" photo. Monday, May 20, 2019, 10:08 am-7:22 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to "What Is the Weight of a Dream?"
Photoshopped "Chuang Tzu in Cloud over Hand"

400 million Google results: "Weight of a Dream?",
Dream meaning of "Weight Loss",
Dream meaning of "Weight Gain".

Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 11:08 am-7:22 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to "What Is the Weight of a Dream?"
Ramana Maharshi: "both dream & waking states illusory".

India #539: Ramanaa Maharshi;
Ramana Maharshi with walking cane;
Talk with Ramana Maharshi book. Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 11:08 am-7:22 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to "What Is the Weight of a Dream?"
Awakened State: "Lambda Λ from Sun to Earth"

Sunrise: Waking
Jacob's Ladder: Dreaming
Black Circle: Deep Sleep.

Tuesday, May 21, 2019, 7:35-7:51 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave);
Left Krause Center for 7:30 pm Bus #40 for shopping
Caught 8:03 pm Bus #40 home; Thanks goodness, no rain.

Lucerne Almond-Coconut Milk $1.99;
Signature Select Fruit Instant Oatmeal $1.50;
4 Pringles Potato Chips: Pizza, Ranch, BBQ @ 69¢. Wednesday, May 22, 2019, 9:50 am
Mountain View: 1:02 am Email from artist Peter Milton
on his latest digial print "After Hours" (#151) showing
visitors leaving Cour Carrée du Louvre in Paris at dusk

Always a delight to hear from Peter Milton
who studied with Josef Albers at Yale,
and liked my poem on his Etching #112.

Wednesday, May 22, 2019, 8:35-8:47 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Paavo Järvi conducts Paris Orchestra
to Georges Bizet's Symphony in C: (1855); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Music History Trivia: Year 1855:

Texas linked by telegraph to rest of the U.S. (2-14); Walt Whitman published Leaves of Grass (7-4);
David Livingstone becomes first European to see
Victoria Falls in North Rhodesia (Zambia) (11-17). Wednesday, May 22, 2019, 11:02 am-6:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to "What Is the Weight of a Dream?"
712 pages of images in Roob's Alchemy & Mysticism

Selected "Lambda Λ from Sun to Earth" (p. 267)
to represent "Awakened State" as triangle shown
is the 10th triangular number = 55, same as
Platonic Λ, the "World Soul" known to sages.

Wednesday, May 22, 2019, 7:15-7:32 pm
Mountain View: Safeway: $7 refund for returning
2 Dole Fruit Cups @ $3,49; Sprouts Farmers Market
(630 San Antonio Road); 6:26 pm Bus #40
from Foothill College; 7:43 pm Bus #40 home

2.31 lbs Red Seedless Grapes @ 98¢/lb = $2.26;
1.99 lbs Vine Tomatoes @ 98¢/lb = $1.95;
Spinach Salad $1.50; Green Onions 69¢. Thursday, May 23, 2019, 8:31-8:35 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Joshua Bell plays violin as Michael Stern conducts Orchestra of St. Luke's to Mendelssohn's Songs Without Words: May Breezes (1830); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Music History Trivia: Year 1830:

1st passenger rail service in US (Baltimore) (5-24);
NY Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) (3-16); Plans for Chicago laid out (8-4).

Thursday, May 23, 2019, 10:38 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
To show "Awakened State", need to show
paintings of artists who are enlightened—
William Blake: "Awake! awake O sleeper"

A.E.'s Bellerophon & Pegasus
& Blake's Albion Rose portraying
"Awakened State" by awakened artists. Thursday, May 23, 2019, 10:38 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Paintings by A.E. or George William Russell (1, 2, 3);
No books on A.E. at Santa Clara Libraries or Foothill
Library; Monk Gibbon's The Living Torch— AE (1938)

Paul Brunton has 8 citations of his friend
A.E., the Irish sage in his Notebooks
citing his poems which impressed him.

Thursday, May 23, 2019, 7:45-8:15 pm
Mountain View: Rudy shows up at my apt to pick up
specials bought for him at Sprouts & Safeway ($44.46)
at 50% to 67% discount; His last visit was 6-18-2018
as I saved a Daily Post issue from way back then.

Grapes $1.91 (reg. $5.83); Walnuts $3.99 (reg. $6.89); Almonds $5.87 (reg. $14.68); Lucerne Cheese $7.08 (reg. $15.96); Magnesium Citrate $9.25 (reg. $20.50); Smuckers Jams $3.38 ($7.98). Friday, May 24, 2019, 7:15-7:23 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Gustavo Dudamel conducts Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela to Ludwig van Beethoven's Symphony #5 in c, Op. 67 (1830); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is wake up call
to highest state of consciousness (4th state)
similar to Blake's exhortion: "Awake!
awake O sleeper... wake! expand! "

Friday, May 24, 2019, 8:30-8:36 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Takuo Yuasa conducts Ulster
Orchestra to Edward MacDowell's Orchestral Suite #1
Op. 42: (1890); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
Music History Trivia: Year 1890:

Rose Parade is first held in Pasadena, CA (1-1);
Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days) (1-25); 1st U.S. edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published (3-1). Friday, May 24, 2019, 11:30 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Typing poem "The Awakened State" with images
for waking, dream, and deep sleep states —
Chose "Lambda Λ from Sun to Earth"

since 10th triangular # is the "World Soul"
to represent "awakened state" instead of
A.E.'s Bellerophon & Pegasus
and Blake's Albion Dance.

Saturday, May 25, 2019, 12:31-12:54 pm
Palo Alto: Walgreens (300 University Ave)
12:20 pm Bus #522 to Palo Alto Train Depot
Caught 1:35 pm Bus #40 to Los Altos Library;
Real reason for trip is "James Stewart" brochures

2 Maxwell Instant Coffee @ $2.99;
2 Wonderful Pistachios (16 oz) @ $5.49;
2 Pistachios No-shells (6 oz) @ $5.49. Saturday, May 25, 2019, 1:50-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Bookmarked Avengers: Endgame
with 15 cast members, Reviews, & YouTube Videos;
Picked up Stanford Theatre's latest brochures
on "James Stewart Festival" (May 24-June 30, 2019).

Should see The Man Who Knew Too Much
with James Stewart & Doris Day to honor
her death on May 13 at 97 years old.

Sunday, May 26, 2019, 5:25-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "Rear Window (1942); with Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly,
Wendell Corey; Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr,
Judith Evelyn, Ross Bagdasarian Sr., Georgine Darcy,
Frank Cady, Sara Berner, Jesslyn Fax, Rand Harper,
Havis Davenport, Irene Winston; (YouTube: 1 2, 3, 4) (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Jimmy Stewart with injured leg in wheelchair
plays voyeur of neighbors and finds killer
Raymond Burr who murdered his wife. Sunday, May 26, 2019, 7:30-9:30 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Alfred Hitchcock directs "The Man Who Knew Too Much" (1956), starring
Jimmy Stewart, Doris Day, Brenda de Banzie, Bernard Miles, Ralph Truman, Daniel Gélin, Mogens Wieth, Alan Mowbray, Hillary Brooke, Christopher Olsen, Reggie Nalder, Richard Wattis, Richard Wordsworth, Alexis Bobrinskoy; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

"Que Sera, Sera" (Whatever Will Be, Will Be) won
1956 Academy Award for Best Original Song
and was Number One in the UK Singles Chart.

Monday, May 27, 2019, 8:25-11:35 am Mountain View: Century Cinema 16 (1500 N Shoreline Blvd) Anthony J. Russo & Joseph V. Russo direct "Avengers: Endgame" (2019) with Robert Downey Jr., Brie Larson; This is a good article. Follow the link for more information. Page semi-protected Chris Evans; Mark Ruffalo; Chris Hemsworth; Scarlett Johansson; Jeremy Renner; Don Cheadle, Paul Rudd, Karen Gillan, Danai Gurira, Benedict Wong, Jon Favreau, Bradley Cooper, Gwyneth, Josh Brolin; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Thanos killed lots of superheroes in Infinity War,
but in Endgame, Captain Marvel helps Iron Man,
Thor, Hulk, Captain America to defeat Thanos. Monday, May 27, 2019, 12:08-2:15 pm
Sunnyvale: Sweet Tomatoes (1210 Kifer Road)
Al Guzman picked me up at Mtn View Apt @ 7:25 am;
Printed 6 coupons for HomeTown Buffet ($3 off, $2 off, 50% off on purchase of full price buffet); Printed 2 coupons for Sweet Tomatoes ($10.49 Lunch with unlimited beverages. expired 5/26; 30% off entire purchase, expires 5/28); Al phoned Rudy & Karen
to join us for movie and lunch; Karen came at 8:20 am;
After lunch, Karen gave me ride home

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

Monday, May 27, 2019, 3:35-4:32 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave);
Walked here in 20 minutes to buy this week's specials—
Reward on $30+ purchases: Mustard Potato Salad $5.99;
2 Sig. Select Quiche @ $4.99; Lucerne Yogurt $1.99;
40 minutes to roll Safeway cart with 4 Bags (40 lbs) home

4 Silk Almond Milk @ $1.99 = $7.96;
4 Sig. Select Oatmeal @ $1.50 =$ 6.00,
4 Sweet Baby Ray BBQ Sauce @ 88¢ = $3.52. Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 10:10-10:39 am
Mountain View: Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave);
Neighbor Don Richards takes me here shopping;
Bought 6 Bottles Simple Orange Juice (52 oz)
@ $2.50 ($15) and gave them to him Free.
Free Monopoly Game Coupons (expires 5-28-2019)

3 French Breads, Hotdog Buns, Hamburger Buns,
Chocolate Donut, Sesame Bagel, 3 Refresh Water,
Ice Orange Mango & Wild Cherry Drinks— Free.

Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 8:30-8:42 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Daniel Ottensamer & Andreas Ottensamer play clarinet with Vienna Virtuosi to
Amilcare Ponchielli's "The Meeting" Op. 76: (1856); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Music History Trivia: Year 1856:

1st national meeting of Republican Party (2-22);
2nd San Francisco Vigilance Committee (5-15);
Christchurch, New Zealand, chartered as city (7-31);
Big Ben is cast in Great Clock of Westminster (8-6). Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 12:05-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Karen emails photos (1, 2) of dining room behind Bakery
at 99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Rd) as good place to eat;
Type Haikus Saturday 5/25 to Tuesday 5/28 when Krause Center was closed for Memorial Day holiday weekend

Write Notes to poem "The Awakened State"
with images of William Blake and A.E.
(George William Russell) as awakened ones.

Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 8:01-8:07 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Rosa Antonelli plays piano to
Isaac Albeniz's Suite española: Cadiz Op. 47 (1886);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Smile at Carnegie Hall;
Caught 8:49 am Bus #40 to Foothill College 9:13 am

Soft & serene music like Erik Satie,
but it's by Isaac Albeniz in honor
of Spain, played by Rosa Antonelli. Wednesday, May 29, 2019, 9:20 am-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Write Notes to poem "The Awakened State"—
No Ireland stamp honoring George William Russell;
Romania #1220 honoring William Blake (5-31-1958)

Waking State: Splendour Solis Sunrise;
Dream State: Muter Liber Jacob's Ladder;
Deep Sleep State: Goethe's Black Circle.

Thursday, May 30, 2019, 9:27 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to poem "The Awakened State"—
Images: 10th Triangular Number, Platonic Λ Glow,

Zahlenlehre der Natur (1794);
Page 89 showing Platonic Lambda Λ;
Mexico C308 (11-23-1965); Dante & Marilyn. Thursday, May 30, 2019, 9:27 am-7:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to poem "The Awakened State"—
In Song & its Fountains (1932), A.E. writes about

four states of the soul & Ancient of Days;
PB told me Tufayl's Awakening of the Soul
inspired him at age 15 on the spiritual quest.

Friday, May 31, 2019, 8:30-8:36 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM— Alexandre Tharaud plays piano to
Chopin's Grande Valse Brillante in Eb Op. 18 B.62: (1833); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
Music Trivia History: 1833—

Andrew Jackson sworn in for his 2nd term as U.S. President (3-4); US tax-supported public library in Peterborough, New Hampshire (4-9); 1st newsboy hired (Barney Flaherty, 10 years old-NY Sun) (9-4). Friday, May 31, 2019, 10:20 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Find #12 items for Sophia's 12th birthday (June 3)—
Ruler; 12 Months; 12 O'Clock; 12 Pointed Star; Zodiac;
Russia 2219 Swan; US RW1b-1934 Ducks (1); Web; Art

12 petals Lavender Delight Rose;
Hungary J6: Postage Due 12 fillers;
France 641: 12 francs Madame Récamier;
U.S. 117: 12 cents S.S. Adriatic Ocean Liner.