Haikus: February 2020

HAIKUS: February 2020

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, February 1, 2020, 10:12 am-3:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composing Number 43— #75: At age 43:

Busby Berkeley's Gold Diggers in Paris (1938);
John F. Kennedy: U.S. President (1960)
Helen Gurley Brown's Cosmopolitan (1965);
Cesar Chavez's Grape Boycott (1970). Saturday, February 1, 2020, 5:15-6:00 pm
Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd); Karen picks me up by chance @ 4:30 pm as I was catching 4:35 pm Bus #40 to Safeway; Goes to Dry Cleaning & takes me shopping.

4 Planter's Unsalted Peanuts 16 oz @ $1.99;
4 Nestle Coffeemate Creamers 32 oz @ $2.49;
Karen gives me a ride home afterwards.

Sunday, February 2, 2020, 12:04-12:17 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM: André Previn conducts London Symphony Orchestra to Georges Enesco's Romanian Rhapsody #1 Op. 11 (1901); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Yehudi Menuhin, Enescu's most famous pupil,
said: "He will remain for me the absoluteness
through which I judge others". Sunday, February 2, 2020, 2:10-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Richard Hanauer's email:
today's date 02-02-2020 is palindrome day;
Last occurrence: 11-11-1111; Next: 12-12-2121

February 2 is Groundhog Day as well as
Candlemas: 40 days after Christmas,
Presentation of Jesus in the Temple.

Sunday, February 2, 2020, 2:10-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Number 43— #75: At age 43:
Alec Guinness: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957); William Golding: Lord of the Flies (1954)

Need to find Harold A. Scheraga's
publications in 1964; Warren Beatty wins
Academy Award for directing Reds (1981). Sunday, February 2, 2020, 2:10-5:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Left the Library when
SF 49ers & Kansas City Chiefs were tied
10-10 at half-time during Super Bowl LIV

When I got home, listened to radio FM 107.7—
49ers leads Chiefs 20-10 with 9 minutes left, but
KC Chiefs scored three touchdowns to win 31-20.

Monday, February 3, 2020, 8:32-8:39 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Riccardo Chailly conducts
Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra to Felix Mendelssohn's
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Nocturne Op. 61 (1826);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Mystery in History 1826

American composer Stephen Foster is born (7-4); USS Vincennes is 1st warship to circumnavigate globe (9-3); John Adams & Thomas Jefferson both died on 50th anniversary of July 4th (7-4-1826). Monday, February 3, 2020, 10:38 am-5:00 pm (Foothill)
"Bestselling author Mary Higgins Clark dead at age 92";
(By Hillel Italie, AP, Mercury News, 2-2-2020, A12);
"Fred Silverman, TV executive at 3 major networks, dies at 82" (Lynn Elber, AP, Mercury News, 2-2-2020, A13)

"The day Joe met Steve: Montana vs. Young looms large in history of 49ers vs. Chiefs" (On 9-11-1994,
Montana's KC Chief beat Young's 49ers 24-17)
(By Gary Peterson, Mercury News, 1-31-2020).

Monday, February 3, 2020, 8:15-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Rudy Perez shows up
finally after not seeing him for 3 months.

2 free bags of groceries; 4 bags of
specials from Sprouts & Safeway—
Regular price $96.29 for $44.64. Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 10:00-10:28 am
Mountain View: Kaiser Permanente (555 Castro St)
Bought 4 diabetic medications for $35.33

Better get drugs today since
more shopping bags tomorrow
getting special deals at Sprouts.

Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 8:33-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Annelle K. Gregory plays violin
as Alexander Sinchuk plays piano to Sergei Rachmaninoff's Prelude #4 in D Op. 23 (1903);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4>4); Mystery in History 1903

Ford Motor Co. is founded by Henry Ford (6-16);
Maurice Garin wins first Tour de France bicycle race (July 1-19); 1st successful, controlled, powered, heavier-than-air flight (12-17-1903). Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 11:09 am-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Can't find Stanford Bronze Plaque 1943, need to
go to Stanford Memorial Quad to photograph it;
Found photos for Plaques 1905, 1911, 1923, 1924,
1925, 1926, 1929, 1930, 1975, 1976 (redo 1906)

Composing Number 43— #75: At age 43:
Beethoven's 7th Symphony performed
on December 8, 1813 at age 43.

Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 8:30-8:39 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Frank Beermann conducts
North German Radio Philharmonic to Friedrich Fesca's Overture in C Op. 43 (1827); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3);
Mystery in History 1827

Ludwig van Beethoven dies in Vienna (3-26); 1st African-American newspaper, "Freedom's Journal" published in NYC (3-16); English chemist John Walker invents wooden matches (4-7-1827). Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 11:55 am-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Sad to learn that Miriam Scheraga (1921-2020),
my Cornell Prof. Scheraga's wife died a month ago
(1/5) at 98; They were married (1943) for 76 years.

At Tompkins County Book Sale (1968),
Miriam bought Garcia Lorca's Poems
for 25¢ as I recommended this book
with a beautiful sunburst on the cover.

Wednesday, February 5, 2020, 9:26-9:58 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Nicola Benedetti plays violin as
Rory MacDonald conducts BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra to Max Bruch's Scottish Fantasy, Op. 46 (1880); CD; (YouTube: Benedetti, Perlman, Heifetz)

1st movement: "Through the Wood Laddie",
2nd movement: "The Dusty Miller",
3rd movement: "I'm A' Doun for Lack O' Johnnie",
4th movement: "Hey Tuttie Tatie". Thursday, February 6, 2020, 10:40 am-7:56 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Notes to Poem: "Memories of Miriam Scheraga",
with 16 images and five occasions with Miriam;
Sent email to Professor Scheraga as Lab closed

Two photos from C. Hadley Smith— one with
all attendees at Prof.Scheraga's 65th birthday,
other with Scheraga's grad students & postdocs;
Closeup of Harold Scheraga, Miriam, and Peter.

Friday, February 7, 2020, 6:58-7:12 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Michael Tilson Thomas conducts
San Francisco Symphony to Beethoven's Symphony #5 (Opening) in c Op. 67 (1851); CD; (YouTube:
Dudamel, Blomstedt, Bernstein, Karajan, Toscanini)

Most famous four notes in music
is Beethoven's Fifth Symphony's
"dun dun dun DUN!" to wake us up! Friday, February 7, 2020, 7:30-9:50 pm
Palo Alto: Friends Meeting House (957 Colorado Ave)
Waverley Writers Poetry Reading (14 poets came);
Feb. 2020 Fresh Hot Bread: "Love at First Listen";
Joe Petolino & Mary Marcia give me a ride home

Read two poems tonight—
"Where Is My Veggie Plate?" and
"The Janitor Crushed Me Debating on Rodin".

Saturday, February 8, 2020, 10:49 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Stanford Theatre is featurring "Akira Kurosawa
Film Festival" (February 7-March 15, 2020)

Greatest Japanese film Seventh Samurai (Feb. 7-9):
Can't go Friday (Waverley Writers Poetry Reading)
or Saturday (ballroom dancing). Maybe on Sunday. Saturday, February 8, 2020, 10:49 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composing Number 43— Geography Section:
8 Traffic Route 43 signs (3 U.S. & 5 worldwide)

Three 43-story buildings;
Find 43rd Street & 43rd Ave
in U.S. and around the world.

Sunday, February 9, 2020, 1:40-5:35 pm
Los Altos Library: Poets on postage stamps for flyer:
US 3557 Langston Hughes, US 861 Emerson, US 1436 Emily Dickinson, US 4655 Gwendolyn Brooks, Czech 726 Walt Whtiman, Mexico C308 Dante, Germany B306 Goethe, Hungary CB3 Shakespeare, India 2216 Kabir, India 2217 Hafiz, Turkey 2971 Rumi, India 341 Tagore,
Austria 1049 Rilke, Russia 5739 Pasternak, Russia 1360 Pushkin, Japan 1711a Basho, Russia 1861 Robert Burns

France 666 Baudelaire, France 668 Rimbaud,
Greece 316 Byron, Greece 1835 Sappho,
China 1516 Li Po, China 1517 Tu Fu. Sunday, February 9, 2020, 7:30-11:00 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa directs
"Seven Samurai" (1954) with Toshiro Mifune,
Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura,
Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Inaba,
Yoshio Tsuchiya, Bokuzen Hidari, Yukiko Shimazaki;
Kamatari Fujiwara, Keiko Tsushima, Kokuten Kodo, Shinpei Takagi; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6);
(Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5); 11:36 pm Bus #22 home

Voted the greatest foreign-language film
in BBC's 2018 international critics' poll;
Listed 13th among my favorite 28 films.

Monday, February 10, 2020, 11:49 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Linked to 23 stamps honoring poets yesterday
at Los Altos Library; Need to download images

Design border of poets on stamps for flyer on
Waverley Writers Poetry Reading on First Friday
of the Month at Palo Alto's Friends Meeting House. Monday, February 10, 2020, 11:49 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Paid $136 rental fee for February at Public Storage;
Composing Number 43— Sports Section:

Did not bring heavy book
Best by Number to find
uniform number 43.

Monday, February 10, 2020, 5:45-6:30 pm
Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd); Just-For-U not working this week; Eljay used last week's printout for 62¢ savings; Total: $16.86; Caught 6:43 pm Bus #40 home.

32 oz. Lucerne Strawberry Yogurt @ $2.18;
3 lbs Sig. Select Potato Salad @ $5.69;
2 Gorton Fish Fillets @ 8.99 BOGO free. Monday, February 10, 2020, 7:28-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Since Krause Center is closing
at 8 pm tomorrow, it's better to do laundry today;
Medium Wash: $1.75; Hot Dry: $1.00.

2 pants, 3 pajama pants, 7 towels,
1 pillow case, 25 socks,
14 shorts, 14 T-shirts.

Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 12:04-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"These Images Show the Sun's Surface in Greater Detail Than Ever Before" (Dennis Overbye, NY Times, 1-30-20)

Cell-like structures each Texas size
about 5,000 degrees Celsius
popping up to the sun's surface. Tuesday, February 11, 2020, 12:04-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"Kirk Douglas, a Star of Hollywood's Golden Age,
Dies at 103" (Robert Berkvist, NY Times, 2-5-2020)

His rugged good looks and muscular intensity
made him a commanding presence in films like
"Lust for Life", "Spartacus" & "Paths of Glory".

Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 12:40-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composing Number 43— 43rd day of the year
Born on this day: February 12—

Abraham Lincoln (1809), Charles Darwin (1809),
Thomas Moran (1837), Bill Russell, (b. 1934),
Judy Blume (b. 1938), Ray Kurzweil (b. 1948). Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 12:40-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composing Number 43— Sports Section
Best by Number pp. 132-133

Richard Petty, Mel Harder,
Dennis Eckersley, Ken Forsch,
Cliff Harris, Carl "Spider: Lockhart.

Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 7:30-7:54 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Rd.)
Spinach Salad $1.99; Caught 8:13 pm Bus #40 home
(Returned: Califa Almond Milk $5.49, Uber Milk $6.49)

3.05 lbs Turkish Apricots @ $2.24/lb = $6.83;
1.60 lbs Giant Sea Scallops @ $9.98/lb = $15.98;
2 bags of 2 lbs Cuties Oranges @ $1.98 = $3.96. Thursday, February 13, 2020, 11:05 am-6:20 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composing Number 43— Finished Sports #100-130,
Start Collectibles Section #131-146

1943 U.S. Coins with Steel Lincoln Penny,
1843 New Brunswick Half-Penny Ship Token,
1843 Spain 8 Maravedis Queen Isabella II.

Friday, February 14, 2020, 8:33-8:49 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Kazuki Yamada conducts
Orchestre de la Suisse Romande to Richard Strauss's
Der Rosenkavalier: First Waltz Sequence Op. 59 (1911); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Mystery in History 1911

NY Public Library dedicated by President Taft
(5-23); Hiram Bingham rediscovers Machu Picchu in Peru (7-24): Groundbreaking begins in Boston for Fenway Park (9-25-1911). Friday, February 14, 2020, 10:06 am-3:25 pm
Mountain View: Stayed in Computer Room at Apt;
Sent Valentine Love Poems Reading at Waverley Writers (2-2-1990) for a few friends; Found #43 Cards in Antique Autos & Davy Crockett for Numbers 43; Search for 43¢ stamps from Canada & Australia

Canada 1395: Canadian Flag (12-30-1992);
Australia 1199: Australian Flag (1-10-1991);
Australia 1203: Black Swan (2-14-1991).

Friday, Feb. 14, 2020, 5:55-7:20 pm/10:05-10:20 pm;
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa directs
"Drunken Angel" (1948), starring Toshiro Mifune,
Takashi Shimura, Reizaburo Yamamoto, Michiyo Kogure, Chieko Nakakita, Eitaro Shindo, Noriko Sengoku, Shizuko Kasagi, Masao Shimizu, Yoshiko Kuga; (YouTube: 1, 2 ,3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Shimura plays "Drunken Angel" doctor;
first film of Akira Kurosawa & Mifune
of the 15 films they made together. Friday, February 14, 2020, 7:30-9:55 pm;
Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa directs "Ikiru"
("To Live") (1952), starring Takashi Shimura, Shinichi Himori, Haruo Tanaka, Miki Odagir, Minoru Chiaki, Bokuzen Hidari, Kamatari Fujiwara, Minosuke Yamada,
Nobuo Nakamura, Nobuo Kaneko, Atsushi Watanabe;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, Full film); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Goethe's Faustian theme as Watanabe
escorted by Sakai as Mephistofeles and
built a children's playground at the end.

Saturday, February 15, 2020, 11:20 am-5::00 pm
Los Altos Library: Went to Stanford Memorial Quad
yesterday, taking Palm Express Shuttle @ 5:10 pm
to Oval, and caught the 5:30 pm P-E Shuttle back

Palm Express Shuttle doesn't run on weekends,
so took photos of Bronze Plaques #43, #44, #45
and got to Stanford Theatre late @ 5:55 pm.
Saturday, February 15, 2020, 11:20 am-5::00 pm
Los Altos Library: Bookmarked films seen yesterday
Drunken Angel & Ikiru with director, cast members,
film reviews, and YouTube videos clips

Found 31 stamps from Spain with 0.43 Euro,
one from Cyprus 1202 "Spring" and
43 pesos stamp from Argentina 823.

Sunday, February 16, 2020, 12:00-1:50 pm
Los Altos: Chef Chu (1067 N San Antonio Rd);
Sister-in-law Dan picks me up at noon; invites me
for lunch, with surprise of brother-in-law David from
NYC joining us; Health notes from brother Jimmy

Crispy Angel-Hair Noodles (Shrimp, Scallops, Veggies), Hunan Family-Style Tofu, Appetizers: Four Seasons Cold Plate (Pickled cucumber spirals, Braised bamboo shoots, Pickled sugar-plum tomatoes), Hot tea & fortune cookies. Sunday, February 16, 2020, 2:14-5:35 pm
Los Altos Library); Dan drives me here since Sunday
Bus #40 runs every hour; Gifts for Jimmy & Dan:
"Poems 2019", Platonic Lambda Ch. 4-7, 3 Foothill Classes Notes, SF Zoo Photos, 5 Common Ground,
Asian Museum magazine, 9 Stanford Theatre brochures

Nonni's Caramel Biscotti & Cinnamon Raisin Cookies, Terra Chips (Mediterranean, Ordinary, Sweets & Beets), Planters Unsalted Peanuts, Prince of Peace Wild American Ginseng Instant Tea (100).

Monday, February 17, 2020, 2:00-2:50 pm
Mountain View: Smart & Final (141 E. El Camino Real)
4 Nestle Coffeemate Creamers @ $2.49 = $9.96;
99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Road)

Kadoya Pure Sesame Oil $3.99;
Kimbo Jumbo Thick Dry Tofu $2.29;
Kimbo Veg-Bun Spinach $2.69, Sesame $4.79. Monday, February 17, 2020, 4:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Since all computer labs closed
today for President's Day, went shopping instead;
Missed 3:16 pm Bus #40 & got 3:43 pm Bus 40 home.

Find bank statements from Wells Fargo,
Fidelity, TIAA-CREF, CAL-STRS, for
tomorrow's Annual Verification with Irene.

Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 10:00-11:35 pm
Mountain View: Irene Valdez photocopies last
6 months statemens from Wells Fargo & Fidelity,
Social Security Benefits, TIAA-CREF & CAL-STRS.

CAL-STRS has one Annual report in June 30;
Wells Fargo printed out October 2019 statement
for me that's missing pages 1-2 and 5-6. Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 12:52-1:15 pm
Mountain View: Kaiser Permanente (555 Castro St)
Picked up Ultra Test-Strips & 200 Lancets FREE;
Wells Fargo moved across the street at Castro St.

While waiting for 1:22 pm Bus #52
to Foothill College, surprise to see
Karen walking by who drives me there.

Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 2:00-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Have not checked My Portal to see Cavada's class
LINC-70B Web Page Design II that started Feb. 10.

No Assignments listed so I can't
catch up on what I've missed so far;
need to see William Cavada when he comes. Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 2:00-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
LINC-70B Web Page Design II (2/10-3/20-2020);
Only thing Cavada listed is in "Course Syllabus":

Create & develop webpage & website using
free online tools; embed page with hyperlinks,
images, video, & sound; fonts & background color.

Tuesday, February 18, 2020, 2:00-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Numbers 43: Time Magazine covers, Volume 43: George Marshall, on Jan. 3, 1944, XLIII, No. 1

King George VI (3-6-1944, XLIII.10)
Dr. Alexander Fleming (5-15-1944, XLIII.20);
General Dwight Eisenhower (6-19-1944, XLIII.25). Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 12:10-1:38 am
Mountain View: Started to read Mary McCarthy's
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (1957) for tomorrow's
Another Look Book Discussion at Stanford University

First chapter "To the Reader" (pp. 3-27)
written in cursive font tells different versions
of her life from memories, hearsay, & newspapers.

Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 11:00 am-5:17 pm
Mountain View: Didn't go to Foothill Krause Center
and stayed home to finish reading Mary McCarthy's
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (pp. 47-245)

5:53 pm Bus #40 to Los Altos Library @ 6:11 pm;
Friend came late @ 6:35 pm, car won't start,
got to Another Look late at 7:45 pm. Wednesday, February 19, 2020, 7:30-9:00 pm
Stanford University: Bechtel Conference Center
Another Look: Book Discussion of Mary McCarthy's
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (1957)

Spirited Discussants led by Tobias Wolff
with his wife, author Catherine Wolff
and English teacher Inga Pierson.

Thursday, February 20, 2020, 8:35-8:39 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Petr Vronsky conducts
Moravian Philharmonic Strings to Reynard Burns's
Revolutions (1911); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3);
Mystery in History 2012

Cruise ship Costa Concordia sinks by coast of Italy (1-13); Encyclopedia Britannica discontinues its print edition (3-13); India blackouts leave 620 million people without power (7-30-2012). Thursday, February 20, 2020, 11:20 am-7:50 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Composing Numbers 43: 43¢ stamps from Australia;
Quotes from the Bible and Philosophical Texts;
Stanford Bronze Plaques: Class of 1943-1945

Two hours fifteen minutes to format
11 Kurosawa images from Stanford Theatre &
3 Stanford Bronze Plaques from Memorial Quad.
Scan Kurosawa Brochure for LINC 70B Class.

Friday, February 21, 2020, 8:35-8:45 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Rolf Smedvig plays trumpet as
Jahja Ling conducts Scottish Chamber Orchestra to Vincenzo Bellini's Trumpet Concerto (1825); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Mystery in History 1825

John Quincy Adams sworn in, as 6th U.S. President (3-4); 1st modern railway, Stockton & Darlington Railway, opens in England (9-27); Erie Canal opens, providing passage from Albany, NY
to Buffalo and Lake Erie (10-28-1825). Friday, February 21, 2020, 11:23 am-4:15 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Saw Irene Valdez at 10 am and gave her latest
report from CAL-STRS on June 30, 2019 balance;
also October 2019 statement from Wells Fargo

Will catch 3:58 pm Bus #40 in time to make
5:15 pm Stanford Theatre filme Stray Dog;
Numbers 43: 0.43 Euro stamps from Spain & Cyprus; Stanford Bronze Plaque: Class of 1943;
Haikus for tonight's films Rashomon & Stray Dog..

Friday, February 21, 2020, 5:15-7:20 pm;
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa
directs "Stray Dog" (1949), starring Toshiro Mifune,
Takashi Shimura, Keiko Awaji, Eiko Miyoshi,
Noriko Honma, Isao Kimura, Minoru Chiaki,
Ichiro Sugai, Gen Shimizu, Noriko Sengoku;
(YouTube: 1, 2 ,3, 4, 5); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Rookie cop Mifune's pistol stolen
and used in murder, now he goes
out to hunt for the killer. Friday, February 21, 2020, 7:30-9:00 pm;
Stanford Theatre: Akira Kurosawa directs
"Rashomon" (1950), starring Toshiro Mifune,
Machiko Kyo, Masayuki Mori, Takashi Shimura,
Minoru Chiaki, Noriko Honma, Daisuke Kato,
Kichijiro Ueda; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Four versions from the bride, samurai husband
through medium, bandit, and woodcutter—
which of them is telling the truth or none.

Saturday, February 22, 2020, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Photo of Rashomon Marquee taken at
Stanford Theatre yesterday at 4:51 pm

Mary McCarthy must have seen Kurosawa's film
Rashomon (1950) when she wrote Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (1957) with various storylines. Saturday, February 22, 2020, 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Numbers 43: 17 Australian 43¢ stamps (1990-1991);
Showed Dance instead of Sports stamps from Spain

No time to format 22 photos taken of
Kurosawa images from Stanford Theatre's
Memorabila Room and Window Displays.

Sunday, February 23, 2020, 10:23-10:36 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Eiji Oue conducts
Minnesota Orchestra to Paul Dukas's
Sorcerer's Apprentice (1897); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, Mickey Mouse)

Goethe's poem "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1797)
inspired Paul Dukas music composition (1897)
exactly one century later; Fantasia film (1940). Sunday, February 23, 2020, 12:42-5:35 pm
Los Altos Library: Found Marina Benjamin's book Insomnia (2018) with 4.3-stars rating at Amazon.com
for Karen; Rudy emailed with insomnia advice from VA.
HTML books on how to embed music on web page

Numbers 43: Three Quotes on 43 from Bible;
Chapter 43 from Genesis, Psalms, Enoch,
Gospel of Thomas and Pistis Sophia.

Monday, February 24, 2020, 8:35-8:45 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Leonard Slatkin conducts
Lyon National Orchestra to Claude Debussy's
Danse "Tarantelle styrienne" (1903); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Mystery in History 1903

1st west-east transatlantic radio broadcast from U.S. to England (1-19); Panama proclaims independence from Colombia. (11-3); Born: Claudio Arrau (2-6); Vincente Minnelli (2-28); Bing Crosby (5-3-1903). Monday, February 24, 2020, 12:00-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Called up Network Solutions (10:16-10:49 am)
Steven told me to type "mail.wisdomportal.com"
to access my email, not done since August 2019

Numbers 43: Quotes from the Bible
& Philosophical Texts; 43rd Trigraph
from Ling Ch'i Ching: and Case 43
from Mumonkan and Hekiganroku.

Monday, February 24, 2020, 7:50-8:22 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
Karen picks me up at Los Altos Library @ 7:30 pm
to go shopping at Safeway & ride home afterwards.

4 Planter's Unsalted Peanuts 16 oz @ $1.90;
10 Yoplait Yogurt @ 29¢ Gallon Milk $2.98;
Egg Potato Salad $5.69; Pudding Cake FREE. Monday, February 24, 2020, 9:12-9:24 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave);
1/2-hour walk for 4 Daily Post at Valero Gas Station;
As Bus #40 came @ 9:49 pm, walked home instead

Quaker Instant Oatmeal @ $4.99—
Buy 2 Get 3 Free = $9.98 for 5 boxes;
3 Coupons $1.00 off for 2; Total= $6.98.

Monday, February 24, 2020, 5:30-7:30 pm
Los Altos Library: While waiting for Karen,
found books to type on Poem 43 from 8 poets;
Checked out The Gift: Poems by Hafiz
and Su Tung-p'o translated by Burton Watson

New Poems of Emily Dickinson, James Richardson's By the Numbers, Robert Creeley, Robert Bly,
e.e. cummings 73 Poems, Mary Oliver's Evidence,
Pablo Neruda's 100 Love Sonnets,
and Basho: The Complete Haikus Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 8:35-8:45 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Sir Adrian Boult conducts
London Symphony Orchestra to Ralph Vaughan Williams's English Folk Song Suite (1923); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Mystery in History 1923

First issue of Time Magazine (3-3);
Yankee Stadium opens in the Bronx (4-18);
Prince Albert, Duke of York (later George VI,
King of UK) marries Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon
(later The Queen Mother) (4-26-1923).

Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 9:32 am-12:56 pm
Mountain View: Apartment Computer Room
Typed Chapter 43 & Verse 43 in 14 books instead
of lugging them on Bus #40 to Foothill Krause Center

Chang Tsai, Ch'eng Hao, Ch'eng I, Chu Hsi,
Wang Yang Ming, Rinzai, Joshu, Seung Sahn,
Kido, Lankavatara Sutra, Kay Ryan, Wei Wu Wei. Tuesday, February 25, 2020, 2:20-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Brought 7 books to type on Number 43—
Zen Teaching of Huang Po, Ashtavakra Geeta,

Sage Ninomiya's Evening Talks, The Gift: Hafiz,
A.E.'s Song and Its Fountains, Su Tung-p'o,
Notebooks of Paul Brunton, Volume 16.

Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 8:31-8:37 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: William Christie conducts
Les Arts Florissants to Marc-Antoine Charpentier's
The Imaginary Invalid: Overture (1673); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Mystery in History 1673

Molière collapses on stage performing Imaginary Invalid and dies (2-17); Marquette & Joliet reach the headwaters of the Mississippi River (6-17); Dutch recapture New York from British (8-9-1673). Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 12:00-7:17 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Books to type on Number 43— Su Tung-p'o, Notebooks
of Paul Brunton, Volume 16, Ficino's Letters Meditations on the Soul, Frederick Franck's Book of Angelus Silesius

Subramuniya's Lesson 43 in Merging with Siva, Emily Dickinson's Poem 43, Edna St. Vincent Millay's Sonnet XLIII from The Harp-Weaver
typed in Apt's Computer Room 9:57-10:39 am.

Thursday, February 27, 2020, 8:31-8:37 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Ray Chen plays violin
with Made in Berlin Quartet to Claude Debussy's
Suite bergamasque: Clair de lune (1905); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Mystery in History 1905

Second inauguration of US President Theodore Roosevelt (3-4); Wright brothers' 3rd aeroplane (Wright Flyer III) stays in the air for 39 minutes (10-5); Einstein's 4 papers revolutionizes physics: mass-energy equivalence E=mc² (11-21-1905). Thursday, February 27, 2020, 12:00-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Books to type on Number 43— Basho: The Complete Haikus; Wu Cheng 'en's Journey to the West, Volume II; Marcus Aurelius' Meditations; Kenneth Koch's Poems

Happy 43rd Birthday Page for niece Elisa—
Hiroshige's Edo Woodcut #43; 43 petals Peace Rose; Tao Te Ching Verse 43; At age 43: Dante, Brunelleschi, Beethoven, Brahms, JFK; Stamps:
43 Denomination from Australia, Cyprus, & Spain.

Friday, February 28, 2020, 8:32-8:46 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Ole Kristian Ruud conducts
Trondheim Symphony Orchestra to Johan Svendsen's
Norwegian Rhapsody #3 Op 21 (1876); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Mystery in History 1876

Johns Hopkins University is founded in Baltimore (2-22); Rutherford B. Hayes winner over Samuel Jones Tilden in 1876 Presidential Election (11-7);
Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
novel is published (December 1876). Friday, February 28, 2020, 1:10-3:30 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Bus #21 doesn't go to Social Services (1300 Middlefield Rd); Took Google Gray Bus there to see Erica (11 am-noon); Foothill Library has Kenneth Koch's Poems

Numbers 43: Krishna Print #43: Face of Krishna; Hiroshige Woodcut #43: Edo Bridge; Need to catch 3:40 pm Bus #40 to Stanford Theatre movies, no time to type books Wu Cheng 'en's Journey to the West, Volume II & Marcus Aurelius' Meditations;

Saturday, February 29, 2020, 12:15-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Leap Year Day: Composer Gioachino Rossini was born
on Feb. 29, 1792; lived to 76, but had just 19 birthdays;
Google Doodle 2-29-2016 has cute Bunny #29 leaping;
Sadie Hawkins dance: Women ask men to dance today.

Born on February 29: Pope Paul III (1468);
Morarji Desai (1896); Jimmy Dorsey (1904);
Pepper Martin (1904); Balthus (1908); Dinah Shore (1916); Howard Nemerov (1920); Al Rosen (1924). Saturday, February 29, 2020, 12:15-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills: Foothill College Krause Center
Stanford Theatre had The Bad Sleep Well ending 9:45 pm, but it ended @ 10:01 pm, so missed 9:58 pm Bus 22 to catch last 10:19 pm Bus 40; Got 10:20 pm Bus 22, walked down Rengstorff Ave (10:43-11:20 pm) home.

Type books on Numbers 43: Wu Cheng 'en's
Journey to the West, Volume II, Marcus Aurelius' Meditations; Wei Wu Wei's Ask the Awakened; Notebooks of Paul Brunton, Volume 16.