Haikus: January 2020

HAIKUS: January 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.

Wednesday, January 1, 2020, Midnight-2:20 am
Mountain View: Mom said "Whatever you do on
New Year's Eve & Day will carry over for the rest
of the year." Wrote 15 stanzas & 60-lines poem
"The Janitor Crushed Me Debating on Rodin"—

Professor Elsen's 9-11-1992 letter,
18 pages notes on his 9-15 Matisse lecture,
and his signing of my 50¢ torn copy of his
first book on "Rodin" inspired this poem. Wednesday, January 1, 2020, 5:45-7:30 pm
Los Altos: Chef Chu (1067 N San Antonio Rd);
Karen picks me up at 5:15 pm; invites me for New Year
dinner with her friends Sharon and Don Dowell (Lockheed Martin) of Volcano & North Dakota

Crispy Angel-Hair Noodles (Shrimp, Scallops, Veggies), Sizzling Rice Soup, Yu Shang Pork, Tangerine Chicken, Braised Tofu, Brown Rice.
Don orders bottle of District 7 Cabenet Sauvignon.

Thursday, January 2, 2020, 11:45 am-4:45 pm
Mountain View: Apartment Computer Room
Typed poem in Microsoft Word (2 pages)
"The Janitor Crushed Me Debating on Rodin"—

Links to Columbia Art History Professors—
Howard Hibbard; Howard Davis;
Dustin Rice; Meyer Schapiro. Thursday, January 2, 2020, 5:45-7:00 pm
Los Altos Library: Caught 5:08 pm Bus #40 here
Returned 3 Poetry Books and Anthony C. Yu's
"The Journey to the West", Volume 4

Former ballroom dance partner Theresa
sent Holiday Photo Greeting Card from
Seattle with 2019 Newsletter of travels.

Friday, January 3, 2020, 8:32-8:40 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Matthias Bamert conducts London Mozart Players to William Herschel's Symphony #2 in D (1760); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2); Mystery in History 1760

Great Fire of Boston, destroys 349 buildings (3-20);
Joseph Merlin gave first demonstration of roller skates (4-22); First Jewish prayer books printed in North America (10-23-1760). Friday, January 3, 2020, 10:53-11:40 am
Mountain View: Apartment Computer Room
"Nature Walka 2019" missing Easter Displays (2-27);
Winchester Boulevard (3-24-2019); Greg Reppen Get Together (5-14); Hakone Gardens Tea Ceremony (7-21)

Thanks to Al Guzman for 2019 walks in
Richmond, Livermore, Winchester Blvd and
Shoreline Blvd & Hakone Gardens with Karen.

Friday, January 3, 2020, 10:53 am-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Apartment Computer Room
Searched for 2020 Pocket Calendar in Google Images
before finding one at a-printable-calendar.com

Original size was 73%—
100% still too small; 120% too large;
115% printed landscape format just right. Friday, January 3, 2020, 7:30-9:00 pm
Palo Alto: Friends Meeting House (957 Colorado Ave)
Waverley Writers Poetry Reading (18 poets came)
Joel Katz gives me a ride home

Read two poems tonight—
"Aladdin's Lamp & Magic Carpet"
and "Concerning Pets".

Saturday, January 4, 2020, 1:40-5:00 pm
Los Altos Library: On Sale Shelves: Douglas Brode's
The Films of Steven Spielberg (2000) $21.95 for $3.00; Hal Leonard's 100 Greatest Pop Songs $24.95 for $3.00;
Emailed Karen on this 493 pages of sheet music
since she plays & teaches piano

Santa Clara Libraries don't have
these books but they're too heavy
to buy and bring home. Saturday, January 4, 2020, 1:40-5:00 pm
Los Altos Library: "Seeing 2020" (By Kurt Snibbe, Mercury News, 12-29-2019, B12); if you have 20/20
vision, you can read smallest type on eye chart from 20
ft away; Hermann Snellen developed eye chart in 1862;
Richard Armour's Classics Reclassified (1968): Toasts:

"Here's health to those I love and wealth to
those who love me". "May the hinges of friendship
never rust, nor the wings of love lose a feather".

Sunday, January 5, 2020, 3:15-5:35 pm
Los Altos Library: Typed up Poem "Where Is My Veggie Dinner Plate?" in Yahoo Drafts on dream of January 4 @ 8:40 am; "I shouted in the cafeteria / having gathered stir-fried string beans, / snow peas, water chestnuts, baby corn— / ready to eat and now it's gone... Sage Ramana Maharshi told / his students "The same mind / creating the dream world is / makng the waking world now / and both states are illusory!— /

It's time to wake up, wake up
to the real eternal state and
taste the bliss of fullness. Sunday, January 5, 2020, 7:30-10:30 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Victor Fleming directs
"Gone With The Wind" (1939) with Clark Gable,
Vivien Leigh, Leslie Howard, Olivia de Havilland,
Hattie McDaniel, Thomas Mitchell, Barbara O' Neil,
Howard Hickman, Ona Munson, Cammie King;
Laura Hope Crews, Harry Davenport, Butterfly McQueen; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11);
(Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7); Screen Tests; Fun Facts

First film to win 8 Oscars
including Best Picture, Best Director,
Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress.

Monday, January 6, 2019, 11:28 am-5:05 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Half-hour walk to Football Field through Lot #1C
to find the Track (8 lanes) for Rita O'Loughlin's
PHED 27 class "Walk for Health"

Went to Registrar to register for William Cavada's; LINC70B "Web Page Design II" class (2/10-3/20); However need Cavada's signature for Add-On. Monday, January 6, 2019, 6:00-6:21 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Rd.)
Since Krause Center closed at 5 pm, better to do
shopping today than tomorrow after 7:00 pm;
Caught 6:43 pm Bus #40 home

Raincheck: Brussels Sprouts 63¢;
2.09 lbs Walnut Halves @ $3.99/lb = $8.34;
2.03 lbs Dried Sweet Ginger @ $3.89/lb = $7.90.

Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 8:31-8:39 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Jos´ Serebrier conducts
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra to
Antonin Dvorak's Legend #4 in C Op. 59 (1882); CD
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Mystery in Music History 1882

P. T. Barnum acquires the elephant Jumbo, from
the London Zoo. (2-3); Richard Wagner's opera Parsifal debuts in Bavaria (7-26); Thomas Edison lights a square mile of lower Manhattan (9-4-1882). Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 8:39-8:45 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Joshua Bell plays violin as
Andrew Litton conducts Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
to Jules Massenet's Thaïs: Meditation (1894); CD:
Joshua Bell's The Romantic Violin; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Beautiful courtesan Thaïs tells Denobite monk
Athanël that she'll give up her hedonistic life
and follow him to the desert to be an ascetic,
but he's tempted and falls in love with her.

Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 10:10 am-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Wrote 24 Haikus: Dec. 21-31, 2019 yesterday (4 hours);
Wrote 18 Haikus: January 1-7, 2020 today (3 hours)

Luckily, wrote haikus each day in
Yahoo Drafts at Los Altos Library & converted
to HTML when Krause Center opened January 6. Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 10:10 am-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Convert to HTML: Poem in Microsoft Word
"The Janitor Crushed Me Debating on Rodin"

in Yahoo Drafts: "Where's My Veggie Dinner Plate?"— first two poems of 2020;
Web page: "Movies of 1939".

Tuesday, January 7, 2020, 7:30-7:49 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd.)
Cashier Shawn overcharged groceries $3.08 today—
2 lbs Sig. Kit. Tater Treats $2.14 (charged $4.28 for 2)
Caught 8:13 pm Bus #40 (came early @ 8:09 pm) home

6.3 oz Gorton Salmon Fillets $3.99;
32 oz. Lucerne Strawberry Yogurt $2.00;
4 Azumaya Firm Tofu @ 99¢ = $3.96. Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 6:56-7:00 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Erich Kunzel conducts
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra to Giuseppe Verdi's
Rigoletto: La donna e mobile (1851); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Saw this opera at California Theatre
many years ago with Ann's parents
with good view of action on the stage.

Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 7:14-7:23 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Gustavo Dudamel conducts
Simon Bolivar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela to
Beethoven's Symphony #5 in c Op. 67 (1851); CD;
(YouTube: Blomstedt, Bernstein, Karajan, Toscanini)

After my dream of January 4— more urgent
to listen to Beethoven's Fifth Symphony's
"dun dun dun DUN!" to wake up! wake up! Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 8:33-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: John Morris Russell conducts
Cincinnati Pops Orchestra to Jerry Goldsmith's
Supergirl: End credits (1984); CD; (YouTube:
1, 2, 3); Mystery in Music History 1984

Apple Computer's 1984 ad for Macintosh (1-22);
Bruce Springsteen releases Born in the USA (6-4);
Film Ghostbusters is released (6-7-1984).

Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 10:45-11:50 am
Mountain View: Walmart (600 Showers Drive)
No pedometer for sale in store, only online;
CVS (2630 W. El Camino Real): Pharmacist tells
me to look in Aisle 12, but no pedometer is found

Took 11:57 am Bus #40 to Foothill College;
Without a pedometer or lock to put belongings,
didn't go to PHED27 "Walk for Health" class. Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 11:20 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Web page: "Movies of 1939". Yesterday arranged Haikus of 31 films of 1939 (directors, casts, videos, reviews) seen at Stanford Theatre next to 16 Theatre Marquee photos.

Format 31 photos of 1939 films from
Stanford Theatre window displays, lobby
posters, & placards in Memorabilia Room.

Wednesday, January 8, 2020, 6:50-7:05 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd.)
Customer Service: Showed Jan. 7 receipt of Shawn's
$3.08 overcharge on Tofu and 2 lbs Potato Puffs

Received $3.08 refund + $5 Safway Reward Card;
Also raincheck for $3.99 Gorton Salmon Fillets;
Caught 7:25 pm Bus #40 (Driver Rudy) home. Thursday, January 9, 2020, 8:30-8:35 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Alicia de Larrocha plays piano to
Enrique Granados's Danza espanola #8 'Asturiana' in C (1890); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Mystery in History 1890

1st American football game in Ohio State (5-3);
Lime-green is first described as a color (7-14);
Death of Vincent van Gogh (7-29-1890).

Thursday, January 9, 2020, 10:35-11:00 am
Mountain View: Kaiser Permanente (555 Castro St.)
Vial of Humulin $12; Insulin Syringes (200) $18.81;
Didn't buy LifeLine Pedometer for $13.95

No more Bus #34 across apt to Castro St.;
9:53 am Bus #40 to California St. and
10:20 am Bus #21 to Byrant Ave. Thursday, January 9, 2020, 11:40 am-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Web page: "Movies of 1939". Yesterday,
formatted 31 photos at Stanford Theatre

Format 40 photos of 1939 films from
Stanford Theatre window displays, lobby
posters, & placards (11- 24-2019 to 1-5-2020).

Friday, January 10, 2020, 8:31-8:36 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: James Sedaras conducts
New Zealand Symphony Orchestra to
Miklós Rózsa's The Lost Weekend: Finale (1945);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Mystery in History 1945

Ben Hogan wins 1st PGA Tour at Nashville Invitationsl (9-3); Rodgers & Hammerstein's musical Carousel opens (4-19); Cartoon character
Casper the Friendly Ghost debuts (11-16-1945). Friday, January 10, 2020, 10:12 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Web page: "Movies of 1939". Arrange 70 photos formatted into rows of 3 horizontal photos & 4 vertical photos; Extend Preface of favorite films seen

Most photos taken at Stanford Theatre
display windows have reflections and
need editing and resizing in Photoshop;
Lobby photos of posters came out fine.

Friday, January 10, 2020, 6:15-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Lam's Hair & Nails (2464 El Camino)
Request #1 short crew hair cut with some left to comb

Wore light blue shirt instead of flannel shirt;
Took off vest sweater to minimize trimmed hair.
Caught 6:43 pm Bus #40 at Showers Drive home. Saturday, January 11, 2020, 9:10 am-3:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Web page: "Movies of 1939" finally finished

Scanned backside of "80 Year Ago" brochure;
Added in Preface about Louis Bromfield who
went to Cornell & Columbia, where I also studied.

Saturday, January 11, 2020, 9:00-12:00 pm
Palo Alto: Cubberley Pavilion (4000 Middlefield Rd)
Hour walk to ballroom dancing wearing scarf in the cold

Hendrik Fischer who gives me a ride home
didn't come tonight; Luckily, Vernica who
danced hustle with me offered me ride home. Sunday, January 12, 2020, 2:55-5:35 pm
Los Altos Library: Tuned in to NFL Playoffs:
Kansas City Chiefs beat Houston Texans 51-31

after being down 24-0; Green Bay Packers
leading Seattle Seahawks 21-3 (Final: 28-23);
Sent "Happy New Year" Greetings to friends.

Monday, January 13, 2020, 8:32-8:36 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic play Erik Satie's Gymnopedie #1 (1888);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Mystery in History 1888

National Geographic Society is founded (1-13); Handel's Israel in Egypt recorded onto wax cylinder (6-29); Washington Monument officially opens in Washington, D.C. to the public (10-9-1888). Monday, January 13, 2020, 11:23-11:50 am
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Registrar
Email said I'm not officially registered;
VTA Clipper Card not working today

Registrar confirmed I'm registered for LINC70B;
Went to Smart Shop to make sure Clipper Card
is working; Coordinator Rick Edwards placed Winter 2020 sticker on my Foothill Owl Card.

Monday, January 13, 2020, 12:05-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Change Veggie Plate background from yellow to white;
Placed photos on right side of poem instead of Notes

Angel Cake in Dream State;
Quaker Oatmeal in Waking State;
Ramana Maharshi; "Awakened State". Monday, January 13, 2020, 12:05-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Poem "The Janitor Crushed Me Debating on Rodin"
Find "Gates of Hell" photo at Stanford Rodin Garden

Lots of images to scan for Notes to Poem
"The Janitor Crushed Me Debating on Rodin"—
Professor Albert Elsen's Matisse flyers & letter.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 8:35-8:43 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Yaara Tal & Andreas Groethuysen play piano to Franz Schubert's Characteristic March #1
in C D.968B (1826); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3);
Mystery in History 1826

Eggnog Riot breaks out at the U.S. Military Academy in West Point (12-25); Sing Sing Prison opens (1826); John Adams & Thomas Jefferson died on 50th anniversary of July 4th (7-4-1826). Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 11:06 am-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Centering poem "Where Is My Veggie Plate?";
"Diego, Tortoise Whose High Sex Drive Helped Save His Species, Retires" (Aimee Ortiz, NY Times, 1-12-20)

"Amorous giant tortoise from San Diego saved
his species from extinction" (San Diego Union Tribune) "Playboy tortoise had so much sex,
fathering 800-1000 tortoises." (CNN, 1-13-2020).

Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 11:06 am-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Scanned 12 images for Notes to Albert Elsen poem—
CPITS Flyer; CPITS Flyer 2; Elsen Letter; Letter2;

Elsen Lecture 1-2; Elsen Lecture 5-6;
Elsen's Rodin Book; Torn Back Cover;
Elsen signing book bought for 50¢; Memorial. Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 11:06 am-7:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Found France 1015 stamp: Matisse Blue Nudes
at colnect.com (issued November 10, 1961)

Used Elsen's Matisse Lecture flyer
as template to create Matisse Blue Nudes
flyer done originally in Adobe Illustrator.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 8:10-8:17 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd.)
Asked Jack to stop by so I could get specials—

32 oz. Lucerne Strawberry Yogurt $2.18;
3 lbs Sig. Cafe Classic Potato Salad = $5.99
with coupon from this week's Safeway flyer. Tuesday, January 14, 2020, 8:30-9:40 pm
Mountain View: Jack drove me home to talk
to neighbor Don Richards on pro bono lawyers

to avoid getting evicted from his apt—
American Legionnaire, Salvation Army,
and St. Paul Lutheran Church in Mountain View

Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 7:00-7:10 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Joshua Bell plays violin as
Andrew Litton conducts Royal Philharmonic Orchestra:
Pablo de Sarasate's Zigeunerweisen Op. 20 (1878); CD; (YouTube: Joshua Bell, Julia Fischer, Jascha Heifetz, Itzhak Perlman , Yehudi Menuhin, Sarah Chang, Cael Smith, Anne Sophie Mutter, Fiona Zheng, Gil Shaham

Pablo Sarasate plays Zigeunerweisen (1904);
His Gypsy Airs is favorite of violin virtuosos;
Recall seeing a Chinese film on Sarasate with
my Mom in New York's Chinatown (1970s). Wednesday, January 15, 2020, 8:31-8:37 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Lisa Batiashvili plays violin
as Andy Brown conducts London Metropolitan Orchestra to Ilan Eshkeri's The White Crow (2019);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Mystery in History 2019

Pope Francis arrives in Abu Dhabi, as first pope to visit Arabian Peninsula (2-3); Scientists from Event Horizon Telescope project show first ever image
of a black hole, located in M87 galaxy (4-10); Avengers: Endgame released in theaters, becoming highest grossing movie of all time. (4-26-2019).

Thursday, January 16, 2020, 8:31-8:35 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Anna Pope & Nancy Ruffer play flute; Helen Crayford plays piano to Arthur Sullivan's Twilight (1868); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4);
Mystery in History 1868

University of California is founded in Oakland, California (3-23); Emperor Meiji of Japan announces that name of city of Edo is to be changed to Tokyo, (9-3); Thomas Edison applies for his first patent, electric vote recorder (10-28-1868). Thursday, January 16, 2020, 10:34-10:43 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Marin Alsop conducts Royal Scottish National Orchestra: Samuel Barber's Adagio for Strings Op. 11 (1936); CD; (YouTube: Leonard Bernstein, Andrzej Kucybaìa, Leonard Slatkin, Gustavo Dudamel)

This music is Samuel Barber's most famous piece;
Alexander J. Morin said it was "full of pathos & cathartic passion"; Played at the funerals of Albert Einstein & Princess Grace of Monaco; Broadcast
on BBC Radio after the death of Princess Diana.

Thursday, January 16, 2020, 12:33-1:45 pm
Mountain View: Waited from 10:00 am to 12:33 pm
for friend to bring Mary McCarthy's Memories of a Catholic Girlhood (1957) to read for February 19th meeting of Stanford's Another Look Book Discussion

It was raining so she drove me to Foothill Krause
Center, stopping at Chef Chu's newspaper bins to
pick up Daily Post, Mountain View Voice, & Metro. Thursday, January 16, 2020, 1:55-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to Poem: "The Janitor Crushed Me Debating on Rodin"— using 12 images scanned
Tuesday, and Columbia's art history professors

Misplaced flyers done for 3rd & 4th Annual
Full Moon Waverley Writers Poetry Reading
at Stanford Rodin Sculpture Garden (1993-1994).

Thursday, January 16, 2020, 9:57-10:45 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Frank Peter Zimmermann plays violin; Jeffrey Tate conducts English Chamber Orchestra to Ludwig van Beethoven's Violin Concerto in D Op. 61 (1806); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Zimmermann played a 1711 Stradivarius
violin known as the "Lady Inchiquin",
previously played by Fritz Kreisler. Friday, January 17, 2020, 11:52 am-4:17 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to Poem: "The Janitor Crushed Me Debating on Rodin"— (find Elsen's Rodin books);
Missed 4:23 pm Bus #40; Got to Theatre @ 5:38 pm

Going to Stanford Theatre today
to see Little Women (1949) 5:15-7:20 pm
and Little Women (1933) 7:30-9:30 pm.

Friday, January 17, 2020, 5:15-7:20 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: Mervyn LeRoy
directs "Little Women" (1949) with June Allyson,
Peter Lawford, Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor,
Janet Leigh, Rossano Brazzi, Mary Astor, Lucile Watson, C. Aubrey Smith, Elizabeth Patterson; Leon Ames, Harry Davenport, Richard Stapley, Connie Gilchrist, llen Corby; (Video: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Links to U.S. stamps 861 & 862 (issued 2-5-1940)

1868 book Little Women's author
Louisa May Alcott was a transcendentalist,
and good friend of Ralph Waldo Emerson. Friday, January 17, 2020, 7:30-9:30 pm
Palo Alto, Stanford Theatre: George Cukor directs
"Little Women" (1933) with Katharine Hepburn,
Joan Bennett, Frances Dee, Jean Parker, Paul Lukas,
Spring Byington, Douglass Montgomery, Edna May Oliver, Henry Stephenson, John Davis Lodge;
Samuel S. Hinds, Nydia Westman, Harry Beresford, Mabel Colcord, Olin Howland, Marion Ballou;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

First sound film of Little Women (1933);
Little Women (1994) with Winona Ryder;
Little Women (2019) with Saoirse Ronan.

Saturday, January 18, 2020, 10:40 am-4:30 pm
Los Altos Library: On Sale Shelves: Dugald A. Steer's Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin (2005) $18.95 for $3; Los Altos Library has it (J398.21Steer); Saratoga Library has book on reserve for In-Library use;
Bought it for grandnieces Sophia & Lilly (age 12 & 6)

Use quotes from book for chapter
on Merlin's Wizard hat shaped
like the Platonic Lambda Λ. Saturday, January 18, 2020, 10:40 am-4:30 pm
Los Altos Library: Photos for Notes to Poem:
"The Janitor Crushed Me Debating on Rodin"—
Obituary: "Albert Elsen,| 67, Art Historian
and an Authority on Rodin" (By Roberta Smith,
NY Times, 2-8-1995); Photos of Elsen with tie—

Elsen taught Art History
at Carleton College (1952-1958);
Professor Elsen at Stanford (1968-1995).

Saturday, January 18, 2020, 5:15-6:00 pm
Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd); Karen picks me up at Los Altos Library (4:30 pm) for shopping; 10 Gorton Salmon Fillets BOGO @ $5.99= $29.95; Cashier didn't accept Salmon Fillets Raincheck 10 @ $3.99 (save $10)

3 Galbani String Mozarella Cheese @ $2.99;
4 Sig. Select Thin-Crust Pizzas @ $1.79;
5 Ken's Salad Dressings @ 49¢. Sunday, January 19, 2020, 3:40-5:35 pm
Los Altos Library: Didn't stay home to listen to
NFC Championship Playoff: 49ers vs Green Bay Packers; Came to Library for work since it's closed tomorrow; Checked score: 49ers leading Packers 27-7

Returned 3 Filoli Gardens books; Bookmarked
news "Game of Inches! Niners Take NFC West"
& "Dre Greenlaw's game-winning tackle" (12-30).

Monday, January 20, 2019, 2:29-2:40 pm
Mountain View: Missed 2:17 pm & 2:29 pm Bus #40
(that came early); Wait for next Bus #40 at 2:56 pm

Surprise— Jack Mullen stop to pick me up
for ride to Sprouts; He brought empty boxes
for neighbor Don to donate unwanted items. Monday, January 20, 2019, 2:50-3:14 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Rd.)
Spinach Salad $1.99; Caught 3:43 pm Bus #40 home

18 oz Wheat Germ $2.79; 18 oz Blueberries $2.88;
3.11 lbs Walnut Halves @ $3.99/lb = $12.41;
6 Terra Veggie Chips @ $3.99 (BOGO) = $11.97.

Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 6:58-7:07 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Richard Tognetti plays
violin with Australian Chamber Orchestra
to Antonio Vivaldi's 4 Seasons: Winter in f
RV 297 (1717); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4)

"Love at First Listen"— recalling
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons: Winter
that inspired my first poem "I See Joy". Tuesday, January 21, 2020, 9:50 am-8:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to Poem: "The Janitor Crushed Me Debating on Rodin"— (Photos of Elsen with tie on
for Notes: Carleton College; Stanford University)

France 1015 Blue Nudes for Elsen's Lecture flyer;
France B393 Coco Writing for CPITS brochure;
Rodin & 1906 Dancers; Cambodian Dancers.

Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 8:31-8:35 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Bjarte Engeset conducts
Malmö Symhpony Orchestra to Edvard Grieg's
Norwegian March Op. 54 (1891); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Mystery in History 1868

Jesse W. Reno patents the first escalator at Coney Beach. (3-15); Music Hall in NY (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening (5-5); Stanford University, California opens its doors (10-1-1891). Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 11:50 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Writing Notes to Poem: "The Janitor Crushed Me Debating on Rodin"— 8 images missing and need
to be uploaded to web site WisdomPortal.com

Scanned image of Flyer 3rd Gates of Hell Open Poetry Reading at Stanford Rodin Sculpture Garden & Poem: "The Morning After You Died I Touch a Rodin's Burgher Who Shares My Name" (2-3-95).

Thursday, January 23, 2020, 8:32-8:40 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Michael Halász conducts
Czech Chamber Philharmonic Orchestra, Pardubice
to Domenico Cimarosa's La finta Frascatana (1776);
CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Mystery in History 1776

Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense (1-10); John Adams & Thomas Jefferson sign Declaration of Independence (7-4); Phi Beta Kappa began at College of William & Mary (12-5-1776). Thursday, January 23, 2020, 11:00 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
An hour to design "Yard Sale" flyer for neighbor
Don Richards; Donald Duck; Cornucopia;
Leaves Border; Trees Border (Enlarged)

Neighbor Don Richards bought many items
at Estate Sales over the years— It's time
for him to unload some of these treasures
in a yard sale to declutter his apartment.

Thursday, January 23, 2020, 11:00 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"New insights into monarch butterflies' mysterious migrations" (Contrary to conventional wisdom,
the butterfly's east & west populations are linked.)
(By Lisa Krieger, Mercury News, 1-22-2020, A1, A6)

Susan emails to wish "Happy Chinese New Year";
Planned to send her "Monarch Butterflies" news
since she and AC visit Monterey to see them. Thursday, January 23, 2020, 11:00 am-6:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
8 days (Jan. 15-22) to finish writing Notes to poem
"The Janitor Crushed Me Debating on Rodin"—
Poems read 8-15-1992: "Çacountala", "Under Apricot Tree I Learned Where We Came From" (1-1-1992),

"How They Fall" (3-1-1992), "Study of Transformation" (3-31-1992), "Sacred Geometry"
(4-24-1992), and "The M Showed Me" (6-4-1992).

Friday, January 24, 2020, 8:31-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Guido Schiefen plays cello
as Gerard Oskamp conducts West German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cologne to Jacques Offenbach's
"Daydreaming by the Sea" (1848); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Mystery in History 1848

California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill (1-24); University of Wisconsin is founded (7-26); Zachary Taylor defeats Lewis Cass for U.S. President (11-7-1848). Friday, January 24, 2020, 11:52 am-4:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
The Corrective Lens Photo Exhibit at Krause Center
KCI Gallery (Jan. 23-March 20, 2020); Jack called me
yesterday to see Marilyn Howard's "Hill of Crosses"
in Lithuania (2017); "100,000 Crosses"; Wikipedia

Links to Cross; Maltese Cross; Cross of Lorraine; Croix de guerre; Longfellow's "Cross of Snow"; "Where Are You?"; Red Cross; Crucifix; Read
René Guénon's Symbolism of the Cross (1931).

Friday, January 24, 2020, 11:52 am-4:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Dream of Exam: "What Is Initiation Time?"
Answered: "Protocols in Spiritual Traditions";
Examiner wants me to provide more details.

Elisabeth Haich's book Initiation;
Black Elk's Ghost Dance for the Great Spirit;
Pythagoreans listen to the Music of the Spheres. Friday, January 24, 2020, 11:52 am-4:45 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Dream of Exam: "What Is Initiation Time?"
Answered: "Protocols in Spiritual Traditions";
Examiner wants me to provide more details.

Taoists polish the Uncarved Block;
Hindus pray to the Elephant God Ganesha;
Sufis do spinning Whirling Dervish dance.

Saturday, January 25, 2020, 8:09-8:15 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Katarzyna Musial plays piano to
Enrique Granados's Danza espanola #5 "Andaluza"
(1890); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)

Students with a fiery temperament
and a sense of passion should do
well if choosing to play this piece. Saturday, January 25, 2020, 11:40 am-4:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
2009 Lincoln Penny": Birth & Early Childhood, Formative Years, Professional Life, Presidency.

Received 4 Lincoln 100th Anniversary Pennies
(2009) free from Littleton Coin Company, NH;
Returned coins not bought on 15-days approvals.

Sunday, January 26, 2020, 2:50-5:35 pm
Los Altos Library: A 2014 music sheet book
100 Light Classics for Piano Solo (450 pages)
on Sales Wagon $24.95 for $5.00 (Emailed Karen
to buy it) as it had 4.5 out of 5 rating, and all three
copies in Santa Clara Libraries were checked out.

Karen bought 100 Greatest Pop Songs for $3;
Perhaps this book will have more music
for her to teach piano playing to students. Sunday, January 26, 2020, 2:50-5:35 pm
Los Altos Library: "LeBron James passes Lakers legend Kobe Bryant for third on NBA's all-time scoring list"
(By Ben Rohrbach, Yahoo Sports, 1-25-2020)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (38,387), Karl Malone (36,928);
LeBron James (36,655), Kobe Bryant (33,643 points).

After learning LeBron passed Kobe in scoring,
read tragic news of Kobe Bryant died
in helicopter crash with his daughter.

Monday, January 27, 2020, 8::32-8:36 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Jennifer Koh plays violin as
Alexander Vedernikov conducts Odense Symphony Orchestra to Peter Tchaikovsky's Souvenir d'un lieu cher: Scherzo Op. 42 #2 (1878); CD; (Video: 1, 2, 3, 4);
Mystery in History 1878

Phonograph is patented by Thomas Edison (2-19);
Gilbert & Sullivan's H.M.S. Pinafore debuts (5-25);
Virginia Tech opens in Blacksburg, VA (10-1-78).
Monday, January 27, 2020, 11:15 am-5:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
The Corrective Lens Photo Exhibit at Krause Center
KCI Gallery (Jan. 23-March 20, 2020); Took 3 photos:
KCI Gallery of Photos; The Corrective Lens;
Marilyn Howard's Hill of Crosses

Cropped Marilyn's photo without frame
or borders— New photo "Hill of Crosses"
will illustrate a poem about the cross.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 7:47-7:54 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Llŷr Williams plays piano to
Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata #8 "Pathetique"
in c Op.13 (1798); CD; (YouTube: Arthur Rubinstein, Yundi Li, Valentina Lisitsa, Dwight Blevins )

Played by Beth in Little Women film—
Margaret O'Brien (1949);
Claire Danes (1994);
Eliza Scanlen (2019).
Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 8:33-8:39 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Yoel Levi conducts
Atlanta Symphony Orchestra to Zoltán Kodaly's
Hary Janos: Suite: Intermezzo (1926); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Mystery in History 1926

Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fuel rocket in Auburn, MA (3-16); College Board administers
the first SAT exam in USA (6-23); Restoration of Williamsburg, Virginia, begins (11-27-1926).

Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 10:20 am-7:00 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Number 43 for niece Elisa's birthday on February 27;

A month of work to compose Numbers—
Did #1-55 today, and hope to complete
in time for Elisa's 43rd birthday on 2/27. Tuesday, January 28, 2020, 7:20-7:54 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Rd.)
Spinach Salad $1.99; Caught 8:13 pm Bus #40 home

2.10 lbs Brazil Nuts @ 8.99/lb = $18.88;
2.69 lbs Roma Tomatoes @ 98¢/lb = $2.64;
2.02 lbs Turkish Apricots @ $2.46/lb = $4.99.

Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 8:31-8:38 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Richard Bonynge conducts
English Chamber Orchestra to Antonio Sacchini's
La contadina in corte: Sinfonia (1765); CD;
(YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); Mystery in History 1765

First chocolate factory founded in America by James Baker (1765); Frederick the Great orders growth of potatoes (1765); James Watt's stroll at Glasgow Green inspired steam engine (5-26-1765). Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 11:15 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composing Number 43 for niece Elisa's birthday
on February 27 using Number 41 as template—
M43's HD 37061 is 26,000x brighter than our Sun.

Shri Yantra is a form of mystical diagram (yantra) of nine interlocking triangles that surround
a central point known as a bindu; it forms
a total of 43 smaller triangles.

Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 11:15 am-6:30 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composing Number 43 for niece Elisa's birthday

Composed ##56-66: Science & Technology—
3 planes, 3 ships, 2 trains, fire engine,
tank, and 43-petals Peace Rose. Wednesday, January 29, 2020, 7:30-7:50 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Rd.)
Rainchecks (Blueberries & Carrots); 8:13 pm Bus #40

2 Almond Breeze @ $4.49 (BOGO free);
18 oz package Blueberries = $2.88;
1 lb bag Baby Carrots = 99¢.

Thursday, January 30, 2020, 8:32-8:40 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Barry Tuckwell plays horn as
Iona Brown conducts Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Field to Johann Quantz's Horn Concerto #3 in Eb (1763); CD; (Video: 1, 2, 3); Mystery in History 1763

Théâtre du Palais-Royal, of Paris Opera destroyed by fire (4-6); Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island, is dedicated (12-2); British Brewer and
entrepreneur John Molson was born (12-28-1763). Thursday, January 30, 2020, 10:22 am-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composing Number 43 for niece Elisa's birthday—
Idaho is the 43rd State admitted to the Union (Dates);
George W. Bush was elected 43rd U.S. President.

The 43rd day of the year = February 12
Born on 2/12: Charles Darwin, Abraham Lincon,
Peter Cooper, George Meredith, Thomas Moran,
Bill Russell, Judy Blume, and Ray Kurzweil.

Thursday, January 30, 2020, 9:10 am
Mountain View: While walking by Redwood Villa,
someone calls "Peter"; I turn around & it's Angie
who takes care of the seniors living there

Asked her about Connie's friend John—
She says "John died on Dec. 26, 2019
at age 101, living a long healthy life." Thursday, January 30, 2020, 10:22 am-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
"Images Show the Sun's Surface in Greater Detail Than Ever Before" (Dennis Overbye, NY Times, 1-30-2020)

These cell-like structures—
each about the size of Texas
heats to 5,000 degrees Celsius.

Thursday, January 30, 2020, 10:22 am-6:50 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composing Number 43— #75: At age 43:

Jeremy Baker's Tolstoy's Bicycle (pp. 305-311)—
Giotto painted Madonna Enthroned (1310);
Brunelleschi designed Florence Cathedral (1420). Thursday, January 30, 2020, 7:35-7:56 pm
Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd); 10 count Lemon
Cheese Strudels $2.50 ($2 off coupon) @ 50¢

2 Galbani String Mozarella Cheese @ $2.99;
32 oz. Lucerne Straberry Yogurt @ $2.00;
3 lbs Classic Potato Salad @ $5.69.

Friday, January 31, 2020, 8:32-8:36 am
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Joshua Bell plays violin as
Paul Coker plays pianos to Fritz Kreisler's Liebesfreud (1905); CD; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); Mystery in History 1905

2nd inauguration: Theodore Roosevelt (3-4-1905);
Las Vegas is founded (5-15); Huckleberry Finn
& Tom Sawyer banned from Library (1905). Friday, January 31, 2020, 10:36 am-5:30 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composing Number 43— #75: At age 43:
Jeremy Baker's Tolstoy's Bicycle (pp. 305-311)—

Dante Alighieri begins Divine Comedy (1308);
Brahms writes Symphony #1 in C minor (1876);
Arthur Sullivan writes music: The Mikado (1885).

Friday, January 31, 2020, 10:36 am-5:30 pm
Los Altos Hills, Foothill College Krause Center
Composing Number 43— #75: At age 43:

St. Francis Xavier's missionary in Japan (1549);
D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928);
Katharine Hepburn's The African Queen (1952). Friday, January 31, 2020, 6:45-7:06 pm
Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd); 10 count Lemon
Raincheck: 16 oz Planters Peanuts @ $1.99

2 Quaker Instant Oatmeal Raisin-Date-Walnut @ $1.69;
2 Quaker Instant Oatmeal (Apple Cinnamon) @ $1.69;
Sig. Kitchen Chunk Imitation Crabmeat @ $1.99.