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.

Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 2:00 pm-9:30 pm Mountain View: "Views" Fall 2020 Newsletter from Mid-Penisula Open Space came yesterday; Nice breathtaking photos from five winners— My favorite photo is Hongyan Liu's "Sky Lupines on the Ridge": foreground flowers with sea of clouds & setting sun in the background.	Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 2:00 pm-9:30 pm Mountain View: Need to add Mercury News articles on wildfires at Big Basin to Ch. 2 "Redwoods" of my book on Platonic Lambda Λ: Soul of the Universe. Forgot to include wizard & Merlin passages from Wizardology: The Book of Secrets of Merlin in Chapter 9: Wizard Hat for my book.
Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 2:00 pm-9:30 pm Mountain View: In poem "Meditations on 69", Ann likes Ch'eng Hao's "The correct principle is central and straight." Famous brothers' longevity— Ch'eng Hao (1032-1085) 53, Ch'eng I (1033-1107) 74; Wilbur Wright (1867-1912) 45, Orville Wright (1871-1948) 77; Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) 78, Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) 73.	Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 2:00 pm-9:30 pm Mountain View: A.C. Graham's Two Chinese Philosophers: Cheng Brothers (1958) was one of Dad's favorite books as they were enlightened by Chou Tun-yi When Jimmy & Mom went to China in 1985, they brought copy of a plaque saying the mother of Ch'eng Brothers had a dream when he was born in 1033 of "fire in the sky": Halley's Comet of 1033?
Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 2:20 pm-9:30 pm Mountain View: "MUSIC: 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love the Violin"" (By 17 Music Professionals, NY Times, 9-2-2020); Hilary Hahn: I hold my breath every time I listen to it, or play it: "The Lark Ascending" It is all of art in one place: nature, music, poetry, imagery & imagination. It lifts you immediately out of your seat, out of the space you're in, and carries you through the ether, through intense emotions, through joyful, sunny countryside revelry, through sheer orchestral lushness. The final note returns you to your own soul, yet still you are soaring	Wednesday, September 2, 2020, 2:20 pm-9:30 pm Mountain View: Added passages from Wizardology: The Book of Secrets of Merlin to Ch. 9: Wizard Hat and Merlin's demise by sorceress Nimue (Emma Jung's comparison: Lao Tzu not tempted by female dancer) Added 8 photos & 5 news articles on wildfires damaging Big Basin Redwoods State Park in Chapter 2: Platonic Lambda Λ Redwoods— Big Basin Redwoods State Park Signpost; Big Basin Redwood Tree Rings Gone; Big Basin Headquarters Destroyed; Wildfire Burning Coast Redwood.
Thursday, September 3, 2020, 12:30-5:00 pm Mountain View: "STYLE: Jane Fonda, Intergalactic Eco-Warrior in a Red Coat" (I wanted to be schooled by Jane Fonda. From Black Panthers to Green New Deal, from a legendary sex life to no sex life, from plastic surgery to plastic prison handcuffs, from "Barbarella" to Quentin Tarantino, from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump, from Marilyn Monroe to TikTok, from bad vibes over Hanoi Jane to good vibrators.) Great long interview by Maureen Dowd, NY Times, 9-2-2020.	Thursday, September 3, 2020, 5:30-7:25 pm Palo Alto: Karen picks me up at 5:05 pm & drives to her apt to see "The Time Traveller's Wife" (2009) directed by Robert Schwentke with Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Arliss Howard, Ron Livingston, Stephen Tobolowsky, Michelle Nolden, Hailey McCann, Brooklynn Proulx, Alex Ferris, Philip Craig; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4) Claire meets Henry in the library— He has no idea who she is, but she had seen him as her future husband.
Friday, September 4, 2020, 5:00-5:20 pm Mountain View: Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) Lost my Cal-Fresh Card on 8/31 shopping here; Found it at Customer Service with my name on card; 5:44 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home 3 lbs Reser's Deviled Egg Potato Salad @ $6.00; Sig. Select Quiche Cheese & Bacon @ $4.27; Sig. Select Quiche Florentine @ $4.27.	Friday, September 4, 2020, 6:00-8:30 pm Mountain View: Numbers project is 61% complete; 2 months (2005) to do "Number 28" (470 items); 1 month (7/31-8/31/2020): "Number 69" (204 items); Noticed 17 U.S. stamps in "Numbers 15" are gone Images of U.S. Postage Stamps listed in Philately Reference is gone; Need to find new resources for stamps images.
Saturday, September 5, 2020, 2:45-3:05 pm Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Road); 4.75 lbs Walnut Halves & Pieces @ $3.99/lb = $18.95; 0.87 lb. Unsalted Sunflower Seeds @ $3.32/lb = $2.86; 0.66 lb Sweet Banana Chips @ $2.99/lb = $1.97 2.04 lbs Vineripe Tomatoes @ 98¢/lb = $2.00; 2.00 lbs Red Seedless Grapes @ 98¢/lb = $1.96; 4 Broccoli Crowns (2.57 lbs) @ 98¢/lb = $2.52.	Saturday, September 5, 2020, 5:20-8:30 pm Mountain View: "Alphabet Poems" is 38% complete (10/26); Can't find poem "The Y in my Name" (7-2-96) ("Poems 2006"); Recalled "Y-Path" of Pythagoras engraving and Y-Tree photos from hikes in the poem While searching for "The Y in my Name" poem found interesting November 1, 2007 Haikus telling 40 Stanford students my name is "Father Time".
Saturday, September 5, 2020, 5:20-8:30 pm Mountain View: Found "Platonic Lambda Fern" from 7-22-2012 hike with Connie at Pomponio Trail, Pescadero Creek County Park, San Mateo County May need additional Chapter 15 in Platonic Lambda Λ book for flowers, pine cones, and clouds.	Saturday, September 5, 2020, 5:20-8:30 pm Mountain View: Cathy's two emails on Sept. 4— She'll checkout "Violin Music" & loved my poem "Meditations on 69" written for her birthday. Cathy teaches charter school in Las Vegas. "Online teaching is more challenging than face to face with 240 students!"
Sunday, September 6, 2020, 3:20-9:30 pm Mountain View: Alphabet Poem: "Fire! Fire! Fire!": "Pascal's Fire Vision"; "Buddha's Fire Sermon"— "Everything is burning!"— the ego in flames Found the fountain in Florence with help of the falcon's feather— the Fox and Ficino are your friends.	Sunday, September 6, 2020, 3:20-9:30 pm Mountain View: "Dangerous heat could hit 115" (By Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 9-5-2020, A1, A6); Staying home to do 2019 taxes and drinking ice tea Received another copy of CA 540 form, and 2 copies of 1040 & 1040SR forms from IRS to complete my 2019 taxes.
Sunday, September 6, 2020, 3:20-9:30 pm Mountain View: Just realized I forgot 3 sages in the philosophy's section of "Numbers 69"; Need to add them & rearrange the numbers— #144: Heraclitus (540 BC-480 BC); #152: Marcus Aurelius (121-180 AD) #172: Sage Ninomiya (1787-1856).	Sunday, September 6, 2020, 3:20-9:30 pm Mountain View: Added #174: Wei Wu Wei's Chapter 69 in Open Secret on "Enlightenment as Disappearance of Nescience" so there are 208 items in "On Numbers 69" Only a sage can point out to us— “No 'I' or 'me' could ever be 'enlightened'” Ego must be gone to experience universality.
Monday, September 7, 2020, 1:20-3:32 am Mountain View: Weaving 88 "f" words in poem "Letter F: Fire! Fire! Fire!"; Images of Pascal, Buddha, Atomic Blast in Flames— "Fire! Fire! Fire!": Pascal's Fire Vision, Buddha's Fire Sermon— "Everything is burning!"— the ego in flames— Forget and forgive to be free.	Monday, September 7, 2020, 4:30-8:00 pm Mountain View: Weaving 92 "d" words in poem "Letter D: Dawn to Dusk Drumming" with four Biblical references— Daniel in the Lion's Den, (Daniel 6:16) Samson deceived by Delilah, (Judges 19:19) Damage to city of David, (Isaiah 22:9) Cast down to depth of the earth. (Ezekiel 32:18)
Tuesday, September 8, 2020, 3:15-4:15 pm Mountain View: Surprise phone call from Arline; her fibula bone has heeled; Last time we met was March 8 when she took me to Pearl Kruss Gallery Phone satsang on Dalai Lama's "5 Virtues"— "Forgiveness, Patience, Tolerance, Compassion, Self-Discipline"— Memory aid recall from "Frank Peter Teaches Computer Science".	Tuesday, September 8, 2020, 6:30-10:00 pm Mountain View: "41 of the trickiest questions Google will ask you in a job interview" (how you act under pressure.) (Maya Kosoff, Business Insider, 1-20-2016) "See if you can answer this insanely difficult question Goldman Sachs has asked in job interviews" (send calmest candidate into tailspin) (By Rachel Gillett, Business Insider, 7-25-2015
Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 3:20-10:00 pm Mountain View: Can't find "The Y in My Name" poem (7-2-1996); Rewrote poem after finding photos of Y-Trees— Yew and Yggdrasil. Found images of Man on hill at night and silhouette to create "Man with arms outstretched receiving blessings from heaven".	Wednesday, September 9, 2020, 3:20-10:00 pm Mountain View: First Alphabet Poem was "The M Showed Me" (6-4-1992); Have completed 55% of book "ABC's with a Cup of Tea" (16/29) so far "Alphabet Poem" (7-8-2006); "ABC Book for the New Year" (1-1-2009) Notes; Why Everything Begins wih M (3-8-2013) Notes.
Thursday, September 10, 2020, 2:37-3:19 pm Mountain View: Phoned Fidelity Investments; Talked to Bobbie Justin on Form 1099-R report to IRS regarding $1100.00 as Gross Distribution; She says I took out $500 & $600 from Roth IRA. IRA Specialist Anthony Bower: $1100 from Roth IRA (5/6 & 6/14/2019) are not taxable; Fill out 1040 Form— Line 4a: IRA Distribution $1100; Line 4b: Taxable amount: $0; Can finish tax now.	Thursday, September 10, 2020, 5:00-5:15 pm Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd); 4:45 pm Bus #40 to Chef Chu's news bins for today's "Daily Post" & "Metro" before Sprouts; 5:53 pm Bus #40 to Central XPwy & walked home 1.86 lbs lbs Cauliflower @ 88¢/lb = $1.64; 0.86 lb Dried Cranberries @ $4.29/lb = $3.69; 2 tubs Raspberries (6 oz) = $1.25 x 2 = $2.50; Tub of Blueberries (6 oz) sold out. No raincheck.
Friday, September 11, 2020, 12:45-4:11 am Mountain View: Wrote Poem "The Letter G: Gifts of Grace", the 16th Alphabet poem in my book ABC's for You and Me (Al Guzman's suggestion); (11 more Alphabet poems to write for project) Takes a day to compose an "Alphabet" poem; Did "Letter F, D, Y, G" the last 4 days. From God's creation in Genesis to Four Gospels of gloom & glory— we glimpse Christ at Gethsemane, Golgotha and Galilee—	Friday, September 11, 2020, 5:30-7:25 pm Palo Alto: Karen picks me up at 5:00 pm & drives to her apt to see "An Officer and a Gentleman" (1982) directed by Taylor Hackford starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger, David Keith, Louis Gossett Jr., Lisa Blount, Robert Loggia, Lisa Eilbacher, Tony Plana, Harold Sylvester, David Caruso, Grace Zabriskie; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4) Louis Gossett Jr. won Best Supporting Actor for his role as a tough Navy Drill Sergeant; First time seeing Richard Gere & Debra Winger.
Friday, September 11, 2020, 7:45-7:56 pm Mountain View: Karen stopped at Valero Gas Station for me to pick up today's "Daily Post" & "Daily News"; Shopped at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) Gallon of Value Corner Nonfat Milk @ $2.98; 2 Instant Oatmeal Mixed Fruit @ $1.89 x 2 = $3.78; 2 Sig. Sel. Apple Juice (64 oz) @ $1.58 x 2 = $3.16.	Friday, September 11, 2020, 8:30-11:00 pm Mountain View: Didn't see Richard Gere in movie "Pretty Woman" (1990) with Julia Roberts; He was married to supermodel Cindy Crawford (1991-1995) He left these beautiful women for love of Tibetan Buddhism and the Dalai Lama's teachings.
Saturday, September 12, 2020, 5:11-6:28 pm Mountain View: Left Apt 5:11 pm; 5:49 pm Bus #40 to Chef Chu's bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly"; No time to shop for catching last 6:36 pm Bus #40 home Sunshine in hazy skies— twenty seagulls above Mizu are not here.	Saturday, September 12, 2020, 7:07-10:00 pm Mountain View: Wrote Poem: "The Letter H" the 17th Alphabet poem in my book ABC's for You and Me Great Horned Owl's hoo-h'HOO-hoo-hoo, Redtailed Hawk, Blue Heron, and Hummingbird.
Sunday, September 13, 2020, 1:00-4:40 am Mountain View: Wrote Poem: "The Letter I" the 18th Alphabet poem in my book ABC's for You and Me Ideal image— imagination, inspiration, illumination— Artificial Intelligence is no match against illumined initiate.	Sunday, September 13, 2020, 5:00 am Mountain View: While in bed sleeping thought of another stanza for poem "The Letter I" in my book— No iceberg, bring ice cream instead to eat inside an igloo in Iceland with ignorant idiot whose immense information is incredible—
Monday, September 14, 2020, 4:00-4:15 pm Mountain View: 3:47 pm Bus #40 to Valero Gas Station to pick up today's "Daily Post"; Shopped at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) FREE this week: 5.3 oz cup So Delicious Blueberry CoconutMilk Yogurt & Light & Fit Strawberry Cheesecake Greek Yogurt 10 Yoplait Yogurt (64 oz) @ 39¢ x 10 = $3.90; 2 Oatmeal Apple Cinnamon @ $1.89 x 2 = $3.78; 2 Sig. Kitchen Imitation Crabmeat @ $1.70 = $3.40.	Monday, September 14, 2020, 5:15-9:00 pm Mountain View: Formatted photos last night (11:22 pm-12:28 am) "Humongous Pepper Tree Chopped Down" (1, 2, 3) & Paulson Park tenants drawings "This Makes Me Smile" posters (6)— Submitted answers to Trivia Contest @ 2:45 pm just before the deadline @ 3:00 pm September 14 1) Hew, Gomez, Amiri, Mahpour, Kidwell; 2) Zahira & Marie Leung; 3) Ali & Guirong; 4) Shao, Masifilo, Perg; 5) Leung & Lucy Volpin.
Monday, September 14, 2020, 5:15-9:00 pm Mountain View: Wrote Poem: "The Letter J" the 19th Alphabet poem in my book ABC's for You and Me Jacob wrestling with the Angel, Joshua in the Battle of Jericho, Jonah swallowed by the whale, better than Jason & Golden Fleece.	Monday, September 14, 2020, 5:15-9:00 pm Mountain View: Poem: "The Letter J" with 10 stanzas and 77 "J"s is a bit too long; Decided to delete stanza with 7 "J"s— The jovial jester is The Joker, double-headed Janus right behind, will need jiu-jitsu to ward them off with help from the Jolly Green Giant.
Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 12:00-4:00 am Mountain View: Wrote Poem: "The Letter K" the 20th Alphabet poem in my book ABC's for You and Me Knock! Knock!— Who's there? Kris Kringle bringing gifts to kids through the front door instead of down the chimney— how kind of you to come.	Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 12:00-4:00 am Mountain View: Poem: "The Letter K" has 9 stanzas and 70 "K"s; Decide to use baseball sluggers as subtitle for poem Baseball ace Sandy Koufax strikes out sluggers Al Kaline, Kiner, Killebrew, as Jean-Claude Killy skis downhill to three Olympic Gold Medals.
Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 4:30-5:21 pm Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed today, Half hour walk to Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) for overcharge of Yoplait yogurts on Sept. 14 10 Yoplait Yogurt (64 oz) @ 39¢ x 10 = $3.90; was charged $10.00; Received $6.10 cash refund. 5:43 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home.	Tuesday, September 15, 2020, 6:20-8:40 pm Mountain View: Roget's II New Thesaurus (1988) & Webster's 7th New Collegiate Dictionary (1963) to locate "L" words for poem "The Letter L"— Labyrinth, Ladder, Lake, Lamp, Leaf, Leap, Learn, Legend, Liberty, Life, Light, Limitless, Listen, Lofty, Longing, Lovely, Lucid, Luxurious, Lyric.
Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 12:00-2:00 am Mountain View: Poem "The Letter L"— Decide subtitle as "Leonardo at the Louvre" with three postage stamps illustrating poem Saar #B114: La Belle Ferronnière; France #682: Leonardo da Vinci; Germany #687: Mona Lisa.	Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 12:00-2:00 am Mountain View: Poem: "The Letter L"— Well-lit lamp for the Labyrinth— Lots of luck fighting the Minotaur Lapiz Lazuli necklace for the High Priestess with lavender, lilac and Lady's Slippers flowers.
Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 4:10-7:30 pm Mountain View: "He Invented the Rubik's Cube. He's Still Learning From It." (Erno Rubik, invented it in 1974, wrote book Cubed; took him weeks to solve it) (By Alexandra Alter, NY Times, 9-16-2020) There are 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 ways to arrange the squares, but just one of those combinations is correct. Yusheng Du of China set the world record of 3.47 seconds in 2018.	Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 4:10-7:30 pm Mountain View: Roget's II New Thesaurus (1988), Webster's 7th New Collegiate Dictionary (1963), and The World Almanac Book of Who (1980) to locate "N" words for poem "The Letter N"— Neti Neti, Nirvana, Nothingness, Name, Number, New Year, Night, North by Northwest, Nature, Navigate, Nest, Nebula, Neptune, New Moon, Neverland, Nocturne, North Star, November.
Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 7:30-11:30 pm Mountain View: Poem "The Letter N"— Use subtitle as "Neti Neti to Nirvana" Wei Wu Wei: "I am not" (Open Secret, Ch. 6) Neti Neti to Nirvana Ananda noted Buddha's talk— Zen Master Nansen said "Nothing is better than Don't-Know Mind."	Wednesday, September 16, 2020, 7:30-11:30 pm Mountain View: Poem: "The Letter N"— 60 "N" words in this 9-stanzas poem; 6th stanza on favorite movies— North by Northwest & Notorious— Hitchcock films nibble our nerves; I need to navigate in nature with Native Eskimos in Nanook of the North.
Thursday, September 17, 2020, 4:45-5:04 pm Mountain View: Email that Wells Fargo will stop free checking on 10/8; Manager Louis Deeb of Wells Fargo told me my checking account will still be Free after 10/8, since I'm an old 35-years customer (1985); Shopped at Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd); 5:28 pm Bus #40 home Lucerne Hazelnut Coffee Creamer @ $2.80; 3 lbs Sig. Cafe Classic Potato Salad @ $6.49; Sig. Select Ultra-thin Supreme Pizza @ $3.98.	Thursday, September 17, 2020, 7:30-10:00 pm Mountain View: Without looking up Dictionaries to locate "P" words for poem "The Letter P", mentors rumbled in bed last night: "Pythagoras, Plato, Plotinus, / Porphyry, Proclus, guided me / then Paul Brunton in person on / peace, persistence, and perseverance." Practice, Practice, Practice— till you perceive In-seeing like Rilke's "Panther" at the Paris Zoo.
Friday, September 18, 2020, 1:00-5:55 am Mountain View: Writing poem "The Letter P" 13 stanzas on paper, not realizing it was so late; Need to eliminate four stanzas from the poem— "Pauli's Exclusion Principle" on electron spin, Max Planck inspired Einstein's work on photons, Pauling wins two Nobel Prizes on proteins & peace.	Friday, September 18, 2020, 6:11-10:30 pm Mountain View: Jack phoned @ 8 am waking me up; Got up @ 2:30 pm; Red Bus & Bus #21 to Chef Chu's news bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly" Perseus slayed Medusa, rode Pegasus to save Andromeda— both honored as shining galaxies like the Pleiades.
Friday, September 18, 2020, 6:11-10:30 pm Mountain View: Typing poem "The Letter P" Eliminating four stanzas from the poem— Perplexed by puzzle "Princess & the Pea"— She felt something hard under the mattress, with pinpoint poise to marry the Prince.	Friday, September 18, 2020, 6:11-10:30 pm Mountain View: Typing poem "The Letter P" Eliminating four stanzas from the poem— Elvis Presley sings "Power of My Love", Boris Pasternak's poetry "Doctor Zhivago", Beatrix Potter's "Tales of Peter Rabbit".
Saturday, September 19, 2020, 3:50-4:07 pm Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Daily News"; Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave); 4:50 pm Red Bus Sig. Farms Spinach for Salad @ $1.67; 5.3 oz Chobani Complete Yogurt ($1.50) Free; Can't find Free Clio Greek Yogurt Bar (1.76 oz).	Saturday, September 19, 2020, 5:40-10:30 pm Mountain View: Checked poems written in last 21 years to compile "Peter's Selected Poems (2000-2020)" to share with lovers of poetry Found paintings of Calliope, Muse of Poetry by Simon Vouet at National Gallery of Art & Raphael at Stanza della Segnatura, Vatican.
Sunday, September 20, 2020, 1:00-3:34 am Mountain View: Using "Numbers 98" as template, start "Numbers 99" for Prof. Harold A. Scheraga's 99th birthday on Oct. 18, 2020; With Apple Laptop at home on WI-FI, can finish this project on time Finished Mathematics section (Items 1-44); 1/99 expressed as a decimal = 0.01010101; Binary number for 99 = 1100011.	Sunday, September 20, 2020, 2:00-10:30 pm Mountain View: National Parks: The Giant Sequoia (Diameter at base: Coast Redwood 25 ft; Giant Sequoia: 36.5 ft; General Sherman: 275 ft high, 2000 years old) (By Kurt Snibbe, Mercury News, 9-20-2020, B17) Chronological List of National Parks— Yellowstone 1872, Yosemite 1890, Crate Lake 1902, Pinnacles 2013.
Monday, September 21, 2020, 2:00-2:13 pm Mountain View: 1:00 pm Red Bus to Showers Drive news bins for today's "Daily Post"; 1:57 pm Bus #40 to El Camino Real & San Antonio Rd for shopping at Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Road) 18 oz bag of Raw Wheat Germ @ $2.79; 2.35 lbs Roma Tomatoes @ 98¢/lb = $2.30; 2.25 lbs Brazil Nuts (Reg. $12.99/lb) @ $6.99/lb (Save $6.00/lb) = $15.62.	Monday, September 21, 2020, 2:30-2:55 pm Mountain View: Zahira let me use Computer Room to print out My List of "Safeway Just-For-U", so I could get 4 Free Items at Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd); 3:38 pm Bus #40 to Central XPwy & walked home Lucerne Vanilla Cinnamon Coffee Creamer $2.80; Free Items: Lite 'N Fit Collagen Yogurt (5.3 oz), Silk Almond Yogurt, Clio Yogurt Bar (1.76 oz), & Chobani Complete Blueberry Yogurt (5.3 oz).
Monday, September 21, 2020, 4:30-11:30 pm Mountain View: Sad to learn Prof. H.A. Scheraga died; "Harold Scheraga, protein chemistry pioneer, dies at 98" (By David Nutt, Cornell News, Aug. 6, 2020); Legacy Career stretched across seven decades, with over 1300 publications, mentored hundreds of graduate students and postdoctorals.	Monday, September 21, 2020, 4:30-11:30 pm Mountain View: Link to alumni: "Lee Teng-hui, Ph.D. '68, former Taiwan president, dies at 97" (By Blaine Friedlander, Cornell News, July 31, 2020) He was the first popularly elected president of Taiwan, who helped guide the island toward prosperity & democracy, died July 30 in Taipei.
Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 5:00-5:14 pm Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd); Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave); 5:19 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home Waterfront Bistro Shrimp Tempura @ $3.99; Sig. Cafe Deviled Egg Potato Salad $3.49; Free Clio Greek Yogurt Bar (1.76 oz).	Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 5:45-10:00 pm Mountain View: Poem "Memories of Prof. Scheraga" with photos of my 3 Chemistry mentors: Applequist (Columbia), Scheraga (Cornell), Fasman (Brandeis) "Chou meet Fasman!" he announced to a roomful of applause as if we're enacting Stanley meeting Livingstone
Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 2:15 pm Mountain View: "Biggest Wave Surfed This Year" (On Feb. 11, 33-year-old Brazilian Maya Gabeira, surfed a 73.5 foot wave in Nazaré, Portugal.) (By Adam Skolnick, NY Times, 9-22-2020) She flew down the face of the wave as it curled overhead then crashed in a series of what felt like explosions, before engulfing body in white water.	Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 3:00-4:30 pm Mountain View: Since March 15, Foothill College Krause Center, Los Altos Library, Mountain View Senior Center, and Paulson Park Computer Room were closed; Have not printed a page for 6 months Need to buy a printer. Best Buys sells Wireless HP Inkjet Printers @ $89-$399. Office Depot: HP Printers @ $99-$399.
Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 5:42-5:49 pm Mountain View: CVS (2630 W. El Camino Real) 8 oz Folger's Instant Coffee (reg. $8.79) for $1.94; Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Road); Phoned David who saved last 3 bags of Brazil Nuts for me 0.78 lb Unsalted Macadamia Nuts @ $15.99/lb = $12.47; 2.60 lbs Brazil Nuts (Reg. $12.99/lb) @ $6.99/lb (Save $6.00/lb) = $18.17.	Wednesday, September 23, 2020, 7:00-10:00 pm Mountain View: Added stanza to poem "Memories of Prof. Scheraga" that he awarded me Todd Fellowship (1965); With his passing, the wind was knocked out of my sails composing "Numbers 99" for his birthday Need to refocus to complete the project— Items #70-83 in Geography Section with Stanford Bronze Plaques 1899 & 1999.
Thursday, September 24, 2020, 1:20 am-6:54 am Mountain View: After "Numbers 99": Geography Section (#70-83), looked up Roget's II New Thesaurus (1988), Webster's 7th New Collegiate Dictionary (1963), and World Almanac Book of Who (1980) for listing "Q" words to write poem "The Letter Q"; Wrote 9 stanzas and was not aware it was nearly 7 am when I finished. Typed up poem when coming home 8:28-9:39 pm Ellery Queen solves quandries in crime, Anthony Quinn dances as Zobra the Greek, Quasimodo wins Literature Nobel Prize.	Thursday, September 24, 2020, 5:35-8:10 pm Palo Alto: Karen picks me up at 5:15 pm & drives to her apt to see "Goodfellas" (1990) directed by Martin Scorsese with Robert De Niro, Ray Liotta, Joe Pesci, Lorraine Bracco, Paul Sorvino, Frank Sivero, Tony Darrow, Mike Starr, Frank Vincent, Chuck Low, Frank DiLeo, Gina Mastrogiacomo, Suzanne Shepherd; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4) Gangster film of NY Mafia that Scorsese loves to make based on a true story.
Friday, September 25, 2020, 5:00-5:59 pm Mountain View: 5:15 pm Red Bus to Showers Dr., 5:25 pm Bus #40 to Chef Chu's news bins for "Palo Alto Weekly", "Daily Post", & "Metro"; 5:59 pm Bus #40 to Central Expwy & walked home No time for shopping at Safeway— After picking up today's newspapers, decided to take 5:59 pm Bus #40 home.	Friday, September 25, 2020, 7:23 pm-2:54 am Mountain View: Looked up Roget's II New Thesaurus (1988) and Webster's 7th New Collegiate Dictionary (1963), for "R" words to write poem "The Letter R: Raphael, Rembrandt, Renoir" (wrote 9 stanzas so far) The 3 R's— Reading, 'Riting, 'Rithmetic— Read Jean Christophe by Romain Rolland, and poems of Rimbaud, Rilke, and Rumi.
Saturday, September 26, 2020, 5:00-5:14 pm Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) to get "Daily Post" & "Daily News" Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave); 5:47 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home Waterfront Bistro Shrimp Tempura @ $3.99; Free: 16 oz Adrenaline Energy Fruit Drink; Free: 5.3 oz Chobani Complete Yogurt.	Saturday, September 26, 2020, 6:30-11:00 pm Mountain View: Was up to 3 am last night typing up poem "Letter R: Raphael, Rembrandt, Renoir"; Need to continue work on "Numbers 99"; Sports Section: Items #84-100, Uniform #s & records Relax at the Russian Ridge Retreat— Renounce the rat-race for rustic life. Relish the sprinkles of summer rain.
Sunday, September 27, 2020, 1:00 am-4:38 am Mountain View: "Numbers 99": Sports Section: Items #84-85 of uniform #99 for basketball & hockey greats George Mikan & Wayne Gretzsky, and four football defensive tacklers; Wrote stanza for poem "Letter T" Trip to Tannu Tuva— Feynman's dream on his "To-Do List" to Outer Mongolia— Travel back in time with a yak buggy through tough terrain to get you there.	Sunday, September 27, 2020, 7:40-11:40 pm Mountain View: Searched for Tannu Tuva stamps for poem "Letter T: Trip to Tannu Tuva" (9:16-10:03 pm); Typed 9 stanza poem with 110 "T" words; Decided to delete this stanza— Electric trains through tunnels & giant Teddy bear are her favorite toys— She's tired playing Tic-Tac-Toe, but watches "Titanic" and "Terminator" movies on TV.
Monday, September 28, 2020, 12:00 am-1:20 am Mountain View: Next to Last stanza of poem "Letter T: Trip to Tannu Tuva"" Poets Tu-Fu, Tennyson, Tagore, Artists Titian, Tiepolo, Turner, Musicians Tchaikovsky, Toscanini, Dancers Twyla Tharp & Paul Taylor	Monday, September 28, 2020, 12:00 am-1:20 am Mountain View: Last stanza of poem "Letter T: Trip to Tannu Tuva" take me to a Tuscany Tavern for treat of buttered toast & tea, discussed PB's "Tyrolean Talks"— transporting us beyond twilight time.
Monday, September 28, 2020, 11:00 am-12:05 pm Mountain View: Phone call from Arline wakes me up; We have hour chat satsang on my "Alphabet" poems, recite "Letters J, R, T"; She went to "Another Look" Book Discussion on Henry James' Aspen Papers via Zoom; Told me Eavan Boland died [4-27-2020]. Ask Arline to sing Pinocchio's song— "I've got no strings To hold me down To make me fret Or make me frown I had strings But now I'm free There are no strings on me Hi-ho the me-ri-o That's the only way to go I want the world to know Nothing ever worries me" (Lyrics)	Monday, September 28, 2020, 2:30-3:00 pm Mountain View: Paulson Park Posters Exhibit: Trivia contest on which tenants drew what poster "What Makes Me Smile"— Yifne Ma (paper cutting), Lucy Volpin (helping others), Carmen M (jasmine tea), Mona Mahpour (balace in life), Chien Mei (owl), Susie (sun & flowers, neighbors), Nader (beauty), Ali (seaside,"let your smile change the world, but don't let the world change your smile"), Behrouz Malekpour (wife & son, nature, wildlife, prayer), Marie Leung (apple, duckling, sailboat), Gary Kidwell (singing, dancing, drawing, drumming).
Monday, September 28, 2020, 3:45-4:28 pm Mountain View: 3:45 pm Red Bus to Showers Drive; 3:54 pm Bus #40 to Chef Chu's bins for "Daily Post"; 4:28 pm Bus #40 to Central Expwy and walked home Mountain View hit 100oF today Too hot to go to Smart & Final for Roma Tomatoes @ 50¢/lb.	Monday, September 28, 2020, 5:10-8:00 pm Mountain View: Ice Adrenaline Fruit Drink; Took time to find Video of Pinocchio singing "I Got No Strings to Tie Me Down" Links to photos of Paulson Park residents' poster drawings on "What Makes Me Smile".
Monday, September 28, 2020, 8:00-10:15 pm Mountain View: "SCIENCE: Crows Are Self-Aware and 'Know What They Know', Just Like Humans" (By Caroline Delbert, Yahoo News, 9-28-2020) Crows performed in a way that affirms their sensory consciousness.	Monday, September 28, 2020, 8:00-10:15 pm "Stanford professor & celebrated poet Eavan Boland dies at 75" (By Natalie Jabbar, Stanford News, 4-28-2020); NY Times; Irish Times; New Yorker poem (4-27-2020) Inside the seminar room, Boland was known as a formidable teacher, a force who would cut through the noise.
Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 2:30-4:30 pm Mountain View: Ann comes @ 2:30 pm to get 4 weeks of newspapers; Drove to Mountain View Post Office to pay $118 for P.O. Box 390707: Kaiser Permanente for Lisinopril ($9); Smart & Final (141 E. El Camino) Roma Tomatoes 50¢/lb sold out with no rain checks Stopped by Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd): Bear Claw Coffee Cake ($5.00) for $2.38; Free: 16 oz Adrenaline Peach-Mango Drink.	Tuesday, September 29, 2020, 4:30-9:30 pm Mountain View: Photos of Paulson Park Residents on "What Makes Me Smile": Nader "Beauty" (Eradicate Covid-19 virus, Have an Awesome Day); Ashi "Family" (Health, Peace); Reneé Spencer "Jesus" (Chocolate, Cookies, Coffee); Writing poem "Letter U"— Once upon a time— untold fairy tales uncovered at last
Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 3:00-3:28 pm Mountain View: 3 interesting articles in today's NY Times News Briefings: "Compact Nuclear Fusion Reactor"; “Helen Reddy Dies at 78; Sang 'I Am Woman'” "Lillian Brown, Makeup Artist to Nine Presidents, Dies at 106" (Helped Presidents Eisenhower to Bill Clinton put their best selves forward for TV) (By Katharine Q. Seelye, NY Times, 9-29-2020)	Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 4:30-6:00 pm Mountain View: Wrote 6 stanza of poem "Letter V" last night before going to sleep (3:20 am); Finished & typed poem "Veronica's Veil" Veronica's Veil bears image of Christ when she wiped his face on his tired ascent up to Calvary— Dante tells it in his Paradiso.
Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 10:30 pm-3:00 am Mountain View: Changed stanza in "Letter V" poem— Vikings— first to discover New World, Vega— fifth brightest star in night sky, Violet— the last color in the rainbow. Vivekachudamani— on three miracles, Vita Nuova— Dante's love for Beatrice, Vanity Fair— Thackeray's romance novel.	Wednesday, September 30, 2020, 10:30 pm-3:00 am Mountain View: "Letter V" was the last poem in my "Alphabet Poems". Surprised 16 of them were written in last three weeks of Sept. 2020; May add Notes to some poems; Looking for Alphabet blocks for book cover Back to work on "Numbers 99" Sports Section: Items #86-99; Coins Section: #100-104.

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