Haikus: April 2021

HAIKUS: April 2021

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.

Thursday, April 1, 2021, circa 6:00 am
Mountain View: Dream of interview with President
John F. Kennedy; Asked him which books he read
on land, sea, and air; JFK said "No one ever asked
that before. My favorite book was Gnoses"

Do you mean "Moses and the Promised Land"
or "Gnosis" on sacred knowledge?; Moby Dick
for sea and Night Flight for air? Thursday, April 1, 2021, 12:33 pm
Mountain View: Rudy came at 12:33 pm, said he's
parked illegally, told me to hurry; Went out and can't
find him anywhere on Hackett Ave or on Sierra Vista Ave;
He wants to go to Wal-Mart & buy TV antenna for 48" TV

The spot where Al Guzman parked yesterday
is empty, and six empty spaces on Sierra Vista.
Rudy is just impatient and gone his way.

Thursday, April 1, 2021, 3:15-3:55 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Rd) for today's "Daily Post" & "Metro";
3:45 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home;
VTA Bus Clipper Card good after Foothill registration

Since Rudy is not here, no need to go to Safeway for
Free Monopoly Game coupons: Loaf French Bread,
8 Hamburger Buns, Deluxe Nail Clipper, 16 oz Vinegar. Thursday, April 1, 2021, 4:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Yesterday (9-10:41 pm) typed poems for Number 44 from 7 of 11 books Ann helped me bring home from Los Altos Library, Had typed quotes from these books earlier for Numbers 45, 70, 71.

Type poems from Robert Bly, Robert Creeley,
Mary Oliver, Kenneth Koch, e.e. cummings
again for Number 44 which got corrupted.

Thursday, April 1, 2021, 4:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Typing Item #276 in Number 44:
Poem #44 "A Hollow Tree" in Robert Bly's
Stealing Sugar from the Castle (2013), p. 70

Bly discussed this poem in interview
(1997)— three ohs in first line
as well as the ai and awl sounds. Thursday, April 1, 2021, 4:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Peter Johnson interview (April 6-7, 1997)— Robert Bly cites Basho: "Storm on Mount Asama! /
Wind blowing out of the stones!"

"Whoa! I couldn't believe he wrote that!
He was able to take the energy of the wind and the
energy of the stones and protect them from syntax."

Friday, April 2, 2021, 3:40-3:52 pm
Mountain View: Leave 2:55 pm; 3:23 pm Bus #40 to
Chef Chu's bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly";
Sprouts Farmer Market (630 San Antonio Road)

2.43 lbs Roma Tomatoes @ 98¢/lb = $2.38
1 lb Unsalted Sunflower Seeds @ $2.99;
1 lb Unsalted Pumpkin Seeds @ $6.99;
1 lb pkg Fresh Strawberries @ $2.00. Friday, April 2, 2021, 4:05-4:25 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road);
Wait for Bus #40 at Showers Dr. so driver can see me;
4:56 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & walked home

Pound Cake $2.50 - $2 Reward Coupon = 50¢;
5.3 oz Oikos Protein Yogurt ($1.59) Free;
Rudy didn't shop with me yesterday to get
Smucker's Jams ($4.99) @ $2.49 (Expires 4/6).

Friday, April 2, 2021, 6:15-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Zahira Peña, Services Coordinator
printed my poem "Alone But Not Lonely" (4-27-2020)
in Resident Corner of MidPen April 2021 Newsletter

Didn't print 8 images illustrating poem,
instead she printed 1972 photo of me
meditating on top of Mt. Lao in Italy. Friday, April 2, 2021, 6:15 pm-2:30 am
Mountain View: Using "Notes: Meditations on 43"
as template to write "Meditations on 44: Send the Rose
to You" with line in Emily's Poem 44 as subtitle

Sprout after sprout, the lotus will bloom,
bright peonies scattered in between
and send the Rose to you.

Saturday, April 3, 2021, 5:18-5:55 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
Last 5:43 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

Over 11 hours sleep (5:00 am to 4:25 pm);
Instead of usual breakfast of Instant Oatmeal, with
nuts & seeds. banana chips, dried cranberries, strawberries,
yogurt, had 4 Bel Vita biscuits & Energy Bar to be quicker. Saturday, April 3, 2021, 6:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Last Item #281 in Number 44
is Numerology: words whose letters add up to 44
Found 19 words or phrases totalling to 44—.

MARIGOLDS, SUNFLOWERS in VINEYARD;
BAPTISM DOVE for PEACE KING;
SQUARE SPACE to SPIRAL STARS;
WISDOM SAILS to LYRE MUSIC.

Saturday, April 3, 2021, 6:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Told Steve Gould that when Connie
stopped coming to ballroom dancing, Ann gave me
rides home at midnight from Cubberley Pavilion

Steve wonders who is Connie & 8-year-old Lilly—
Send him poem "Memories of a Best Friend for 26 Years",
poem 8th Birthday Poem & Photo of grandniece Lilly. Saturday, April 3, 2021, 6:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Revised first draft of poem
"Meditations on 44: Send the Rose to You"
shifting stanzas 6, 8, 7, 4, 5 to 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Stanzas are not in chronological order;
More important to have themes connected
as well as sound effects for the poem.

Sunday, April 4, 2021, 5:30-5:55 pm
Mountain View: Born on April 5— Princess Elizabeth of Sweden:
Thomas Hobbes; Elihu Yale; Jean-Honoré Fragonard; Louis Spohr; Joseph Lister; Algernon Charles Swinburne; Booker T. Washington; Walter Huston; Spencer Tracy; Melvyn Douglas; Richard Eberhart; Bette Davis; Herbert von Karajan; Gregory Peck; Colin Powell
Karen's birthday tomorrow on April 5 (Jack Mullen phoned 2-3 pm)

Invited me over to see movie at her place;
Her friend Hong cooked Chinese dinner for her; I liked
to see Pretty Woman, but they wanted Nights in Rodanthe. Sunday, April 4, 2021, 7:05-8:40 pm
Palo Alto: Karen's place on Oregon Ave to see movie
"Nights in Rodanthe" (2008) directed by George C. Wolfe, starring Diane Lane; Richard Gere; James Franco; Scott Glenn; Christopher Meloni; Viola Davis; Pablo Schreiber; Mae Whitman; Charlie Tahan; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4); (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); Karen drove me home 8:55 pm

Rotten Tomatoes scored it 30% based on
132 reviews; The Times included this
film on its Worst Films of 2008.

Sunday, April 4, 2021, 9:15-11:55 pm
Mountain View: Today is Easter Sunday;
Rudy calls me "Peter Rabbit" all the time;
Sending him bunny photos and poem—

White bunny in Florida;
Bunny hugging a deer;
Rabbit resting on fox. Sunday, April 4, 2021, 9:15-11:55 pm
Mountain View: Ann sends email April 4, saying
“"Send the Rose to You" may be your best poem—
a wonderful Easter present to the world.”

12 hours to assemble this poem from
other writers on the "Number 44"—
but none of the words are mine.

Monday, April 5, 2021, 4:30-6:45 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's 4/5 "Daily Post";
6:32 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home;
$3 refund for 50¢ overcharge on C&W Vegetables

4 C&W Ultimate Stir-Fry Vegetables @ $1.49 = $5.96;
32 oz Bar-S Deli Smoked Ham ($6.99) 30% off = $4.89;
16 oz Vinegar ($1.50) Monopoly Game Coupon = Free. Monday, April 5, 2021, 7:20-10:30 pm
Mountain View: For Karen's April 5 birthday on i-Phone,
use Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Louis Spohr, Spencer Tracy, Bette Davis, Herbert von Karajan, Gregory Peck born today.
Birth Flower: Daisy; Birthstone: Diamond; Zodiac: Aries

Didn't use vertical 2008 U.S. 4350 Bette Davis stamp
& chose Sierra Leone stamp instead for more space;
but can't find its date of issue @ colnect (2008-1989).

Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 3:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Played Monopoly Game
Tickets at Safeway for 3 years without winning
much except for some free items given to Rudy;
Now, no tickets to paste, everything online with iPhone

Don't have iPhone or Android cell phone,
hard to scan barcode to check winning tickets;
Got $50 Cash winning ticket to mail in for prize. Tuesday, April 6, 2021, 3:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: After 4 trials, Karen's iMovie
of "Banana Slugs at Sanborn Park" was successful;
She narrated the story of how the banana slug has
a mutually symbiotic relationship with redwoods

She needs topic for the next iMovie project—
Since Spring is here, I'd suggest identifying
wildflowers on hikes with "Color Guides".

Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 1:00-1:15 pm
Mountain View: "Share Your Poetry on the
Theme of Renewal" (15 words or less)
(By Rupi Kaur, NY Times, 4-7-2021)

Palo Alto: Real Importance
of Easter begins with RE—
and a boy yelled out
"RECYCLE!". Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 3:00-3:20 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd)
Free Monopoly Game items need to be scanned;
3:33 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & walked home

Sig. Sel. Mini Cheese Croissants ($5.49) $2.87;
Sig. Sel. Bacon & Cheese Bites ($5.49) $2.87;
Smuckers Marmalade ($2.50) - 50¢ coupon = $2.00;
8 Hamburger Buns ($2.99) + Monopoly = Free.

Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 1:00-1:15 pm
Mountain View: "Share Your Poetry on the
Theme of Renewal" (15 words or less)
(By Rupi Kaur, NY Times, 4-7-2021)
Sent second poem on theme of "Renewal"

Renewal: Remember, recall rebirth,
rejuvenate, return refreshing
rest, receive revelation—
resurrection, rejoice! Wednesday, April 7, 2021, 4:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: After downloading Sierra Leone 1854b
and 1854a stamps on 1996 Rat Year, composed web page "Rat Year People"; 2.5 hours linking to 27 born in 1984

Athletes born 1984: Chris Bosh 3/24, Alex Smith 5/7,
Prince Fielder 5/9, Carmelo Anthony 5/29, Tim Lincecum 6/15, Johnny Weir 7/2, Joe Pavelski 7/11, Matt Cain 10/1, Lindsey Vonn 10/18, Sasha Cohen 10/26, Andrew Bogut 11/28, LeBron James 12/30.

Thursday, April 8, 2021, 5:25-6:45 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Rd) for today's 4/8 "Daily Post" & "Metro";
6:33 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

Smuckers Apricot Jam ($2.50) - 50¢ coupon = $2.00
for Rudy, who didn't show up today; No time to get
other free items to catch 6:34 pm Bus #40 (next 7:34 pm). Thursday, April 8, 2021, 3:00-5:00, 7:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: "Lunar-Year People" cover, using
U.S. postage stamps (1992-2004) of Clarence Lee's
paper-cut designs; Smithsonian article with 12 stamps

This book surveying people born in all 12 animal
years, will debumk older books on which animal is
good for artists, scientists, businessmen, politicians.

Friday, April 9, 2021, 12:55-2:50 pm
Mountain View: 1:18 pm Red Bus to Showers Drive
for 4/9 "Daily Post" & Chef Chu's bins for "Palo Alto
Weekly"; Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd) (1:50-2:11 pm);
2:37 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy& walked home

Smuckers Strawberry Jam ($2.50) - 50¢ coupon = $2.00;
3 lbs Sig. Café Mustard Potato Salad @ $5.00;
2 Gorton Salmon Fillets @ $4.99 = $9.98. Friday, April 9, 2021, 3:50-6:25 pm
Mountain View: Safeway Online Monopoly Game is more
time consuming than last two years; Free Monopoly Game
items need to be scanned; Free 15 oz Sig Sel Bread Crumbs;
Enter 12-digits codes for items off in Just-For-U—

50¢ off Birdseye Frozen Vegetable;
50¢ off Dreyer's 1.5 qt Ice Cream;
50¢ off 52 oz Simply Orange Juice.

Friday, April 9, 2021, 6:25-9:20 pm
Mountain View: Power outage with no Internet connection;
Electric lights out; electric clocks stopped @ 6:25 pm;
Apple MacBookAir Laptop still on due to batteries

Snake Year Stamp: Romania 1677 Indian Python (1964);
Sheep Year Stamps: Australia 147a Merino Sheep (1934)
& New Zealand 2015 Sheep Year (issued 1-14-2015). Friday, April 9, 2021, 6:25-9:20 pm
Mountain View: Format "Snake Year People" with U.S. 3500
"Snake Year 2001" & Romania 1677 "Python" stamps;
"Sheep Year People" with Australia & New Zealand stamps

Some Snake Year people & Sheep Year people
are missing birthdates, but with Internet down,
can't check their birthdates on Wikipedia.

Friday, April 9, 2021, 6:25-9:20 pm
Mountain View: Phoned Rudy in Sunnyvale to check
whether there's power outage in Sunnyvale; Rudy's
landline phone ringing, but not taking messages

Phoned Rudy on his cell phone—
He's in Lodi with his aunt; power is on there;
Doing his homework; will be back on Monday. Friday, April 9, 2021, 6:25-9:20 pm
Mountain View: Everything is dark, stove not working;
no lights in refrigerator; with tiny 2.5" flashlight, did
diabetes blood test (111 mg/dL); inject 32 mg humulin

Dinner: Cup of Lucerne Chocolate Milk;
Bowl of Mustard Potato Salad; 3 slices of
Lucerne Swiss Cheese; 5 slices Smoked Ham.

Saturday, April 10, 2021, 3:40-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Rd) for 4/10 "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
4:50 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave & walked home

Smuckers Blackberry Jam ($2.50) - 50¢ coupon = $2.00;
Sig. Sel. Italian Bread Crumbs ($2.79) Free for Rudy;
52 oz Dole Pineapple-Orange-Banana Juice @ $2.50;
12 oz Sig. Sel. 4 Vegetable Egg Rolls @ $4.27. Saturday, April 10, 2021, 5:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: "Lunar-Year People" cover, using
U.S. stamps (1992-2004) of Clarence Lee's designs;
Rooster stamps (1, 2, France 479, France 1024, U.S. 3257)

Slovenia 1321 for Pig Year 2019;
Cambodia 1794 for Rabbit Year 2000;
People's Republic of China 1764 for Dog Year 1982;
Canada 1836 (2000), Vietnam C7 (1952) for Dragon.

Sunday, April 11, 2021, 4:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Pinterest emails photos of cute animals;
After downloading cute "Standing White Bunny",
tossed in bed about him playing the White Rabbit
in Alice in Wonderland and wrote this poem—

Lewis Carroll saw you and
he fed bushels of carrots
so you'll play the White Rabbit
leading Alice down, down, down Sunday, April 11, 2021, 6:30-8:30 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed Sunday;
No need to venture out for papers or shopping;
Wrote poem on "White Rabbit", trying to show
him as a super-hero like "Mighty Mouse"

Some super-hero animals— Cretan Bull (Taurus);
Monkey King & Pigsy in Journey to the West;
Winged Horse Pegasus as symbol for poetry;
Dogs Rin Tin Tin (movies) & Lassie (television).

Monday, April 12, 2021, 1:00-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Ann picked me up at 1:00 pm;
Drove to Kaiser Permanente (555 Castro Street)
to pick up diabetic medications; Stopped by
World Market (Esuelar Ave) for "Daily Post"

3 boxes of Lancets & Test Strips— Free;
200 tablets of Metformin @ $9.00;
100 tablets of Lisinopril @ $9.00. Monday, April 12, 2021, 1:00-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Gave Ann bag of newspapers
(Daily Post, Daily News, Palo Alto Weekly,
Metro, sections of Mercury News); Kim Randall's
LINC-90C: Modules 1-4 assignments; My poems—

"Where's My Mom?", "Meditations on 44: Send the Rose to You", Notes, "White Bunny for Easter", "Renewal", "White Rabbit", & Lunar-Year People.

Monday, April 12, 2021, 4:05-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Kurt Snibee's "Beaucoup Bucks" in 4/11
"Mercury News" (B19) listing 100 wealthiest people
from Forbes' 35th annual list of world's richest
to use and see which animal year they're born

Not gung-ho doing this project—
No wonder, I'm tired and sleepy,
better to take a three-hours nap. Monday, April 12, 2021, 7:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Professions in Lunar-Year People
survey needs to be objective— Better to use lists
Forbes' 100 wealthiest people; Nobel Laureates: Peace,
Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Economics;

Hall of Fame Athletes: Baseball, Football, Basketball, Hockey; Pulitzer Prize: Poets, Novelists, Dramatists;
Oscars, Tony, Emmy, Grammy; Popes, Presidents.

Monday, April 12, 2021, 8:50 pm-12:08 am
Mountain View: Feel more energy after 3-hours nap;
Used list 46 U.S.Presidents to compose "U.S. Presidents
Born in Lunar Years" (done in 3 hours 18 minutes)

Presidents born in Dog Years (6),
Snake Years (6), Pig Years (5),
Tiger Years (4), Rat Years (4). Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 12:30-1:30 am
Mountain View: Rudy phoned @ 7:00 pm; Told him
we'll shop at Safeway on Wednesday as more specials
offered in two days; Dinner tonight after work—

Sig. Sel. Bacon & Cheese Bites (5);
Bowl of Sig, Café Mustard Potato Salad;
Roma Tomato; Cup of Lucerne Chocolate Milk.

Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 4:40-6:34 pm, 9:20-10:08 pm
Mountain View: Using American Film Institute (AFI)
list of 27 Greatest Actors + 7 more to compose
"Movie Actors Born in Lunar Years" (done in 3 hours)

Actors born in Rat Years (6),
Ox Years (6), Rabbit Years (5),
Pig Years (4), Snake Years (3). Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 6:40-9:20 pm
Mountain View: Using American Film Institute (AFI) list
of 25 Greatest Actresses + 7 more to do "Movie Actresses
Born in Lunar Years" (finished in 2 hours, 40 minutes)

Actresses born in Snake Years (5),
Dog Years (4), Dragon Years (4),
Monkey Years (3), Ox Years (3).

Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 12:45-1:09 pm
Mountain View: Rudy picks me up @ 12:15 pm;
Drives to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for
4/14 "Daily Post"; Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave)

Sig. Sel. Cinnamon Apple Sauce (6 ct) @ $1.88;
52 oz Dole Orange-Peach-Mango Juice @ $2.50;
64 oz Open Nature Coconut-Almond Milk @ $1.99;
French Bread & Italian Bread Crumbs Free for Rudy. Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 1:20-1:30 pm
Mountain View: Showed Rudy how to get rid of spams
in Yahoo Mail— My Spam Box (Mercury News E-edition); Click Box Spam on GEICO as I've no car to need insurance.

Showed Rudy Forbes' list of 10 wealthiest people—
Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, Bernard Arnault, Bill Gates,
Mark Zuckerberg, Warren Buffett, Larry Ellison,
Larry Page, Sergey Brin, Mukesh Ambani.

Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 4:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Not excited surveying "Businessmen
Born in Lunar Years" as I know only a dozen people
in Forbes' list of 100 wealthiest people in the world—

Will survey "Musicians Born in Lunar Years"
using "KDFC's 250 Ultimate Playlist" and
arrange composers in chronological order (Lunar Year). Wednesday, April 14, 2021, 4:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: 3400 artists by name; American artists
after 1900 by chronology; American artists before 1900; Gothic artists; Romanesque artists; Modern artists by name

So many lists of artists
whom I don't know; if selecting just
the famous ones, would be accused of bias.

Thursday, April 15, 2021, 3:45-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Rd) for 4/15 "Daily Post"; No "Metro";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Avenue);
5:12 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

64 oz Sig Sel Apple Juice @ $1.58;
64 oz Lucerne Chocolate Milk @ $1.99;
24 oz Gourmet Dining Seafood Medley @ $4.99. Thursday, April 15, 2021, 6:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Yesterday compiled 80 composers on
"Musicians Born in Lunar Years" looking through "KDFC's 250 Ultimate Playlist" up to #146 Inon Zur. There are about 23 more composers to add to my compilations.

Surprised that "Father of the Symphony"
Joseph Haydn was not included in
this list of 250 favorites polled.

Thursday, April 15, 2021, 9:40-11:50 pm
Mountain View: Work on "Musicians Born in Lunar Years"
using "KDFC's 250 Ultimate Playlist" from #146-#250;
Not familiar with many composers selected by listeners

Adding 8 composers not on KDFC's list— Georg Philipp Telemann, Joseph Haydn, Stephen Foster, Victor Herbert, John Philip Sousa, Edward MacDowell, Ethelbert Nevin,
and Erich Wolfgang Korngold (total of 110 musicians). Thursday, April 15, 2021, 7:30-9:10 pm
Mountain View: After finding Austria B50
stamp of Joseph Haydn (issued 4-24-1922) wrote
a poem to honor this "Father of the Symphony".

Symphony #94 "The Surprise"
with sudden kettledrum stroke
out of nowhere— written
to wake up his audience!

Friday, April 16, 2021, 5:40-5:52 pm
Mountain View: Leave 5:05 pm; 5:16 pm Red Bus to
Showers Drive for "Daily Post" & "Metro"; 5:32 pm
Bus #22 to Chef Chu's bins for "Palo Alto Weekly";
Shopping Sprouts Farmer Market (630 San Antonio Rd)

1.71 lbs Roma Tomatoes @ 98¢/lb = $1.68;
0.61 lb Sweet Banana Chips @ $3.49/lb = $2.13;
120 tabs Solgar Magnesium Citrate @ $13.59
+ $1.22 tax = $14.81 (Check not working, paid cash). Friday, April 16, 2021, 6:05-6:37 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (645 San Antonio Road);
Missed 6:25 pm Bus #40; next bus @ 7:15 pm;
Bench gone; Driver may not see me inside kiosk;
7:11 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & walked home

32 oz Mountain High Vanilla Yogurt @ $1.99;
Blueberry Pudding Ring ($5) @ 50% off = $2.50;
1.51 lbs Red Seedless Grapes @ $1.68/lb = $2.54;
La Terra Fina Spinach & Artichoke Quiche @ $9.99.

Friday, April 16, 2021, 8:20-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Google Doodle honored Laura Bassi's
310th birthday (10/29/1711-2/20/1778), first woman with a
science doctorate; Depicted as "Minerva" (goddess of wisdom).

Didn't know Laura Bassi—
Will add her to my list
"100 Notable Women". Friday, April 16, 2021, 8:20-10:30 pm
Mountain View: For "Artists Born in Lunar Years",
no need to compile birthdays of thousands of artists
I don't know; Will select 100 artists seen in museums—

Start with list of most expensive
artworks sold; Artists in Italy, Germany,
France, Spain, Holland, Britain, and U.S.

Saturday, April 17, 2021, 5:00-6:35 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Avenue);
No more 5:43 pm Bus #40 or 5:50 pm Red Bus;
Walked home pushing cart with papers & groceries

12 oz Galbanni Mozarella Stick Cheese @ $2.99;
1.5 qt Sig Sel Black Raspberry Ice Cream @ $2.81;
1 liter Sig Sel Sparkling Kiwi-Strawberry Water = Free. Saturday, April 17, 2021, 7:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: "Queen Elizabeth Left a Sentimental Handwritten Letter for Prince Philip on His Coffin""
(94-year-old head of the British Monarchy, as she laid her beloved husband of 73 years to rest, & said goodbye with a touching letter.) (Liz Calvario, Yahoo News, 4-17-2021)

"Queen Elizabeth Sits Alone At Philip's Funeral" (Duke chose music Psalm 104, hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save") (Carly Ledbetter, Yahoo, 4-17-2021).

Sunday, April 18, 2021, 4:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Spent 9 hours (9:00 pm-6:02 am)
yesterday doing web page on "Deer Symbolism";
Typed passages on Deer & Stag from 4 of my books
on symbolism; 4 photos of deer in Sanborn Park
& Bay Area; 16 postage stamps on deer and stag

Web links: Deer Mythology; Deer Symbolism;
Deer Traditions; Deer Folklore; Spirit Animal;
Whitetail Deer Video; Deer Migration Video. Sunday, April 18, 2021, 4:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Ann informed me that etymology for deer is from Old English deor ("animal"), from anima ("breath, spirit"). The Chinese word Ch'i (Qi) for breath is linked to vital force, energy flow or spirit. Many cultural traditions connect deer with soul. Greek for butterfly same as soul.

In Fenn's The 5000 Dictionary: Chinese-English (1976), p. 320, the Chinese word for deer lu is placed above basket lu, and their ideograms appear similar.

Sunday, April 18, 2021, 4:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: "Adobe co-founder Charles Geschke dies at 81""
(Founded Adobe in 1982 with John Warnock, and developed
Portable Document Format technology, or PDFs.)
(By Fiona Kelliher, Mercury News, 4-18-2021, B1, B4)

"OP-ED: Wisdom isn't what most people think it is""
(Morrie Schwartz was a Brandeis sociology professor who died of ALS in 1995. His former student Mitch Albom, wrote "Tuesdays With Morrie", which sold more than 15 million) (By David Brooks, Mercury News, 4-18-2021). Sunday, April 18, 2021, 10:30 pm-12:45 am
Mountain View: "Deer Symbolism" redone so it's more compelling for the audience; Noticed that the Wurttemberg Stag stamps were issued 3-19-1920, just 100 years ago,
so have put this fact in an old scroll.

Have tilted the basket to pour butterflies and postage stamps to showcase the 9 stamps of deer, doe, and fawn "Deer Symbolism"; Hour (11:40 pm-12:46 am) to compose this image with smaller stamps and butterflies tumbling out of two tilting baskets.

Monday, April 19, 2021, 3:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Arline phoned & chatted an hour;
Hasn't called since March 5th when she couldn't
find my Haikus or Poems 2021; Made two links in
A-ZPortals of website, so she can access more easily

She got to see her daughter Ellen's web page,
and read my poems "White Rabbit"
and "White Bunny for Easter". Monday, April 19, 2021, 5:55-6:45 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's April 19 "Daily Post";
No time to shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave);
6:34 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

If I went shopping at Safeway,
next Bus #40 is @ 7:25 pm—
much to late for me.

Monday, April 19, 2021, 9:51 pm-1:52 am
Mountain View: After digression with "Deer Symbolism", going
back to work on "Artists Born in Lunar Years"; 4 hours to finish
#27 Leon Alberti (Monkey) to #100 Edward Burne-Jones (Snake)

Adding artists & sculptors that came
to mind in a haphazard random order;
Need to use "Book of Who" for 50 more. Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 5:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Interesting News on Marleau breaking
Gordon Howe's NHL career record of 1767 games played;
Curry's NBA scoring; Include numbers in 0-99 & 1000+

Marleau's 1768 breaks Gordon Howe's 1767 games;
Steph Curry amazing NBA scoring 49 & 62 points;
Curry topping Chamberlain's career record of 17,783.

Tuesday, April 20 2021, 10:00 pm-12:52 am
Mountain View: Worked on "Artists Born in Lunar Years";
3 hours for #101 Audubon (Snake) to #150 Max Ernst (Rabbit)

Used "Book of Who" to add 40 U.S. artists—
#101 Audubon to #140 Susan Seddon Boulet,
& 10 foreign artsts #141 Paul Klee to #150 Max Ernst. Tuesday, April 20, 2021, 10:00 pm-2:00 am
Mountain View: Since "Daily Post" not printed Tuesday,
didn't go out for papers or shopping; Stayed home & worked

Will add 20 more foreign artists
to list of "Artists Born in Lunar Years",
and arrange them in chronological order.

Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 8:20 pm-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for 4/21 "Daily Post" & "Metro";
No time to shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave);
7:30 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

If I went shopping at Safeway,
last Bus #40 is @ 8:10 pm—
much to late for me. Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 8:20 pm-11:30 pm
Mountain View: IRS 1040-SR forms & Instruction
booklet came today; Received California 540 forms
& Instruction booklet a week earlier after request;
Can do my Federal & State 2020 taxes on time

After doing "Embedded Video for Stanford Campus"
and "Nikko, Japan", can't repeat the same for
"Whitetaled Deer" & "Migrating Deer" videos.

Wednesday, April 21, 2021, 10:05 pm-12:32 am
Mountain View: Worked on "Artists Born in Lunar Years";
2.5 hours to finish #151 Fra Bartolomeo (Dragon)
to #200 Chang Dai-chien (Pig Year)

Used "Book of Who" to add 50 foreign artists—
#151 Fra Bartolomeo to #200 Chang Dai-chien;
Will arrange them in chronological order tomorrow. Thursday, April 22, 2021, 12:50-2:30 am
Mountain View: Woke up 4:15 pm (12 hours sleep);
Light breakfast of coffee and two Energy Bars;
Dinner of Gourmet Dining: "Seafood Medley"

Add 24 quartered Brussels Sprouts, 3 eggs, nuts &
seeds, & C&W Ultimate Frozen Veggies of broccoli,
carrots, string beans to make this stir-fry four meals.

Thursday, April 22, 2021, 4:00-4:42 pm
Mountain View: Wells Fargo (2600 W. El Camino Real)—
Deposit $50 check from Safeway Monopoly Game (1st cash
winning after 3 years playing this game) + $50 cash to Savings

CVS (2630 W. El Camino Real)—
8 oz Folgers Instant Coffee (reg. $8.49)
for $3.49 with coupon received yesterday. Thursday, April 22, 2021, 4:58-5:36 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" at CVS & Chef Chu's news
bins; 4:58 Bus #40 to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road)
for "Daily Post"; Shop @ Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave):

Int. Delight Hazelnut Dairy Creamer @ $3.00;
12 oz Galbanni Mozarella Cheese Sticks @ $2.99;
Sig Sel Sparkling Soda ($1.19): Monopoly Free.

Thursday, April 22, 2021, 6:40 pm-12:40 am
Mountain View: Worked on "Artists Born in Lunar Years";
4 hours to arrange 200 artists in chronological order—

Cimabue (1240), Rat Year to
Susan Seddon Boulet (1941), Snake;
Artists 1700's (24), 1800's (90), 1900's (19). Thursday, April 22, 2021, 6:40 pm-1:40 am
Mountain View: Worked on "Artists Born in Lunar Years";
4 hours to arrange 200 artists in chronological order—

34 minutes to type #1-#200 for Chronology List;
One duplication in this compilation: #29 & #30
for Fra Bartolomeo (1472) born in Dragon Year.

Friday, April 23, 2021, 4:35-5:03 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave)—

8 oz Sig Farms Spinach for Salad @ $1.99;
52 oz Simple High-Pulp Orange Juice @$3.49;
48 oz Reser's Deviled-Egg Potato Salad @ $5.00. Friday, April 23, 2021, 6:00 pm-11:30 pm
Mountain View: It's my niece Emily's 32nd birthday
today; No time to do Number 32, except a 32-petalled
Pasadena Star Rose & 32¢ U.S. stamps on Birthday Page

Born April 23: William Shakespeare (1564),
Max Planck (1858), Frank Borzage (1894),
Warren Spahn (1921), Shirley Temple (1928).

Saturday, April 24, 2021, 12:00-1:40 am
Mountain View: "Best by Number" book (pp. 108-111)
has many superstar athletes wearing #32 uniform
which I didn't include on Birthday Page for Emily—

Jim Brown, Magic Johnson,
Sandy Koufax, Steve Carlton,
Bill Walton, and Kevin McHale. Saturday, April 24, 2021, 12:00-1:40 am
Mountain View: For my niece Emily's 32nd birthday
did "Birthday on iPhone" with 1948 Shakespeare stamp
and five more notable people born on April 23

Birth Flower: Daisy;
Birthstone: Diamond;
Zodiac Sign: Taurus.

Saturday, April 24, 2021, 4:20-5:45 pm
Mountain View: Left Apt at 4:20 pm; Red Bus to Showers Drive
Wal-Mart bins for "Daily Post", Bus #40 to Chef Chu's news bins
for "Palo Alto Weekly"; 5:32 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & home

Sprouts has 25% off Vitamins & Supplements,
Didn't buy bottle of Solgar Magnesium Citrate
120 tablets @ $16.99 with no discounts. Saturday, April 24, 2021, 6:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Poem "Giant Rabbit at Giants Game"
after seeing video highlighting this giant rabbit
instead of the SF Giants heroes winning game 3-0.

Television replays focused
on a giant rabbit in the seats,
Alex Rabbit was the star by far.

Sunday, April 25, 2021, 4:20-4:48 pm
Mountain View: For my sister Margaret's birthday,
did "Birthday on iPhone" with Niger Marconi stamp
and five more notable people born on April 25—

Poet Walter de la Mare; Physicist Wolfgang Pauli;
Singer Ella Fitzgerald; Artist Cy Twombly; Actor Al Pacino;
Birth flower; Daisy, Birthstone: Diamond, Zodiac: Taurus. Sunday, April 25, 2021, 6:12-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Video 1934 All-Stars Game: Screen shots
of Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Jimmie Foxx, Al Simmons,
Joe Cronin— 5 sluggers struck out in a row by Carl Hubbell

"King Carl" has pitching record
with 24 straight wins, but those
5 strikeouts made him a legend.

Monday, April 26, 2021, 2:40-3:30 pm
Mountain View: 2:40 pm Red Bus to Valero Gas Station;
(Middlefield Road) for copies of today's 4/26 "Daily Post";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) 2:50-3:07 pm;
3:15 pm Gray Bus to Montecito Ave & walked home

24 oz Gourmet Dining Shrimp Stir-Fry @ $4.99;
8 oz Sig Sel Chunky Imitation Crabmeat @ $1.99;
5.3 oz Oikos Mixed Berries Yogurt ($1.25) = Free. Monday, April 26, 2021, 4:20-5:52 pm
Mountain View: American Film Institute (AFI) list of
Greatest Actors did not include 100, but only 27 actors
& 25 actresses; Will expand list of "Movie Actors & Actresses Born in Lunar Years" to 100. Adding these 8—

James Bond: Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig; Charlie Chan: Warner Oland, Sidney Toler, Roland Winters.

Monday, April 26, 2021, 5:40-11:32 pm
Mountain View: Took six hours to add 88 actors to list of
"Movie Actors Born in Lunar Years" in a random manner
from #33 Sean Connery to #120 Leonardo DiCaprio

Scanning through "Academy Awards
for Best Actors" (1927/1928-2020),
can add at least 20 more to my list. Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 12:30-2:30 am
Mountain View: Have Gourmet Dining Shrimp Stir-Fry
for dinner tonight; Too tired to slice 24 Brussels Sprouts
like last time; Toss in seeds, cashews & sliced almonds—

Will throw in C&W Ultimate Frozen Veggies,
three scrambled eggs & 8 chunks of crabmeat
to expand this package to three hearty meals.

Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 1:00-2:55 pm
Mountain View: Bookmarked 7 articles from NY Times,
Mercury News, & Yahoo News in Interesting News today;
(By Franny Moyle, The Telegraph, Yahoo News, 4-26-2021)—

"ART: The child hidden in plain sight: how one painting has upended the Holbein world" (Unknown Augsburg portrait of Hans Holbein the Younger, painted in 1502 when he was 5).
Tuesday, April 27, 2021, 3:45-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Took four more hours to add
80 actors to list of "Movie Actors Born in Lunar Years"
from #121 Michael Douglas to #200 Frank Morgan

"Academy Awards for Best Actors" (1927-2020)
has links of winners & nominees to wikipedia
that makes this survey more speedy to do.

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 3:00-4:10 pm
Mountain View: Ann picked me up at my apt @ 3:00 pm
for shopping at 99 Ranch Market (1350 Grant Road);
"Daily Post" at Phyllis Ave & El Camino Real; Home @ 4:10 pm

3 Garlic Broad Fava Beans @ $1.69; Custard Buns @ $2.69;
2 Kadoya Sesame Oil @ $3.98; Egg Roll Cookies @ $2.99;
2 X-Firm Tofu @ $1.59; Kimbo Thick Dry Tofu @ $2.99. Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 4:45-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Gave Ann large bag of newspapers plus
poems "Giant Rabbit at Giants Game" & "Carl Hubbell", Born in Lunar Years: "U.S. Presidents" & "Musicians"

Corrected typos:— "Carl Hubbell": line 11
"wih" to "with"; Birthday on iPhone:
April 25: "Trombly" to Twombly".

Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 4:45-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Consulted Stanford Theatre film brochures:
Universal Pictures 1930-1935, Movies of 1939, Summer 2019,
and book "Hollywood and the Academy Awards (1927-1969)"

From these sources, found 50 more actors
with birthdates to add to my list of 200
"Movie Actors Born in Lunar Years". Wednesday, April 28, 2021, 4:45-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Divide "Movie Stars Born in Lunar Years"
into two lists: "Movie Actors Born in Lunar Years" and
"Movie Actresses Born in Lunar Years"

Placed Fred Astaire with Humphrey Bogart for
"Movie Actors" & Audrey Hepburn with Katharine Hepburn for "Movie Actresses Born in Lunar Years".

Thursday, April 29, 2021, 2:45-3:44 pm
Mountain View: 3:17 pm Red Bus to Showers Drive
Wal-Mart news bins for 4/29 "Daily Post & Metro";
Shopping at CVS Pharmacy (2630 W. El Camino Real)—

2 bottles of 400 soft-gels CVS Vitamin E (400 IU)
(reg. $26.99) BOGO free + $2.43 tax = $29.42;
2 gels left from bottle of 400 opened 3-29-2020. Thursday, April 29, 2021, 3:54-4:43 pm
Mountain View: Shop @ Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd);
5.3 oz Oikos Yogurt (49¢ to $1) not Free with 50¢ coupon;
4:58 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy and walked home

Int. Delight French Vanilla Dairy Creamer @ $3.00;
12 oz Galbanni Mozarella Cheese Sticks @ $2.99;
2 lbs Bar-S Smoked Ham ($8.59) $4.02 with coupon.

Thursday, April 29, 2021, 8:45-11:47 pm
Mountain View: "Movie Actors Born in Lunar Years"
3 hours to do 80 actors from #201 William Powell (7-9-1892) Dragon Year to #280 Ronald Reagan (2-6-1911) Ram Year—

Consulting Stanford Theatre film
brochures for adding actors to this list
since I recall seeing their movies before. Friday, April 30, 2021, 12:00-2:00 am
Mountain View: Have Gourmet Dining Shrimp
Stir-Fry for dinner tonight; dicing two radishes
and thick dried tofu (bean curd) to the meal

Tomorrow will start adding actresses to the
32 "Movie Actresses Born in Lunar Years";
Have no idea what the total will be (200?).

Friday, April 30, 2021, 11:30 am
Mountain View: Al Guzman's phone woke me up;
Asked about MSA (Multicultural Staff Association)
at Foothill College web pages done for him 10 years ago

Searched my current USB (5-28-2015)— found
Multicultural Staff Association (9-1-2011);
& Folder MSA with 11 files (9-6-2011). Friday, April 30, 2021, 3:00-3:18 pm
Mountain View: CVS (2630 W. El Camino Real);
Manager Lena Huey will not honor $1 off coupon
(expires 4/29) for $29.42 Vitamin E bought yesterday

Returned 2 bottles Vitamin E, and used
$1 off coupon (expires 5/5) to buy them
again @ $28.33 with refund of $1.09.

Friday, April 30, 2021, 5:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Bullseye stamps for Dates collection—
Belgium 81: St. Michael conquers Satan (3-21-1897)
& Great Britain 139: King Edward VII (12-3-1910)

21 denomination stamps: U.S. 3487 Bison;
Belgium 1806 Begonia;
Belgium 1839 Fieldfare.
Friday, April 30, 2021, 5:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: On this day 60 years ago
(April 30, 1961), at Milwaukee County Stadium,
Willie Mays hit 4 homers in a game tying record

Box score of Giants beating Braves 14-4;
Mays Reaches New Heights; Video;
Hank Aaron hit 2 homers that day.