Haikus: July 2021

HAIKUS: July 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, July 1, 2021, 3:00-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Paid $1183 rent for July to
Brandi Allen; Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlfield Rd) for copies of "Daily Post" & "Metro";
No need to shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave);
4:15 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave & walked home;
Zahira Peña printed my Mt. Lao story in July newsletter

She showed the seven sages above me
guiding me in quest for enlightenment
to share with neighboring residents. Thursday, July 1, 2021, 6:00-8:30 pm
Mountain View: Elephant stamps— Cameroon 359 (1962);
Chad J31 (1962); Congo Republic 269 (1972); Jaipur 26 (1931); Laos 42 (1958) 41-47; Vietnam 63 (1957); Monaco 340 (1955);
U.S. 1388 (5-6-1970); India 207 (8-15-1949); Sierra Leone 163 (10-2-1933); Guinea 480 & C92 (9-28-1967); Hungary 1349
(2-24-1961); Burma 26 (11-15-38); 69 (5-2-46); 2N44 (10-1-43)

Angola 364 African Elephant (1953);
Belgian Congo 55 (1915), 111 (1924);
Togo C14 Elephant & Airplane (1947).

Thursday, July 1, 2021, 8:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Resumed work on Elephant Stamps;
Last stamp search was on June 24 at colnect.com

Added 19 postage stamps of Elephants
for a total of 36 stamps on the web page
surveyed from 1975 Scott's Stamp Catalogue. Thursday, July 1, 2021, 8:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Cooked Seafood Medley dinner
sumptuous stir fry last night that will last for four meals

Added imitation crabmeat in sesame oil,
Ultimate Stir-Fry vegetables, cauliflower,
3 scrambled eggs with lots of nuts & seeds.

Friday, July 2, 2021, 1:40-4:15 pm
Mountain View: 2:17 pm Red Bus & 2:30 pm Bus #40 to
Chef Chu's bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly";
Shopping at Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd) 3:21 pm;
4:02 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & walked home

1 liter Cranberry-Raspberry Sparkling Drink @ $1.10;
2.46 lbs Sweet Red Cherries @ $1.49/lb = $3.67;
13 oz Bear Claw Coffee Cake ($5) @ $2.50. Friday, July 2, 2021, 5:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Phone Interview (1:00-1:30 pm) with
Javier, applying for VTA Bus Paratransit Access Card;
Theresa got new job as Director of Nursing at First Hill
Surgery Center in Seattle; She says dancing starts in July

Steve emails wedding photos of his daughter Emily &
Seth last Sunday (Rhode Is), honeymooning in Maine;
Nice to see how she has grown up from age 13 (2004).

Friday, July 2, 2021, 5:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Found 8 more Elephant stamps—
French Equatorial Africa 197 (11-4-1957); Rio Muni B8
(6-21-1961); Rio Muni 57 Elephant & Parrot (6-1-1966)
Poland 1403: Mamooth (3-5-1966); Somalia 2 (11-1-1903)

Bulgaria 1485: Asian Elephant (5-23-1966);
Eritrea 165: African Elephant (12-1-1933);
Somalia C97: Elephants & Plane (11-8-1964);
Friday, July 2, 2021, 5:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Eritrea 165 stamp is postmarked at colnect.com, however found a nice unused copy at the Smithsonian Institute;
My 1975 Scott's Stamp Catalogue & Smithsonian has stamp issued in 1934, but colnect.com lists date of issue as 12-1-1933

Added 8 postage stamps of Elephants
for a total of 44 stamps on the web page
surveyed from 1975 Scott's Stamp Catalogue.

Saturday, July 3, 2021, 1:50-3:15 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(middlefield Road) for "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 2:40 pm; Got
Rudy Cinnamon Toast & Cheerios ($4.99) @ 90% off for 49¢

La Terra Fina Spinach-Artichoke Quiche ($11.99) @ $5.99;
6 Cinnamon Toast Crunch 12 oz ($4.99) @ 49¢ = $2.94;
2 Honey-Nut Cheerios 10.8 oz ($4.99) @ 49¢ = 98¢
4 Lucerne Sliced Cheese 8 oz @ $1.99 = $7.96. Saturday, July 3, 2021, 3:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Too many bags (6) to juggle up & down
Bus #40 or Red Bus, so rolled cart home in an half-hour;
Safeway sent me free MLB-SF Giants tote shopping bag
for filling out Safeway Giants Grand Slam Offer Survey

Columbia Engineering Spring 2021 Magazine—
"AI: What Lies Ahead?— How our labs
are reshaping artificial intelligence";
"Professor Salvatore Stolfo fights phishers".

Saturday, July 3, 2021, 3:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Found 20 more Elephant stamps in
my 1975 Scott's Stamp Catalogue of British Colonies—
North Borneo 141 (7-1-1909); Rhodesia 257 (9-6-1967);
South Africa 205 (10-14-1954); Swaziland 164 (8-1-1969);
Southwest Africa 260 (11-15-1954); Ceylon 318 (4-10-1954); Ceylon 409 (8-15-1967); Ceylon 273 Wild Elephants (1935)

Ceylon 434: Elephant Lamp (8-1-1969);
Gambia 116: King George V & Elephants (1922);
Gambia 136: King George VI & Elephant (4-1-1938);
Saturday, July 3, 2021, 3:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Found 20 more Elephant stamps in
my 1975 Scott's Stamp Catalogue of British Colonies—
India 580 (5-5-1973); India 598 (11-14-1973); Jaipur 27 (1931); Jaipur O16 (1937); Nigeria 185 (11-1-1965); Kenya 10 (12-12-1963); Kenya 30 (12-12-1966); Malaya 14 (11-1-1900);
Selangor-Malaya 40 Elephants & Howdah (1899)

Added 20 postage stamps of Elephants
for a total of 64 stamps on the web page
surveyed from 1975 Scott's Stamp Catalogue.

Sunday, July 4, 2021, 2:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: July 4th of America's Declaration of Independence; In "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942) film bio of George Cohan , James Cagney sings "Born on the Fourth of July"

Favorite film scene: In "The Band Wagon" (1953)—
Fred Astaire tired doing ballet, wants to do his style
of dancing: "I declare Independence 1776!"
The turning point in film (not on YouTube). Sunday, July 4, 2021, 2:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Can't solve today's Jumble Puzzle: (2-2:25 pm):
Independence Day in the U.S. often features cookouts, fireworks ___________: OO TD SN HU FA R = AND SO "FOURTH"

Read "Art of Independence" (Mercury News 7-4-2021, B13):
Barry Faulkner's 14'x37.5' painting (1933-1936) in National Archives Building showing Jefferson handing over his draft to John Hancock, with 28 of the founding fathers identified.

Sunday, July 4, 2021, 2:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Recalled children's book that elephants lived
to 100 years old, but oldest elephant Ling Wang lived to 86 in
Taipei Zoo, Granny Dakshayani in Kerala temle lived to 88;
"Longest Living Animals"—

Fred the Cockatoo lives to 100;
Giant Tortoise lives to 187 years;
Bowhead Whale lived to 211 years;
Greenland Shark lived to 400 years;
Ocean Quahog Clam lived to 507 years. Sunday, July 4, 2021, 2:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Recall July 4th holiday in childhood in NYC;
Dad & Mom don't drive; Wu & Zia families, 3 children each,
would take us to Jones Beach or Alley Pond Park for picnics;
Fireworks at Cornell Football Stadium on July 4 (1964-1970)

Hikes: El Corte de Madera (7-4-2010);
Tarwater Trailhead Loop (7-4-2011);
Portola Redwoods State Park (7-4-2012);
Purisima Creek Redwoods (7-4-2013);
Hakone Gardens, Saratoga (7-4-2019).

Sunday, July 4, 2021, 2:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Found 10 more Elephant stamps in my
1975 Scott's Stamp Catalogue— Ethiopia 129 (6-16-1916);
Liberia 60 (12-1896); Sierra Leone 108 (1912); 118 (1912);
India 405 (1965); North Rhodesia 5 (4-1-1925); 16 (4-1-1925);

Cuba 889: Asian Elephant (11-25-1964);
Mozambique Co. 110 Native with Tusks (12-16-1918);
Mozambique Co. 142 Elephants with Seal (12-16-1918). Sunday, July 4, 2021, 2:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Found 10 more Elephant stamps in
my 1975 Scott's Stamp Catalogue; Ethiopia & Liberia
stamps are horizontal, other 8 stamps are vertical;
Can fit 5 stamps per row on web page

Added 10 postage stamps of Elephants
for a total of 74 stamps on the web page
surveyed from 1975 Scott's Stamp Catalogue.

Monday, July 5, 2021, 1:00-2:00 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed for 3 days
Sunday-Tuesday, July 4-6; Stayed home to work;
Ran out of Quaker Instant Oatmeal yesterday,
that I pour a cup of boiling water over

Mistake pouring boiling water over Cinnamon
Toast Crunch; Crunchy cereal is soft & soggy;
Today used Almond milk to get crunchy taste. Monday, July 5, 2021, 2:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Surprise email from nephew Byron
whom I've not heard in years; He is in dental school,
and is interested in stories about his grandfather;
Wrote Birthday on iPhone for his June 11 birthday—

Born June 11— Ben Jonson, John Constable,
Richard Strauss, Kiichiro Toyoda,
Vince Lombardi, Joe Montana.

Monday, July 5, 2021, 2:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Found Elephant stamps issued after 1975:
Colombia 879g (4-25-1980); Tanzania 792 (11-28-1991); 794; 793; 795; 796; 797; 798; 799; Angola 1137 (4-13-2000); Zimbabwe 778 (4-15-1997); Zimbabwe 1002 (10-6-2005); Zimbabwe 1097 (6-23-2009); Zimbabwe M1093A (12-17-2019)

China 4197c Asian Elephant (10-16-2014);
North Korea 1294 Asian Elephant (2-20-1975);
Japan 3595a Elephant (9-20-2013); 3640 (12-12-2013). Monday, July 5, 2021, 9:30 pm-4:30 am
Mountain View: Found Elephant stamps issued after 1975:
Consulted 61 stamps from Cynthis Ellis, Elephant Stamp Themes, eBay Elephant stamps; Bhutan 534 (2-12-1986);
Bhutan 926 (7-11-1990); Bhutan 1219d (8-10-1999);
77 stamps in "Elephants Postage Stamps"

4 stamps before 1975— Hungary 1686 (7-26-1965);
Burundi 86 (3-20-1964); DDR 317 (12-14-1956)
Ruanda-Urundi 144 African Elephants (10-15-1959)

Tuesday, July 6, 2021, 5:00-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Bookmarked 3 Interesting News: "Yogi Berra stamp"; "Anna Halprin Obituary"; "What is a flying car?"

Sebastian Thrun, who is a computer science professor at Stanford and also founded Google's self-driving car project. Thrun says this technology will be in our lives soon.
Marcus Leng's Opener: vehicles could be sold this year. Tuesday, July 6, 2021, 6:00-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Ann emailed donkey stamp from Switzerland;
Ann requested Birthday on iPhone for her Mom July 6 birthday:

Born July 6— John Paul Jones (1747),
Marc Chagall (1887), Hugo Theorell (1903),
Frida Kahlo (1907), George W. Bush (1946),
Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama (1935).
Tuesday, July 6, 2021, 10:00-12:00 pm
Mountain View: Found Elephant stamps issued after 1975:
Burundi 593 (8-11-1982); Burundi 664 (10-4-1991); Chad 2019 (2019); Botswana 746 (8-5-2002); Botswana 498 (9-30-1991); Botswana 666 (12-28-1998); Botswana 730 (12-12-2001);

Zambia 184 Elephant Anti-Poaching (8-1-1978);
Zambia 141 Elephant in Kasaba Bay (1-2-1975);
Zambia 1198 African Elephant (6-26-2014). Tuesday, July 6, 2021, 9:30 pm-1:00 am
Mountain View: Al Guzman emailed on registering for
LINC-405 (CRN 10787) at 0 unit for Summer Quarter at
Foothill College, so I can use VTA Clipper Card; Need
Add-on Code from Cassandra Pereira as classes started 6/28

Found Elephant stamps issued after 1975—
Arranged 11 stamps resized in three rows—
Botswana, Burundi, Chad, Zambia and Zimbabwe

Wednesday, July 7, 2021, 5:50-7:50 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for copies of "Daily Post"; Shopping
at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Avenue) 6:15-6:37 pm;
Wait 6:45-7:34 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

2 Sig Sel Sparkling Water @ 90¢ = $1.80;
32 oz Lucerne Creamer Sugarless Hazelnut @ $ 2.79;
Open Nature Almond Milk @ $2.37 - $1 off = $1.37;
Land-O'-Frost Black Forest Ham @ $4.75 - $1 off = $3.75 Wednesday, July 7, 2021, 9:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Since "Daily Post" was not printed (July 4-6),
so didn't go out for walks (Blood Sugar = 106, 121, 109, 115, 95, 109 mg/dl); Cassandra Pereira emailed (4:29 pm) asking for my CWID # to register me for LINC-405 for Summer Quarter

Cassandra Pereira's email tells me good news—
After closing for 16 months during COVID-19 pandemic,
KCI Computer Lab will open Tuesdays, Thursdays,
and Saturdays from 10:30 am-4:30 pm. Hurray!

Wednesday, July 7, 2021, 8:00-8:30 pm
Mountain View: Near the Dumpster Area, someone
was discarding vacuum cleaner, kitchen microwave,
and a wooden bookcase (16.5' wide x 41' tall x 7.7' deep)

Dragged bookcase to my apartment;
Filled top three bookshelves with 76 books,
and bottom shelf with magazines lying flat. Wednesday, July 7, 2021, 10:00 pm-12:30 am
Mountain View: Elephant Stamps-2— Found 31 stamps issued after 1975; Will cease this project for now. Need to start web pages "Number 70" for Cathy's birthday (August 5)

#46 Messier 70 Galaxy; #46a 70-petals Wedgewood Rose;,
#47 NGC 70 Galaxy; #48 Asteroid 70 Panopaea;
#82 Hiroshige Views of Edo #70; #83 Krishna Print #70.

Thursday, July 8, 2021, 1:30-2:30 pm
Mountain View: 1:45 pm Gray Bus to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post" & "Metro"; Shopping
at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Avenue) 1:55-2:05 pm;
2:15 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave & walked home

8 oz Sargento Swiss Cheese Slices @ $ 1.99;
3 lbs Mustard Potato Salad @ $6.49 - $1 off = $5.49;
32 oz Open Nature Almond Milk @ $2.37 - $1 off = $1.37. Thursday, July 8, 2021, 2:45-4:15 pm
Mountain View: Letter from VTA Access Paratransit
that my application for Access Card was denied as
I'm not eligible; Javier was hostile during Interview;
Notice from Foothill College that I'm registered.

Cassandra Pereira registered me for LINC-405
"Beginning Technology Skills" in Summer Quarter;
Enlarged photo "Peter(200x200).jpg" for My Profile.

Thursday, July 8, 2021, 5:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: With KCI Computer Lab opening again next week Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays (10:30 am-4:30 pm),
need strategy to work more efficiently on "Number 70" pages

No need to drag heavy books to type
(Baseball Encyclopedia 1988, 2875 pages)
at KCI Computer Lab, can do it simply at home. Thursday, July 8, 2021, 5:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Will document progress in daily haikus
on Item #s in "Number 70" for Cathy's birthday (August 5);
#81: Found photo of Stanford Plaque #70 taken on 8-14-2020

#92 70th World Series 1973: Oakland A's beat Mets 4-3;
#93 70th All-Stars Game 1999: American League won 4-1;
#126 Time Magazine LXX:21: Senator John F. Kennedy.

Thursday, July 8, 2021, 5:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: While searching for Time Magazine covers,
came across Time May 26, 1947 cover of Chen-Li-Fu;
Read the 7-page article; He lived to 100 years-old; Dad met
him in Taipei, and he signed his "Confucius" book for me.

Electrochemist Kenneth Senter picked me up hitchhiking;
Told me to go to "Qigong" lecture at Stanford Research
Institute (1988); Learned Chen Lifu was a Qigong Master. Thursday, July 8, 2021, 5:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Rudy woke me up at 11:05 am today; he saw message on his cell phone I called; It was probably on June 24
when Al Guzman invited me for breakfast & "In the Heights"
film; Rudy likes musicals, but he was in Lodi at the time.

Rudy emailed 4:15 pm, got back from Lodi on 7/7;
He liked the Columbia Engineering Magazine
(Spring 2021) article on "Electrifying Chemistry".

Friday, July 9, 2021, 2:20-3:30 pm
Mountain View: 2:48 pm Bus #40 to Chef Chu's bins
for copies of "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly";
Shopping at Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd) 3:30 pm

Cauliflower Potato & Tortilla Chips @ $2.50 = $5.00;
1 lb Raw Sunflower Seeds No Salt @ $3.29/lb = $3.29;
0.94 lb Walnut Halves & Pieces @ $4.99/lb = $4.69. Friday, July 9, 2021, 3:30-4:40 pm
Mountain View: Shopping at Safeway
(645 San Antonio Rd) 4:08 pm;
4:20 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & walked home

PF Chang Shrimp Lo-Mein ($9.49) Friday Special @ 5.00;
2 Gortons Fish Fillets BOGO (12 fillets) ($17.98) @ $8.99;
$1 off Sig Sel not good on Sig Farms Spinach @ $1.99.

Friday, July 9, 2021, 5:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Didn't solve today's Jumble Puzzle—
DNEUU = UNDUE; HDCIE = CHIDE;
TOTIUF = OUTFIT; LCASLU = CALLUS

Cartoon Answer: The Frisbees that were
on sale five for $10 were NDE CD OIT CUS
= "DISC-COUNTED" (wrote "DISC-CONTINUED"). Friday, July 9, 2021, 5:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: HTML work on "Number 70" Item #103
for Cathy's birthday (August 5); Better to do items where I can
consult books at home before going to KCI Computer Lab

Best By Number: Who Wore What With Distinction (2006), pp. 178-179— #70 uniforms: Joe Maddon (baseball);
Jim Marshall; Sam Huff; Art Donovan; Charlie Krueger.

Saturday, July 10, 2021, 3:00-3:12 pm
Mountain View: 12 hours sleep, woke up at
2:32 pm; Solved today's Jumble Puzzle—
ZUAEG = GAUZE; DAPIL = PLAID;
LERYRA = RARELY; SSLYUT = STYLUS

Cartoon Answer:
With a crew ready to begin pressure
washing the church, the minister said—
AUE PL RY STS = LET US "SPRAY". Saturday, July 10, 2021, 4:45 pm-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:15-5:36 pm;
5:45 pm Red Bus to Montecito Avenue and walked home

2 Sparkling Water 1 liter @ $1.10 - 20¢ off @ 90¢ = $1.80;
Land-O'-Frost Black Forest Ham @ $4.75 - $1 off = $3.75;
Open Nature Pomegranate Juice @ $ 3.99 - $1 off = $2.99;
Open Nature Blueberry Granola @ $1.99 - $1 off = 99¢.

Saturday, July 10, 2021, 7:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Was late enrolling in Cassandra Pereira's
LINC-405 class "Beginning Technology Skills" (June 28);
Better do Orientation Assignment, before getting kicked out

1) Set up your Canvas Profile;
2) Set your Canvas Notifications;
3) Check your badges;
4) Navigate between Home Page and this Module. Saturday, July 10, 2021, 7:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Got kicked out of Kim Randall's
LINC-90C class (March 1-8, 2021) for not doing
Orientation assignment correctly

Missed July 8 Zoom class; better get assignment
done for Module 1 Orientation before Kas Pereira
kicks me out of her LINC-405 class this summer;
For a 0 unit class, seems there is a lot of work.

Sunday, July 11, 2021, 4:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: NY Times Weekend News Briefing
on Cuttlefish requires payment; Found YouTube
Video on Cuttlefish that's free to view

Cuttlefish is chamelion of the sea;
Can change their colors instantly
to blend in with the background. Sunday, July 11, 2021, 4:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Did Module 1 Orientation yesterday
in HTML, but didn't do it in Google Drive and
submit it to instructor Kas Pereira

Google Drive does not show
correct formatting done in HTML,
so need to submit both versions of assignment.

Sunday, July 11, 2021, 4:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Google Drive Lesson in LINC-405 class asks
"Why might storing your files & folders in a Cloud-based
application like Google Drive be useful?" Answer—

If files are lost on computer due
to hacking, have backup version
in the Cloud of Google Drive. Sunday, July 11, 2021, 4:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Google Drive assignment said
it should take 1-3 hours to complete, but after
5 hours (4:35-9:37 pm), still 46% complete

After answering 6 matching questions
in "Review Key Terms" correctly a dozen times,
the "X mark" shows I've not done this assignment.

Monday, July 12, 2021, 2:10 pm
Mountain View: Jack Mullen phoned several times
asking when places will be open again after pandemic;
He missed watching classic films at Stanford Theatre
and using large-screen Mac computers at Krause Center

Emailed him: (1) Stanford Theatre still closed;
(2) Ann informed me on Friday and Saturday
Ballroom dancing at Cubberley opens Aug. 6-7;
(3) KCI Computer Lab opens on Tuesdays, Thursdays,
and Saturdays from 10:30 am-4:30 pm according to Kas. Monday, July 12, 2021, 4:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: 4:15 pm Gray Bus to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's "Daily Post"; Shopping
at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Avenue) 4:25-4:43 pm;
4:52 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave & walked home

6.3 oz Gorton Grilled Salmon Fillets @ $4.99;
2 Signature Select Sparkling Water @ 90¢ = $1.80;
4 Sargento Cheese Slices (Pepper Jack, Colby Jack, Swiss,
Provolone, 8 oz @ $ 1.99 = $7.96 (reg. $15.96) for Rudy;
32 oz Open Nature Almond Milk @ $2.37 - $1 off = $1.37.

Monday, July 12, 2021, 6:15-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Could not attend Zoom class @ 6:00 pm
for LINC-405 as I was denied Access; Tried to do Google
Drive assignment on Sharing Files but need Class Code;
Type CRN #10787 but not correct; Emailed Kim Randall—

Kim replied @ 7:23 pm saying William Cavada is also
instructor in LINC-405 class; Should have Access to Zoom
and no need for Class Code for Google Drive assignments.
Checked Progress Report: My work is now 61% complete. Monday, July 12, 2021, (Dream July 9, circa 6 am)
Mountain View: Dream at Professor H.A. Scheraga seminar;
Was to present a paper on "Protein Structural Predictions"
but left my slides at home, so decided to talk on how I wrote
the 1974 paper that got most cited in Science Citation Index.

1) Doubt: Conformations more than atoms in universe 10⁷⁸;
2) Uncertainty: Programmers faster than my simple method;
3) Hard Work: Collected more X-ray data than anyone else;
4) Certainty: Beat computers in International competitions.

Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 12:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Should have gone to Krause
Center today @ 10:30 am for their grand opening
after being closed for 18 months due to the pandemic—

No "Daily Post" printed
on Tuesday— so stayed home
to get more work done. Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 12:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Return to work on "Number 70"
instead of frustration on LINC-405 assignments;
Work on Items with books at home to type—

Items #58-59: 70 BC & 70 AD from People's Chronology;
Items #65-66: Cities at 70 degrees longitude & latitude;
Items 94-102: Baseball & Sports Records from two books.

Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 12:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Continue work on "Number 70"; Ultimate Book
of Sports Lists 1998 is outdated; Wilt Chamberlain's 70 points
is no longer ranked 9th in NBA scoring but 10th, because—

Kobe Bryant scored 81 points
(1-22-2006) is #2 now, pushing
Chamberlain's 70 points to 10th place. Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 12:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Continue work on "Number 70";
Items #105-112: Years are different for 70th Kentucky Derby (1944), 70th Preakness (1945), 70th Belmont Stakes (1938).

Years are different for 70th Men's Wimbledon Tennis
(7-7-1956) and 70th Women's Wimbledon (7-7-1962)
so it's difficult to keep track of numbered sports events.

Wednesday, July 14, 2021, 3:45-4:35 pm
Mountain View: 3:30 pm Bus #40 to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's "Daily Post"; Shopping
at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Avenue) 4:25-4:43 pm;
5:00 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave & walked home

8 oz Signature Farms Spinach for Salad @ $1.99;
Sig Select Apple Cider @ $1.66 - $1 off coupon = 66¢;
Returned: 2 Cinnamon Toast Crunch @ $4.99 = $9.98
+ 3 Nature Valley Granola Bars (@ $4.49) Free for Rudy. Wednesday, July 14, 2021, 7:00-8:10 pm
Mountain View: "Marlins' Lopez sets record with 9 straight K's"
Video at mlb.com (7-11-2021); "On anniversary of father's death, Marlins' Pablo López sets an MLB strikeout record"
(By Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, July 11, 2021).

López needed just 35 pitches to get 9 strikeouts. Five of strikeouts were on 3 pitches. Previous consecutive strikeouts to start a game: 8, done 3 times: Jim Deshaies on 9-23-1986; Jacob deGrom 9-15-2014; German Marquez 9-26-2018.

Thursday, July 15, 2021, 3:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Rudy came & drove to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's "Daily Post"; Shopping
at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Avenue) 4:00-4:37 pm;
Rudy paid $20.57 for $56.87 groceries on specials

64 oz Silk Vanilla Oat Milk @ $3.00 - $2 off = $1.00;
Pagoda Express: 8 Egg Rolls @ $7.99 - $2 off = $5.99;
2 Sig Select Apple Juice @ $3.32 - $2 off coupons = $1.32;
3 lbs Sig Café Mustard Potato Salad $6.99, 50% off = $3.49. Thursday, July 15, 2021, 6:00-7:50 pm
Mountain View: Zoom sessions with Ray Tognetti
on LINC-405 (6:05-6:30 pm) & After Class Help
with Kim Randall (6:30-7:50 pm) on problems with
assignments; Got 5 points finally on "Review Key Terms"

Project now 86% complete; Instead of Kim's
email: krandall@krauseinnovationcenter.org
use: kcigoogle@krauseinnovationcenter.org
to share LINC-405 work done in Google Drive.

Thursday, July 15, 2021, 7:50-9:24 pm
Mountain View: After Zoom session with Kim Randall,
managed to get LINC-405 assignment done 100% complete

New Task: Create a new folder in Google Drive
"Chou-KCI-Projects", but can't find it to place
"LakefrontCommunityFundraiser" folder inside it. Thursday, July 15, 2021, 9:25-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Virus got into "Number 70" Items #194-208
yesterday like "Number 44"; Need to do 10 poets over again

Did Items #2-36 Mathematics section
& Item #37 Science section yesterday
in five hours (7:35 pm-2:17 am).

Friday, July 16, 2021, 4:00-5:30 pm
Mountain View: 4:19 pm Bus #40 to Showers Drive Wal-Mart
bins for "Daily Post" & "Metro"; Bus #21 to Chef Chu's bins
for "Palo Alto Weekly"; No shopping today @ Safeway;
5:19 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & walked home

After they got rid of bench at El Camino Real
& San Antonio Rd, hard for Bus #40 driver to see
riders inside of kiosk, so need to wave for them to stop. Friday, July 16, 2021, 6:40 pm-1:21 am
Mountain View: 6 hours work on "Number 70" Science Items
#38-45 and Technology Items #50-57 (7:48 pm-1:21 am);
Didn't get to History Items #60-64; Will spend longest time
on Item #64: 12 photos & bios on accomplisments at age 70.

Specials for Rudy: 64 oz Apple Juice ($2.99) @ 66¢;
2 Honey-Nut Cheerios ($4.99) @ 49¢ = 98¢;
2 Cinnamon Tost Crunch ($4.99) @ 49¢ = 98¢.

Saturday, July 17, 2021, 1:50-3:10 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's "Daily Post"; Shopping
at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Avenue) 2:20-2:42 pm;
2:52 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave & walked home

Sig Select Quiche Florentine (15 ct) @ $3.79;
Sig Select Quiche Cheese & Bacon (15 ct) @ $3.79;
2 Lucerne Swiss Cheese Sliced 8 oz @ $1.99 = $3.98;
Angel Cake $4.79, 50% off = $2.39 - $2 off coupon = 39¢. Saturday, July 17, 2021, 4:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Krause Center Computer Lab opened
on Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 10:30 am-4:30 pm
this week after closing for 18 months. but didn't go at all;
Told Jack Mullen about it as he likes the big screens there

Will stay home and work on "Number 70"—
History Items #60-64; Will spend longest time
on Item #64: 12 photos & bios on work done at age 70.
Consult Baker's Tolstoy's Bicycle (1982), pp. 452-458

Saturday, July 17, 2021, 4:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Work on "Number 70"—
Item #60: 1970 was the 70th year of 20th century
and the 1st year of the 1970s decade; Selected 15 dates—

4-1-1970: 1970 U.S. Census— 203,392,031 residents;
10-26-1970: Garry Trudeau's comic Doonesbury debuts;
12-23-1970: World Trade Center, world's tallest at 1,368 ft. Saturday, July 17, 2021, 6:30-8:50 pm
Mountain View: Work on "Number 70"— Items # 61-63:
#61: 70th Armor Regiment; #62: 70th U.S. Infantry Division;
#63: 70th New York Infantry Regiment

70th Armor Coat of Arms;
70th Infantry Division Patch;
70th NY Infantry Regiment's Monument at Gettysburg.

Sunday, July 18, 2021, 3:00-3:35 pm
Mountain View: Almost 12 hours sleep, woke up at 1:25 pm;
Solved today's Jumble Puzzle— SEDODT = ODDEST;
WNDUIN = UNWIND; DCIAC = ACIDIC; LOPHAO= HOOPLA; PCLAAA = ALPACA; BROFID = FORBID; except—

Cartoon Answer: The huge oak was being planted
and would provide plenty of shade without—
OSTUWDADHOOAAFB = A SHADOW OF A DOUBT. Sunday, July 18, 2021, 4:45 pm-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Emailed Jack Mullen to pick up 5 bags
of newspapers for him; No "Daily Post" printed Sunday
so stayed home to work on "Number 70"
Item #64: Accomplishment at age 70—

Galen, Roman physician (129-199 AD);
Socrates, Greek philosopher (469 BC-399 BC);
Mencius, Chinese sage (372 BC-289 BC).

Sunday, July 18, 2021, 4:45 pm-11:50 pm
Mountain View: Work on "Number 70"— Item #64: Work done at age 70— Carl Jung (5:36 pm), Friedrich Engels (6:16 pm), Francis Galton (6:49 pm), Winston Churchill (7:19 pm), Herbert Marcuse (8:00 pm), John Soane (8:25 pm), Maurice Chevalier (8:53 pm), Toscanini (10:12 pm), Lillian Gish (10:56 pm)

Five hours and 20 minutes to compose
9 people and their accomplishments at 70—
Time listed is photo formatted in Photoshop. Sunday, July 18, 2021, 4:45 pm-11:50 pm
Mountain View: Item #64: Work accomplished at age 70—
Will make web links without photos for S.I. Hayakawa,
Pope Paul VI, Richard Strauss, Sir Henry Wood, Frank Richards, Dorothy Parker, Alberto Moravia, George Cukor, Helen Hayes, Pola Negri, Fred Zinnermann, Laurence Olivier, Akira Kurosawa,

Marlene Dietrich, Robert Young, Danny Thomas,
James Reston, Simon Weisenthal, Dan Maskell—
Will do this tomorrow & have dinner now.

Monday, July 19, 2021, 4:05-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's "Daily Post"; Shopping
at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Avenue) 4:30-4:54 pm;
5:09 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave and walkd home

6.3 oz Gorton Grilled Salmon Fillets @ $4.99;
2 Imitation Crabmeat @ $2.50 - $1.00 off coupons = $3.00;
64 oz Silk Vanilla Oat Milk @ $3.00 - $2 off = $1.00;
Reser's Deviled Egg Potato Salad $7.99 - 50% off = $3.99. Monday, July 19, 2021, 6:00-9:02 pm
Mountain View: Finish Item #64: Work done at age 70
for "Number 70"; Start Geography Items #67-80—
International Phone Code #70 to Streets and
Avenues #70, also Buildings #70

Consult Jeremy Baker's Tolstoy's Bicycle
(1982), pp. 452-458 for work 19 people
accomplished at the age 70 with
web links but no photographs.

Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 1:30-5:00 pm
Mountain View: CINTAS Fire & Alarm Co. is performing
a required 5-year annual inspection of all apartments
on Tuesday July 20 between 8 AM and 5 PM.

No "Daily Post" printed Tuesday;
Stayed home to clean up clutter
for the Fire & Alarm inspectors.
But they never showed up today. Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 3:00-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Two hours yesterday (6:53-9:02 pm)
to finish Item #64: 19 people's work at age 70
with web links for "Number 70"

3 hours to do Items #67-76, 78 (9:58 pm-1:20 am)—
70th Street Trolley Station in San Diego;
Buildings at East 70th Street in NYC.
#77, #79-80 done today (3:00-4:43 pm).

Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 5:19-7:48 pm
Mountain View: Missed Monday's Zoom Lesson
class at 6 pm for LINC-405 with Kim Randall;
Thought class was on Tuesday; Did Google Docs
Level 1 in Google Drive on Page Formatting

Started assignment at 5:19 pm
and finished at 7:48 pm—
2 hours 30 minutes to complete. Tuesday, July 20, 2021, 8:00 pm-1:10 am
Mountain View: 5 hours work on Items #85-91 for music
on "Number 70"— Haydn's Symphony #70; Bach's Cantata 70; Beethoven's Piano Trios Op. 70; Brahms' Op. 70: Four Songs; Elvis 1970 Las Vegas; 70s Rhythm & Blues; 1970s Jazz

Find record album covers for
Opus #70 in classical music;
No rock groups numbered #70.

Wednesday, July 21 2021, 1:30-2:00 pm
Mountain View: 8 hours sleep, woke up at 12:05 pm;
Solved today's Jumble Puzzle— NIRDG = GRIND; TCOLH = CLOTH; TAYERG = GYRATE; UDNNEO = UNDONE—

Cartoon Answer: The new equipment
they used to trim the bushes was—
GIN CTH GTE UDE = CUTTING "HEDGE" Wednesday, July 21 2021, 1:30-2:00 pm
Mountain View: CINTAS Fire & Alarm Co. never came
for required 5-year annual inspection of all apartments
yesterday, Tuesday, July 20 between 8 AM and 5 PM.

Saved 5 bags of newspapers for Jack;
Saved 1 bag of newspapers for Rudy;
Saved 1 bag of newspapers & poems for Ann.

Wednesday, July 21 2021, 3:50-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's "Daily Post"; Shopping
at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Avenue) 4:20-4:45 pm;
5:09 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave and walkd home

Land-O'-Frost Black Forest Ham @ $3.99 - $1 off = $2.99;
3 Pringles Potato Chips @ $1.67 = $5.00 - 50¢ off = $4.50;
8 oz Signature Farms Fresh Spinach for Salad @ $1.99. Wednesday, July 21 2021, 5:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Didn't pay for "A Queen of 19th Century Opera"
(By Claire Moses, NY Times, 7-21-2021); Pauline Viardot was one of the premier opera figures of her time, a talented singer,
composer, teacher and entrepreneur.

A London journal in 1848 wrote: "Her technical
skill alone is immense; in the completeness of her
chromatic scale she is, probably, without a rival."

Wednesday, July 21 2021, 5:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Read instead free article linked in
NY Times News Briefings: "Classical music: Pauline who?"
(By Erica Jeal, The Guardian, UK, Feb. 23, 2006)

Berlioz called her one of the greatest artists
of her age. So why has pianist, singer and composer
Pauline Viardot become a mere musical footnote? Wednesday, July 21 2021, 5:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Will be fun to work on Items #113-124
for Collectibles, Coins & Postage Stamps on "Number 70"
since haven't seen many of these memorabilia before—

U.S. R65D: 70¢ Revenue of Washington (1862);
U.S. 4859: 70¢ Butterfly (2-10-2014);
Suriname C53: 70¢ Butterfly (7-26-1972).

Wednesday, July 21 2021, 5:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Will be fun to work on Items #113-124
for Collectibles, Coins & Postage Stamps on "Number 70"
since haven't seen many of these memorabilia before—

U.S. 4867: 70¢ Wedding Cake (2-22-2014);
U.S. 4881: 70¢ Yes I Do (3-21-2014);
U.S. C136: 70¢ Airmail, 9-Mile Prairie, NB (3-6-2001). Wednesday, July 21 2021, 5:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Will be fun to work on Items #113-124
for Collectibles, Coins & Postage Stamps on "Number 70"
since haven't seen many of these memorabilia before—

#113: 1870 U.S. Silver Half-Dollar;
#115: 1870 France Military Medal;
#116: 1870 Charles Dickens Bronze Medallion.

Thursday, July 22 2021, 5:30-6:50 pm
Mountain View: 11 hours sleep, woke up at 4:30 pm;
Breakfast of Ritz crackers, Energy bar, and coffee;
5:54 pm Bus #40 to Valero Gas Station for "Metro" and
"Daily Post"; 6:38 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & home

Missed today's Zoom lesson on LINC-405
with Kim Randall @ 6:00-6:30 pm
and Q&A Session @ 6:30-7:00 pm. Thursday, July 22 2021, 7:10-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Rudy phoned @ 6:50 pm, He's going
back to Lodi tomorrow; Will see me on Monday 7/26
for shopping at Safeway @ 1:30 pm; Ann's email with
photo of verdant old trees where she stayed in Cincinnati

Steve Gould's July 22 email with two photos—
Mauch Chunk Opera House in mining town Jim Thorp, PA;
"Duck inside snake" by Victor Stabin (did Feynman stamp).

Friday, July 23 2021, 5:30-6:30 pm
Mountain View: 8 hours sleep, woke up at 4:05 pm;
Breakfast of Ritz crackers, Energy bar, coffee; 5:50 pm
Red Bus to Showers Drive, No "Daily Post" at Wal-Mart and
CVS bins; 6:38 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

Picked up at Chef Chu's news bins—
7 copies of "Palo Alto Weekly"
and 2 copies of "Daily Post". Friday, July 23 2021, 6:55-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Didn't pay for NY Times "How to Truly
Focus on What You're Doing?" (NY Times, 1-13-2019)
and "How to Get Focused" (NY Times, 9-26-2020)
2,090,000,000 results on "improve your focus"

Exercise Allotting time for exercise
is a proven way to improve focus,
memory and productivity.

Friday, July 23 2021, 6:55-10:30 pm
Mountain View: "Walking the Lines: Poetry's Popularity"
(By Christina Waters, Metro, July 14-20, 2021); Bay Area poets on how the pandemic has changed and reinvigorated the art form
(Erin Redfern, Kim Addonizio, Alan Soldofsky, Gary Young)

James Crews: "A lot of poems are read during funerals,
weddings, graduations, and huge transitions in our lives";
Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins puts it this way:
"The virus is slowing us down to the speed of poetry." Friday, July 23 2021, 6:55-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Worked last night on 70— Items #124-126:
Found 15 stamps with 70 denominaton; (8:51 pm-4:07 am)—
U.S. 5477 Butterfly; Suriname C53 Butterfly; Mozambique Co. 185 Native Woman; Portugal M4530 Harry Potter (0.70 Euro);

Spanish Guinea 347: Grey Parrot;
Spanish Guinea 349: Elephant;
Spanish Sahara 84: Camels;
Spanish Sahara 87: Golden Eagle.

Saturday, July 24, 2021, 3:25-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:00-4:19 pm;
4:40 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

2 Signature Select Sparkling Water @ 98¢ = $1.96;
32 oz Lucerne Sugarless Hazelnut Creamer @ $2.79;
9.53 oz Pillsbury Soft Butter Cookies @ $4.49 = FREE. Saturday, July 24, 2021, 6:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed Sunday;
No need to get dressed to go out & work at home;
Better to do laundry today since I'm dressed—
$1.75 wash (42 minutes) & $1.00 dry (48 minutes)

Jumble: Cartoon Answer: OR SP LES TLEBR =
Their new line of blouses had become
very popular and were TOP SELLERS.

Saturday, July 24, 2021, 6:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: 8 GB USB getting full so some
images can't be saved; Need to reduce files with
large KB— narrow spaces between stamps—

Austria J204-J231 Postage Dues;
Germany 530-556 Numerals;
Uruguay C63-C82 Pegasus. Saturday, July 24, 2021, 6:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: 8 GB USB getting full so some
images can't be saved; Need to reduce files
with large KB— to half their size—

Cranes on Hwy 101 Walls;
Bamboo Trees on Ortega Avenue;
Masonic Lodge & Black Mountain.

Sunday, July 25, 2021, 9:30-10:00 am
Mountain View: 10 hours sleep, woke up at 12:30 pm;
Solved today's Jumble Puzzle— SFLSIO = FOSSIL;
RCEENO = ENCORE; LOOFWL = FOLLOW; BPUART = ABRUPT; IROOEL = ORIOLE; SOMATC = MASCOT—

Cartoon Answer: The winds had
become so strong that the golfer were—
FSL NE FW BRU OO CO = BLOWN OFF COURSE. Sunday, July 25, 2021, 2:45 pm-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Read Time Magazine Aug.2-9 issue
last night before bedtime (12:20-2:30 am); Cover story:
Asian-Americans Resilient; World's 100 Greatest Places;
Movie Review of Val, Val Kilmer's autobiograhy film

Not Paying Cyberattackers;
China's Wandering Elephants;
Spelling Champ Zaila Avant-garde (10 Questions not online).

Sunday, July 25, 2021, 6:15-8:30 pm
Mountain View: Work on Number 70— Items #126: Found 8 Foreign Stamps with 70 denomination: Central African Republic 617 Rhinocerous (1983); PRC 1398 Horse (1978); PRC 1539 Camellias (1979); PRC 1554 Monkey King (1979);

Israel C10: Ein Gev, Galilee (1954);
Italy 823: Prophet Zechariah (1961);
Italy 850: Glowing Lamp (1962);
Japan C39: Kamakura Buddha (1953). Sunday, July 25, 2021, 8:30 pm-2:00 am
Mountain View: Continue work on Number 70—
Items #130: DLB Vol. 70 "British Mystery Writers"
Items #131-132: Books with "70" titles; Item #133:
"70" cited 67 times in the Bible (selected 21 samples)

Chapter 70 in Psalms;
Chapter 70 in Bok of Enoch;
Verse 70 in Gospel of Thomas;
Chapter 70 of Aquarian Gospel.

Monday, July 26, 2021, 2:10-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Rudy comes to my apt & drives to
Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post"
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 2:25-2:49 pm;
Rudy paid me $12.97 for Safeway Specials (reg. price $28.08)

1.5 qt Sig Select Java Ice Cream @ $2.49;
Gallon Value Corner 2% Reduced Fat Milk @ $3.59;
64 oz Silk Vanilla Oat Milk @ $3.00 - $ 2 off = $1.00;
32 oz Lucerne Sugarless French Vanilla Creamer @ $2.79. Monday, July 26, 2021, 6:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Can't launch Zoom meeting with
Kim Randall for LINC-405 class today (window says:
The meeting is scheduled for 6/17/2021); Last Zoom
session was Thurs. 7/15 with Ray Tognetti & Kim Randall

Parade (July 11, 2021) to watch U.S. in Tokyo Olympics:
But: Simone Biles & U.S. lost to Russians in gymnastics ;
Katie Ledecky lost to Australian in 400-meters swimming;
USA Team lost to France in basketball after 25-wins streak.

Monday, July 26, 2021, 7:40-11:45 pm
Mountain View: Work on Number 70— Items #138-146:
Philosophy Books— Rig Veda; Book of the Dead; Tao Te Ching; Pythagoras Golden Verses; Heraclitus; Plato's Phaedo & Timaeus

Socrates describing the function
of the heart and lung in the body
is amazingly insightful. Monday, July 26, 2021, 7:40-11:45 pm
Mountain View: Work on Number 70, Items #147-152—
Buddha'a Dhammapada; Bhagavad Gita; Patanjali's Yoga Sutra; Marcus Aurelius Meditations; Ashtavakra Gita #70—

The Pure One knows with certitude
that this universe is the product of
illusion, and that nothing really exists.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 2:30-2:58 pm
Mountain View: Ann picks me up at 2:30 and
drives to Kaiser Permanente (555 Castro St)
for me to purchase diabetes medication—

Lisinopril (100 tablets) @ $9.00;
Metformin (200 tablets) @ $9.00;
Didn't order Glipizide & returned. Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 3:15-3:49 pm
Mountain View: Ann drives to Los Altos Library
for me to pick up 7 books on hold; they did only
two, and had to find others in the stacks—

100 Love Sonnets; Tranströmer's Half-Finished Heaven;
Creeley's Selected Poems; Bly's Stealing Sugar from Castle;
Oliver's Evidence; Richardson's By the Numbers; 73 Poems.

Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 6:00-7:17 pm
Mountain View: Work on Number 70,
Items #153-158: Desert Fathers in Philokalia

Ten more days to finish "Number 70"
in time for Cathy's birthday (Aug. 5)
56 items from #153 to #208. Tuesday, July 27, 2021, 7:20-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Work on Number 70, Items #159-172—
Koran, Buddhist texts, Zen Masters, Chinese sages, Ficino

Project should proceed speedily—
no need to lug books to Krause Center,
since I have these books at home to type.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 10:00-10:20 am
Mountain View: Went to bed at 2:30 am last night;
11 hours of sleep, woke up at 2:05 pm this afternoon;
Solved today's Jumble Puzzle— NFLIA = FINAL; KSAHY = SHAKY; NELCGA = GLANCE; GLWEGI = WIGGLE—

Cartoon Answer:
The ladies who wanted
to sing karaoke lined up—
FIN SA GLE IGL = "SING-GAL" FILE. Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 4:30-4:53 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for copies of today's "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:30-4:53 pm;
5:10 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

2 Sig. Sel. cinnamon Apple Sauce @ $1.98 = $3.98;
Hunts Tapioca Pudding (4 ct) @ $2 - 50% off = $1.00;
Oroweat Dill Rye & Jewish Rye @ $4.49 BOGO = $4.49;
2 Pringles Potato Chips @ $1.55 = $3.10 - 50¢ off = $2.60.

Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 6:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Work on Number 70, Items #172-173:
Wei Wu Wei's books Ask the Awakened & Open Secret

Irish sage writes about "Non-duality"
and "Apperceiving" (Prajna)
from viewpoint of the enlightened. Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 6:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Work on Number 70, Items #174-179—
Item # 174: Paul Brunton's Notebooks, Vol. 16 "Divine Mind"

PB uses "World-Mind" in place of "God"
and "Mind" to describe the "Absolute"—
unapproachable and ineffable.

Thursday, July 29, 2021, 1:30-1:51 pm
Mountain View: Rudy comes to my apt at 1:15 pm and drives to
Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 1:30-1:51 pm;

8 oz Sig Farms Fresh Spinach for Salad @ $1.99;
5 Yoplait Yogurt @ 39¢ - 50¢ for 5 = $1.45;
$1.05 refund for overcharge of Yoplait Yogurt. Thursday, July 29, 2021, 3:00-6:00 pm
Mountain View: LINC-405 Medal for Google Drive Skills;
Can't get into Zoom Class on Monday @ 6:00 pm
for LINC-405; Will it be open today @ 6:00 pm?

Next Lesson: Google Slides Pathway—
Three slide lessons that will take
between 4 to 12 hours to complete.

Thursday, July 29, 2021, 6:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Got into Zoom class with
Ray Tognetti on LINC-405 (6:05-6:30 pm)
Michelle was only other student in session.

Ray showed us how to use Google's
gmail.com more efficiently searching by
sender, topic, dates. I do this in Yahoo Mail. Thursday, July 29, 2021, 6:30-8:30 pm
Mountain View: Kim Randall & Ray Tognetti didn't
come on the LINC-405 Q&A Zoom session today;
Worked to complete Google Slides Lesson (6:30-8:23 pm)

Created 11 slides on "Elephant Postage Stamps"
using images compiled in "86 Elephant Stamps";
Link to Video of Baby Elephant Sliding Downhill.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 2:00-2:55 pm
Mountain View: Woke up at 2:00 pm after
10 hours sleep; Solved today's Jumble Puzzle—
XTREE = EXERT; SUPEA = PAUSE;
MRENSO = SERMON; SAECRC = SCARCE—

Cartoon Answer: The 1784 Treaty of Paris,
signed by the U.S. and Great Britain was a—
ET PAE SEM CAR = "MASTERPEACE". Friday, July 30, 2021, 4:25-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt at 4:25 pm for 4:40 pm Bus #40
to Chef Chu's bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly";
Shopping at Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd) 4:50-5:12 pm;
5:47 pm Bus #40 to Central XPwy stop & walked home.

2.32 lbs Organic Black Seedless Grapes @ $1.49/lb = $3.43;
0.83 lb Dried Cranberries @ $4.49/lb = $3.73;
Bunch of Green Onions (7) @ 99¢.

Friday, July 30, 2021, 6:30-7:00 pm
Mountain View: 'A lesson in loss, humility and absurdity':
how rhythmic gymnastics took over my childhood
(By Rebecca Liu, The Guardian, UK, July 27, 2021)

When I was 6, chance encounter with rhythmic gymnastics:
all ribbons, sequins & smiles— opened up a sublime,
sometimes cruel new world. By 12, I had quit.
What had it all meant?. Friday, July 30, 2021, 7:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Worked 8.5 hours on LINC-405
"Google Slides" yesterday (3:49-6:00 pm; 7:00 pm-1:30 am)
Final HTML web page done @ 1:37 am; Work on Number 70—

Poems to type from books at home—
Six more days to finish "Number 70"
in time for Cathy's birthday (Aug. 5)—
Typed 15 items from #181 to #195 today.

Saturday, July 31, 2021, 3:30-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:00-4:19 pm;
4:50 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave and walked home

2 Gorton 6.3 oz Grilled Salmon Fillets @ $4.99 = $9.98;
64 oz Silk Vanilla Oat Milk @ $3.00 - $2.00 off = $1.00;
24 oz Gourmet Dining Seafood Medley ($6.49) @ $2.97;
Nestle Unlocked Coffeemate Creamer ($4.29) = FREE. Saturday, July 31, 2021, 6:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Contine work on Number 70—
Los Altos Library informed me that 3 holds are now availble—
Kennth Koch's Collected Poems; e.e. cummings' Complete Poems; Anna Akhmatova's Selected Poems

Typed poems from following library books—
Item #199: e.e. cummings' 73 Poems, Poem #70;
Item #200: Pablo Neruda's "Love Sonnet 70";
Item #203: Robert Creeley's Poem 70 "Some Afternoon".