Haikus: June 2021

HAIKUS: June 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.

Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 12:10-12:40 pm
Mountain View: Al Guzman phoned waking me up;
Went on Zoom to register me for LINC-067-02W class
(CRN 41682) as I was kicked out of LINC-067-01W class
(CRN 41343) that we paid $87.75 registeration on 3-31-2021

Cassandra Pereira living in New Jersey
is not the one teaching this class, it's KCI's
Kas Pereira, teaching in the Business School. Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 2:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Spent 2 hours last night (8:25-10:20 pm)
typing "Plato Searching for Confucius— Emmelia:
the Dance of Peace" (8-5-1985) in HTML, adding 6 images
to essay written 36 years ago for Ann on "Plato & Music"

Declined Karen's request yesterday to see movie
"Cruella" at Shoreline Cinema 16 @ 5:50 pm
as my mind was focused on the Plato project.

Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 3:00-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Rudy phoned @ 3:00 pm and is home
now in Sunnyvale after visiting VA Hospital in Palo Alto;
Didn't drop by to pick up $2 off Bengay coupons saved for him;
Chatted about the Database class he took at Foothill College

Phoned VTA on 1-800-894-9908 toll-free number;
Told Vin I paid Foothill $5.75 for 3-months Pass;
Neighbor Don Richards got Free 3-year pass;
Vin said "Discounts yes, but nothing is free." Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 2:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: "Lois Ehlert, Creator of Boldly Colored Children's Books, Dies at 86" (Her "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom", sold more than 12 million copies; Won a Caldecott Honor for "Color Zoo") (Anita Gates, NY Times, 5-30-2021)

"A video interview with Lois Ehlert"
(Lois Ehlert's unique children's books, such as
"Color Zoo", reflect her creative and curious mind);
My "ABC for You & Me" book needs her art ideas.

Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 7:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Reading “The SF Giants 'Catch of the Year'”
(By Kerry Crowley, Mercury News, May 30, 2021)

Outfield wall at Dodger Stadium is 8 feet high,
after Tauchman made his grab, former Giants outfielder
Hunter Pence tweeted about the degree of difficulty. Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 7:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: After watching NBC video,
wrote the poem "Tauchman's Sensational Catch"

Took lots of screen shots
to assemble six photos
for this baseball poem.

Wednesday, June 2, 2021, 3:55-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlfield Rd) for "Daily Post" (not printed in 3 days);
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:30-4:52 pm;
5:14 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

8 oz Sig Farms Spinach for Salad @ $1.99;
5 Yoplait Yogurt (5.3 oz) @ 39¢ = $1.95;
64 oz Lucerne Chocolate Milk @ $1.99;
2 Lucerne Sour Cream @ $1.89 = Free. Wednesday, June 2, 2021, 6:45-10:30 pm
Mountain View: My poem "Tauchman's Sensational Catch"
needs formatting to be well-centered on page when printed;
also style revision as penultimate line "winning 8-5 for their
first win" has two "win"s in the same line—

The Giants rally in the 10th
off closer ace Kenley Jensen
to beat the Dodgers 8-5 for
their best win of the year.

Thursday, June 3, 2021, 2:00 am
Mountain View: My grandniece Sophia's 14th birthday;
Found 45 images in writing "14th Birthday Poem"
(May 24-30), 16 stanza of 64 lines with rhymes

400 billion stars
in the Milky Way
wishing you a
"Happy 14th Birthday!" Thursday, June 3, 2021, 2:40 am
Mountain View: 14 denomination postage stamps not used
in "14th Birthday Poem"— Newfoundland 194: Dog; Portugal 1428: International Children Year; Hungary J215: Postage Due;

U.S. 2176: Julia Ward Howe (1819-1910),
wrote "Battle Hymn of the Republic" (1861);
U.S. 1856: Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951),
1st American to win Literature Nobel Prize, 1930.

Thursday, June 3, 2021, 6:00-6:45 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlfield Rd) for copies of "Daily Post" & "Metro";
No time to shop at Safeway, otherwise 7:29 pm Bus #40;
6:34 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

Went to bed at 7:40 am writing greetings
for grandniece Sophia's 14th Birthday
and June 3 Birthday on iPhone. Thursday, June 3, 2021, 8:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Woke up 4:50 pm after 9 hours sleep;
No time for breakfast before going out for newspapers;
Late breakfast @ 7 pm: Coffee, 6 Black Forest Ham,
3 Mozarella Cheese Sticks, Spinach, Ritz Crackers.

Lost four years of photos on camera chip,
only photos of Armadillo Willy's balloon (1, 2)
left to write poem "Tilting Armadillo Willy's Balloon".

Friday, June 4, 2021, 4:15-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlfield Rd) for copies of "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:45-5:10 pm;
5:15 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave & walked home

3 Lucerne Dairy Creamers 32 oz @ $1.67 = $5.00;
3 lbs Reser's Deviled-Egg Potato Salad ($7.99) @ $5.00;
Lemon Pudding Ring $5 @ $2.50 - $2 Rewards = 50¢.
Friday, June 4, 2021, 6:15-10:30 pm
Mountain View: After doing June 3 Birthday on iPhone
for grandniece's 14th birthday, decided to do the same
for her sister Lilly's March 5 Birthday on iPhone
featuring cartographer Mercator, born 3-5-1512.

Other born on March 5— Giovanni Tiepolo (1696), Howard Pyle (1853), Heiter Villas-Lobos (1887), Zhou Enlai (1898), Rex Harrison (1908), Kent Tekulve (1947).

Friday, June 4, 2021, 6:15-10:30 pm
Mountain View: "SPORTS: NBA's Treatment
of Jeremy Lin Has Not Changed Since 2010"
(By Ryan General, Yahoo News, 6-4-2021)

Jeremy Lin brought his A-game to the G League,
scoring among the league's best performers, but
still failed to get a shot at an NBA comeback.
Friday, June 4, 2021, 6:15-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Quite windy today during half-hour walk;
Recalled Andrew Wyeth's 1947 painting "Wind from the Sea"
& gust of wind at 1957 conference with 87-year-old D.T. Suzuki

Searched through book "A Zen Life: D.T. Suzuki Remembered" (1986), but couldn't find story
of wind blowing everyone's papers off the table.

Saturday, June 5, 2021, 4:00-5:45 pm
Mountain View: Leave 4:00 pm; 4:50 pm Red Bus
to Showers Drive; "Daily Post" at Wal-Mart news bins;
5:02 pm Bus #40 to Chef Chu's bins for "Palo Alto Weekly";
5:27 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & walked home

No time to shop at Sprouts or Safeway
as Bus #40 comes at 5:31 pm & 6:21 pm
the last two buses on Saturday.
Saturday, June 5, 2021, 6:15-10:30 pm
Mountain View: While in bed, thought about next poem
"Memories of Hu Shih"— China 4319: Hu Shih (9-28-2016);
Hu Shih (1891-1962); Hu Shih and D.T. Suzuki (1934);
Hu Shih's & Einstein's essays in "Living Philosophies" (1931)

Hu Shih's canoe tipped over in 1915
at Cornell's Beebe Lake—his epiphany
to modernize Chinese vernacular language.

Saturday, June 5, 2021, 9:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Philosophy East & West, Vol. 3, No. 1
(April 1953): Hu Shih: "Ch'an (Zen) Buddhism in China
Its History and Method" (pp. 3-24) (Free JSTOR access)
D.T. Suzuki: "Zen: A Reply to Hu Shih" (pp. 25-46)

Amazing debate on Zen (Ch'an)
between greatest Chinese & Japanese
scholars— Hu Shih & D.T. Suzuki.
Saturday, June 5, 2021, 9:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Like Hu shih's Fa-yen story on father
teaching his son to be a burglar (pp. 23-24); D.T. Suzuki
writes of Hu Shih's misunderstanding in regard to what
Zen is in itself apart from its historical setting (p. 46).

When Dad brought me to visit
Hu Shih in 1951, didn't know
he was a great Ch'an scholar.

Sunday, June 6, 2021, 11:30 am-12:45 pm
Mountain View: Rudy came at 11:30 am; Couldn't print his
files on Patriot USB for the PC on my MacBook Air laptop;
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 12:00-12:38 pm;
$20 free items (15) from Monopoly Coupons for Rudy

24 oz Gourmet Seafood Medley @ $5.50;
Sig Sel Cinnamon-Apple Sauce (6 ct) @ $1.99;
2 Gorton Grilled Salmon Fillets @ $4.99 = $9.98.
Sunday, June 6, 2021, 2:10-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Made sure my memory is correct meeting
Hu Shih in NY (1951) when I was 10-year-old, that he was not in Taiwan; Biography of Hu Shih (lived in NYC 1949-1958); 1950 Postcard of Cornell's Baker Laboratory of Chemistry

After searching for Hu Shih's photo brochure
in dozens of my books on Zen and Buddhism,
found it in Fung Yu-lan's Chinese Philosophy Book.

Sunday, June 6, 2021, 6:05-7:15 pm
Mountain View: Read Hu Shih's essay in Living Philosophies
(1931) when he was 40 years old; Ch. XVI (pp. 235-264);
My copy of this book is in storage, but book is online—

Hu Shih's childhood & his Mom loving care for him,
education at Cornell (1911-14) & Columbia (1915-17),
his voracious readings of Eastern & Western literature.
Sunday, June 6, 2021, 7:20-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Dad took me to visit Hu Shih in Manhattan
when I was 10 years old. I had never seen so many books
in my life, as his apartment was a wall of bookshelves.

Hu Shih called me "Little Professor"
and Dad told me to say "Pu Kan Tang"—
("Thank you for your generous flatter").

Monday, June 7, 2021, 5:05-6:45 pm
Mountain View: Leave 5:05 pm; 5:36 pm Bus #40
to Valero Gas Station for copies of today's "Daily Post";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:45-6:09 pm;
Monopoly Coupons expires 6-8-2021; Got 5 free items

French's Fried Onions ($5.49) @ $2.75;
16 oz Land-O'-Frost Black Forest Ham @ $4.99;
24.5 oz Gorton Fish Fillets (12 ct) ($8.99) @ $5.99.
Monday, June 7, 2021, 7:15-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Cassandra Pereira emailed 8:15 am
that LINC-67-02W class has been cancelled due to
low enrollment; Too late to register for another
Spring 2021 class; VTA Pass good today for rides

Phoned VTA 1-800-894-9908 (4:35-4:55 pm)
Angelica will send application forms—
Access Paratransit vta.org (Access).

Monday, June 7, 2021, 7:15-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Reason for taking classes at
Foothill College is to get VTA Clipper Card Pass
($5.75) for 3 months instead of paying $90 senior fee

Registered for LINC-67-01W class on 3-31-2021 ($87.75);
Dropped from class (5-31) as I'm not KCI-OBI member;
Registered for LINC-67-02W on 6-1; Class cancelled 6/7.
Monday, June 7, 2021, 7:15-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Once I get the Access-Paratransit Card
like my neighbor Don Richards, no need for classes at
Foothill to get VTA Clipper Card; Wrote 3 poems—

"Tilting Balloon at Armadillo Willy's" (6-6-2021);
"Gust of Wind: D.T. Suzuki" (6-9-2021);
"Memories of Hu Shih" (6-12-2021).

Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 1:50-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Safeway shopping
(580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 2:20-2:37 pm; No "Daily Post";
Monopoly Coupons expires 6-8-2021; Got 9 free items;
2:46 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave & walked home

64 oz Lucerne Chocolate Milk @ $1.99;
3 O Organics Water Crackers @ $3.99 = Free;
Ritz Cheese Sandwich Cookies (8 ct) @ $3.50 = Free.
Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 3:50-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Al Guzman helped me to regsiter for
LINC-67-01W (3-31-2021) that I was kicked out (5-31) as I'm not KCI-OBI member; then registered for LINC-67-02W (6-1-2021), but class was cancelled due to low enrollment (6-7-2021)

With all of Al's help, will give him free items from Monopoly coupons— 3 O Organics Water Crackers,
Ritz Cheese Sandwich Cookies, 4 bottles Refresh Water.

Tuesday, June 8, 2021, 3:50-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Can't renew Janet Flanner's book
Paris Was Yesterday: 1925-1939; Type passages
before returning it tomorrow to Los Altos Library;
Interesting highlights in her Introduction (pp. vii-xxiv)

Janet Flanner interacting in Paris with
Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sylvia Beach,
James Joyce, Picasso, & watching Josephine Baker.
Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 3:00-4:15 pm
Mountain View: Ann picks me up at 3:00 pm for trip
to Los Altos Library to return overdue book (5-11)
Mary McAuliffe's When Paris Sizzled (2016)
and 13 other books that can't be renewed

Check Scott's Postage Stamp Catalogues for dates
& Catalogue # of Sierra Leone Bette Davi stamp
and Mozambique Tony Curtis stamp (11-30-2010).

Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 5:45-7:10 pm
Mountain View: Jack Mullens phoned and chatted
about Biden & Democrats destroying the country;
He's a die-hard rooter for Donald Trump & believed
the 2020 Presidential elections was stolen from him

Jack sat 6 feet from me at Foothill Krause Center
that's closed since March 15, 2020 due to pandemic;
He missed large Mac Computer screens we used there.
Wednesday, June 9, 2021, 7:15-8:50 pm
Mountain View: Pinterest sends two mails daily on
photos I may like— football uniforms, sacred geometry,
cute animals, Alice & Cheshire Cat, girl holding balloons;
Checked the latter & it's Audrey Hepburn in "Funny Face"

Recalled 1956 French film The Red Balloon;
Watched 35-minutes film on YouTube
with 7 screenshots for future poem.

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 4:20-5:00 pm
Mountain View: 4:30 pm Bus #40 to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Rd) for copies of "Daily Post" & "Metro";
4:44 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

Despite my Foothill College class cancelled,
my VTA Clipper Card pass is still good for rides;
otherwise will take free Google Red & Gray Bus.
Thursday, June 10, 2021, 5:30-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Received from VTA Paratransit Service
(3331 North First Street, San Jose) application form
to release Health Information from Kaiser Permanente

If I get VTA's Access Parartransit Card
like my neighbor Don Richards, will ride
VTA bus free, so no need for Foothill classes.

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 5:30-10:00 pm
"Bay Area Hikes: 5 epic staircase hikes in San Jose, Berkeley, Mill Valley and more" (San Jose's Communications Hill was
named for 114-foot communication tower at its summit;
(By Melissa Ozbek, Mercury News, 5-10-2021, F7-F8)

SF's Hidden Garden Steps has 148 steps like a waterfall;
Mill Valley's 7.5-mile Dipsea has more than 650 steps;
SF Fort Point to Historic Batteries; Berkeley Rose
Garden & Stairways Hike, with 100 numbered paths.
Thursday, June 10, 2021, 5:30-10:00 pm
Mountain View: "Some Scientists Believe the Universe Is Conscious" (Johannes Kleiner & Sean Tull are following Penrose's example, in both his 1989 book and a 2014 paper)
(By Caroline Delbert, Yahoo News, 6-10-2021)

Our brains' microprocesses can be used to model things about the whole universe. Resulting theory is called integrated information theory (IIT), an abstract, "highly mathematical" form of philosophy we've been reviewing.

Thursday, June 10, 2021, 5:30-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Wrote "Audrey Hepburn with Balloons"
poem before going to sleep last night at 2:20 am
with 7 images from "Red Balloon" film (1956)

One word change— "I see balloons taking Audrey"
to "I see balloons lifting Audrey
up, up, up, soaring into the sky.".
Thursday, June 10, 2021, 5:30-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Fantasized balloons lifting Audrey up
in the sky, and decided to create image in Photoshop;
Found "Bundle of Balloons" at wall paper site—

Cropped photo (990x700) smaller & enlarging bottom (530x1000 pixels); Lasso Audrey in original photo & paste in Bundle Balloons; New poem with both photos.

Friday, June 11, 2021, 2:00-4:20 pm
Mountain View: 2:40 pm Red Bus to Showers Drive
Wal-Mart bins for "Daily Post" & "Epoch Times" (free again);
2:50 pm Bus #22 to Chef Chu's bins for "Palo Alto Weekly"; Shopping Safeway (645 San Antonio Road) 3:00-3:19 pm;
4:02 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & walked home

32 oz Lucerne Lowfat Strawberry Yogurt @ $1.67;
3 lbs Sig Sel Mustard Potato Salad ($7.99) @ $6.49;
Bear Claw Coffee Cake $5 @ $2.50 - $2 Rewards = 50¢.
Friday, June 11, 2021, 5:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: 3:30 pm Bus #40 didn't stop at San Antonio Rd.
& El Camino Real when I waved; VTA took away bench at the
corner, so it's harder for drivers to see those inside kiosk waiting;
Rolled cart to Showers Drive bench by Mattress Firm, so driver can better see me boarding; This happened 6 times already!

Several formats, but hard to print both Audrey photos
on top of the title "Audrey Hepburn with Balloons" in
Google Chrome (63%); Safari & Firefox even worse.

Friday, June 11, 2021, 5:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: With 'In the Heights',
Jon M. Chu is changing Hollywood— again
(By Randy Myers, Mercury News, 6-10-2021, G1-G2)

Bay Area native Jon M. Chu may do for musicals
what 'Crazy Rich Asians' did for rom-coms;
Lin-Manuel Miranda's 2008 Broadway Latinx
musical hitting big screen after a year delay Friday, June 11, 2021, 5:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: 'This Should Be the Biggest
Scandal in Sports' (By Stephanie Apstein &
Alex Prewitt, Sports Illustrated, June 4, 2021)

The inside story of how rampant pitch-doctoring
in Major Leage Baseball is pumping pitchers up
& deflating offenses. League-wide batting average
plummet to a historically inept .236.

Friday, June 11, 2021, 5:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Tauchman's catch leaping over the wall,
in bottom of 7th inning at Washington Nationals Park as
San Francisco Giants beat Washington Nationals 1-0

Unbelievable: He did it again—
robbed a home run from Juan Soto
as he did from Albert Pujols on May 29.
Friday, June 11, 2021, 5:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Novak Djokovic beats Rafael Nadal
3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (7-4), 6-2 in French Open Semi-Final
at Roland-Garros Stadium clay court;

Djokovic & Nadal went back & forth
for 97 minutes in the 3rd Set
winning tiebreaker 7-4.

Saturday, June 12, 2021, 2:09-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station news
bins (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" (no "Daily News");
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 2:40-2:59 pm;
3:12 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Avenue & walked home

19.45 oz Van der Kamps Fish Fillets $7.99 @ $4.99;
22 oz Pagoda Express Pork Egg Rolls ($7.99) @ $5.99;
8 oz Sig Farms Fresh Spinach for Salads @ $1.99. Saturday, June 12, 2021, 4:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Rudy's June 10 email complaints—
"Nothing but bad news. Fry's Electronics closed in Sunnyvale
(also in Palo Alto) to buy USB, gas prices gone up, groceries going up"; Got Rudy $20 free items from Monopoly coupons

Offer to sell Rudy Safeway Friday Specials @ 90% off—
Lemon Pudding Cake $5 @ $2.50 - $2 Rewards = 50¢;
Bear Claw Coffee Cake $5 @ $2.50 - $2 Rewards = 50¢.

Saturday, June 12, 2021, 6:33-7:51 pm
Mountain View: Poem on Mike Tauchman's second
incredible catch "And He Did It Again!" robbing Soto
of homer at bottom of the 7th, preserving DeSclafani's
two-hit shutout as Giants beat Nationals 1-0 (6-11-2021)

Ten lines of the poem
repeat what TV announcers
are broadcasting with excitement. Saturday, June 12, 2021, 4:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Last night cooked Gourmet Dining's
"Seafood Medley" in wok (11:00 pm-12:15 am) adding
frozen Ultimate Stir-Fry broccoli, cauliflower, carrots,
water chestnuts, baby corn; also imitation crabmeat

Added three scrambled eggs, sunflower seeds,
pecans, cashews, sliced almonds, sesame oil,
balsamic vinaigrette dressing— good for 4 meals.

Sunday, June 13, 2021, 2:25-9:30 pm
Mountain View: No Sunday "Daily Post" printed
or need for shopping; Stayed home to do more work

Both vitamins ran out today— CVS Men's Multivitamin 120 tabs (1-10-2021) 154 days; CVS Vitamin C 500 mg, 500 tabs (12-2-2020) 193 days; Bought BOGO bottles. Sunday, June 13, 2021, 2:25-9:30 pm
Mountain View: "Hawaii welcomes back tourists"
(By David Dickstein, Mercury News, 6-13-2021, F7-F8)

442-foot Akaka Falls and
80-foot Rainbow Falls in Hawaii
for Numbers Collection (9-99 & 367-999).

Sunday, June 13, 2021, 2:25-9:30 pm
"Bay Area Hikes: 5 epic staircase hikes in San Jose, Berkeley, Mill Valley and more" (By Melissa Ozbek, Mercury News,
5-10-2021, F7-F8) for Numbers Collection 100-366 & 367-999:

SF's Hidden Garden Steps has 148 steps like a waterfall;
SJ's Communications Hill: 114-foot tower, 252 steps;
Mill Valley's 7.5-mile Dipsea trail has over 688 steps.
Sunday, June 13, 2021, 2:25-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Check Yahoo Mail daily; Have not
checked emails at wisdomportal.com for six months;
From 1-1-2021 to 6-13-2021, kept 94, deleted 900+ emails

Networkwork Solutions doesn't have a good Spam
filter like Yahoo, even when clicking emails as Spam;
Deleted Cornell emails & those wishing to collaborate.

Monday, June 14, 2021, 1:30-2:00 pm
Mountain View: Rudy drives to Valero Gas Station news
bins (Middlefield Rd) for today's "Daily Post" & me home

Rudy bought Safeway Specials @ 90% off for $1.00—
Lemon Pudding Cake $5 @ $2.50 - $2 Rewards = 50¢;
Bear Claw Coffee Cake $5 @ $2.50 - $2 Rewards = 50¢. Monday, June 14, 2021, 2:22-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Sent to VTA Eligibility Department,
3331 N. First St., San Jose, CA 95134, application

form for Free VTA Access Paratransit Card, since VTA
Clipper Card is invalid when Foothill class is cancelled;
Used Al Guzman & Dr. Liteh Chang as references.

Monday, June 14, 2021, 2:22-10:30 pm
Mountain View: While bookmarking "Hawaii welcomes back tourists" for heights of waterfalls in Numbers Collection,
(By David Dickstein, Mercury News, 6-13-2021), typed
in error “David Dickerstein +'The welcoming'” & found

"dicker Stein machte... dark of the welcoming"
"The poetization of mystical constructs in
the work of Novalis" University of Florida
Ph.D. Thesis by Veronica Freeman. Monday, June 14, 2021, 2:22-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Accidental discovery: "Romantic Distance:
The Poetics of Estrangement and Self-Discovery in Novalis'
Heinrich von Ofterdingen" (By Kenneth Scott Calhoon, University of California, Irvine, Ph.D. Thesis, 1984)

p. 1— Novalis' novel (1801) is a quest for
self-consciousness; p. 8— a poet is one who
helps others discover their own inner worlds
and thus their relationship to the Absolute.

Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 12:05-1:30 pm
Mountain View: Rudy picks me up & resident Mrs. Sharp
for shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 1:10-1:20 pm
Caregiver comes for her & calls for police, but she won't
get out of car (12:10-1:10 pm); Frank comes to take her away

64 oz Sig Sel Apple Cider @ $1.59;
16 oz Land-O'-Frost Black Forest Ham @ $4.24;
2 Turkey Farms Ice Cream 1.5 qt @ $2.49 (1 for Rudy). Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 1:30-1:45 pm
Mountain View: Got Special Deals for Rudy—
Solgar Magnesium Citrate 120 tablets @ $13.99 + $1.26 tax
= $15.25; Chocolate Almonds @ $3.99/lb x 0.688 lb = $2.74;
Turkey Hill Ice Cream @ $2.49; 64 oz Apple Cider @ $1.59

Rudy paid $22.00 for special savings saved for him,
but wasted an hour for two policemen to get stranger
Mrs. Sharp out of Rudy's car as she hates her caregiver.

Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 5:09-5:20 pm
Mountain View: Challenged Rudy to design web pages
of his choosing that will rank in top #100 in Google Search

Rudy shared heart-rendering fairy tales
like "The Princess and the Salt"
that's playing now on YouTube. Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 5:22-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Another fairy tale Rudy told is
about a girl talking to a tree that was chopped down

Can't find this story except following images—
Girl with Tree; Susan Szecsi's "Girl & Tree";
"Tree Girl" book; The Talking Oak (by Tennyson).

Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 3:20-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Started "Foreign Poets Born in Lunar Years"
14 Italian poets (7:00-8:45 pm), 13 German poets (8:45-10 pm)

Using World Almanac Book of Who and
Scott's 1975 Stamp Catalogue to compile
list of Italian & German poets last night. Tuesday, June 15, 2021, 3:20-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Continue "Foreign Poets Born in Lunar Years"
French (#29-58), Spanish (#59-66), & Chilean poets (#67-70)

Too tired to continue this survey;
Will do tomorrow: Chinese poets,
Japanese poets, and British poets.

Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 1:45-2:05 pm
Mountain View: Noel from Bay Area Mercury News
with special offer— 7-days delivery for $11/month;
Since I'm paying $16.10/month now, accepted his offer
to pay $55 for 20-weeks instead current fee of $76.12

Noel didn't confirm order that I'll pay by check;
Online 48-hours Special Deal Mercury News
@ $11/month accepts credit cards only. Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 3:05-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for copies of today's "Daily Post";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:15-4:33 pm
4:42 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave and walked home

2.38 lbs Red Seedless Grapes @ $1.69/lb = $4.02;
3 bottles of 16 oz Planter's Peanuts @ $1.99 = $5.97;
64 oz Open Nature Almond Milk @ $1.99 - $1 off = 99¢.

Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 3:15-3:45 pm
Mountain View: As I walk towards 276 Montebello Ave,
Wilber, the Clumber Spaniel barks at me; His owner Hector
says Wilber can no longer hear; I give him my poem "White
Dog on Montebello Ave" (8-21-2018); He gives me his email

Send Hector poems "A Pepper Tree Stops Me Cold";
"Four Friends on Montebello Ave" (Photos);
"Neighborhood License Plates" (Notes). Wednesday, June 16, 2021, 3:15-3:45 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour chat with Hector; Told him about perfect numbers 6, 28, 496, 8128; He tells me about Donald Knuth accepted only 28 students as their thesis advisor since 28
is a perfect number; "Te" (virtue) in his Chinese name 高德纳

Told Hector that Donald Knuth is a Biblical scholar
chatting with him (3-14-2002) after Meg Worley's talk
on KJV Bible; Knuth showed me his dozen library cards.

Thursday, June 17, 2021, 5:15-7:55 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:45-6:03 pm
7:34 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy and walked home

2 Sig Sel Apple Sauce (6 ct) @ $1.88 = $3.86;
2 Sig Kit Imitation Crabmeat @ $1.32 = $2.64;
24 oz Gourmet Dining Seafood Medley @ $5.50. Thursday, June 17, 2021, 8:40-9:45 pm
Mountain View: After shopping at Safeway, Waited
an hour and half (6:05-7:34 pm) for Bus #40 to come;
Google's Red Bus never came; Felt sleepy at bench;
When I got home took an hour nap instead of working

3 emails from Karen, 2 from Steve Gould,
1 each from Rudy Perez, Hector, and Ann—
Will respond before doing "Poets in Lunar Years".

Friday, June 18, 2021, 3:45-6:00 pm
Mountain View: 4:05 pm Bus #40 to Chef Chu's news
bins for today's "Daily Post", no "Palo Alto Weekly";
Went to Wells Fargo since they close at noon Saturday;

Unloaded $2.00 in pennies, nickels, dimes;
$8.00 in $1.00 bills; $80 in four $20 bills;
$10 bill for $100 deposit to Savings Account. Friday, June 18, 2021, 4:40-4:57 pm
Mountain View: Shopping Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd);
5:17 pm Bus #40 did't stop at San Antonio Rd & El Camino;
5:45 pm Bus #40 at Showers Dr to Central Xpwy, walked home

18 oz basket Blueberries @ $3.98;
16 oz Organic Pumpkin Seeds @ $6.49;
0.51 lb Sweet Banana Chips @ $3.49/lb = $1.78.

Friday, June 18, 2021, 6:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Phoned Mercury News yesterday (4:05 pm)
& spoke to Ben on 7-days delivery special for $11/month;
Since I'm paying $16.10/month now, accepted his offer
to pay $43 for 20-weeks instead current fee of $76.12

Ben told me to send $43 check for 20 weeks
to The Mercury News, P.O. Box 8006,
Willoughby, OH 44096-8006. Friday, June 18, 2021, 6:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Interesting photos from Steve Gould's
June 17 emails on June 10 Solar Eclipse and Giant
Olmec Head in Manhattan & Sanford Bigger's Sculpture
"Oracle" (2020) at Rockefeller Center

Bite from the Sun Cookie;
Bull's Horn Sun's Eclipse (6-10-2021);
Giant Olmec Head (circa 900 BC).

Friday, June 18, 2021, 6:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: "The Yoda of Silicon Valley"
(By Siobhan Roberts, NY Times, 12-17-2018)

83-year-old Donald Knuth, is author
of The Art of Computer Programming,
a 4-volume opus that is his life's work. Friday, June 18, 2021, 6:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Chatting with Hector on Donald Knuth
(6-16-2021) made me reflect on several times we met.

Library cards Knuth showed me are from
Universities offering him honorary degrees;
Chat at Stanford Theatre as he loves organ music.

Saturday, June 19, 2021, 11:05 am
Mountain View: Mercury News not delivered;
Phoned & Caite said I have a balance not paid;
Ben who gave me $11/month deal said pay $43
without mentioning past dues to send

Sent $46.81 check for back balance
to The Mercury News, P.O. Box 8006,
Willoughby, OH 44096-8006. Saturday, June 19, 2021, 1:15-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 1:45-2:17 pm;
2:30 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

2 Gorton Salmon Fillets @ $4.99 = $9.98;
Sig Sel Mini Quiche Florentine @ $4.27;
Sig Sel Mini Quiche Cheese & Bacon @ $4.27.

Saturday, June 19, 2021, 4:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: "Heat wave bakes the Bay Area as
triple-digit temperatures spread" (Hottest day of year
in region, with more than 6 cities setting new records—)
(By Paul Rogers & Rick Hurd, Mercury News, 6-18-2021)

Concord 107, Livermore 107, Gilroy 106,
Santa Rosa 104, Redwood City 103, San Jose 95,
Oakland 90; Mountain View 90, Sunnyvale 90. Saturday, June 19, 2021, 4:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: "The Center of the Milky Way Might Not Be
a Black Hole After All" (What if the center of our galaxy isn't
a supermassive black hole after all, but a massive amount of dark matter?) (By Caroline Delbert, Yahoo News, 6-19-2021)

Flipped our long-held understanding of the Milky Way,
but in a new study, scientists from Italy, Argentina,
and Colombia say the evidence stacks up.

Saturday, June 19, 2021, 4:00-11:30 pm
With his 1326th appearance at shortstop on June 8, 2021,
Brian Crawford will pass former NY Giants infielder & Hall
of Famer Travis Jackson's record (Mercury News, 6-8-2021).

Inserted 1326 of Crawford's record
as San Francisco Giants shortstop
in Numbers Collection 1000+ Saturday, June 19, 2021, 4:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: U.S. currency of large denomination bills—
$500 William McKinley, $1000 Grover Cleveland, $5000 James Madison, $10,000 Salmon P. Chase, $100,000 Woodrow Wilson

Insert $500 bill in Numbers 367-999;
Insert $1000, $5000, $10,000, $100,000
bills in Numbers Collection 1000+.

Sunday, June 20, 2021, 3:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed on Sunday
or need for shopping; Stayed home for more work;
No delivery of Sunday Mercury News

Could not solve Sunday Jumble
Puzzle (5:37-6:21 pm) today—
“BRIGHT 'SON-SHINE'” Sunday, June 20, 2021, 3:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: It's Father's Day. Dad died 21 years ago
(12-13-2000); Writing a poem to honor him—
"Dad's Friends on Postage Stamps"

Cardinal Paul Yu-Pin,
Chinese Scholar Hu Shih,
General George C. Marshall.

Monday, June 21, 2021, 12:56-1:03 pm
KDFC: 104.9 FM: Andrew Davis conducts Philharmonia Orchestra to Edward Elgar's Pomp and Circumstance
March #1— "Land of Hope and Glory" (1902)

Instrumental version of song is played
with high school & college graduation;
Music used at JHS 172 graduation in 1956. Monday, June 21, 2021, 1:00-2:45 pm
Mountain View: Summer Solstice doodle; Reconnected with
Frances McKenzie (last email May 6, 2012); Introduced me
to folkdancing; Now in New Mexico instead of Minneapolis

Frances was my first date at Cornell;
Read her poetry at the Student Union;
We saw Dr. Zhivago when played in NYC 1965.

Monday, June 21, 2021, 2:50-3:10 pm
Mountain View: Karen drives me to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post"; Shopping Safeway
(580 N. Rengstorff Ave); She paid $5 for Potato Salad

16 oz Land O'-Lakes Butter @ $2.99;
2 Planter's Peanuts (16 oz) @ $1.99 = $3.98;
2 Reser's Deviled-Egg Potato Salad @ $4.99 = $9.98;
Open Nature Almond Milk @ $1.99 - $1 coupon = 99¢. Monday, June 21, 2021, 4:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: While writing "Dad's Friends on
Postage Stamps" poem, honoring him for Father's Day,
didn't include his friends without stamps issued—

Senator John L. McClellan;
Greek Scholar E.R. Dodds;
Young China Party Founder Li Huang;
Biochemist & Sinologist Joseph Needham.

Monday, June 21, 2021, 4:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Got "A" in 8th Grade Report (1955) on
TV Movie "The Magnificent Doll" (1946) starring Ginger
Rogers (Dolley Madison), David Niven (Aaron Burr),
and Burgess Meredith (James Madison)

Used Look-'N-See #135 Dolley Madison
(Front of Card, Back of Card, 1952)
Scoop #140 "British Burns White House"
(Front, Back, 1954) to embellish my report. Monday, June 21, 2021, 4:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: "The Magnificent Doll" movie (1946)
not available for YouTube viewing, except for 4 Speeches
in movie & Premiere for Nurses Fund; Mom & I visited
Jimmy at University of Virginia, Charlottesville (1975)

In front of Jefferson's tomb at Monticello, told Mom
of 1800 Presidential Election tie; Aaron Burr killed Hamilton in duel & tried to become Emperor; Jimmy tells Mom "Peter's fictional story is from a movie!"

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 2:05-6:11 pm
Mountain View: Wrote "Big Blunder by Little Chicken"
poem half dreaming & sleeping; Completed after waking
up, finding 7 images on event in Shanghai 74 years ago

Two years later in 1949, Lincoln penny was
worth their weight in gold in China— hyperinflation
made them equal to 23 Chinese $10,000 currency! Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 7:05-8:30 pm
Mountain View: Forgot no "Daily Post" on Tuesday;
7:05 pm Bus #40 to Chef Chu's news bins; Still no
"Palo Alto Weekly" (July 18 issue) in the bin.

Since Bus #40 driver doesn't stop at San Antonio Road
& El Camino, walk to Showers Drive at Mattress Firm
to be sure of catching the last 8:10 pm Bus #40 home.

Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 10:00 pm-12:30 am
Mountain View: Ann emailed an Elephant stamp her
Dad would have liked; She tells me the 6 pies stamp is
from Sirmoor, India; Found they were issued in 1895

My 1975 Stamp Catalogue shows Sirmoor #11-18
priced mint @ $14.70; eBay sale #11-14 @ $14.99;
Complete set #11-18 @ $220.00 (2017 auction). Tuesday, June 22, 2021, 10:00 pm-12:30 am
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)

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

Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 4:17-5:43 pm
Mountain View: While searching for Elephant stamps yesterday,
came across Mali C19 airmail (1963) showing Crane on top of a Tortoise" that's a favorite; Bought C19-20 for $2; Wrote poem not citing songs by Selena Gomez (2013) or Beatles (1964)

Adventure with Crowned Crane (11-29-2006);
Found 25 Postage stamps of Crowned Crane;
Dialogue of Crane & Tortoise in my poem. Wednesday, June 23, 2021, 6:30-8:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Didn't shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) to catch
7:34 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave and walked home

Al Guzman phoned and will pick me up at
9:00 am tomorrow to see "In the Heights"
at movie theatre and eat afterwards.

Thursday, June 24, 2021, 9:30-11:30 am
Mountain View: Al Guzman picked me up at 9:00 am;
Drove to Valero Gas Station (Rengstorff Ave & Middlefield Rd) for copies of "Daily Post"; Went to Dinah' Poolside Restaurant (4261 El Camino Real, Palo Alto); Al treated me for breakfast (80th birthday tomorrow June 25); Emailed and phoned Rudy, who likes musicals to join us, but no replies from him

American Omelette: 2 eggs, 2 bacon,
2 sausage, rye toast, hash browns
and Peet's Coffee $20.71. Thursday, June 24, 2021, 12:55-3:45 pm
Mountain View: Cinema 16 ( 1500 N Shoreline Blvd)
Al treated me for movie $9.75 to see "In the Heights",
Directed by Jon M. Chu & produced by Lin-Manuel Miranda; starring Anthony Ramos; Melissa Barrera; Leslie Grace; Corey Hawkins; Olga Merediz; Jimmy Smits; Gregory Diaz IV; Daphne Rubin-Vega; Stephanie Beatriz; Dascha Polanco

Lots of singing and dancing in the streets,
with girls bumping hips & flirting, and guys
showing machismo in Washington Heights.

Thursday, June 24, 2021, 8:30 pm-1:00 am
Mountain View: Elephant stamps: 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); Sirmoor 12 (1895) from The Philatelic Database

Elephant stamps sets from
Sirmoor #11-18 (issued 1895)
and Laos #41-47 (issued 3-17-1958). Thursday, June 24, 2021, 8:30 pm-1:00 am
Mountain View: Will download 10 Elephant stamps
linked on 6/22 at colnect.com from Cameroon 359 (1962)
to Vietnam 63-64 (1957); May find additional Elephant stamps issued 1975-2021 that are not in my catalogues on the web

Links to poems about elephants:
"Elephant Rock" & "A Baby Elephant's Tale"
Story: Elephant Hercules (fighting off 14 lions).

Friday, June 25, 2021, 4:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: 4:00 pm Bus #40 to Chef Chu's news
bins for today's "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly";
4:42 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & walked home

No shopping today at Safeway, so I could catch
Bus #40 at San Antonio Rd & El Camino Real
home to retype "Family Tree" for my birthday. Friday, June 25, 2021, 5:45-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Birthday greetings from Cathy
teaching 10th & 11th grade chemistry in Las Vegas;
Surprise birthday card from neighbor Don Richards.

Need to type "Family Tree" poem
written on July 26, 1981
for Dad's 80th birthday.

Friday, June 25, 2021, 5:45-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Spent hours looking for distance glasses
haven't used for a year to see movie with Al yesterday;
When was last time using distance glasses?

Kurosawa movies at Stanford Theatre (2-28-2020);
Ballroom dancing at Cubberley Pavilion (3-7-2020);
Hiking at Shoreline Preserve with Karen (4-19-2020). Friday, June 25, 2021, 5:45-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Found distance glasses in backpack
yesterday at 8:45 am before Al came at 9 am; Rudy phoned
at 11 am: was in Lodi & missed seeing movie with Al & me

Hour and half to find Chinese ideograms
Tao, Te, Yuin, Kuang, Hsiang for "Family Tree"
poem: "The Tao of Virtue Grants the Light of Bliss".

Saturday, June 26, 2021, 12:15 pm
Mountain View: Mercury News not delivered for
a week, finally came today; Paid $43 for 20 weeks (6/18)
and $46.81 past due (6/19) sent to The Mercury News,
P.O. Box 8006, Willoughby, OH 44096

Do not read Mercury News E-Edition
online, and prefer the hard copy to read;
Give neighbor Don the Crossword Puzzle
page after I solve "Jumble" on the other side. Saturday, June 26, 2021, 3:55-5:15 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:20-4:38 pm;
4:50 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave & walked home

2 Gorton Salmon Fillets @ $4.99 = $9.98;
Gourmet Dining Seafood Medley @ $3.97;
32 oz Lucerne Dairy Creamer @ $1.63;
1 liter Mango-Pineapple Water $1.10.

Saturday, June 26, 2021, 7:30 pm-12:30 am
Mountain View: Write poem "80th Birthday Celebration"
with Birthday Cake & Favorite artists: Plato, Goethe, Hokusai, Henry Moore, Pablo Casals, Buckminster Fuller, Paul Brunton

Here are my favorite artists
and what they did at age 80—
to inspire us that we too can be
creative as time marches onward. Saturday, June 26, 2021, 7:30 pm-12:30 am
Mountain View: Sent emails on "Family Tree" poem
& June 2021 Haikus yesterday to friends and relatives
(some whom I've not written in months and years)

Response from Ann, Denise, Gillian,
Rudy Perez, and Felix Oseguera.
(Felix is in Arizona flying Jet Blue,
& miss outings with Al, Rudy, and me).

Sunday, June 27, 2021, 10:15 am
Mountain View: Rudy phoned saying he finished
computer class final exam; Wants to join Al & me for
next film; Rudy's background (4-19-2021) not helpful,
since I did color background (3-21-1996) 25 years ago

Need Blank iPhone as background
to fill text & images in HTML for
web links can't be done in Photoshop. Sunday, June 27, 2021, 4:50-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Composed Birthday on iPhone
with 13 dates & Blank iPhone for Rudy; Email from
sister-in-law Dan telling me to pass family stories
to our next generation; Email from niece Emily

Email from Cathy telling me she has
"Living by the Words of Bhagavan" book
to send me; I have a dozen Ramana books.

Sunday, June 27, 2021, 4:50-9:00 pm
Mountain View: After Cathy tells me about
"Ramana Maharshi" book by David Godman
(It had 4.9/5.0 rating at Amazon with 24 reviews)

Watched 37.44 minute YouTube Video
of "Lakshimi & Ramana" narrated by
David Godman— how this cow was
enlightened & liberatd by Ramana in 1948. Sunday, June 27, 2021, 4:50-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Found video of Paul Brunton
with Yogananda at Ramana's Ashram; also photo
of PB holding chain to Lakshimi with Ramana

When I complained PB had four scrolls
of Chinese sages but none of Ramana in 1972,
he showed me a 5x8 portrait of Ramana from his
closet in Blonay when I slept in his apartment in 1976.

Monday, June 28, 2021, 12:30-1:30 pm
Mountain View: Rudy comes to my apt after his visit
to Palo Alto VA Hospital; Gave him 3 $2 off BenGay
coupons & free 7 fresh apricots & 8 tiny cups of jams

Rudy did Apple iPhone as background
instead using the image sent him—
Blank iPhone as background. Monday, June 28, 2021, 3:00-3:19 pm
Mountain View: Ann picks me up at 3:00 pm;
Drives to Kaiser Permanente (555 Castro St)
to pick up 100 tablets Simvastatin @ $9.00

Waited 10 minutes as drug had 0 refill;
Glipiside also 0 refill, but I bought
100 tablets bottle @ $8.33 on May 21.

Monday, June 28, 2021, 3:50-4:03 pm
Mountain View: Ann drives me to Los Altos Post Office
(221 Main Street) for me to buy postage stamps for $33.

Heritage Breeds (10 farm animals x 2) @ $11;
2 booklets Garden Beauty @ $11 = $22
(20 Forever stamps 55¢ in booklet). Monday, June 28, 2021, 4:10-4:33 pm
Mountain View: Ann drives to Los Altos Library
for me to return 4 HTML books & checkout 3 books—

Arlen J. Hansen, "Expatriate Paris" (1990);
Mary McAuliffe, "When Paris Sizzled" (2016);
Mary McAuliffe, "Paris on the Brink" (2018).

Monday, June 28, 2021, 5:03-7:15 pm
Mountain View: Lost my house key; Office closed;
Used neighbor Don Richards phone to call Emergency;
They said call locksmith; Phoned Rudy who came to help

Rudy plied the screen window loose
in my living room, lifted window for me
to climb into my apt and get duplicate keys. Monday, June 28, 2021, 7:15-8:00 pm
Mountain View: Outside my apartment,
wind blowing on a clump of fountain grass
and Rudy says "this plant looks alive!"

Told Rudy that sage Ramana Maharshi
said the cow Lakshimi was enlightened
and plants could be enlightened too.

Tuesday, June 29, 2021, 1:35 pm
Mountain View: Thanks to Rudy helping me getting
back into my apt yesterday after losing my house key

Slept 11 hours (2:20 am-1:35 pm)
in my bed in comfort instead of on
the wooden courtyard bench last night. Tuesday, June 29, 2021, 3:30-5:20 pm
Mountain View: Improved Rudy's Background iPhone
to Blank iPhone with four images & texts with web links

Still need texts aligned next to three images;
Could do links in HTML not done in Photoshop;
Advertisers: Astrologer & Florist in Sunnyvale; Jeweler.

Tuesday, June 29, 2021, 5:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Challenged Rudy to create web page
of his choosing that will rank in Google Search Top 100

Rudy says he loves Metallurgy—
53,400,000 results on this topic
in Google Search— hard to rank high. Tuesday, June 29, 2021, 5:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Thanks to Arline taking me (11-19-2006)
to find Crowned Crane in Los Altos Hills; Now #1 Ranking—

Crowned Crane Adventure Stories (15,400,000 results);
Crowned Crane in Los Altos Hills (2,380,000 results); Crowned Crane Postage Stamps (1,370,000 results).

Tuesday, June 29, 2021, 9:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Rudy's Code for Background
appeared more complex with "header" and "h1";
Found simpler code on the web to use—

Just 6 lines of code
"background-repeat: no-repeat"
so background image won't repeat. Tuesday, June 29, 2021, 9:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Using simpler code
for background image, made 13 links
that couldn't be done in Photoshop—

Could align text next to 3 bottom photos;
Can't find "Brush Script" in HTML,
so made "Happy Birthday" as image.

Wednesday, June 30, 2021, 3:00-3:33 pm
Mountain View: Rudy picks me up at 3:00 pm
Drives to Wells Fargo (599 Castro Street);
Transfer $500 from Savings to Checking
account to pay $1183 rent tomorrow

Rudy drives to Best Buy (4:00-4:30 pm)
715 E. El Camino Real, Mtn View,
for tuning up his laptop computer. Wednesday, June 30, 2021, 5:00-5:24 pm
Mountain View: Rudy drives to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Rd) for copies of today's "Daily Post"
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave); Rudy bought
6 Sweet Corn @ 10¢; 4 Lucerne Sliced Cheese @ $1.99

8 oz Sig Farms Spinach for Salad @ $1.99;
16 oz Land-O'-Frost Black Forest Ham @ $3.99;
2.02 lbs Red Seedless Grapes @ $1.49/lb = $3.01.

Wednesday, June 30, 2021, 7:10-7:15 pm
Mountain View: Challenging Topics for Rudy to do a web page:
Metallurgy (55,400,000 results); Anthropology (121,000,000);
Computer Coding (297,000,000); Handy Man (105,000,000)

Musicals (1,230,000,000 results);
Musical Movies (1,310,000,000);
Fairy Tales (215,000,000). Wednesday, June 30, 2021, 7:20-7:44 pm
Mountain View: For Arline's birthday, composed in HTML
June 30: Happy Birthday— Lena Horne, singer (Photoshop);
Birth Flower: Rose; Birthstone: Pearl; Zodiac: Cancer

Born on June 30— Czeslaw Milosz (1911);
Susan Hayward (1918); Paul Berg (1926);
Harry Blackstone, Jr. (1934); Michael Phelps (1985).