Haikus: May 2021

HAIKUS: May 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.

Saturday, May 1, 2021, 4:05-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) 4:35-5:09 pm;
5:44 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

32 oz Lucerne Dairy Creamer Hazelnut @ $2.80;
2 Gorton Salmon Fillets 6.3 oz @ $4.99 = 9.98;
2 Tai Pei Pork Potstickers @ $2.68 BOGO Free. Saturday, May 1, 2021, 6:45-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Adding 68 actresses (#33-100) to
the 32 "Movie Actresses Born in Lunar Years" using
"Academy Awards for Best Actresses" (1927-2020);
Delayed arranging "Movie Actors" in chronological order

Louise Dresser (10-5-1878) Tiger Year,
Gloria Swanson (3-27-1899) Pig Year,
Norma Shearer (8-10-1902) Tiger Year.

Sunday, May 2, 2021, 2:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: "Warriors Route Rockets Behind Dominant
Third Quarter in 113-87 win" (Curry Scores 23 Points in 3rd Period, including 15 During 24-0 Dubs Run) on 5-1-2021;
Curry said. "Bringing energy and joy is our focus"

After scoring a 3-pointer,
Curry let out a hugh yell
with "Wisdom Mudra" gesture. Sunday, May 2, 2021, 2:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: NY Times Sunday News Briefings
has two good Nature articles: "Thunderous Plunges
and Mossy Trickles: A Spring Guide to Waterfalls"
(By Elaine Glusac, NY Times, 4-30-2021

"Look Fast: It's Spring Wildflower Season"
(Elaiosome attached to trillium seed ants seek)
(By Margaret Roach, NY Times, 4-28-2021).

Sunday, May 2, 2021, 4:30 pm-1:30 am
Mountain View: Wrote poem "Most Valuable"
(14 images) inspired by last night's dream;
Wi-Fi down (No Internet) since 9:50 pm

Dream of High School Final Exam—
Essay: "What Is Value?" with examples.
Mint Mickey Mantle baseball card
just sold for $5.2 million. Sunday, May 2, 2021, 4:30 pm-1:30 am
Mountain View: Wrote poem "What Is Value?"
Albert Einstein's last interview (Life, 5-2-1955),
when he advised a freshman Harvard student—

"A man is considered successful who
gets more than what he puts in,
but a man of value gives
more than he receives."

Monday, May 3, 2021, 4:30-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for copies of today's 5/3 "Daily Post"
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) 5:00-5:25 pm;
5:48 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

23 oz La Terra Fina Spinach/Artichoke Quiche @ $9.99;
12 oz Galbani Mozarella Cheese Sticks @ $2.99;
64 oz Silk Unsweetened Almond Milk @ $3.00;
8 oz Sig Farms Spinach for Salad @ $1.58. Monday, May 3, 2021, 6:45-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Wi-Fi was down yesterday (9:50 pm-2:07 am);
Couldn't do "Movie Actresses Born in Lunar Years" using
"Academy Awards for Best Actresses" (1927-2020) and
Lunar Year Animal to speed up this project (68 done on 5/1)

No emails after 9:50 pm; Can't send emails
or upload files done to host Network Solutions;
No need for Wi-Fi or Internet to write poems—
"Most Valuable" and "What Is Value?".

Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 2:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed on Tuesday;
Stayed home to work: Interesting News bookmarked—
"Amy Tan explores her triumphs & trials in new PBS film""
(By Chuck Barney, Mercury News, 5-2-2021, B1, B3)

"Fred Jordan, Publisher of Taboo-Breaking Books,
Dies at 95" (His Grove Press fended off censorship, publishing D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover,
Miller's Tropic of Cancer, & Burrough's Naked Lunch.)
(By Sam Roberts, NY Times, 5-2-2021). Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 2:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Continue to work on
"Movie Actresses Born in Lunar Years" using
"Academy Awards for Best Actresses" (1927-2020) and
Lunar Year Animal to speed up this project (68 done on 5/1)

Got up to 1972 Oscars for Best Actress—
Ellen Burstyn (12-7-1932) Monkey Year,
Marsha Mason (4-3-1942) Horse Year,
Diahann Carroll (7-17-1935) Pig Year,
Valerie Perrine (9-3-1943) Ram Year.

Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 3:45-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Six hours to do #101-220
in "Movie Actresses Born in Lunar Years"

"Academy Awards for Best Actresses"
from 1972-2020 used to compile #101-190;
Random selections of actresses for #191-220;
Found 20 more actors for a total of 300. Tuesday, May 4, 2021, 10:15-12:00 pm
Mountain View: Cook dinner with can of
Kimble's Chicken Broth and add following—

22 quartered Brussels Sprouts, 2 green onions,
Diced X-firm tofu, Ultimate Stir-fry vegetables,
8 Spinach wontons, 12 chunks of crabmeat, seaweed,
15 tbps vinegar, cup pineapple juice, 3 scrambled eggs.

Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 3:35-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for copies of today's 5/5 "Daily Post";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) 4:00-4:38 pm;
4:46 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave & walked home

5 Lucerne Sliced Cheese 8 oz @ $1.99 = $9.95;
24 oz Gourmet Dining Seafood Medley @ $4.99;
12 oz Sig Sel Vegetable Egg Rolls @ $3.81;
17 oz Mango Pineapple Drink ($1) Free. Wednesday, May 5, 2021, 6:30-8:33 pm
Mountain View: "Movie Actresses Born in Lunar Years"
Did 120 yesterday #101-220; Adding 30 (#221-250) today—
Charlie's Angels: Kate Jackson, Jaclyn Smith, Farrah Fawcett, Cheryl Ladd, Tanya Roberts; Dancers with Cagney & Astaire—

Ruby Keeler (8-25-1909 Monkey Year,
Ann Miller (4-12-1923) Pig Year,
Vera-Ellen (2-16-1921) Rooster Year,
Eleanor Powell (11-21-1912) Rat Year.

Thursday, May 6, 2021, 3:35-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) 4:15-4:32 pm;
4:50 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

Mango Pineapple Drink Free, Refund $1 overcharge;
Quiches Florentine & Cheese/Bacon @ $3.81 = $7.62;
Waterfront Imitation Chunk Crabmeat @ $1.87;
8 oz Sig Farms Spinach for Salad @ $1.99. Thursday, May 6, 2021, 5:50-11:00 pm
Mountain View: "Movie Actresses Born in Lunar Years"
Did 30 yesterday #221-250; Adding 50 (#251-300) today—
Hitchcock: Nova Pilbeam, Madeleine Carroll, Thelma Ritter, Peggy Ashcroft, Suzanne Pleshette, Barbara Bel Geddes;

Hedy Lamarr (11-9-1914) Tiger Year,
Maureen O'Hara (8-17-1920) Monkey Year,
Claudia Cardinale (4-15-1938) Tiger Year,
Giulietta Masina (2-22-1921) Rooster Year.

Friday, May 7, 2021, 5:15-7:00 pm
Mountain View: 5:34 pm Bus #40 to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) 5:50-6:24 pm;
6:36 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

24.5 oz Gorton Fish Fillets (12) @ $5.99;
Sig. Sel. 16.9 oz Refresh Water (99¢) Free;
Sig. Sel. Taco Seasoning Mix ($1.29) Free;
Sig. Sel. Pound Cake @ $2.50 - $2 Reward = 50¢. Friday, May 7, 2021, 6:44-6:46 pm
Mountain View: Walking by 276 Montebello Ave, stopped by
Pepper Tree with Platonic Lambda λ "Soul of the Universe" (Plato, Timaeus 35b) as the 10-year old Clumber Spaniel
Wilber watches me in silence without barking

Blessings from the Soul that creates us,
sustains us, nourishes us— Origin
of all things, Blessings for all—
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Friday, May 7, 2021, 9:40-10:50 pm
Mountain View: "Movie Actors Born in Lunar Years"
Did #281-310 from Trevor Howard to Rudy Vallée

Cesar Romero (2-15-1907), Ram year;
Gilbert Roland (12-11-1905), Snake year;
Jason Robards (7-26-1922), Dog year;
Robert Vaughn (11-22-1932), Monkey year. Saturday, May 8, 2021, 12:00-12:40 am
Mountain View: Birthday on iPhone for 5/8; Birth flower:
Lily of the Valley, Birthstone: Emerald, Zodiac: Taurus

Born on May 8— Edward Gibbon (1737),
Harry S Truman (1884), Fulton J. Sheen (1895),
Swami Chinmayananda (1916), Don Rickles (1926),
Gary Snyder (1930): Meeting with Cathy (5-8-2000).

Saturday, May 8, 2021, 12:40-2:48 am
Mountain View: Email to Cathy (21st anniversary of 5-8-2000 meeting) with 21 francs stamps from Belgium 1839 (bird) & 1806 (Begonia); U.S. 3467 (bison); A.E. Housman's poem—

When I was one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say
Give pearls away and rubies
But not your heart away. Saturday, May 8, 2021, 12:40-2:48 am
Mountain View: Poem: "Happy 21st Anniversary"—
Just realized her email has a "5", mine has an "8" linking to
May 8. Celebrate her favorite writer, Taoist sage Lao Tzu—

Verse 21 of Tao Te Ching
The Master keeps her mind
always at one with the Tao
that's what gives her radiance.

Saturday, May 8, 2021, 3:50-5:00 pm
Mountain View: 4:04 pm Bus #40 to Chef Chu's
news bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly"
4:42 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & walked home

No time for shopping at Sprouts or Safeway
in 20 minutes, since Saturday's Bus #40
will come next at 5:31 pm, an hour wait. Saturday, May 8, 2021, 5:40 pm-1:08 am
Mountain View: Cathy enjoyed email celebrating
our 21st Anniversary: "Thank you wonderful Peter!";
She's teaching 230 students Chemistry in Las Vegas

"Movie Actors Born in Lunar Years"—
285 arranged in chronological order;
Will do 275 Movie Actresses tomorrow.

Sunday, May 9, 2021, 5:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: NY Times News Briefings—
"Life and Death with the Dragon""
(Volcano on Stromboli off Italy is always active)
(By Robin George Andrews, NY Times, 5-4-2021)

"Mozambique Mints a New National Park"
(Chimanimani National Park marks latest triumph.)
(By Jen Guyton, NY Times, 5-3-2021)
Photo: Paradise Flycatcher Feeds Chicks. Sunday, May 9, 2021, 5:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Today is 107th Mother's Day in the U.S.
started by Anna Jarvis in 1914; "Red and Rover" is one
of 7 comics honoring Mother's Day; Memories of Mom;
"Happy Mother's Day" Poem; Greeting cards sold (2019)—

Christmas, 1.6 billion,
Valentine, 145 million,
Mother's Day, 133 million,
Father's Day, 90 million.

Sunday-Monday, May 9-10, 2021, 11:00 pm-5:20 am
Mountain View: "Movie Actresses Born in Lunar Years"—
285 arranged in chronological order; No duplication;
Adding 14 actresses— Jane Powell (1929), Rita Moreno (1931), Nancy Kwan (1939), Katharine Ross (1940), Kim Darby (1947),

Candice Bergen (1946), Olivia Newton-John (1948), Rachel Ward (1957), Tilda Swinton (1960), Rachel Weisz (1970), Elizabeth Banks (1974), Rachel McAdams (1978), Kate Hudson (1979), Drew Barrymore (1975). Monday, May 10, 2021, 5:40-7:40 pm
Mountain View: 5:55 pm Bus #40 to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for copies of today's "Daily Post";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) 6:05-6:37 pm;
7:30 Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home

2 Waterfront Crabmeat Chunks @ $1.87 = $3.74;
2 Cinnamon Apple Sauce (6 ct) @ $1.88 = $3.76;
Sig Sel Spanakopita Greek Dessert (12) @ $3.81;
Lucerne No-Sugar French Vanilla Creamer @ $3.00.

Monday-Tuesday, May 10-11, 2021, 11:00 pm-12:50 am
Mountain View: Survey of People born in Lunar Years
by Professions— U.S. Presidents (41), Musicians (112),
Artists (200), Actors (313), Actresses (316)

38 Actresses were born in the Dog Year
compared to 18 Actors (more than double);
21 Artists in Dragon Year to 8 for Musicians. Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 4:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Sampling for Artists (200) is almost double
for Musicians (112); Expanding list of Musicians Lunar Years
from 112 to 200 for more accurate comparison to Artists

Don't have more Composers to add, so will
include Conductors, Violinists, Pianists, Cellists,
and other instrument players to get the list up to 200.

Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 4:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: "Colleges with the Most Billionaire Alumni"
(By Kenrick Cai, Forbes, 4-14-2021)

1) Harvard (29), 2) University of Pennsylvania (28),
2) Stanford (28), 4) Yale (21), 5) Mumbai University (20), 6) Cornell (18), 7) USC (15), 8) MIT (14),
9) Columbia (11), 9) Princeton (11), 9) UC Berkeley (11). Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 4:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Expanding list of Musicians Lunar Years
from 112 to 220 for better comparison to Artists; Violinists—

Hilary Hahn, Nicola Benedetti, Sarah Chang, Julia Fischer, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Janine Jansen, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, Midori Goto, Joshua Bell, Itzhak Perlman, André Rieu, Gil Shaham, Maxim Vengerov

Tuesday-Wedneday, May 11-12, 2021, 6:20 pm-2:15 am
Mountain View: Expanding list of Musicians Lunar Years
from 112 to 220— Added 20 Composers, 39 Conductors,
16 Violinists, 13 Pianists, 4 Guitarist, 3 Trumpeters.

Musicians Born In Animal Years—
Most: 25 Ox, 22 Horse, 22 Pig;
Least: 12 Tiger, 13 Dragon, 15 Snake. Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 5:30-7:30 pm
Mountain View: 5:50 pm Red Bus & 6:10 pm Bus #21
to Chef Chu's news bins for copies of "Daily Post";
7:12 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & walked home

CVS (2630 W. El Camino Real) Folgers Instant Coffee
($8.79) $2.99 - 40% off coupon = $1.79 (6:22 pm)
Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd) green onions 99¢ (6:33).

Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 8:00 pm-12:30 am
Mountain View: Expanding list of Artists Lunar Years
from 200 to 230— Added 30 Artists from #201
M. C. Escher (1898) to #230 Alex Grey (1953)

Left out in 1st survey: Jean Cocteau, Camille Claudel, André Derain, Paul Signac, Gustave Caillebotte,
Georges Rouault, Hu Zaobin, Mu Ch'i, Utamaro. Wednesday, May 12, 2021, 8:00 pm-12:30 am
Mountain View: Expanding list of Artists Lunar Years
from 200 to 230— 22 Artists born in Dragon Year
compared to 13 for Musicians

Artists Born In Animal Years—
Most: 25 Horse, 22 Dragon, 22 Monkey, 22 Pig;
Least: 14 Rooster, 16 Tiger, 17 Dog, 17 Ox, 17 Snake.

Thursday, May 13, 2021, 2:45-5:15 pm
Mountain View: 3:16 pm Red Bus to Wal-Mart's news
bins for "Daily Post" & "Metro"; 3:30 pm Bus #21 to
Sprouts Market (630 San Antonio Rd) 3:40-4:11 pm:
4:56 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & walked home

2 Magnesium Citrate (120 tabs) BOGO 50% = $19.45;
5 lbs Mandarin Oranges $5.99; 2 pts Blueberries $5.00;
Pt. Blackberries $2.50; 1.43 lbs Bananas @ 59¢/lb = 84¢;
4.1 lbs Hothouse Tomatoes @ 98¢/lb = $4.02. Thursday, May 13, 2021, 6:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: More data on Lunar Years for scientists
(chemists, physicists, medical researchers, economists, literature, peacemakers, from Nobel lists), poets, dramatists, writers, on Pulitzer list); businessmen on Forbes wealthiest list

Is my statistical sampling sound?— Lunar Calendar
books claiming what professions are good for people born in certain animal year. People don't seem to care
if enough sampling was done to warrant those claims.

Thursday, May 13, 2021, 6:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: SCIENCE: The God Equation by Michio Kaku— unifying the universe (Michio Kaku's book, review at WSJ)
(By David Bodanis, Financial Times, Yahoo News, 5-12-2021)

'The God Equation' Review: One String Theory
to Rule Them All (Book dazzles in its account
of the unfinished quest for a grand unified theory.)
(Priyamvada Natarajan, Wall Street Journal, 4-9-2021). Thursday, May 13, 2021, 6:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: While compiling list of "Musicians born
in Lunar Years", came across photo of Arturo Toscanini
in wisdom mudra pose; mudra holding baton while conducting

May 1, 2021: In 113-87 win against Houston Rockets, after scoring a 3-pointer, Golden State Warriors
Stephen Curry let out a hugh yell
with "Wisdom Mudra" gesture.

Thursday, May 13, 2021, 6:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: After writing poem "Twin Luminaries"
(3-23-2015), gathered dozen of wisdom mudra poses of
Martha Graham dancing & Richard Feynman lecturing.

Lost my 12 GB USB at Los Altos Library (8-28-2016) with 16 months of work without backup. Found photos
today of Richard Feyman in wisdom mudra pose—
giving lecture; gesturing on rubber bands. Thursday, May 13, 2021, 6:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: "Fun to Imagine" with Richard Feynman, at his home in Altadena, California, broadcast on BBC2 in July 1983;
Wonderful explanation: trees come from the air instead of earth.

0:50 Jiggling Atoms; 7:18 Fire; 12:08 Rubber Bands; 14:53 Magnets; 22:29 Electricity; 32:05 Mirror & Train puzzles; 37:46 Seeing Things; 43:43 Big Numbers;
55:01 Ways of Thinking; 1:06.49 End— Delightful!

Friday, May 14, 2021, 4:05-5:45 pm
Mountain View: 4:46 pm Bus #40 to Chef Chu's
news bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly";
5:30 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & walked home

"Inventor of Post-it Notes adhesive dies at age 80"
(Spencer Silver in 1968 discovered best-seller at 3M)
(By Associated Press, Yahoo News, 5-14-2021, B9) Friday, May 14, 2021, 6:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Steve Gould's 5/2 email: he likes Ingres portrait
of Comtesse d'Haussonville at Frick Museum; Told him I liked Ingres until reading he disliked Delacroix (Ingres vs Delacroix)

When I was in Paris (July-August 1979), visited
Delacroix's Studio & Church of Saint-Sulpice,
France 1054, Honoring Delacroix; Seurat & Ingres.

Saturday, May 15, 2021, 4:40-7:30 pm
Mountain View: 5:34 pm Bus #40 to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) 5:15-5:43 pm;
6:34 pm Bus #40 didn't show up (Weekday), Last Bus #40 on
Saturday is 5:43 pm; Rolled cart with 4 bags home 7:05-7:30 pm

3 Sig Sel Supreme Pizza ($5.99) @ $1.97 = $5.91;
Ritz Peanut Butter Crackers (8 ct) ($4.49) Free;
Sig. Sel. 16.9 oz Mango Pineapple Water ($1.19) Free;
Checkout Yuriana gave me box of 500 Monopoly tickets. Saturday, May 15, 2021, 8:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Dick Cavett tells the first time William Buckley appeared on his talk show: "Conversation seemed to be moving along nicely when, in reference to something he just brought up, I said, 'I'm not really familiar with that.' Back came, 'You don't seem to be familiar with anything.' Wham! I think I nearly lost consciousness. It was a rotten thing to say to a beginner."

After Buckley's put-down of Cavett, he worked hard
to become his friend. Such is the humble attitude to
study with someone more knowledgeable than you.

Saturday, May 15, 2021, 8:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: (1) "Gore Vidal vs Norman Mailer" (12-1-1971)
on Dick Cavett show with Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal,
and Janet Flanner; (2) Dick Cavett to William Buckley:
"More in Seurat than in Ingres" (Detective work on this pun)

Typing the quote "More in Seurat than in Ingres"
in Google Search (About 114,000 results)—
Page listed as #1 for the research done (3-7-2008).
Still amazed at all the work done tracing this pun. Saturday, May 15, 2021, 8:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Had five #1 rankings in Google Search
before losing website (6-26-2015)— Singularity Resources, Dante Resources, Apple Symbolism, Magpie Symbolism,
Ralph Waldo Emerson & John Muir

Three years offline, back on web (5-18-2018)— five
#1 rankings: Wisdom Portal, Kay Ryan Workshops,
"Chinese Lunar Years", "Speculations on the Soul".
The Dove in Alchemy; #2 ranking: Dante Resources.

Sunday, May 16, 2021, 4:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: "Daily Post" not printed Sunday or need
to go out shopping, stayed home in comfort to work;
Went through detaching tabs on 250 Monopoly tickets last
night & 250 tickets today; No cell phone to scan bar code
to play game; too time consuming to type in 16 digits

From the box of 500 Monopoly tickets
there were dozens of 50¢ coupons I can't use;
18 Instant Winner coupons of Free items for Rudy. Sunday, May 16, 2021, 4:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Went through "What's New" list (7-14-2008
to 11-3-2002) & found 25 more #1 rankings in Google Search:
Emerson: One Universal Mind, Arthur Rubinstein: Rebirth & Revolution, Don Quixote Postage Stamps, Don Quixote 1905 Postage Stamps, Poetry on Peace, Ouroboros & the Cosmos,

Jorge Luis Borges: What Is a Divine Mind?,
Valentine Mints Plaque, Freeman Dyson's Dream of God.
Li-Young Lee Stanford Colloquium, Levitation in Art.

Monday, May 17, 2021, 5:00-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for copies of today's "Daily Post";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) 5:35-6:14 pm;
6:34 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave and walked home

64 oz Chocolate Milk & Almond Milk @ $1.99 = $3.98;
2 Sig Sel Blueberry Waffles (12.3 oz) @ $1.49 = $2.98;
1 qt Peach Creme & 1 qt Key Lime Water ($1.19) Free;
14.5 oz O Organic Canned Tomatoes ($1.89) Free. Monday, May 17, 2021, 8:55-11:05 pm
Mountain View: IRS extended tax filing from April 15
to May 17, 2021; Forgot about deadline and will do it
tonight (2 hours 10 minutes); Round up mails from Social Securiy, Fidelity Investments, & TIAA-CREF (W-2 forms)

IRS sent 4 1040-SR forms, Instruction booklet
on April 15; California State sent 540 booklet
with one 540 form (5 pages) without duplication
on April 9; Need to xerox filing for record-keeping.

Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 2:30-4:45 pm
Mountain View: 10:30 am alarm didn't go off until 11:50 pm;
Mailed Federal & State tax forms @ 12:15 pm at Outgoing
Apt Mailbox; Sprouts (630 San Antonio Rd) 3:12 pm;
4:28 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy and walked home

6 Terra Vegetable Chips (reg. $3.99)
@ $2.00— Original, Mediterranean,
Sweet Potato, and Sweets & Beets. Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 5:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: For "Professions of People Born in
Chinese Lunar Years", need to keep data even for comparison—
Add 6 more to Actresses (7:18 pm) and 11 more to Actors in Lunar Years (7:45 pm) to even up numbers to 322;

Add 10 more to Musicians (8:45 pm)
and none to Artists in Lunar Years
to even up numbers to 230.

Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 5:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: To speed up survey of those born
in Animal Years, use "Find" in Safari's Edit Menu
and type in the 12 animals & get # of appearances

Found some animal appears in names—
Musicians #224 Simon Rattle for "Rat"
Actors #83 Ramon Navarro &
#301 Rami Malek for "Ram". Tuesday, May 18, 2021, 5:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: 230 Artists Born in Lunar Years &
230 Musicians Born in Lunar Years— 22 Artists born in
Dragon Year compared to 13 for Musicians in Survey

Compare 322 Actors Born in Lunar Years
to 322 Actresses Born in Lunar Years—
Actressses outnumber Actors 40 to 18
in Dog Years from Professions Survey.

Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 3:15-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for copies of today's "Daily Post";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) 3:45-4:27 pm;
4:40 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave and walked home

6 Lucerne Yogurt (5.3 oz) @ 49¢ = $2.94;
1 dozen Value Corner Large Eggs @ 99¢;
Sig Sel Cooking Spray (6 oz) ($3.49) Free. Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 5:45-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Gap in River of Rocks
near my apartment on Hackett Ave;
Found large rock to fill empty space;
Dark rock is now surrounded by 7 light rocks

Philosopher George Santayana said
"If I see a broken circle, I yearn to
complete it." I agree wholeheartedly.

Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 7:12 pm-1:07 am
Mountain View: Six hours to compose this compilation
"Google Rankings #1 for WisdomPortal Web Pages" with
Roger Bannister & Jerry Rice on top as my sports heroes

Karen says "You should just do what you enjoy,
instead of interest in Google rankings." She's right,
however, we work hard to excel in our work projects. Wednesday, May 19, 2021, 7:12 pm-1:07 am
Mountain View: What was learned from "Google Rankings #1 for WisdomPortal Web Pages" compilation? 11 of 16 Wisdom Stories for Enlightenment turned up #1 in Google Search

Glad to see on top— Levitation in Art, Chinese Wisdom,
Romeo of Villeneuve, Dove in Alchemy, Phillip Huber,
Kay Ryan, Dance Quotes, Krishnamurti: Religious Man.

Thursday, May 20, 2021, 11:15 am-12:08 pm
Mountain View: Rudy came to my apt at 11 am to pick
up 2 free bags of groceries; Drove to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shop @ Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) for free items

24 oz Gourmet Dining Seafood Medley @ $4.99;
1.5 qt Sig Sel Java Ice Cream BOGO free @ 2.50;
1.5 qt Sig Sel Mint Chocolate Cookie Ice Cream @ 2.50. Thursday, May 20, 2021, 11:15 am-12:08 pm
Mountain View: Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave)
with Rudy; FREE items from Monopoly coupons— 2 loaves
French Bread ($2.99), Hamburger Buns (8 ct) ($3.49), 2 liters
Sprite Lime Soda ($2.29), 3 O-Organic Water Crackers ($3.99)

These 7 items retailed at $23.73,
but with Monopoly ticket coupons,
got them all free for Rudy.

Thursday, May 20, 2021, 12:35-2:15 pm
Mountain View: Rudy said my hair is too bushy and
trimmed my hair with just scissors and comb outdoors
at my apt; He did this (June 19, 2020); My last haircut
was at Lam's Hair & Nails Salon (11-24-2020)

Used broom to sweep up loose hair on ground;
Shampoo and shower 3:45-4:15 pm;
Breakfast: waffles, ham & eggs 7:30 pm. Thursday, May 20, 2021, 8:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Checked Foothill Class for Spring 2021—
LINC-067-01W "Designing Web-Based Learning Projects"
with Cassandra Pereira runs from 5/31/2021 to 6/25/2021;
Don't want to be late like last quarter for LINC-90C class.

Corrected date done for "Chinese Lunar Years"
from 2-12-2021 (added 12 years 2020-2031)
to original design on 2-19-2002.

Friday, May 21, 2021, 4:35-5:28 pm
Mountain View: 4:44 pm Bus #40, 5:09 pm Bus #21;
Phoned Mountain View Kaiser Pharmacy (555 Castro St);
They close @ 5:30 pm (M-F), closed on weekends;
Lucky to arrive there 5 minutes before closing.
Walked to El Camino Real to catch Bus #22

Running out of Humulin by Sunday;
3 vials of Humulin @ $12.00 = $36.00;
Bottle 100 tablets Glipizide @ $8.33. Friday, May 21, 2021, 5:28-8:25 pm
Mountain View: Bus #22 didn't stop at Castro Street and
El Camino Real; 5:59 pm Bus #522 to Showers Dr.; Walked
to Chef Chu's bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly";
Shopping Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd) 6:45-7:15 pm;
8:10 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy & walked home

3 lbs Sig Cafe Mustard Potao Salad @ $5.00;
16 oz Land-O'-Frost Black Forest Ham @ $4.24;
8 oz Waterfront Chunk Imitation Crabmeat @ $1.99.

Friday, May 21, 2021, 10:00 pm-1:20 am
Mountain View: Los Altos Library's auto-renewal process
has renewed 10 poetry books, now due June 11, 2021;
Checked out these books to compile poetry passages
in Numbers 44-45 & 70-71; Can return them now

Books need to be returned that can't be renewed:
Mary McAuliffe: When Paris Sizzled: the 1920s,
E.E. Cummings: Complete Poems, 1904-1962. Friday, May 21, 2021, 10:00 pm-1:20 am
Mountain View: Sad Warriors lost to Grizzlies
117-112 Play-In & was eliminated from Playoffs,
but Steph Curry's heroics live on; Inspired
to write poem "Curry's Falling-Down Shot"

Curry Shooting While Falling,
Curry's Shot Goes in the Basket,
Curry's Miracle Shot as Crowd Cheers.

Saturday, May 22, 2021, 4:02-5:10 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post" & "Daily News";
4:50 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave and walked home

No shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave)
since Saturday's Bus #40 runs every hour,
and the last bus is at 5:43 pm. Saturday, May 22, 2021, 5:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: While writing poem "Curry's Falling-Down Shot", there are 43 citations of "Curry" in Interesting News
before finding 2018 article on Curry's shoes

with Philippians 4:13 quote "I can do all things";
Stephen Curry Top 10 Impossible Shots;
Curry Humiliated His Opponent; Deepest 3.

Saturday, May 22, 2021, 5:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Columbia Magazine: Spring/Summer 2021
came in the mail yesterday— "Book Review: Mark Bittman's Animal, Vegetable, Junk" by Lesley Jane Seymour (pp. 56-57)

Amazon's review: 4.4 out of 5 (197 reviews);
Defines junk as "engineered edible substances,
barely recognizable as products of the earth." Saturday, May 22, 2021, 5:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Writing poem "Boston Blackie"—
Detective TV series (1951-1953) I watched
starring Kent Taylor & Lois Collier

"Enemy to those who make him an enemy,
friend to those who have no friend,
Boston Blackie"— on TV in 1950s.

Sunday, May 23, 2021, 3:50-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Columbia Magazine: Spring/Summer 2021
"Love at First Swipe" by Julia Joy (pp. 47-48)

CEO Clare O'Connor says Bumble
links people interested in friendship
other than dating & love relationships. Sunday, May 23, 2021, 3:50-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Ruth Freitag, Librarian to the Stars, Dies at 96
(Katharine Q. Seelye, NY Times, 5-21-2021) (Died 10-3-2020)

Her encyclopedic knowledge of science resources
helped sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov and astronomer
Carl Sagan, who showed on TV wonders of the universe.

Sunday, May 23, 2021, 3:50-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Added 8 actors to "Actors in Lunar Years"
and added 8 actresses to "Actresses Born in Lunar Years"

"Professions in Lunar Years"—
Of 330 surveyed, Actresses doubled
Actors born in the Dog Year 40 to 20. Sunday, May 23, 2021, 3:50-10:30 pm
Mountain View: "Boston Blackie"
"False Face" (Episode 27: April 17, 1953)

Haven't seen "Boston Blackie"
in some 70 years, so it's amazing
there's an old video from YouTube.

Monday, May 24, 2021, 3:10-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for copies of today's "Daily Post";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) 3:40-4:00 pm;
4:15 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave and walked home

Gorton Grilled Salmon Fillets @ $4.99 = $9.98;
Coffee-Mate Creamer Peppermint Mocha @ $3.00;
Coffee-Mate Creamer Chocolate Caramel @ $3.00. Monday, May 24, 2021, 5:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: After telling Ann that I picked
up Humulin at Kaiser Pharmacy on Friday, 5/21,
she forgot that I still had annual checkup appt with
Dr. Liteh Chang today @ 2:30 pm, so didn't come

Rescheduled appt with Dr. Chang @ 3:30 pm
tomorrow; Didn't want appointment by phone
or Zoom, asked office visit for annual checkup.

Monday, May 24, 2021, 5:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Collecting #14 images for grandniece
Sophia's 14th birthday on 6-3-2021— Sports uniform #14:
Otto Graham, Ernie Banks, Jim Bunning, Gil Hodges;
Shakespeare's Sonnet #14 with 14 lines; Easter Bonnet

Beethoven's Piano Sonata #14: Moonlight;
14 sides in Cuboctahedron;
February 14: Valentine's Day. Monday, May 24, 2021, 5:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Steve Gould asked about Google Rankings;
Spent an hour 50 minutes (1:09-2:59 am 5/21) answering
this questions with specific examples in Google Search on
Enlightenment News (#2 of 61,900,000 results) and also

Chou-Fasman Method ranking in Science Citation Index;
5/21 email to Steve @ 2:59 am disappeared from Yahoo Mail; Steve emailed 5/24 what I sent, so it'll be restored.

Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 2:45-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Ann picks me up at 2:45 pm,
drives to Kaiser Permanente (555 Castro Street)
for 3:30 pm annual checkup with Dr. Liteh Chang

Gave Dr. Chang "Professions in Lunar Years"
& three poems— "Alone But Not Lonely",
"COVID-19", "Pizza Pro Juggling Dough". Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 2:45-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Gave Ann bag of newspapers: Daily Post,
Daily News, Metro, Palo Alto Weekly, Mercury News
(4/29-5/24); Google Rankings #1: WisdomPortal" & poems—

"Most Valuable", "What Is Value?",
"Happy 21st Anniversary", "Happy Mother's Day",
"Curry's Falling-Down Shot", and "Boston Blackie".

Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 5:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Kaiser Permanente (555 Castro Street)
Dr. Liteh Chang gave me exam; Blood pressure: 137/62;
Picked ear wax out of both ears without swishing water

$10 for Non-fasting Blood and Urine test;
Retinopathy exam on Monday, October 18,
at Kaiser Santa Clara, Ophthalmology Dept 486. Tuesday, May 25, 2021, 5:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Bookmarked 15 Poetry articles
(May 24-26) in "Poetry News" sent from Google News—
Emily Bronté's Poems; Whitman as Nurse; Philosopher-Poet

Yrsa Daley-Ward; Morgan Nichols; Gabeba Baderoon;
Ross Gay: A.E. Housman; Ninja Poet Sam Pierstorff;
Poetry Rx; May 26 Lunar Eclipse; Bob Dylan Turns 80.

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 2:00-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Kaiser sent results of yeaterday's Blood
Test: Cholestrol 124; HDL 46 mg/dL; LDL 70 mg/dL;
Sodium 140 mEq/L; Potassium 4.4 mEq/L; ALT 16 U/L;
Creatine 0.79 mg/dL; All results are normal.

Compared to Blood Test (8-13-2020), glad results
(5-25-2021) improved for HbA1c (8.3 to 7.8) &
TSH, Thyroid Stimulating Hormone (7.6 to 4.4). Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 5:05-6:53 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for today's "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) 5:35-6:07 pm;
6:33 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave and walked home

3 lbs Reser's Deviled-Egg Potato Salad @ $5.00;
16 oz Land-O'-Frost Black Forest Ham @ $4.75;
1 liter Sig Sel Sparkling Water Strawberry ($1) Free.

Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 7:20-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Interesting News— “SCIENCE:
'Extinct' giant tortoise found in Galapagos”
(Species believed extinct more than 100 years ago in 1906)
(By Olivia Rudgard, The Telegraph, Yahoo News, 5-26-2021).

Elderly female tortoise discovered during a 2019 expedition has been identified as a chelonoidis phantasticus, also known as fernandina giant tortoise. Wednesday, May 26, 2021, 7:20-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Born on June 3— Jefferson Davis (1808);
Raoul Dufy (1877); Josephine Baker (1906); Paulette Goddard (1910); Alain Resnais (1922); Tony Curtis (1925);
Allen Ginsberg (1926); Rafael Nadal (1986).

Will decide on 6 people to use
for June 3 "Happy Birthday on
iPhone" for Sophia's birthday.

Thursday, May 27, 2021, 3:00-4:45 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for copies of today's "Daily Post";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) 3:30-4:05 pm;
4:33 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave and walked home

3 Sweet Baby Rays BBQ Sauce @ 99¢ - $1 off = $1.97;
2 Nonni's Biscotti @ $3.49 = $6.98 - $1 off = $5.98;
2 Nonni's Thins @ $3.49 = $6.98 - $1 off = $5.98;
2 Planter's Peanuts (16 oz) @ $1.99 = $3.98. Thursday, May 27, 2021, 5:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Favorite stamps: Japan 585 Wedded Rocks (1953); Japan 234 Wedded Rocks (1936): Japan 1435 Miroku Buddha (1981); • June 3 birthday stamps: Josephine Baker; US 2975f Jefferson Davis (1995); Mozambique 2010 Tony Curtis;

Niger 2019 Rafael Nadal; France 1117 Raoul Dufy's "Red Violin" (1965), but no portrait; Maldives 2014 Paulette Goddard with Charlie Chaplin; No Alain Resnais stamp; Allen Ginsberg stamp not authentic.

Friday, May 28, 2021, 6:45-7:15 pm
Mountain View: Shopping CVS (2630 W. El Camino Real)
Oriental checkout clerk would not accept check;
Phoned manager who didn't show up for 10 minutes;
Missed 7:15 pm Bus #40; Next bus is at 8:15 pm

CVS Vitamins on sale this week BOGO free—
4 CVS Men's Multi-Vitamins (120 tabs) @ $10.79;
- $2.50 = $8.29 x 2 = $16.58 + 9% tax ($1.49) = $18.07;
Used $5 coupon on CVS Vitamins purchase over $15. Friday, May 28, 2021, 7:25-8:01 pm
Mountain View: Shopping Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd)
Bus Driver waited for me as it was last bus today;
8:09 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy and walked home

3 Lucerne Sliced Cheese @ $1.77 = $5.31;
3 Pringles Potato Chips @ 99¢ = $2.97;
Sig Sel Mini Croissants Ham & Cheese @ $3.27;
2 Nonni's Thins @ $3.49 = $6.98 - $1 off = $5.98;
2 Nonni's Biscotti @ $3.49 = $6.98 - $1 off = $5.98.

Friday, May 28, 2021, 9:10-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Images for Sophia's 14th birthday—
T-14 Russian Armata Tank; F-14 Tomcat Navy Jet

14¢ stamps: Newfoundland 194: Dog (1932);
U.S. 565: Native American Indian (5-1-1923);
Canada 772: Dogteam & Dogsled (9-27-1978). Friday, May 28, 2021, 9:10-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Exciting game: Giants beat Dodgers 8-5
in 10th inning after Dodgers tied it in 9th 5-5 with homer

Looks like Pujols hit a homer to win,
but Mike Tauchman robs him
with catch over the fence.

Saturday, May 29, 2021, 12:00-2:00 am
Mountain View: After watching Tauchman's video,
YouTube played fielding gems with putouts at plate

MLB Greatest Catches In History—
0.46 David Wright's one-handed catch;
2.22 Brian McCrae's contortionist outfield catch. Saturday, May 29, 2021, 12:00-2:00 am
Mountain View: Gourmet Dinner Seafood Medley
Added 1/2 bag Imitation Crabmeat with sesame oil

Added sunflower & pumpkin seeds, Brazil nuts,
cashews, sliced almonds, to expand dinner
to three meals with two scrambled eggs.

Saturday, May 29, 2021, 12:30-1:05 pm
Mountain View: Rudy comes at 11:55 pm; Drives
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping Safeway (580 N. Rengstrorff Ave) 12:30-1:05 pm

3 Lucerne Sliced Cheese @ $1.77 = $5.31;
2 loaves French Bread (@ $1.99) = Free &
6 Sweet White Corn @ 15¢ = 90¢ (for Rudy). Saturday, May 29, 2021, 2:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Rudy says the haircut he gave me on 5/20
was not well done, & made another trim (2:00-2:30 pm);
Shampoo and Showers 3:45-4:15 pm; Cut toenails.

Late breakfast: Coffee; 6 Black Forest Ham;
Spinach; 6 Ritz Peanut Butter Crackers;
Wild Cherry Sparkling Water (5:30 pm).

Saturday, May 29, 2021, 5:40-10:30 pm
Mountain View: "Socked-on-the-Nose Postmark" Stamps
with Dates— (3-14-1917)Dominica37; (2-3-1928)Dominica68;
(4-4-1891)Sweden4Bullseye; (6-8-1894)Sweden6Bullseye;
(11-30-1885)Sweden12Bullseye for Dates Stamps Collection

(4-10-1893)GB93a
£5 stamp of Queen Victoria
postmarked Belfast April 10, 1893. Saturday, May 29, 2021, 5:40-10:30 pm
Mountain View: For grandniece Sophia's 14th birthday,
"14" stamps— Canada 763: Captain Cook (4-26-1978),
Portugal 1428: IYC Children (6-1-1979), U.S. 1856: Sinclair Lewis (3-21-1985), US 2176: Julia Ward Howe (2-12-1987)

Hungary B161: 12+2 filler Knight (3-15-1943);
Hungary J202: 14 filler Postage Due (12-3-1951);
Hungary J215: 14 filler Postage Due (8-8-1953).

Sunday, May 30, 2021, 4:40-11:30 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed on Sunday
or need for shopping; Stayed home to work on
"14th Birthday Poem" for grandniece Sophia (6/3)

Found Little Dancer at Age 14
at National Gallery by Edgar Degas,
rhymes with Enigma Variations by Edward Elgar. Sunday, May 30, 2021, 4:40-11:30 pm
Mountain View: For grandniece Sophia's 14th birthday,
11 images for poem— Gil Hodges Mets #14; 14 Juillet; Delacroix's "Liberté"; "Some Came Running"; Goldeneye;

14-petalled Lotus; Vatican 388: Isaiah;
Cirrus Clouds; Edgar's Enigma Variations;
6th Station of the Cross; Veronica's Veil.

Monday, May 31, 2021, 2:40-10:30 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed on Memorial Day;
On May 31, 1964, Giants beat Mets in longest double-header
for 9 hours 52 minutes, 5-3 & 8-6 with 23 innings in 2nd game

Can't see assignments for LINC-67 class
as I'm not part of the KCIOBI Program;
and will be dropped from the class. Monday, May 31, 2021, 2:40-10:30 pm
Mountain View: For grandniece Sophia's 14th birthday,
wrote "14th Birthday Poem" with 16 stanza & 64 lines;
Printed in 2 pages @ 49%; 1.75" space on 2nd page

Spent two hours to reduce
image sizes to accomodate
16 stanzas to two pages @ 54%.