Haikus: November 2021

HAIKUS: November 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.

Monday, November 1, 2021, 8:04-8:10 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 11:05 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 8:10 am— CABKA = ABACK; TYEPT = PETTY;
SSUHAQ = SQUASH; GFRUIE = FIGURE

Cartoon Answer— She was learning to
write the first letter of the alphabet and got
AA TT SSH IGR = STRAIGHT A'S Monday, November 1, 2021, 1:00-1:40 pm
Mountain View: Left apt @ 1 pm; Bus #40 1:17 pm to Showers Dr.;
Picked up "Daily Post" at Wal-Mart news bins @ 1:25 pm;
1:40 pm ICON Theater free movie "Dune", Aud. #9, Seat D3

Quick breakfast of three waffles
butter and sugarless maple syrup,
& coffee with Hazelnut creamer.

Monday, November 1, 2021, 2:10-4:55 pm
Mountain View: ICON Theater (2575 California Street);
Arrived @ 1:40 pm: Denis Villeneuve directs "Dune" (2021) with Timothée Chalamet; Rebecca Ferguson; Oscar Isaac; Josh Brolin; Stellan Skarsgård; Dave Bautista; Stephen McKinley Henderson; Zendaya; Chang Chen; Sharon Duncan-Brewster; Jason Momoa;
Javier Bardem; (Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Panoramic sand scenes are feasts for the eyes,
with interplanetary battles for "spice" in sand,
a valuable substance that extends human vitality
and is critical for interstellar travel. Monday, November 1, 2021, 5:00-6:00 pm
Mountain View: After the movie, no time for
shopping at Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd) or Sprouts
(630 San Antonio Rd); Walked to California Street
and Showers Drive for corner Bus #40 Stop; Waited for
5:29 pm Bus #40 to Central Xpwy Stop & walked home;
Can't log on to LINC-405 Zoom class (6-7 pm) in Chrome

Karen woke me up at 11:05 am, and wanted
to see free movie at ICON Theater at 6:25 pm
"The French Dispatch" (10-22-2021), but told
her I'm going to see "Dune" at 2:10 pm.

Monday, November 1, 2021, 7:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: After writng "Yellow: A Celebration"
yesterday (5:00-7:58 pm), made links to 32 yellow images

Now color yellow is swirling in my head—
butter on yellow waffles and corn on the cob,
bananas, yellow bell peppers, yellow squash,
lemon, yellow pumpkin, and Swiss cheese. Monday, November 1, 2021, 7:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: After writng "Yellow: A Celebration"
yesterday (5:00-7:58 pm), made links to 32 yellow images

"Yellow Rose of Texas" ringing in my ears,
yellow tulip, yellow ice plant, sunflower,
yellow dahlia, yellow zinnia, daisies,
and dozen more yellow flowers appear.

Monday, November 1, 2021, 9:30-11:15 pm
Mountain View: "CN Traveler's 10 best big cities in the world"
(Conde Nast Traveler released its 2021 Readers Choice
Awards, bestowing kudos on cities, countries, islands,
resorts and hotels. Awards are based on an annual reader
survey, with more than 800,000 readers weighing in. Top 10)
(By Jackie Burrell, Mercuty News, 10-31-2021, F7)

1. Tokyo, Japan; 2. Osaka, Japan; 3. Kyoto, Japan;
4. Singapore; 5. Istanbul, Turkey; 6. Mérida, Mexico;
7. Marrakech, Morocco; 8. Porto, Portugal;
9. Bangkok, Thailand; 10. Seoul, South Korea. Monday, November 1, 2021, 9:30-11:15 pm
Mountain View: "Shrine to Cinema"
(10 cool things you'll see at the new Academy
Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles—
Dorothy's ruby slippers, Rosebud sled, E.T.,
Shark from "Jaws", C-3PO & R2-D2 from "Star Wars".)
(By Richard Guzman, Mercury News, 10-31-2021, F7-F8)

"Into the realm of the super-rich: Oakland author reports from the gilded edge" (Writer Michael Mechanic's book "Jackpot" on wealth inequality, and how to fix it.)
(By Ethan Baron, Mercury News, 10-31-2021, E1, E3).

Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 11:35-11:44 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 11:25 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 11:44 am— VDIV = VIVID; LYEAL = ALLEY;
ESYPEL = SLEEPY; AWELYE = LEEWAY

Cartoon Answer— Autumn is
the time of year when the
VV ALL SEE EEA = LEAVES LEAVE Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 2:20-3:50 pm
Mountain View: Left apt @ 2:20 pm; Gray Bus @ 2:39 pm to Shoreline Dr. & Middlefield Rd; Walk back to San Pierre Way to Social Services (1330 W Middlefield Rd) for 3:30 pm interview

Lisa Do xeroxed my Fidelity Investments
& TIAA-CREF September Statements,
to assess if I'm still eligible for Cal-Fresh.

Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 4:10-4:36 pm
Mountain View: 3:44 pm Google Red Bus came late @ 4:00 pm;
Shopping at Safeway (580 Rengstorff Ave) 4:10-4:36 pm;
Bus #40 @ 5:49 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home

Sig Sel Thin-Crust Supreme Pizza @ $2.99 - $1 = $1.99;
Danish Mini-Bear Paws (24) $5.00 @ 50% off = $2.50;
5 oz Alpha Steakless Buritto ($3.49) = Free for Rudy. Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 5:20-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Took photographs of Ginkgo Biloba tree
wth bright yellow leaves at Montebello & Hackett Ave;
Also Cicada image on sidewalk by Eucalyptus Tree

Substitute Ginkgo Tree at Montebello in poem
"Yellow: A Celebration"; Format Cicada on Sidewalk
scaled down from 3264x2448 pixels to 800x800 pixels.

Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 10:30-11:00 pm
Mountain View: "Atlanta Braves defeat
Houston Astros to win 2021 World Series"
(By Mike Gavin, Yahoo News, 11-2-2021)

Atlanta Braves defeated Houston Astros 7-0
in Game 6 of the World Series on Tuesday
to capture their first championship—
and the city's— since 1995. Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 11:00-11:37 pm
Mountain View: "Dr Aaron Beck, the father
of cognitive behavioural therapy, dies aged 100"
(The Guardian, UK, Nov. 2, 2021)

Beck's work revolutionised the diagnosis
and treatment of depression and other
psychological disorders and continues
to have a resounding influence.

Tuesday, November 2, 2021, 11:40 pm-12:30 am
Mountain View: "Poetry and psychiatry:
a trainee's perspective" (Osip Mandelstam's last poem:
(By Dr Matthew Shipsey, Irish Times, 11-3-2021)

"And I was alive in the blizzard of the blossoming pear, /
Myself I stood in the storm of the bird cherry tree. /
It was all leaflife and starshower, unerring,
self-shattering power, / And it was all aimed at me. /
... Blossoms rupture and rapture the air". Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 12:00-1:31 am
Mountain View: "In a powerful memoir, poet Joy Harjo
talks about finding her voice and using it"
(By Michel Martin, NPR, 11-3-2021)

Her new memoir Poet Warrior is a chronicle of pain and injustice, of growing up poor with an abusive stepfather,
but also of poetry & discovery, of taking that pain and
using it to make art. Listening to Native American poets made her love poetry.

Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 12:00-1:31 am
Mountain View: Bookmarked 7 articles in "Poetry News";
"Japanese poet Itsuki Natsui awarded for dedicated
efforts to broaden the reach of haiku"
(By Tadahiko Mori, Mainichi, 11-2-2021)

Natsui, 64, has dedicated herself to
the art form for more than 30 years
to "sow the seeds of haiku"
among people across Japan. Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 12:00-1:31 am
Mountain View: "Making Walt Whitman's poetry sing at
St. Helena's White Barn" (Ned Rorem & Leonard Bernstein
composed actual songs from Walt Whitman's verses)
(By John Sullivan, St. Helena Star, Napa Valley, 11-2-2021)

"Unreturn'd: An Englishwoman's Love
for Walt Whitman" explores the
relationship between Anne Gilchrist
and Walt Whitman who was gay.).

Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 7:56-8:23 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 10:00 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 8:23 am— INAAG = AGAIN; TIYDT = DITTY;
LEMSLY = SMELLY; DTEOMS = MODEST

Cartoon Answer— The eagle that was showing
off how skilled he was with his claws was
AN TT EL OD = "TALON-TED" Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 1:20-1:41 pm
Mountain View: Rudy came at 12:30 pm, chatted on his 401K
at Northrop Grumann after being laid off; Drove to Valero Station
for "Daily Post" & shopping at Safeway (580 N Rengstorff Ave)

5 Stouffer's (Swedish Meatballs, Tuna, Spinach) @ $2 = $10;
8 oz Sig Farms Spinach for Salad @ $1.58 - $1.00 = 58¢;
2 Gallons Value Corner Nonfat Milk @ $1.90 = $3.80.

Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 4:00-7:17 pm
Mountain View: Fell asleep at my laptop;
Rudy's phone call woke me up at 10 am

Had 7 hours sleep last night;
Better to take a nap instead
of fighting to stay awake. Wednesday, November 3, 2021, 7:35-8:00 pm
Mountain View: Pablo Sandoval just entered MLB record books with Braves' WS win (By Darren Hartwell, NBC Sports, 11-3-2021)

Sandoval appeared in 69 games for Atlanta in 2021,
hitting 4 pinch-hit homers; He has 4 World Series
rings (Giants 2010, 2012, 2014; Braves 2021).

Thursday, November 4, 2021, 11:32-11:40 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 11:10 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 11:40 am— CLEXE = EXCEL; NLECO = CLONE;
SMPHIA = MISHAP; RUUSEN = UNSURE

Cartoon Answer— Getting presents was great,
but what she loved most was everyone's
EE CE SP NR = PRESENCE Thursday, November 4, 2021, 3:40-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Paid November rent; Mid-Peninsula
Newsletter Survey returned; Leave apt @ 3:40 pm;
Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd)

Picked up copies of "Daily Post" & "Metro";
No shopping at Safeway (580 N Rengstorff Ave);
4:48 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Ave & walked home.

Thursday, November 4, 2021, 6:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Can't find LINC-405 Calendar
to tune in to Gene Tognetti's instructions

After finding LINC-405 Calendar,
can't tune in to Zoom session
with email and password. Thursday, November 4, 2021, 6:30-6:45 pm
Found LINC-405 Calendar, Saw Kim Randall in Q&A session
via Zoom; She said Gene Tognetti didn't have class today

Kim said LINC-405 may not be offered in Winter 2021;
Didn't have questions in any of the Modules;
Told her about 7 assignments done in Summer.

Thursday, November 4, 2021, 6:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: "Buster Posey was magic and
the SF Giants and their fans can't thank him enough"
(By Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 11-4-2021, A1-A5)

SF Giants' catcher was a true talisman and turned
a nice organization into a magical juggernaut.
Led Giants to 3 world titles; Career .304 batting,
1500 hits, 158 homers, and 729 RBI. Thursday, November 4, 2021, 8:30-8:50 pm
Mountain View: "Buster Posey's Press Conference":
"Giants legend Posey announces retirement" (12:40)
(By Maria Guardado, mlb.com, 11-4-2021, 7:30-8:00 pm)

Buster thanks family and friends
Giants owners, managers, medical staff,
teammates, and fans enhancing his baseball life,
Cain's perfect game, Bumgarner wins 3rd World Series.

Thursday, November 4, 2021, 9:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: "Best by Numbers: Who Wore What With Distinction" was published in 2006; highlighted Marshall Faulk wearing #28; Buster Posey not mentioned as he debuted in 2009

Baseball uniform #28 (Perfect #) worn by
Preacher Roe, Bert Blyleven, Cesar Cedeno,
Sparky Lyle, Randy Myers, & Buster Posey. Thursday, November 4, 2021, 9:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Remember Buster Posey wore #28—
the second perfect number, no wonder he is blessed by
Nature's number gift according to the sage Pythagoras.

Buster mentioned highlight of catching
Matt Cain's perfect game, only one in Giant's
history, not knowing he wore a perfect number!

Friday, November 5, 2021, 10:12-10:31 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 3:00 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 10:31 am— PRUUS = USURP; FAYTF = TAFFY;
TUNORA = OUTRAN; OJDANI = ADJOIN

Cartoon Answer— The sculpture of the
Presidents at Rushmore's 1,278 acre park is
UR TFF OTR AON = AT (THE) "FOUR-FRONT" Friday, November 5, 2021, 5:10-6:40 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 5:10 pm; Bus #40 @ 5:21 pm
to Chef Chu's bins for "Palo Alto Weekly"; No "Daily Post"
at Dittmer's & CVS bins except at Lam's Nail Salon bins

Caught 6:30 pm Bus #40 at Showers Drive;
No need to Valero Gas Station for "Daily Post";
Got off at Central Xpwy Stop & walked home.

Friday, November 5, 2021, 5:40-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Shopping at Sprouts Farmers Market
(630 San Antonio Road) with no "Daily Post" at 3 bins

Bunch of 7 Green Onions @ 50¢;
2 lbs Mandarin Tangerines @ $3.00;
1.86 lb Red Seedless Grapes @ $1.99/lb = $3.70. Friday, November 5, 2021, 7:30-8:40 pm
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 5:00 am last night
after writing 28-lines poem "Posey's Perfect Number"

Posey retiring from baseball despite
$22 million offered to play another year;
realized he was putting his family first.

Friday, November 5, 2021, 7:00-8:09 pm
Mountain View: "Buster Posey: A True Giant of the Game"
(Posey was the best of the best. Not only was
he a great player, he led off the diamond as well.)
(By Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 11-5-2021, A1, A6)

Buster Posey's retirement speech was all class.
In 2018, he welcomed Muslim Farhan Zaidi
from Los Angeles Dodgers as his new boss.
Friday, November 5, 2021, 7:00-8:09 pm
Mountain View: "Are You Missing Out on the Metaverse?"
Pitches for future of the internet are banking on
an old trick: FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out)
(By John Herrman, NY Times, 11-2-2021)

Mark Zuckerberg's
81-minute video disquisition,
rebranding of Facebook as Meta.

Friday, November 5, 2021, 10:00-11:40 pm
Mountain View: In poem "Posey's Perfect Number"
didn't mention much about perfect number 28

28 is atomic weight of nitrogen
molecule, 70% of the air we breathe,
also the lunation and menstrual cycles—
Norman Fischer wrote a poem about them.
Friday, November 5, 2021, 10:00-11:40 pm
Mountain View: Zen Master Norman Fischer told me (3-24-1990)
there were 28 ruled lines in his notebook when he wrote on "28"

28 lines in poem "Posey's Perfect Number";
Adding extra stanza about number 28
will now make this poem 32 lines long.
Didn't enlarge size of photos to match text.

Saturday, November 6, 2021, 9:47-9:59 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 2:30 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 9:59 am— LLYYS = SLYLY; WTENI = TWINE;
MCSAUP = CAMPUS; SGTEKA = GASKET

Cartoon Answer— The children all liked
the snowman and thought he was
Y IN CAU GE = AN "ICE" GUY Saturday, November 6, 2021, 5:50-7:25 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 5:50 pm; Half-hour walk to
Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post"
& "Peninsula News"; Shop Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff)

Last Bus #40 is @ 5:43 pm; No Google Red Bus;
Rolled Safeway shopping cart down Rengstorff Ave,
Montecito, Montebello, Hackett Ave home in 25 minutes.

Saturday, November 6, 2021, 6:20-6:57 pm
Mountain View: Late shopping at Safeway today
(580 N. Rengstorff Ave), since Arline phoned twice
& chatted an hour; Not seen each other since 3/8/2020

2 Pringles Potato Chips 7.1 oz ($3.49) @ $1.49 = $2.98;
64 oz Sig Sel Apple Juice @ $1.58 - $1 = 58¢ (for Rudy);
2 Lucerne Chocolate Peppermint Creamers @ $3 = $6.00;
Nonnis Thin Almond Pistachios Cookies ($4.49) @ $2.85;
2 Aim Toothpaste ($2.98) @ $1.00 = $2 + .18 tax = $2.18. Saturday, November 6, 2021, 8:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Ann broke both wrists while ice skating;
Surgery went well yesterday; She missed ballroom dancing
at Cubberley Pavilion (Video of dancers at Cubberley)

Is ballroom dancing back on Friday-Saturday
November 5-6 at Cubberley Pavilion? They were cancelled
since March 13, 2020 due to the Corona Virus-19 pandemic.
They planned to start August 6-7 for vaccinated dancers,
but due to the Delta Variant, were cancelled again.

Sunday, November 7, 2021, 8:00-8:10 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 1:00 pm Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 8:10 am— HNRSIK = SHRINK; XINBGO = BOXING;
SXUEEC = EXCUSE; PNDUIA = UNPAID;
ALUPQE = PLAQUE; SNIPTL = SPLINT

Cartoon Answer— Uber's mobile app
officially launched in 2011, and they quickly saw
SIK BNG CUS UNI PE SPI = BUSINESS PICKING UP Sunday, November 7, 2021, 4:20-4:30 pm
Mountain View: "Markus Eder completes the 'ultimate' skiing run"
(Route took him from deep powder to Klausberg ski resort park, with tricks & big drops along the way. Eder came 15th at 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi) (By Reuters, Yahoo News, 11-5-2021)

Sea-surfing, sky-diving, snow-skiing
are all athletic adventurous achievements—
Markus Eder's skiing awesome! amazing!

Sunday, November 7, 2021, 4:30-6:50 pm
Mountain View: "National Parks: 10 oldest parks in the U.S. are nearly all in the West" (World Atlas: Roosevelt Arch at northern entrance of Yellowstone, and you'll see the original proclamation: "For the benefit and enjoyment of the people.")
(By Jackie Burrell, Mercuty News, 11-7-2021, F7)

1. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming (1872); 2. Sequoia National Park, CA (1890); 3. Yosemite National Park, CA (1890); 4. Mount Rainier National Park, Washington (1899); 5. Crater Lake National Park, Oregon (1902); 6. Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota (1903); 7. Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado (1906); 8. Glacier National Park, Montana (1910); 9. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado (1915); 10. Haleakala National Park, Hawaii (1916). Sunday, November 7, 2021, 3:10-7:27 pm
Mountain View: Bookmarked 3 articles in "Interesting News":
1) "Star System With Right-Angled Planets Surprises Astronomers" (Two planets orbit the poles while another revolves around the star's equator, suggesting a mysterious, undetected force at star HD 3167)
(By Jonathan O'Callaghan, NY Times, 11-6-2021)

2) "How one Gilroy artist expanded his business and helped his community during the pandemic" (Nacho Moya's virtual painting classes connected people amid isolation of COVID-19; I teach positively "Relax, don't stress. Do your best.")
(By Emily DeRuy, Mercury News, 11-7-2021, E1, E3)
3) "Experience Serengeti at Santa Rosa's Safari West"
(90 species of wild animals: cheetahs to wildebeest.)
(By Karen D'Souza, Mercury News, 11-7-2021, F7-F8)

Sunday, November 7, 2021, 7:00-11:30 pm
Mountain View: After Listing 52 favorite films from A-Z,
(10-21-2021), realized 26 more films need to be added

Reduced font size from 5 to 4 in HTML
to accomodate three columns of films per row,
so each row has 770 pixels (20 + 250 + 250 +250). Monday, November 8, 2021, 12:09-2:34 am
Mountain View: Wrote poem "A-Z Favorite Films 3" with "American in Paris" and "Zero for Conduct" as film posters

American in Paris, Blue Angel, Citizen Kane,
Devil Is a Woman, Enter the Dragon, From Russia
with Love are the first six in this list of 26 movies.

Monday, November 8, 2021, 9:45-9:57 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 1:25 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 9:57 am— VTIDO = DIVOT; SITOH = HOIST;
CREOTK = ROCKET; ATEFSY = SAFETY

Cartoon Answer— The runner was dehydrated,
luckily, another runner was there to provide
DI HIT RT SA = "THIRST"-AID Monday, November 8, 2021, 3:10-3:46 pm
Mountain View: Woke up @ 1:25 pm; Quick breakfast of 3 waffles with butter & syrup; Left apt @ 3:10 pm; Red Bus @ 3:25 pm
to Showers Drive; "Daily Post" all gone at Walmart news bins

Walked to ICON Theater (2575 California Street);
Missed Eternals @ 12:30, 1:00, 1:45, 2:30 pm showings;
Free Ticket for 4:00 pm show at Auditorium #3, Seat D-4.

Monday, November 8, 2021, 4:00-6:46 pm
Mountain View: ICON Theater (2575 California Street);
Chloé Zhao directs "Eternals" (2021) with Gemma Chan;
Richard Madden; Kumail Nanjiani; Lia McHugh; Lauren Ridloff; Barry Keoghan; Don Lee; Harish Patel; Kit Harington; Salma Hayek; Angelina Jolie; (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Reptilian-like monsters called Deviants
have returned to destroy humans on earth,
and 10 superhero Eternals came to protect
humanity without changing any human affairs. Monday, November 8, 2021, 7:00-8:40 pm (Bus #40 8:27 pm home)
Mountain View: After the movie, walked to California Street
and Showers Drive for corner Bus #40 Stop; Didn't bring
umbrella & it's raining; Took cover at Peninsula Wellness Centre
to stay dry; Bus #40 @ 7:27 pm; Got off at Valero Gas Station for
"Daily Post"; Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff) 7:45-8:15 pm:

3 pairs Russell Socks ($9.99) 50% off = $4.49 + tax = $4.90;
5 Stouffer's (Swedish Meatballs, Tuna, Spinach) @ $2 = $10;
Pound Cake ($4.29) @ 50% off = $2.14 - $2 rewards = 14¢;
O Organics Crispy Pea Snacks 6 oz ($2.99) = Free.

Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 1:26-2:26 am
Mountain View: Rudy's email (Nov. 8 @ 8:12 am); Wants me to see
hour video "A Class Divided" PBS (3-26-1985); Day after Martin Luther King, Jr. was killed (4-4-1968), Jane Elliott, a teacher,

in a small all-white Iowa town, divided her third-grade
class into blue-eyed and brown-eyed groups and
gave them a daring lesson in discrimination. Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 2:30-3:00 am
Mountain View: Rudy sent email (Nov. 8 @ 7:49 am)
Wants me to read Lance Hannon's "White Colorism"
Social Currents, Vol. 2 (pp. 13-21) (2015)

African American & Latino respondents with
lightest skin are more likely to be seen by whites
as intelligent compared with those with darkest skin.

Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 8:23-8:46 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 1:55 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 8:46 am— DROOE = RODEO; PMEIL = IMPEL;
GLHIFT = FLIGHT; CDTEEN = DECENT

Cartoon Answer— The carousel wasn't working
properly, so the repairman would need to
REO IE IGT DNT = GET "RIDE" ON IT Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 5:10-5:30 pm
"Thousands of Kaiser workers planning to strike" (By Emily DeRuy, Mercury News, 11-9-2021, B1); Order prescriptions before Nov. 15;
Phoned order for Glipizide, Metformin, and Lisinopril refills.

Letter from Kaiser Ophthalmology Department that
my retinopathy exam (10-18-2021) didn't show any
diabetic eye disease; Next exam in 2 years. Hurray!

Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 6:00-8:00 pm
Mountain View: "28 things about SF Giants' Buster Posey""
(By Laurence Miedema, Mercury News, 11-7-2021, C2)

Looking at Buster Posey's SF Giants career from number
28 on his back. 14: Number of shutouts he caught in
the playoffs, a MLB record that might never be broken.
No. 2 on the list is the Cardinals' Yadier Molina with 8. Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 6:00-8:00 pm
Mountain View: "Monarchs flourish in rare Bay Area butterfly breeding boom" (By Lisa M. Krieger, Mercury News, 11-1-2021)

For first time, breeding monarchs found at Google and
Peninsula neighborhoods; so far about 10,000 hibernating
butterflies have been counted on the coast, a five-fold
increase over last year's Thanksgiving count.

Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 8:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: "How to Free Yourself from the 7 Obsessions"
(By Valerie Mason-John, Lion's Roar, Nov. 9, 2021)
We meditate to loosen the seven anusayas (obsessions)

To break deep-rooted habits, become aware of obsessions
of sensual passion, aversion, opinions, uncertainty,
conceit, ignorance, and the passion of becoming. Tuesday, November 9, 2021, 9:00-9:50 pm
Mountain View: After taking photo (11-2-2021) of
"Cicada on Sidewalk" beneath Eucalyptus Tree on
Montebello Ave, searched Cicada images on the web—

Japan 1295 Cicada (issued 8-15-1977) at Stampboards;
Fiji 1242a Cicada (issued 6-30-2010) at Linn's;
"Cicada on Tree" at Encyclopedia Britannica.

Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 6:30-6:42 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 1:20 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 6:42 am— KHIRE = HIKER; SAVIT = VISTA;
CYONTO = TYCOON; METREP = TEMPER

Cartoon Answer— She was nervous about
asking for a pay increase but was going to
HIE ISA TCO TPER = RAISE THE TOPIC Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 4:10-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
for "Daily Post"; Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave)
4:45-5:03 pm; Bus #40 @ 5:20 pm to Montecito & walk home

13 oz Land-O-Lakes Butter ($5.49) @ $2.77;
32 oz International Delight Creamer ($3.99) @ $1.99;
3 lbs Sig Café Mustard Potato Salad ($7.99) @ $3.99.

Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 7:20-8:00 pm
Mountain View: "OP-ED: What 'structural racism' really
means in America" (Reread Oliver Cromwell Cox's 1948 book "Caste, Class, and Race: A Study in Social Dynamics")
(By Jamelle Bouie, NY Times, Mercury News, 11-10-2021, A9)

Racism survives because it is reinscribed by
the relationships and dynamics that structure
our society, from segregation and exclusion to
inequality and degradation of labor. Wednesday, November 10, 2021, 7:20-8:00 pm
Mountain View: Cox's 1948 book "Caste, Class, and Race"
should be required reading for Rudy's Sociology class;
eBook not available at Google Books; Important for Rudy
to read this book; Checked book's availablity at

Foothill College Library (X), Los Altos Library (X),
Mountain View Library (X), Palo Alto Library (X),
Sunnyvale Library (X), San Jose Library has book by Cox
on "Race: a Study in Social Dynamics" that's checked out.

Thursday, November 11, 2021, 7:44-7:55 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 2:25 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 7:55 am— WOSNH = SHOWN; CKRAT = TRACK;
UDOLAN = UNLOAD; GIDION = INDIGO

Cartoon Answer— When asked about their
participation in the parade, everyone agreed
SHW TRA NOA INO = IT WAS AN HONOR Thursday, November 11, 2021, 4:17-6:45 pm
Mountain View: Left apt @ 4:17 pm; Bus #40 @ 4:48 pm;
Bus #21 @ 5:11 pm; Walk to Kaiser (555 Castro St) @ 5:25 pm;
They close @ 5:30 pm; Glipizide, Metformin, Lisinopril @ $26.33

Picked up "Daily Post" & "Metro" at Wells Fargo bins;
Walked to El Camino for 6:22 pm Bus #22 to Showers Dr.;
Bus #40 @ 6:32 pm to Central Expy Stop & walked home.

Thursday, November 11, 2021, 8:00-8:10 pm
Mountain View: Revised poem "A-Z Favorite Films 3"
to describe film highlights instead of awards won—

Citizen Kane: "regarded greatest film of all time" to
"Welles dying word Rosebud was the film's puzzle";
Viridiana: "Luis Buñel's film voted 37th greatest" to
"Buñel's beggars made mockery of Christ's Last Supper". Thursday, November 11, 2021, 8:15-8:30 pm
Mountain View: Added stanza to "Cicada Art on Sidewalk"
poem so it has 28 lines instead of 24 lines

Unlike locusts plague that devastate crops,
cicadas are harmless, just quite noisy—
rabbits, racoons, squirrels, birds love to feast
on them as they're plentiful & have no defense.

Friday, November 12, 2021, 7:50-8:15 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 11:25 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 8:15 am— PLTIU = TULIP; TAAEB = ABATE;
UONOCP = COUPON; WIOSDN = DISOWN

Cartoon Answer— Early navigators benefited
from good equipment, the compass is
TIP AAE CON ISN = A CASE IN POINT
53% of 1733 voters had trouble solving this. Friday, November 12, 2021, 3:35-5:40 pm
Mountain View: Left apt @ 3:35 pm; Bus #40 @ 3:48 pm
to Chef Chu's bins for "Daily Post' & "Palo Alto Weekly"
Shop at Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd) 4:10-4:58 pm

64 oz Ocean Spray Cranberry Juice ($3.99) @ $1.60;
Swanson Unsalted Chicken Broth Stock ($3.49) @ 99¢;
Kellogg's (24 ct) Blueberry Eggo Waffles ($6.99) @ $4.79;
Bus #40 @ 5:25 pm to Central Expy Stop & walked home.

Friday, November 12, 2021, 10:28 am
Mountain View: Rudy's 11/12 email @ 10:28 am asked me
to read two pdf files from his Sociology Class— "Module 2:
Race & Ethnicity" & "Omi & Winant-Theory of Racial Formation"

Race is a made-up story that nontheless has powerful
effects in people's lives, such as skin color.
Ethnicity is shared set of cultural practices, like
language, beliefs, nationality, food, dress, religion. Friday, November 12, 2021, 10:30-11:00 pm
Mountain View: "Computing almost back to a mainframe model"
(By Larry Magid, Mercury News, 11-12-2021, C7-C8)
Even though I'm accessing it from my home PC,

the actual processing and data storage is taking place
somewhere else. Like that terminal I used back in the
late '70s, my PC is functioning as an input/output device.
Now processing and data storage is in the cloud computers.

Saturday, November 13, 2021, 1:28-1:32 pm
Mountain View: Woke up at 1:10 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 1:32 pm— MCCO = COMIC; OLAKA = KOALA;
DAHISR = RADISH; NIUMEM = IMMUNE

Cartoon Answer— The weatherman predicted
wet weather and was wrong, so he gave viwers a
CC KA RH INE = RAIN CHECK
45% of 1012 voters had no trouble solving this. Saturday, November 13, 2021, 3:45-5:15 pm
Mountain View: Left apt @ 3:45 pm; Half-hour walk to
Valero Gas Station for "Daily Post' & "Peninsula News"
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:15-4:46 pm

Michael Angelo's Vegetable Lasagne ($4.49) @ $2.79;
Swanson Unsalted Chicken Broth Stock ($3.49) @ 99¢;
3 lbs Reser's Deviled-Egg Potato Salad ($8.99) @ $4.49;
Bus #40 @ 5:00 pm to Montecito Ave & walked home.

Saturday, November 13, 2021, 4:15-4:46 pm
Mountain View: Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave); Checkout woman Sigfrid recognized me as a regular
customer there, saying "It's Appreciation Day"

Gave me a large chocolate fudge cake
1 lb 4 oz ($9.99) FREE, which I'm saving
for Rudy along with other free food for him. Saturday, November 13, 2021, 6:45-8:30 pm
Mountain View: Missed Zoom Sessions in LINC-405 class
on Monday & Thursday (6:00-7:00 pm); Did "Label on Bottle"
(9/20) & "Google Gmail" (10/9); Need to do more assignments—

Buster Posey's Retirement (Google Infographics);
Cicadas 17-Years Emerging 2021 (Google Slides);
Free ICON Theater Movies (Google Gmail Forms).

Sunday, November 14, 2021, 7:25-7:50 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 1:15 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 7:50 am— WASRPL = SPRAWL; ROULNL = UNROLL;
MZNYEE = ENZYME; NIVIED = DIVINE;
TASIUH = HIATUS; VRNEOP = PROVEN

Missed Cartoon Answer— She didn't love
the waitressing job, but for now, it would
SPR URO EE VE HS PRE = SERVE HER PURPOSE Sunday, November 14, 2021, 5:04-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Assembled 7 movie posters for
Free Film Showings on Monday at ICON Theater
plus Film Ratings & Time of Showing (Nov. 15, 2021)
This will serve as flyer in LINC405-GoogleDrawings2

Found photo of ICON Theater Mountain View
and their "Free Movie Monday" image
to make poster for GoogleDrawings2.

Sunday, November 14, 2021, 8:11-10:32 pm
Mountain View: Since Monday, 11/15 is last Free Movie
Showings at Mountain View ICON Theater, decide to send
Google Forms to friends who came to movies with us before—

Al Guzman told me to email Foothill faculty members
to join us seeing movies at Shoreline Century 16 Cinema,
Santa Row CinéArts, & Cinelux Almaden Cinema. Sunday, November 14, 2021, 10:30-11:55 pm
Mountain View: Mercury News, Nov. 14, 2021, E2); Name that
company— "I trace my roots back to 1873, when a used-book store opened in Wheaton, IL; In 1932, opened on 5th Ave in New York"

Named "world's largest bookstore" in 1974 by Guiness Book of Records; I have 632 stores in 50 states. My Nook store has more than 4.5 million digital books— Barnes & Noble.

Monday, November 15, 2021, 12:05-12:13 pm
Mountain View: Woke up at 11:20 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 12:13 pm— ESEGE = GEESE; KIHAK = KHAKI;
PAYNPS = SNAPPY; MCTEEN = CEMENT

Cartoon Answer— Hoping to get away
from her homework, Luann reached for
EEE HAK SPY CET = THE ESCAPE KEY Monday, November 15, 2021, 1:25-2:15 pm
Mountain View: Woke up @ 11:20 am; Quick breakfast of 3 waffles with butter & syrup; Left apt @ 1:25 pm; Bus #40 @ 1:53 pm to
Showers Drive for "Daily Post" at Walmart news bins @ 2:03 pm

Walked to ICON Theater (2575 California St); Late for
"Clifford Big Red Dog" @ 1:40 pm; Next show @ 4:05 pm;
Pleaded to let me in @ 2:15 pm (Auditorium #10, Seat D-4).

Monday, November 15, 2021, 2:15-3:45 pm
Mountain View: ICON Theater (2575 California St);
Arrived @ 2:15 pm: Last Free Monday Movies: Walt Becker
directs "Clifford the Big Red Dog" (2021) with Jack Whitehall; Darby Camp; Tony Hale; Sienna Guillory; David Alan Grier;
Izaac Wang; Russell Wong; Kenan Thompson; John Cleese;
Paul Rodriguez ; Russell Peters; Jessica Keenan Wynn;
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); (YouTube: 1, 2, 3)

Clifford the little puppy
grows to a 10-feet large dog
because Emily loves him more. Monday, November 15, 2021, 4:20-6:45 pm
Mountain View: ICON Theater (2575 California St); First time
seeing two Free Monday Movies in one day: Cary Joji Fukunaga
directs "No Time to Die" (2021) with Daniel Craig; Rami Malek;
Léa Seydoux; Lashana Lynch; Ben Whishaw; Naomie Harris; Jeffrey Wright; Christoph Waltz; Ralph Fiennes; Billy Magnussen; Ana de Armas; David Dencik; Rory Kinnear; Lisa-Dorah Sonnet; (Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4); (YouTube: 1, 2, 3); (Auditorium #6, Seat D-3)

When seeing this film on October 11,
missed 15 minutes going to restroom;
saw complete film today after "Clifford".

Monday, November 15, 2021, 10:30-11:55 pm
Mountain View: Bookish (Mercury News, Nov. 14, 2021, 70 pp)
"10 beautiful Bay Area libraries— what to read while you're there" (Martha Ross & Linda Zavoral, Bookish, 11-14-2021, pp. 4-11)

An interior view of the Rinconada Library in Palo Alto
shows some of the original lighting fixtures from 1958,
including these metal spoke chandeliers. Monday, November 15, 2021, 10:30-11:55 pm
Mountain View: Bookish (Mercury News, Nov. 14, 2021, 70 pp)
"Otto— and Pip the pup— are kid lit author Jon Agee's palindromic heroes" (Q&A by Angela Hill, Bookish, Nov. 14, 2021, pp. 28-29)

Stressed was I, sad, alas,
to order a red root salad
as I saw desserts!

Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 6:40-6:46 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 11:20 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 6:46 am— TKIYT = KITTY; PLAAH = ALPHA;
CRISCU = CIRCUS; RESETO = STEREO

Cartoon Answer— What would
Royboy do if hisnose went on strike?
KT P CI E = PICKET Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 1:56-3:35 pm
Mountain View: Left apt @ 1:56 pm; Half-hour walk to
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 2:22-2:39 pm
Red Bus #40 @ 3:20 pm to Montecito Ave & walked home.

4 Pringles Potato Chips ($2.79) @ $1.25 = $5.00;
2 International Delight Creamers ($3.99) @ $1.99 = $3.98;
2 Sig. Sel. Sparkling Water Mango-Pineapple @ $1 = $2.00.

Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 4:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: "OP-ED: Awesome importance of imagination in today's world" (David Brooks, Mercury News, 11-14-2021, A19)

Society isn't good at cultivating the faculty that we may
need the most. This is van Gogh painting starry nights and
Einstein imagining himself riding alongside a light beam.
Tuesday, November 16, 2021, 5:00-5:30 pm
Mountain View: "Family Circus" by Bil & Jeff Keane (11-16-2021).
(Comics Cartoons, Mercury News, November 16, 2021, B9)

"Why is something sent by ship
called cargo, but when it's
sent by car it's a shipment?"

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 6:40-6:46 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 3:05 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 6:46 am— DESEU = SUEDE; KHYSA = SHAKY;
IHSTTR = THIRST; GEEERM = EMERGE

Cartoon Answer— When Curtis thought twice about
not getting a roast beef sandwich, he knew it was a
SD SAK TIS MEE = MISSED STEAK Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 5:45-7:35 pm
Mountain View: Left apt @ 5:45 pm; Half-hour walk to
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 6:15-6:54 pm
Bus #40 @ 7:21 pm to Montecito Ave & walked home.

Nova Smoked Atlantic Salmon 4 oz ($5.99) @ $3.99;
4 jars Planters Peanuts 16 oz ($4.99) @ $1.99 = $7.96;
4 Lucerne Sliced Cheese 8 oz ($3.49) @ $1.99 = $7.96.

Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 8:40-10:20 pm
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 6:00 am last night writing 48-lines
poem "My Favorite Bookstores" with 17 photos (response to Ann's 11/15 query); Revised poem— Stanza 9: "Bookcases are lined up to the ceiling / at Bell's Books where I bought several / books on Dante while taking Frecerro's / Stanford class on Dante's Divine Comedy."

Faith Bell picked me up hitchhiking at Stanford,
her bookcases touch the ceiling at Bell's Books
where I bought books on Dante while taking
Frecerro's class on Dante's Divine Comedy. Wednesday, November 17, 2021, 8:40-10:20 pm
Mountain View: Revised last stanza of poem—
"Went to Tower Records & Books for their
annual 30% discount; bought dozens of books
on Internet, HTML, typography that got me
a job at Foothill College as Lab Consultant."

Went to Tower Records for their annual 30%
discount sale; bought books, books, books,
to read and couldn't go to bed, could have
read all night and still have begged for more.

Thursday, November 18, 2021, 7:56-8:20 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 10:50 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 8:20 am— DNKATE = TAKEN; NIREL = LINER;
DMYOEC = COMEDY; EBBBLO = BOBBLE

Cartoon Answer— This dog prefers
a good nap instead of adventure. He was
TEN LIR OMD OBB = BORN TO BE "MILD" Thursday, November 18, 2021, 1:00-3:30 pm
Mountain View: MidPen Housing Annual Recertification:
Sign attached documents (8); 6 months' bank statements
of savings & checking accounts (Wells Fargo & Fidelity)

Quarterly statements from TIAA-CREF & CalSTRS;
Release information from financial institutions;
Social Security, Language Identification form.

Thursday, November 18, 2021, 4:30-4:50 pm
Mountain View: Wells Fargo Bank (Mountain View)
Six people ahead of me & only two tellers today

Bank has shortage of coins, so I helped
depositing $1 in pennies, nickels, & dimes;
William xeroxed Wells Fargo statements from
May & Sept. 2021 for MidPen Housing managers. Thursday, November 18, 2021, 5:00-5:26 pm
Mountain View: Sprouts (630 San Antonio Road);
6:03 pm Bus #40 to Central Expy Stop & walked home

18 oz basket of Blueberries @ $3.48;
1.04 lb Brazil Nuts @ $8.99/lb = $9.35;
1.00 lb Banana Chips @ $3.49/lb = $3.49;
0.63 lb Dark Chocolate Almonds $3.99/lb = $2.51.

Thursday, November 18, 2021, 9:38 pm-1:16 am
Mountain View: "Family Circus Comics" (11-16-2021)
inspired "Cargo Shipment" poem with 9 images

Billy asks "Why is something sent
by ship called cargo, but when
it's sent by car it's a shipment?". Thursday, November 18, 2021, 9:38 pm-1:16 am
Mountain View: "Family Circus Comics" (11-16-2021)
inspired "Cargo Shipment" poem with 9 images

Cargo cult Pacific Islanders built
wooden airplanes hoping WWII pilots
will return in metal planes with gifts.

Friday, November 19, 2021, 7:35-8:40 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 11:35 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 8:30 am— NUMDO = MOUND; FRIDT = DRIFT;
GTUTAH = TAUGHT; CULNMO = COLUMN

Cartoon Answer— What Wallace
and Spud were doing on the boat
MUN DRI AUGH COMN = CHUMMING AROUND
75.77% of 1787 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, November 19, 2021, 3:00-3:30 pm
Mountain View: MidPen Housing Annual Recertification:
Appointment with Jessica Sparks; 6 months' bank statements
of savings & checking accounts (Wells Fargo & Fidelity)

Quarterly statements from TIAA-CREF & CalSTRS;
Release information from financial institutions;
Social Security, Language Identification form;
Filled interest and holdings in IRA accounts.

Friday, November 19, 2021, 3:51-5:40 pm
Mountain View: Left apt @ 3:40 pm; Bus #40 @ 3:51 pm
to Chef Chu's bins for "Daily Post' & "Palo Alto Weekly"
Shop at Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd) 4:10-4:58 pm

46 oz V-8 100% Vegetable Juice ($3.49) @ $2.60;
20 oz Rosina Angus Beef Meatballs ($7.99) @ $5.00;
Hunt's Tapioca Puddings & Strawberry Gels @ $1 = $2;
Bus #40 @ 5:30 pm to Central Expy Stop & walked home. Friday, November 19, 2021, 7:00-7:20 pm
Mountain View: Bookmarked Interesting News—
"ART: Frida Kahlo Self-Portrait Sells for $34.9 Million"
(By Zachary Small, NY Times, 11-16-2021)

Sale at Sotheby's was a benchmark for Kahlo
& was the most valuable work of Latin American
art ever sold at auction. "Diego and I" from 1949,
painted five years before her death in 1954.

Saturday, November 20, 2021, 8:31-8:38 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 10:45 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 8:38 am— RUSMT = STRUM; NUBDO = BOUND;
LOPIWL = PILLOW; LEENEV = ELEVEN

Cartoon Answer— What do this scamp and
a solver os this puzzle have in common?
STR BOU PLL LEE = SPELL TROUBLE
59.11% of 1421 responders had trouble with this answer. Saturday, November 20, 2021, 3:00-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Have not seen Ann since Oct. 18;
She came with Jack after their Huddart hike today
to pick up two bags of newspapers saved for her

Gave her poems: A-Z Favorite Films, A-Z Favorite Films 2,
Yellow: A Celebration, Posey's Perfect Number,
A-Z Favorite Films 3, Cicada Art on Sidewalk,
My Favorite Bookstores, Cargo Shipment.

Saturday, November 20, 2021, 3:10-4:20 pm
Mountain View: Jack & Ann drove me to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post' &"Peninsula News";
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:20-4:01 pm
Bus #40 @ 4:05 pm to Montecito Ave & walked home.

Hunt's Vanilla Pudding (4 ct) ($1.99) @ $1.00;
16 oz Oroweat Dill Rye Bread ($5.79) @ $3.65;
4 jars Planters Peanuts 16 oz ($4.99) @ $1.99 = $7.96;
Chunk Imitation Crabmeat ($2.49) @ $1.79 - $1 = 79¢. Saturday, November 20, 2021, 1:00-2:41 pm
Mountain View: Bookmarked 5 Poetry News: “'That Poetry Thing...'
returns to Smith's Alternative”; “Remembering legendary poet
Faiz Ahmed Faiz”; “Master Gardener: Autumn is a poetic season”; “'People-fying' poetry & politics (Antonio López's Gentefication)”

“What We're Reading & Viewing—
The Important Link Between Artist & Audience”
(Paul Muldoon says that, even for poets,
the audience is an important part of the art.")

Saturday, November 20, 2021, 9:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Bookmarked 5 more Poetry News: “'Sometimes I feel I have to be completely invisible as a poet': Adil Jussawalla”; “Book World: Louise Glück's first collection since her Nobel gracefully captures our fragility”; “Life comes full circle”;
“Classic Talk: Captivating song of the skylark in music & verse”

Poem by Belfast-born barrister & poet, Samuel Ferguson—
Dear thoughts are in my mind
And my soul soars enchanted,
As I hear the sweet lark sing
In the clear air of the day. Saturday, November 20, 2021, 10:30-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Bookmarked Enlightenment News—
"Season of Light" (The quest for light in times of
darkness has been a human impulse ever since humans
first harnessed flame, yet still wondered where it came from.)
(By Andrew D. Blechman, Bershire Edge, MA, 11-21-2021)

The word enlightenment is synonymous with scientific progress (Age of Enlightenment) In popular culture,
a great epiphany is often equated with a lightbulb,
or flash of light. Our democracy is referred to as
a beacon of light, which equates with hope.

Sunday, November 21, 2021, 7:20-7:37 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 1:05 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 7:37 am— SLOPAT = POSTAL; EDILYE = EYELID;
MPLUME = PUMMEL; GURSAY = SUGARY;
UDONEF = FONDUE; RXTEPE = EXPERT

Cartoon Answer— The workers
finishing up lunch at the clock factory were
PL ELI MML SUY FOE EET = FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES Sunday, November 21, 2021, 5:00-7:30 pm
"Bay Area: A Point Reyes day trip blends beach time, delicious fare" (This gorgeous stretch of coastline always delivered, its roads winding through rugged landscape, sea glinting in the distance.)
(By Jackie Burrell, Mercury News, 11-21-2021, F7-F8)

A walk through the Cypress Tunnel at
National Seashore takes you from the main road
to a historic maritime radio station built in 1929.

Sunday, November 21, 2021, 5:00-7:30 pm
Mountain View: "Fodor's USA Bucket List: 12 must-see natural wonders" (Oregon's magnificent 1,943-foot-deep Crater Lake is on list of top natural attractions, along with Tall Trees Grove at Redwood National Park in CA & Kilauea on Hawaii's Big Island.)
(By Jackie Burrell, Mercuty News, 11-21-2021, F7)

1. Crater lake, OR; 2. Niagara Falls, NY & Canada; 3. Black Hills, SD; 4. Natural Bridge, VA; 5. Mammoth Cave, KY; 6. Hells Canyon, OR & ID; 7. Tall Trees, Redwood National Park, CA; 8. Kilauea, HI; 9. Denali, AK; 10. Bagley Icefield, AK; 11. White Sands, NM; 12. Everglades, FL) Sunday, November 21, 2021, 5:00-7:30 pm
Mountain View: While bookmarking 10 "Poetry News" yesterday,
old Hollywood news appeared "Kurt Russell & Goldie Hawn Make An Unexpected Announcement" (Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn have been together for 34 years, but never married)
(By Zara Humphrey, Pens & Patron, 8-2-2019)

Kurt said something that Goldie will never forget.
"To you, I owe my wonderful life," he said.
"Simply put Goldie, I cherish you. All of the stars
in the sky or the boulevard don't hold a candle to that.
There's no one else I'd rather be next to than Goldie Hawn."

Sunday, November 21, 2021, 7:15-8:50 pm
Mountain View: While bookmarking "Enlightenment News" today,
noticed articles after 6-12-2019 missing; Went to Internet Archive
Wayback Machine for WisdomPortal.com to retrieve the lost files

Found October 7, 2019 web page;
Developer Page Source of 4401 lines of code—
Copy & Paste to 11-21-2021 "Enlightenment News". Sunday, November 21, 2021, 7:15-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Internet Archive is a life-saver!
Years of bookmarks "Enlightenment News" (6-12-2019 to 4-1992)
retrieved & restored; 4401 lines code = approximately 1100 articles

Enlightenment News— 4542 lines of code = 1135 articles;
Poetry News— 5694 lines of code = 1424 articles
Interesting News— 16,346 lines of code = 4086 articles.

Monday, November 22, 2021, 9:50-10:10 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 1:45 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 10:10 am— RIWL = TWIRL; NEISG = SINGE;
RVDEIT = DIVERT; WOSDAH = SHADOW

Cartoon Answer— The girl's story
about where her Mom bought her the candy was
TWR SNE DET SHAO = SHORT AND SWEET
25.11% of 1107 responders had trouble with this answer. Monday, November 22, 2021, 4:00-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Went to bed at 5 am last night
after finishing poem "Where Is Pinocchio's Mom?"
at 3:33 am; Added another stanza today—

Some say Pinocchio's mother died giving
him birth, that his Mom was a pine tree
since Pino-occhio is pine-eyed in Italian;
these are rumors of the puppet's origin.

Monday, November 22, 2021, 5:30-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for copies of "Daily Post";
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 6:00-6:31 pm
Bus #40 @ 6:49 pm to Montecito Ave & walked home.

Hunt's Cherry Clear Gels (4 ct) ($1.99) @ $1.00;
2 jars Planters Peanuts 16 oz ($4.99) @ $1.99 = $3.98;
Chunk Imitation Crabmeat ($2.49) @ $1.79 - $1 = 79¢;
17 oz Blueberry Pudding Cake ($5.00) 50% off = $2.50;
25.5 oz Bertolli Olive Oil ($14.99) @ $10.99 - $1 = $9.99. Monday, November 22, 2021, 7:30-10:08 pm
Mountain View: Sad to learn that poetry mentor Robert Bly died
yesterday at 94; Bookmarked 4 obituaries in "Poetry News"—
"Robert Bly, Poet Who Gave Rise to a Men's Movement, Dies at 94"
(By Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, November 22, 2021)

Bly was profiled in newspapers, magazines & a 90-minute
PBS special by Bill Moyers, who called him "the most influential poet writing today". Was a cultural phenomenon,
a father figure to millions. He held men-only seminars and weekend retreats, gatherings often in the woods with men.

Monday, November 22, 2021, 5:30-7:00 pm
Mountain View: "Best-selling author, poet Robert Bly dies at 94"
(By Don Jacobson, UPI, 11-22-2021)

Bly, a best-selling author, antiwar activist and translator who introduced international poets to American audiences, died at home with most of his family by his side. His Iron John: A Book About Men (1990), became an international best-seller, but drew backlash from feminists. Monday, November 22, 2021, 7:30-10:08 pm
Mountain View: "Poet Robert Bly, author of 'Iron John', dies at 94"
(By Steve Karnowski, AP, Midland Daily News, MI, 11-22-2021))

Bly, Minnesota poet, author & translator who articulated
the solitude of landscapes, galvanized protests against Vietnam War and started a controversial men's movement with a best seller that called for a restoration of primal
male audacity, has died at 94.

Monday, November 22, 2021, 5:30-7:00 pm
Mountain View: "Bestselling Minnesota
author, poet Robert Bly dies at 94""
(By Laurie Hertzel, Star Tribune, MN, 11-22-2021)

In his heyday, Bly was known for making theater of poetry readings— reading poems twice, or three times, just because he loved their sound; reading other writers' work; wearing a rubber fright mask or an embroidered vest on stage; reading to the background music of drums and sitars. But despite his theatrics, he was always intensely serious about poetry and its importance in the cultural and political landscape. He was besotted by words. Last public reading was 4-13-2015, at Plymouth Congregational Church in Minneapolis where he launched the collection, Like the New Moon, I Will Live My Life. Read "Keeping Our Small Boat Afloat" about survival, grace, and death. In 2012, his daughter Mary [Eloisa James], a professor [Shakespeare professor at Fordham University] and author [Romance novels], talked to Minnesota Public Radio about Bly's fading memory. Bly's wife Ruth was watching a video of him— and he said 'I like that guy!'
And then he said 'I wish I knew him.' Bly's poem "Keeping Our Small Boat Afloat"—
So many blessings have been given to us
During the first distribution of light, that we are
Admired in a thousand galaxies for our grief.

Don't expect us to appreciate creation or to
Avoid mistakes. Each of us is a latecomer
To the earth, picking up wood for the fire.

Every night another beam of light slips out
From the oyster's closed eye. So don't give up hope
that the door of mercy may still be open.

Seth and Shem, tell me, are you still grieving
Over the spark of light that descended with no
Defender near into the Egypt of Mary's womb?

It's hard to grasp how much generosity
Is involved in letting us go on breathing,
When we contribute nothing valuable but our grief.

Each of us deserves to be forgiven, if only for
Our persistence in keeping our small boat afloat
When so many have gone down in the storm.

Tuesday, November 23, 2021, 9:50-9:58 am
Mountain View: Woke up at 12:40 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 9:58 am— RTALSN = SLANT; ANGDL = GLAND;
LSUETS = TUSSLE; JNCETI = INJECT

Cartoon Answer— Would the author be reading from
her novel at the library? Yes, according to the
SLA GLN TLE IET = TELLTALE SIGN
65.19% of 1615 responders had trouble with this answer. Tuesday, November 23, 2021, 3:15-3:48 pm
Mountain View: Maintenace from MidPen Housing;
Christian came to fix the thermostat as there
is no heat (65 degrees) and it's getting cold

Christian says thermostat is broken
and installed another one; also need
to fixed venetian blinds that's stuck
and not opening to let in the light.

Tuesday, November 23, 2021, 4:30-6:50 pm
Mountain View: Last two poems inspired by Mercury News
comics— Family Circus: "Cargo Shipment" (11-20-2021) and
Rhymes with Orange: "Where Is Pinocchio's Mom?" (11-22-2021)

Comics Poems— "Peanuts: Meaning of Life" (3-17-2016);
"Frank & Ernest: What Happens When You Fall Asleep, Descartes? (1-19-2014); Mutts: Autumn Leaves (10-14-14);
"Peanuts: Waiting for the Great Pumpkin" (10-31-2014). Tuesday, November 23, 2021, 4:30-6:50 pm
Mountain View: Web pages inspired by comics: Peanuts: "Schulz's Beethoven, Schroeder's Muse" (7-29-2009) and "Sally Forth: Chocolate Easter Bunny" (4-14-2010); Poems from Comics—

"Pickles: Meaning of Life" (1-30-2013); "Mutts: Joyfulness in the Spring" (3-21-2012); "F&E: Geese Playing Chicken: V-Formation Collision" (10-8-2012); "Mutts: Be Thankful" (11-23-2012); "Mutts: Every Day Is Christmas" (12-25-2012)

Wednesday, November 24, 2021, 1:25-1:32 pm
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:55 am; Woke up
at 1:10 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 1:32 pm—
ZRROA = RAZOR; NOEUC = OUNCE;
MTOOTA = TOMATO; EPRILP = RIPPLE

Cartoon Answer— The convention's keynote
speaker wasn't nervous at all thanks to all her
RAR ONE TO IPP = "PREP-ORATION"
40.09% of 1337 responders had trouble with this answer. Wednesday, November 24, 2021, 5:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for copies of "Daily Post";
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:30-6:01 pm
Bus #40 @ 6:15 pm to Montecito Ave & walked home.

Sig Farms Fresh Spinach for Salad @ $1.99 - $1 = .99;
2 Kraft Salad Dressings 16 oz ($3.99) @ $1.99 = $3.98;
2 jars Unsalted Planters Peanuts ($4.99) @ $1.99 = $3.98;
2.5 lb Red Seedless Grapes @ $2.27/lb = $5.67- $1 = $4.67.

Wednesday, November 24, 2021, 8:09-11:41 pm
Mountain View: Found 14 photos of Robert Bly
and his books for a poem of fond memories

At his "Mythical Thinking Workshop"
in San Francisco (4-17-1988), none
of us guessed that the egg yolk
was symbolism for the Sun. Thursday, November 25, 2021, 12:00-4:40 am
Mountain View: For this Thanksgiving, write a poem
"Homage to Robert Bly"— a great poetry mentor to me

Bly's poem "Courting Forgetfulness"
inspired my "Courting Remembrance".
Bly always has his pulse on the spirit—
lucky am I to receive his many blessings!

Thursday, November 25, 2021, 7:10-7:20 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 7:20 am; Woke up
at 3:25 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 1:32 pm—
HARBS = BRASH; CITHH = HITCH;
CROUKN = UNCORK; DILNNA = INLAND

Cartoon Answer— When her neighbor brought
over some grapes shed grown, she said
BAS HTH UCK NAN = THANKS A BUNCH Thursday, November 25, 2021, 6:00-6:44 pm
Mountain View: At Bly's 1989 Asilomar Retreat,
the topic was "Desire"; Bly said "Wanting is for
material things, but desire is for the spiritual."
Showed paintings representing "Desire"—

Rembrandt: "The Alchemist" (1632):
Rembrandt: "The Polish Rider" (1655);
Blake: "Albion Rose: Glad Day" (1796).

Thursday, November 25, 2021, 8:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: At Bly's 1989 Asilomar Retreat, he read to us
a Norwegian fairy tale "White-Bear-King-Valemon" (1871);
(7:52 Video); (58:21 Robert Bly: "Valemon The White Bear" 2008)

A King had three daughters, the youngest saw
a white bear with a golden wreath she wanted,
he'll give it to her if she marries him. Thursday, November 25, 2021, 8:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: At Bly's 1989 Asilomar Retreat, he read to us
a Norwegian fairy tale "White-Bear-King-Valemon" (1871);
(7:52 Video); (58:21 Robert Bly: "Valemon The White Bear" 2008)

White bear blindfolded her; she was curious
and lit a candle when he was asleep, and a wick
dropped on the handsome prince, & he disappeared.

Thursday, November 25, 2021, 11:00 pm-1:32 am
Mountain View: Cooking Thanksgiving Stir-Fry—
Diced 28 baby carrots, sliced 42 tender asparagus,
broccoli crowns; package of Seafood Medley,
16 sea scallops fried in 3 tablespoon sesame oil

4 scrambled eggs, with sliced almonds,
walnuts, sunflower and pumpkin seeds,
Vaingrette Caesar & Asian Sesame Dressings. Friday, November 26, 2021, 1:32-2:30 am
Mountain View: Didn't throw in 8 oz imitation
crabmeat and can of Chinese Chai Charng veggies,
but cooked enough stir-fry in wok for 3 meals.
No Sara Lee Apple Pie for dessert like last year

Dessert: Hunt's Tapioca Pudding,
Slice of Blueberry Pudding Cake,
Breyer's Snickers Ice Cream.

Friday, November 26, 2021, 12:55-1:00 pm
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:25 am;
Woke up at 12:45 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 1:00 pm— TINYU = UNITY; RLIGL = GRILL;
HLAHTE = HEALTH; TYMSSE = SYSTEM

Cartoon Answer— They equaled 4+4 and needed
a break, they hoped their vacation would be a nice
UI GI HH STE = "HI-EIGHT-US"
49.68% of 1385 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, November 26, 2021, 3:15-4:15 pm
Mountain View: Left apt @ 3:15 pm; Bus #40 @ 3:28 pm
to Chef Chu's bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly"
("Daily Post" not printed Thursday Thanksgiving holiday);
Bus #40 @ 4:04 pm to Central Expy Stop & walked home

Fell asleep at my laptop 4:57-6:00 pm;
Ann emailed 4:18 pm— "poem translated
by Robert Bly I sent you was by Olav Hauge."
(Bly read Olav Hauge's poems in 4-30-2008 class)

Friday, November 26, 2021, 6:00-7:00 pm
Mountain View: At Bly's 1989 Asilomar Retreat, he read to us
a Norwegian fairy tale "White-Bear-King-Valemon" (1871)

King had carpenters built trap-door on bridge
that the evil witch fell through; Curse broken—
his youngest daughter married the handsome prince. Friday, November 26, 2021, 6:00-7:40 pm
Mountain View: Walmart & Macy's had pages of specials
for Black Friday, but am content with no desire for shopping

Mary emailed 11:46 am—
"Happy Thanksgiving!"
she loved my tribute to Buster Posey.

Saturday, November 27, 2021, 9:16-9:24 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:30 am;
Woke up at 9:05 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 9:24 am— FOVRA = FAVOR; SERTC = CREST;
MDOONI = DOMINO; CDRUEE = REDUCE

Cartoon Answer— The clockmaker's apprentice
would learn to build quality clocks over the
FOR CST MIO EUE = COURSE OF TIME Saturday, November 27, 2021, 12:05-1:45 pm
Mountain View: Left apt @ 12:05 pm; Half-hour walk
to Valero news bins for "Daily Post" & "Peninsula News";
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 12:35-1:07 pm;
Bus #40 @ !:35 pm to Montecito Ave & walked home

Chunk Imitation Crabmeat ($2.49) @ $1.70 - $1 = 70¢;
Maple Grove Farms Sugar-Free Maple Syrup @ $3.70;
2 bottles Sig Sel Sparkling Water @ $1.00 = $2.00.

Saturday, November 27, 2021, 4:00-5:07 pm
Mountain View: "12 Christmas Classics Should
Be on Every Holiday Must-Watch Movie List"
(By Mara Reinsteien, Parade, Nov. 21, 2021, pp. 6-10)

My favorites: Cary Grant in The Bishop's Wife (1947),
Jimmy Stewart in It's a Wonderful Life (1946),
Natalie Wood in Miracle on 34th Street (1947). Saturday, November 27, 2021, 4:00-5:07 pm
Mountain View: "80 Years of Famous Faces"
(More than 4,000 Parade covers in magazine's history—
(Parade, Oct. 17, 2021, pp. 8-10)

Some of most memorable entertainers—
Elizabeth Taylor 1956; Lassie 1954;
Elvis Presley 1956; Beatles 1964.

Saturday, November 27, 2021, 5:07-5:50 pm
Mountain View: "Paul McCartney:
20 Fun Facts You Might Not Know"
(By Jim Farber, Parade, Oct. 24, 2021, pp. 8-12)

(Fell asleep at my laptop 5:07-5:50 pm)
Alluded to in the lyrics to "Let It Be,"
Mary wasn't as widely thought—
ever meant to be the Virgin Mary
or Mary Magdalene. Rather, it was
McCartney's own mother, Mary,
who died of cancer when he was 14.
He got the idea for the song
after having a dream about her. Saturday, November 27, 2021, 5:07-5:50 pm
Mountain View: "The Dick Van Dyke Show Turns 60!"
(By Mara Reinsteien, Parade, Oct. 3, 2021, pp. 8-10)
Now 95, he received prestigious Kennedy Center Honor in 2021—

Dick Van Dyke lives in Los Angeles with his wife
of nine years, makeup artist Arlene Silver,
has 4 children. Why he still loves dancing:
"I do a little dancing every day. Any kind
of movement like that will help keep joints
& bones moving. My wife keeps me young!
She has a lot of energy. She's a singer
and a dancer, so we do musicals
around here all day."

Saturday, November 27, 2021, 6:30-9:00 pm
Mountain View: "Stephen Sondheim, titan of American musical, is dead at 91" (Bruce Weber, NY Times, Seattle Times, 11-27-2021)

Famed composer & lyricist was best known for work on musicals 'Sweeney Todd', 'West Side Story' & 'Into the Woods'. Six of Sondheim's musicals won Tony Awards for best score, Pulitzer Prize ("Sunday in the Park"), Academy Award (for song "Sooner or Later" from film "Dick Tracy"), five Olivier Awards & 2015 Presidential Medal of Honor.
In 2008, he received a Tony Award for lifetime achievement. Saturday, November 27, 2021, 6:30-9:00 pm
Mountain View: "Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim dies at 91"
(By Mark Kennedy, AP, Mercury News, 11-27-2021, A1, A6)

He offered the three principles necessary for a songwriter in his first volume of collected lyrics— Content Dictates Form, Less Is More, and God Is in the Details. All these truisms, he wrote, were "in the service of Clarity, without which nothing else matters." Together they led to stunning lines like: "It's a very short road from the pinch and the punch to the paunch and the pouch and the pension."

Sunday, November 28, 2021, 12:22-1:20 pm
Mountain View: Woke up at 12:00 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 1:20 pm— SCRAFOT = FACTOR; BAUCAS = ABACUS;
UDETMI = TEDIUM; RLLFOA = FLORAL
TOSEOH = SOOTHE; CAHHTT = THATCH

Cartoon Answer— Her attemp to sew
his favotite old shirt back together was a
FAT CS TEI FRL SOT HT = LAST "STITCH" EFFORT
40.55% of 439 respnders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, November 28 2021, 3:00-5:00 pm
Bay Area Outdoors: Four great Bay Trail hikes for birdwatching
(By Melissa Ozbek, Mercury News, 11-28-2021, F7-F8)
Spot avocets, egrets, pelicans, and herons
in the sloughs of Shoreline at Mountain View

Shoreline at Mountain View;
Hayward Regional Shoreline;
Martin Luther King, Jr. Regional Shoreline;
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge;

Sunday, November 28, 2021, 5:00-5:30 pm
Mountain View: "Murnau's 1926 Faust: Cinequest Finale"
(By Richard von Busack, Metro, 3-7-2012, p. 41); Bookmarked
article in March 2012 Haikus but not in "Interesting News"

Faust is sometimes quaint and sometimes haunting,
with its royal wedding attended by a brace of
full-size pantomime elephants, with its flight
above the Alps, past pagodas & strange waterfalls,
over which storks as big as pterodactyls fly.. Sunday, November 28 2021, 5:30-6:15 pm *** Recall going to
see this film 9.5 years ago— Old Haiku: Friday, March 9, 2012,
7:00-9:00 pm, San Jose, California Theatre, 345 South 1st Street;
F.W. Murnau directs "Faust" (1926); Emil Jannings, Gösta Ekman, Camilla Horn, William Dieterle, Yvette Guilbert; Dennis James (Wurlitzer) & Mark Goldstein; (YouTube: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
(Film Reviews: 1, 2, 3, 4)

Stunning scenes of Devil
taking Faust over snowy
mountains and waterfalls.

Monday, November 29, 2021, 9:07-9:25 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:10 am;
Woke up at 10:35 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 9:25 am— MUHBT = THUMB; OYDOZ = DOOZY;
GYVOEA = VOYAGE; SINARI = RAISIN

Cartoon Answer— When offered roles in
a surfing movie, Keanu Reeves and Patrick Swayze
TB DOO OG RAN = GOT ON BOARD Monday, November 29, 2021, 12:30-1:00 pm
Mountain View: Last night (9:00 pm-12:45 am)
removed 11 boxes near window, so venetian blinds
would open easily if they are six inches away;
More time spent on books & old letters in boxes;

Found— Sign on the back of a Volvo—
“"If only closed minds came with
closed mouth"— that's heaven!”

Monday, November 29, 2021, 1:30-2:30 pm
Mountain View: Rudy came after his visit to Palo Alto
VA Hospital; Picked up large chocolate cake & 8 cans
vegetables free; Paid for 64 oz bottle Apple Juice @ 58¢,
(4 Lucerne Cheese @ $1.99; 4 Pringles Potato Chips @ 1.25)

Rudy says his Sociology F023 class "Race & Ethnic
Relations" seeing movie "Lookout" on wealthy Chinese
family selling body-parts of blacks who are more athletic. Monday, November 29, 2021, 2:35-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Leave Apt @ 2:35 pm; Half-hour walk to
Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:00-3:28 pm
3:45 pm Red Bus to Montecito Ave & walked home

Gallon of Value Corner Nonfat Milk @ $2.69;
Checkout girl Yurianna gave me $1 refund for $1 off
coupon on Sig Sel Pudding Cake $2.50 bought 11/22.

Monday, November 29, 2021, 6:00-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Rudy mentions "Racism OP-EDs" in
Washington Post to read (1, 2, 3), but they cost $1 to access;
Found article from Mercury News to read for free—
"OP-ED: Bay Area must stand in solidarity against racism"
(By Carl Guardino, Mercury News, 4-30-2021)

In San Jose alone, where our population is nearly 40% Latino, 35% Asian and nearly 5% Black, we appreciate the rich cultural and ethnic diversity that is the bedrock of our society. "#StopAsianHate" rally in Saratoga on March 27.
Monday, November 29, 2021, 6:00-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Found 16-year-old Mercury News article
"Ancient Stone Circle: Visiting the Avebury henge" while
looking through 11 boxes yesterday; No longer online except
in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ($25/year) & NBC News (free);
(By Janelle Stecklein, AP, Mercury News, Sept. 4, 2005, 3TR)

Avebury's stone circle dates to around 2600 B.C.
It may not be as convenient, famous or spectacular
as Stonehenge. It lacks the large crowds, high fences,
entrance fees and "don't touch" restrictions of Stonehenge.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 10:54-11:20 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:45 am;
Woke up at I:40 pm; Solved Jumble Puzzle
@ 11:20 am— CRPHE = PERCH; VAAUG = GUAVA;
RONLMA = NORMAL; RENOYR = ORNERY

Cartoon Answer— The sports bar was full of
adult males after their team lost, the bar ws full of
ER GA NM ON = "GROAN" MEN
27.94% of 1249 responders had trouble with this answer. Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 2:10-2:30 pm
Mountain View: Last night (7:00 pm-3:00 am) went through
6 boxes near window, and threw away old Tech Magazines &
printouts of stocks (2000); On a 2"x3" paper, Margaret Hobbie
wrote her address from Pennsylvania; We folkdanced at Cornell—

She's back in Ithaca as a realtor; Sent her 4 poems about
Ithaca; She responded warmly— her husband worked at
Cornell University Press, married for 45 years, with son & daughter & 4 grandkids; Ah! Reconnecting after 51 years!

Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 1:30-1:40 pm
Mountain View: Rudy phoned & told me that film discussed
in his Sociology class is not "Lookout" but "Get Out" (2017)

Jordan Peele directs "Get Out" about black photographer Chris visiting his white girlfriend Rose's home. Her Dad
is a neurosurgeon, Mom is a hypnotherapist. Discovers
to his horror, they are selling body parts of black people. Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 2:30-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Last night (7 pm-3 am) went through 6 boxes,
threw away stacks of flyers & postcards of Stanford Lectures

Found 4-pages hand-written letter (12-20-1987) from WPI student Deborah Oakley on studies at Virginia Tech in architecture; Card from poet Valerie Berry (1-6-1993)
who was in Dick Maxwell's Foothill Poetry Workshops.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 6:00-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Wrote 4 haikus for today before
breakfast of Quaker Instant Oatmeal with wheat germ,
nuts & seeds, 28 Red Grapes & Strawberry yogurt

Nuts include 6 Brazil Nuts, 9 Almonds,
10 Walmut Halves, 9 Cashews, 1 tbsp Sunflower seeds,
tbsp Pumpkin Seeds, 9 Dried Cranberries, 6 Banana Chips. Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 7:00-7:30 pm
Mountain View: The bag of papers for recycle
was quite heavy (40 lbs), found shopping cart
to haul it to Recycle bins with enough space—

Thrown away— Brochures & flyers from 1999
Seybold Conference (Adobe, Apple, Microsoft)
that heped me teach graphic design at Foothill College.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 6:00-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Wrote 4 haikus for today before
breakfast of Quaker Instant Oatmeal with wheat germ,
nuts & seeds, 28 Red Grapes & Strawberry yogurt

Nuts include 6 Brazil Nuts, 9 Almonds,
10 Walmut Halves, 9 Cashews, 1 tbsp Sunflower seeds,
tbsp Pumpkin Seeds, 9 Dried Cranberries, 6 Banana Chips. Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 7:00-7:30 pm
Mountain View: The bag of papers for recycle
was quite heavy (40 lbs), found shopping cart
to haul it to Recycle bins with enough space—

Thrown away— Brochures & flyers from 1999
Seybold Conference (Adobe, Apple, Microsoft)
that heped me teach graphic design at Foothill College.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 9:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Found clipping "Frauds! Fakes! Phonies!"
(By Timothy Ferris, NY Times Book Review, 1-10-1999, p. 7)

Book Review of "Unweaving the Rainbow"
by Richard Dawkins; He attacks superstitions,
fantasies and every kind of pseudoscience; argues
that scientific fact is both intellectually & esthetically
more pleasing than pseudoscientific fantasy. Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 9:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Found clipping "God Help the Spiritual Writer"
(By Philip Zaleski, NY Times Book Review, 1-10-1999, p. 27)

What I mean by spiritual writing is poetry or prose
that deals with the bedrock of human existence—
why we are here, where we are going and how we
can comport ourselves with dignity along the way.
Whitman got it right in "A Clear Midnight".

Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 10:30-11:50 pm
Mountain View: While throwing out old magazines from six
boxes yesterday, clipped article from magazine "Total Recall"
(By Jim Thorton, Modern Maturity, Sept/Oct. 2001, pp. 56-62, 88)
.
Why I'll never again forget a face, a name, or where I put
the car keys; Carl Messina , an ebullient evangelist for
"art & science of mnemonics" taught us the FIG system
(File, Image, Glue)— Body list: toes, knee, thigh, hips,
lungs, shoulder, collar, face, top of head, ceilng. Images: squash eggs between your toes, apply hot bacon to your
knees, slather mustard to your thighs, dip your buttocks
in tub of milk, inhale a banana into your lungs, smear
peanut butter on your shoulders, stuff lettuce into your
collars, plop tomato sauce on your face, place Cheerios
on your head, paint ceiling with black shoe polish; You'll never forget this list when you go grocery shopping! Tuesday, November 30, 2021, 11:50 pm-12:30 am
Mountain View: After reconnecting with Margaret Hobbie
after 51 years at Cornell folkdancing, she mentioned
meeting me at MIT folkdancing (circa 1976)

After Cornell, postdoc fellow at Brandeis University
in Gerald Fasman's Biochemistry lab (1970-1977),
developing "Chou-Fasman Method" (most cited paper);
Assistant Professor in Chemistry at WPI (1977-1980);
Sending poems: "Alone But Not Lonely" (4-27-2020);
"Janitor Crushed Me Debating on Rodin" (1-1-2020) Notes;
"Yellow: A Celebration" (10-31-2021);
"Posey's Perfect Number" (11-5-2021);
"Cicada Art on Sidewalk" (11-11-2021);
"Cargo Shipment" (11-20-2021);
"Where Is Pinocchio's Mom?" (11-22-2021);
"Homage to Robert Bly" (11-25-2021).