Haikus: September 2022

HAIKUS: September 2022

By Peter Y. Chou
WisdomPortal.com

These haikus were written as exercises in mindfulness—
an attempt to catch the fleeting moment in my daily walks,
while reading, listening to music, and pondering about life.
(Underlined words are not for emphasis but to web links.)
This web page best viewed with Times font size 14.

Thursday, September 1, 2022, 6:23-6:30 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 6:32 am; Woke up @ 4:10 pm
(9.5 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 6:30 am—
HLIFT = FILTH; ONEFT = OFTEN;
RXLIEI = ELIXIR; RUTIGA = GUITAR

Cartoon Answer— The engine was making a
strange rattling sound, and it was tough to
FI OTN EIX GTA = GET A FIX ON IT
15.32% of 1116 responders had trouble with "GUITAR". Thursday, September 1, 2022, 6:15-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 6:15 pm; 6:38 Bus #40 to
Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 6:45-7:04 pm;
7:18 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Avenue and walked home

5 Lucerne Yogurt, 6 oz @ 39¢ = $1.95;
Lindsay Manzanilla Olives, 5.75 oz ($3.09) @ $1.49;
Int Delight Pumpkin Spice Creamer (32 oz) @ $3.52;
Sig Sel Strawberry-Watermelon Sparkling Drink @ $1.05.

Thursday, September 1, 2022, 8:47-9:11 pm
Mountain View: Interesting News: "OBITUARY:
Mikhail S. Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91"
(By Marilyn Berger, NY Times, 8-30-2022)

Adopting principles of glasnost & perestroika, he weighed legacy of seven decades of Communist rule & set a new course, presiding over the end of the Cold War & the dissolution of the U.S.S.R. In little more than 6 tumultuous years, Gorbachev lifted the Iron Curtain, decisively altering the political climate of the world. Gorbachev went to the Vatican (12-1-1989) to meet Pope John Paul II. Thursday, September 1, 2022, 8:47-9:11 pm
Mountain View: Interesting News: "Before Mikhail Gorbachev's death, a close friend said the former USSR president was 'upset'
at the state of Russia and felt his 'life's work' was ruined"
(By Ashley Collman, Yahoo News, 8-30-2022)

"WORLD: Former Soviet leader
Mikhail Gorbachev has died at 91";
(By David Greene, NPR News, 8-30-2022);
"Reagan's 'Tear Down This Wall' Speech
Resurfaces With Gorbachev's Death"
(By Aila Slisco, Newsweek, 8-30-2022)

Thursday, September 1, 2022, 9:15-9:30 pm
Mountain View: "ASTRONOMY: New photos show
Phantom Galaxy, around 32 million light-years away"
(By Sarah Polus, Yahoo News, 8-30-2022)

The photos, taken by Hubble Space Telescope
and James Webb Space Telescope, provide
different views of Phantom Galaxy, M74,
known for its well-defined spiral formation.
While the Hubble telescope excels in giving
insights into ultraviolet & visible wavelengths,
the Webb telescope works best in analyzing
infrared wavelengths. Thursday, September 1, 2022, 9:15-9:30 pm
Mountain View: "BASEBALL: Rare Mickey Mantle
card sells for record $12.6 million"
(By Reuters, Yahoo News, 8-28-2022)

Previous record for a sports card was $7.25 million,
set this month by century-old 'T206' Honus Wagner card
in a private sale by Goldin. Topps 1952 Mantle card #311
was brought to Heritage by Anthony Giordano, a waste management entrepreneur from New Jersey, who
bought it for $50,000 in 1991. Card was graded
a "Mint+ 9.5" out of 10, with perfect centering
and 4 sharp corners, for 70 years is a true miracle.

Thursday, September 1, 2022, 9:45-10:50 pm
Mountain View: 8 hours to finish 75 photos
in "Stanford Walk (8-16-2022)"; How long
would it take to do 69 photos from "17-Mile Drive"?

8 vertical photos in 2 rows;
61 horizontal photos in 20 rows;
Eliminate a photo to even out page.
Canon Camera Timer not set when photos taken. Thursday, September 1, 2022, 9:45-10:50 pm
Mountain View: Since I have dental appointment
at Noon tomorrow at San Antonio Dental,
can't stay up late to work on "17-Mile Drive".

Email from Al Guzman @ 4:58 pm—
"Don't feel up to going, still under the weather";
Looks like I'll be going to ICON Theater, Mountain View,
all by myself for their $3 "National Cinema Day" specials.

Friday, September 2, 2022, 9:36-10:00 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:10 am; Woke up @ 9:25 am
(8 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 10:00 am—
TIDEY = DEITY; BNOAJ = BANJO;
TRIRAY = RARITY; SSSRET = STRESS

Cartoon Answer— The wren that owned the
huge manor in South Carolina liked being the
DEI BA RT TES = "ESTATE" BIRD
26.26% of 1150 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, September 2, 2022, 12:00-12:50 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 11:10 am; Bus #40 @ 11:47 am to
San Antonio Dental (530 Showers Drive); Dr. Mahroo Mafarrahi
(Iran), couldn't glue back my fallen front tooth; Says I need an
implant; Cleaning appointment on March 30, 2023 (7 months!)

Appt with Dr. Kimberly H. Kim at iSmile Dental
(970 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale) for
implant consultation on Wed. Sept. 7, 3 pm;
She did implant for me (Aug. 3-17, 2016).

Friday, September 2, 2022, 5:00-5:55 pm
Mountain View: Found "Gorbachev at Stanford: June 4, 1990"
(20 pp) with poems of my moment with Gorbachev; 5 photos of this encounter (by Anita K. Wahi), photocopies of Gorbachev ticket, stamped cover of Stanford visit, his autograph in Time magazine.

Gorby signs his photo "I am an optimist"
in my Time magazine with such strength,
its impression sinks through
eight pages of the magazine. Friday, September 2, 2022, 3:00-4:10 pm
Mountain View: Ann came @ 3 pm, picked up bags of newspapers;
Drove to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Peninsula News";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:15-3:44 pm;
3:55 pm Bus #40 to Montecito Avenue and walked home

Lindsay Manzanilla Olives, 5.75 oz @ $1.49;
2 Pringles Potato Chips, 5.5 oz @ $1.49; = $2.98;
2 Budding Black Forest Ham, 8 oz @ $2.50 = $5.00;
2 Flav-R-Pac Chow Mein Stir-Fry, 12 oz @ $2.50 = $5.00.

Friday, September 2, 2022, 8:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: 3 hours to finish 68 photos
in "17-Mile Drive" (July 14, 2022)

8 vertical photos in 2 rows;
60 horizontal photos in 20 rows;
Preface on visits from Richard & Arlene. Friday, September 2, 2022, 11:30-12:00 pm
Mountain View: Emailed Rudy (6:54 pm) & Jack (7:14 pm)
on $3 movies at ICON Theater on Sat. 9/3 National Cinema Day.

Plan to see "Top Gun: Maverick" @ 1:00 pm
& "Jaws" @ 4:20 pm at ICON Theater for $3 each;
Maybe crowded; Get there at Noon for good seats.

Saturday, September 3, 2022, 9:02-9:11 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:10 am; Woke up @ 10:00 am
(9 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 9:11 am—
HPIRC = CHIRP; LAUDT = ADULT;
OSWLYL = SLOWLY; FIRTDA = ADRIFT

Cartoon Answer— The kindness of the doctors,
nurses, et. at the medical faclity was a form of
HIP LT SOY AIT = HOSPITALITY
24.63% of 869 responders had trouble with this answer. Saturday, September 3, 2022, 12:20-1:11 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 12:20 pm; Bus #40 @ 12:46 pm to
Showers Drive to pick up "Daily Post"; Walk to ICON Theater
(2575 California St. Suite 601), More crowd today due to $3.00
Special "National Cinema Day" on Saturday, September 3

"Top Gun: Maverick" 1:00 pm, Aud. #3, Seat C-17;
"Jaws" 3-Dimensional: 4:20 pm, Aud. #9, Seat F-6;
"Top Gun" movie started as I sat down (No previews);
3-D glasses for "Jaws" (Previews), film began 4:30 pm.

Saturday, September 3, 2022, 1:15-3:20 pm
Mountain View: ICON Theater (2575 California St. Suite 601);
Joseph Kosinski directs "Top Gun: Maverick" (2022)
with Tom Cruise, Val Kilmer, Miles Teller, Jennifer Connelly,
Jon Hamm, Glen Powell, , Lewis Pullman, Ed Harris, Charles Parnell, Jay Ellis, Danny Ramirez, Greg Tarzan Davis, Lyliana Wray; YouTube: (1; 2; 3; 4); Film Reviews: (1; 2; 3; 4)

Critics comment that Tom Cruise's love interest in original
"Top Gun" was an astrophysicist Ph.D. (Kelly McGillis);
In the remake, his love interest is a bartender (Jennifer Connelly); In reality, Jennifer studied at Yale & Stanford. Saturday, September 3, 2022, 4:20-6:40 pm
Mountain View: ICON Theater (2575 California St. Suite 601);
Steven Spielberg directs "Jaws" (1975), with Roy Scheider,
Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, Murray Hamilton, Carl Gottlieb, Jeffrey Kramer, Susan Backlinie, Lee Fierro,
Author & Screenwriter Peter Benchley, Music by John Williams
(Academy Award); YouTube: (1; 2; 3; 4); Film Reviews: (1; 2; 3; 4)

Film's budget doubled to $9 million,
but box office earned $472 million;
John Williams' Jaws film score ranked
6th-greatest score by American Film Institute.

Saturday, September 3, 2022, 6:40 pm
Mountain View: ICON Theater (2575 California St. Suite 601);
"Top Gun: Maverick" was 130 minutes long (1:15-3:25 pm);
"Jaws" was 124 minutes long (4:30-6:40 pm).

VTA Bus #40 Saturday Schedule Northbound—
Last Bus at Showers & El Camino Real is 6:21 pm;
Have to take Bus #22 to Rengstorff Ave & walk home. Saturday, September 3, 2022, 6:40-8:28 pm
Mountain View: Walking from ICON Theater to El Camino Real,
passed by Safeway to shop (645 San Antonio Road) 7:00-7:21 pm;
7:40 pm Bus #22 to Rengstorff Ave & walked home (7:48-8:28 pm)

Planter's Peanuts Sweet & Spicy, 16 oz @ $1.99;
2 Pringles Potato Chips, 5.5 oz @ $1.49; = $2.98;
Open Nature Plant Based Sliced Cheese ($4.99) = Free.

Sunday, September 4, 2022, 9:45-10:55 am
Mountain View: To bed at 4:40 am; Woke up @ 4:50 pm;
(12 hours sleep) Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 10:55 am—
NBENAR = BANNER; NOOGLB = OBLONG;
REVIDT = DIVERT; HASPIM = MISHAP;
CINTEE = ENTICE; COLSIA = SOCIAL

Missed Cartoon Answer— After getting injured
on the ride, the horse was back home and in
NNE BLO DT ISA TC OI = STABLE CONDITION
21.81% of 463 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, September 4, 2022, 6:40-7:00 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed n Sunday;
Stayed home to work; Triple-digit temperature forecast
for Peninsula: Sun. 9/4, 96^o; Mon. 9/5, 99^o; Tues. 9/6, 102^o;
Rudy's 9/2 email: "Too hot to do any outdoor work in Lodi."
Told me "Stay in the shade with a cold glass of apple cider"

Gave Rudy Free 64 oz Apple Juice & 64 oz Apple Cider;
2 Coca Cola Dreamworld 20 oz @ $2.49 = Free for Rudy;
Too hot to go to Stanford Theater today to see "Roman Holiday" (3:40 pm) & "Pane, Amore e Fantsia" (5:50 pm).

Sunday, September 4, 2022, 9:00-9:20 pm
Mountain View: "BASEBALL: Paul Goldschmidt,
Triple Crown winner? An unassuming Cardinals
hero demands the baseball world's attention"
(By Zach Crizer, Yahoo News, 9-2-2022)

Batting average: He's leading the NL
(and MLB) with an eye-popping .332 mark;
Home runs: He's in second place here, with 33,
three behind NL leader Kyle Schwarber's 36;
Runs Batted In: Goldschmidt is tied for
the NL lead with Pete Alonso, with 105. Sunday, September 4, 2022, 9:00-9:20 pm
Mountain View: "MANTRA MEDITATION:
New technology added to prayer wheel in Santa Cruz Mountains"
(By Jessica York, Mercury News, September 3, 2022, B1, B3)

Venerable Jyatso, a Buddhist monk, spent many hours wrapping mantra-inscribed microfilm around the prayer wheel soon to be in use at the Vajrapani Institute for Wisdom & Culture in the forest north of Boulder Creek. The wheel, designed to hold 18 pounds of weight— will contain 1,500 rolls of nano film and a total more than 3 quadrillion (that's 3,000 trillion) mini Mantras of Great Compassion.

Sunday, September 4, 2022, 9:00-9:20 pm
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: Stroll the haunted
streets of Carson City on an eerie and theatrical ghost walk"
(By Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, September 4, 2022, F7-F8)

Ghost Walk is a family-friendly, flashlight tour,
and everyone— even four-legged friends—
is welcome to join the 90-minute jaunt
that starts at McFadden Square and
loops through Carson City's historic
neighborhoods. Skittish visitors may
experience a few goosebumps, but even
the creepiest tales are not overly gory.
Sites to Go: Carson City Ghost Walk;
Fox Brewpub; Piazza; Scoups Ice Cream & Soup Bar;
St. Charles Historic Hotel; Nevada State Prison Tour. Sunday, September 4, 2022, 9:00-9:20 pm
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO:
The 15 least-visited national parks in the United States"
(By Marnie Hunter, Mercury News, September 2, 2022, F7)

1. Gates of Arctic National Park & Preserve, AK;
2. National Park of American Samoa; 3. Kobuk Valley National Park, AK; 4. North Cascades National Park, WA;
5. Lake Clark National Park & Preserve, AK; 6. Katmai National Park & Preserve, AK; 7. Isle Royale National Park, MI; 8. Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve, AK;
9. Dry Tortugas National Park, FL; 10. Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve, AK; 11. Great Basin National Park, NV; 12. Congaree National Park, SC; 13. Denali National Park
& Preserve, AK; 14. Voyageurs National Park, MN;
15. Guadalupe Mountains National Park, TX.

Sunday, September 4, 2022, 8:00-8:30 pm
Mountain View: My kitchen sink was stuck with
two inches of water not draining; Phoned Mid-Peninsula
Emergency (1-855-964-3736) at 6 pm; Ashley said they'll
send a plumber; Francisco came at 8 pm & fixed it in half-hour.

He used vacuum machine and "snake"
to declog the drain; I took out 22 bottles
under the sink; He also repaired leaking pipe. Sunday, September 4, 2022, 10:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: "Roman Holiday" with Audrey Hepburn
is my 6th favorite movie; I've seen it 4x already; Would
have gone to Stanford Theatre today, but don't relish
walking home down Rengstorff Ave in 45 minutes.

Woke up at 9 am Friday for San Antonio Dental at Noon;
Woke up at 10:00 am Saturday for ICON movie at 1 pm;
Woke up at 4:50 pm Sunday for 12 hours sleep and relax.

Monday, September 5, 2022, 7:09-7:15 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:15 am; Woke up @ 11:15 am
(9 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:15 am—
SFITW = SWIFT; KYILS = SILKY;
REVANT = TAVERN; KONREB = BROKEN

Cartoon Answer— The process of hiring
employees for her new business was
SW I RN OK = IN (THE) WORKS
17.62% of 681 responders had trouble with "TAVERN". Monday, September 5, 2022, 2:33-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 2:33 pm; 2:52 pm Bus #40
to shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:00-3:38 pm
for Sparkling Drinks & free Sliced Cheddar Cheese for Rudy;
3:45 pm Red Bus to Montecito Avenue and walked home

Sig Farms Fresh Spinach for Salad, 8 oz @ $2.49;
2 Mango-Pineapple Sparkling Drink @ $1.05 = $2.10;
2 Flav-R-Pac Chow Mein Stir-Fry, 12 oz @ $2.50 = $5.00;
Open Nature Plant Based Sliced Cheese ($5) = Free (Rudy).

Monday, September 5, 2022, 2:33-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Temperature 97^o today; VTA Busses running
on Sunday schedule on Labor Day; Leave apt @ 2:33 pm;
"Daily Post" not printed for 3 days until Wednesday;
Paid $1183 September rent to Mid-Peninsula Housing

Didn't check mailbox Saturday due to ICON movies;
Time (Sept. 12 issue) "The Greatest: Serena Williams"
& Fall 2022 Newsletter of Mid-Peninsula Open Preserve. Monday, September 5, 2022, 7:00-8:00 pm
Mountain View: With this hot weather, take a shower & relax
with ice cold Sparkling Carbonated Strawberry-Watermelon Drink;
Rudy's 9/4 email @ 4:34 pm; he checked my email @ 3:20 pm at
Mountain View Library, too late for $3 movies at ICON Theater.

After "Stanford Walk (August 16, 2022)"
and "17-Mile Drive (July 14, 2022)" photos,
next project is "Stanford Theatre Summer 2022 Movies".

Monday, September 5, 2022, 9:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: "MOVIES: Spidey tops
box office while Cinema Day draws millions"
(By Jonathan Landrum Jr., Mercury News, Sept. 5, 2022, A2)

The first "National Cinema Day" nationwide promotion became highest-attended day of the year, drawing 8.1 million moviegoers on Saturday 9/3; "Spider-Man: No Way Home" brought in $6 million; "Top Gun: Maverick" followed with $5.5 million, "Super Pets" garnered $5.45 million, "Bullet Train" $5.4 million, & "The Invitation" grossed $4.7 million. Monday, September 5, 2022, 9:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: "LOCAL NEWS: Saratoga—
Tea Ceremony Is Treasured Ritual"
(Photos By Nhat V. Meyer, Mercury News, Sept. 5, 2022, B1)

Christina Wong accepts a tea cup
from a guest during a traditional
tea ceremony for guests at
Hakone Estate & Gardens in Saratoga;
Deil Goleta delivers a tea cup to a guest.
(Karen brought me here for Tea Ceremony, 7-21-2019).

Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 1:51-1:57 pm
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:45 am; Woke up @ 1:40 pm
(11 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 1:57 pm—
HCUH = HUTCH; DDOEG = DODGE;
ROBWOR = BORROW; RAQESU = SQUARE

Cartoon Answer— They couldn't see the
many cows mooing in the distance, but they
HH DDE RR AE = HEARD (THE) HERD
11.44% of 848 responders had trouble with "SQUARE". Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 3:00-3:45 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed today
Stay home to work; Temperature hitting 105^oF;
Emailed Rudy on seeing "Thor: Love and Thunder"
Tuesday at ICON Theater for $6.50 at 4 pm & 7:05 pm

Rudy emailed 9/6 at 2:52 pm on going
to Stanford Theater on Thursday, Sept. 8
to see "A Tale of Two Cities" (5:45 pm) and
"The Mark of Zorro" (7:30 pm) & get there early.

Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 4:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: In Sept. Newsletter of Mid-Peninsula Housing,
Service Coordinator Zahira Peña used my poem with 3 top photos
of "Steve Kerr's Four Core Values" to share with the community.

Steve Kerr's four core values
brought him nine championships—
sharing this talisman with players
has made the Warriors a winner. Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 5:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Uploaded 64 files to web site—
Stanford Theatre 2022 with photos of Theatre Marquee,
Display Window, Lobby Display, & Memorabilia Room

Marquees— Fred & Ginger (7/9); Deanna Durbin (7/15);
Humphrey Bogart (7/17); Preston Sturges (7/22);
Sidney Portier (7/24): Judy (8/7); Gary Cooper (8/12);
Cary Grant (8/19); Kurosawa (8/21); Hitchcock (8/28)

Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 7:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Spent two hours composing
web page "Stanford Theater 2022"

24 vertical photos in 6 rows;
36 horizontal photos in 12 rows;
60 photos in 18 rows for recent films seen.. Tuesday, September 6, 2022, 9:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Spent an hour filling out forms
for tomorrow's 3:00 pm appt at iSmile Dental;

Takes a long time to sign a dozen forms
on my laptop scrolling with my finger;
missing phone #s of emergency contacts.

Wednesday, September 7, 2022, 11:01-11:26 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:50 am; Woke up @ 11:00 am
(10 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 11:26 am—
CISYP = SPICY; CGEOK = GECKO;
YDRIBH = HYBRID; SCAWEH = CASHEW

Cartoon Answer— They chose to fly
coach instead of first class after seeing the
SPI GEK HYRI CSH = SKY-HIGH PRICES
19.06% of 976 responders had trouble with "CASHEW". Wednesday, September 7, 2022, 1:00-2:00 pm
Mountain View: "HIGH TEMPERATURES: Another Sizzler"
(By Jakob Rodgers, Mercury News, September 7, 2022, A1, A5)
Appt with Dr. Kimberly H. Kim at iSmile Dental
(970 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale) today @ 3:00 pm

Livermore on back-to-back days experienced hottest temperature in the Bay Area's recorded history, hitting
116^o on Labor Day & Tuesday; San Jose 109^o;
Gilroy 113^o; Oakland 102^o; Concord 112^o; Napa 114^o.

Wednesday, September 7, 2022, 2:10-4:15 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 2:10 pm; Bus #22 @ 2:48 pm
to Mary Ave 3:10 pm to see Dr. Kimberly H. Kim
at iSmile Dental (970 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale)

When Dr. Kim greeted me, she raised her hand for a
high-five; She had a string of Children's Alphabet A-Z
in her old Mountain View office, so gave her my poem
"The Letter A: Attention!" & "ABC for You & Me" TOC. Wednesday, September 7, 2022, 4:35-5:20 pm
Mountain View: Bus #22 @ 4:25 pm Mary Ave to Showers Drive;
Bus #40 @ 5:00 pm to Central Xpwy Stop & walked home 5:20 pm
Hot today, came home for ice-cold drinks instead going to Safeway

Dr. Kim recommends Implant Bridge Teeth #19-#21
on bottom left side for $6,579.34 (reg. $16,408.00);
Appointment on Friday, September 16 @ 2:00 pm;
Forgot to bring check for today's consultation $39 fee.

Thursday, September 8, 2022, 8:40-8:50 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:30 am; Woke up @ 12:30 pm
(11 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:50 am—
CUYYK = YUCKY; MLIYD = DIMLY;
RROPAU = UPROAR; LONAAC = CANOLA

Cartoon Answer— The kids put on a stage
performance on the lawn after being told to
YY DIL PR ANA = PLAY IN (THE) YARD
25.15% of 990 responders had trouble with "CANOLA". Thursday, September 8, 2022, 1:00-2:00 pm
Mountain View: "Queen Elizabeth II dead at 96 after 70 years
on the throne" (By Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless, & Sylvia Hui,
Mercury News, Sept. 8, 2022)

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch
and a symbol of stability in a turbulent era that saw decline of British empire and embarrassing dysfunction in her own family, died Thursday. Her 73-year-old son Prince Charles became king and will be known as King Charles III.

Thursday, September 8, 2022, 5:15-7:20 pm
Palo Alto: Rudy drove me to Stanford Theatre (221 Universty Ave):
Jack Conway directs "A Tale of Two Cities" (1935) with Ronald Colman, Elizabeth Allan, Edna May Oliver, Reginald Owen, Basil Rathbone, Blanche Yurka, Henry B. Walthall, Donald Woods,
Walter Catlett, Fritz Leiber, H. B. Warner, Mitchell Lewis; YouTube: (1; 2; 3; 4); Film Reviews: (1; 2; 3; 4)

Read Charles Dicken's A Tale of Two Cities
in High School, now enjoying this classical movie
starring Roland Colman again at Stanford Theatre. Thursday, September 8, 2022, 7:30-9:40 pm
Palo Alto: Stanford Theatre (221 Universty Ave):
Rouben Mamoulian directs "The Mark of Zorro" (1940), with
Tyrone Power, Linda Darnell, Basil Rathbone, Gale Sondergaard, Eugene Pallette, J. Edward Bromberg, Montagu Love, Janet Beecher, George Regas, Chris-Pin Martin, Robert Lowery, Belle Mitchell, John Bleifer; YouTube: (1; 2; 3; 4); Reviews: (1; 2; 3; 4)

Tyrone Power can't match the 1920 silent film
"Zorro" version played by Douglas Fairbanks, Sr.,
but his dandyish humor makes it worth watching.

Thursday, September 8, 2022, 9:40-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Rudy was more excited to see "The Mark of Zorro"
movie, but liked "A Tale of Two Cities" much better; Told him it was written by Charles Dickens, a great British novelist; He liked "Hunchback of Notre Dame" (1939) & "Les Misérables" (2012); Told him they were written by Victor Hugo, a great French novelist.

Free Groceries for Rudy from Safeway—
Violife Cheese Shreds Mozzarella @ $4.99.
Gallon Lucerne Milk (1% Lowfat) @ $3.56;
Open Nature Plant Based Sliced Cheese @ $4.99. Thursday, September 8, 2022, 10:00-10:34 pm
Mountain View: Rudy drove to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post"and "Metro";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 10:00-10:34 pm;
Apple Strudels (8 ct) ($4.99) - $2 Rewards = $2.99 (Free for Rudy)

Kellogg's Blueberry Eggo Waffles (10 ct) @$2.38;
2 Gallons Lucerne Milk (1% Lowfat) @ $3.56 = $7.12;
2 Flav-R-Pac Chow Mein Stir-Fry, 12 oz @ $2.50 = $5.00;
2 Sparkling Water Strawberry-Watermelon @ $1.00 = $2.00:
Red Seedless Grapes @ 97¢/lb; 3.62 lb $3.51; 2.22 lb $2.15.

Friday, September 9, 2022, 8:11-8:22 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 6:00 am; Woke up @ 6:10 pm
(12 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:22 am—
SIPOE = POISE; SOLSF = FLOSS;
MRYIGL = GRIMLY; GUIAAN = IGUANA

Cartoon Answer— The king who began ordering
people to pay more taxes, levies, etc. was an
PIE FOS GRIM IGUN = IMPOSING FIGURE
69.06% of 1813 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, September 9, 2022, 8:30-10:35 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 8:30 pm; Half-hour walk to Valero
Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Peninsula News"; "Daily Post" gone;
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 9:05-9:31 pm; 9:41 Bus
#40 to Chef Chu's for "Palo Alto Weekly"; 10:14 pm Bus 40 home

3 Quakers Instant Oatmeal (Mixed Fruit) @ $1.67 = $5.00;
4 Planter's Peanuts 16 oz (Honey Roasted) @ $1.47 = $5.88;
4 Pringles Potato Chips (Spicy BBQ) @ $1.37 = $5.48:
Triscuits Reduced Fat @ $1.97; Croissants (10 ct) @ 3.00.

Friday, September 9, 2022, 9:41-10:35 pm
Mountain View: "Daily Post" gone from Valero news bins
(usually dozens of copies); Despite 2 full bags of groceries,
decide to take 9:41 pm Bus #40 to Chef Chu's bins; Told
bus driver I'll take last Bus #40 @ 10:21 pm with him back

Bus Driver came 7 minutes early @ 10:14 pm;
No "Daily Post" at Chef Chu's bins & Ditmer news bins;
Lucky only one copy left at CVS bins "Beloved Queen dies". Saturday, September 10, 2022, 12:00-12:48 am
Mountain View: After doing Stanford Theatre 2022,
decide to compose web page "Nature Hikes 2022";
since no hikes were taken in 2020 and 2021; Last hike
posting was "Movies of 1939 Festival" on Jan. 11, 2010.

"17-Mile Drive" (July 14, 2022);
"Stanford Walk" (August 16, 2022);
"Stanford Theatre 2022" (September 16, 2022).

Saturday, September 10, 2022, 1:20-2:50 am
Mountain View: Interesting Yahoo News— “What Queen Elizabeth said when asked 'have you ever met the queen?'” (The story of how Queen Elizabeth handled an encounter with an American hiker who did not recognise her, recounted by a former bodyguard who was with her that day, revealed the fun-loving side of her personality
that the public rarely saw.) (By Reuters, Yahoo News, 9-8-2022)

"Photos: Queen Elizabeth's meetings with U.S. presidents, from Eisenhower to Biden" (QE II met in person with nearly every sitting U.S. president, from Eisenhower to Joe Biden. Only Lyndon Johnson didn't meet the Queen.)
(By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo News, 9-8-2022). Saturday, September 10, 2022, 3:00-5:21 am
Mountain View: Queen Elizabeth II's portrait appeared more
than any other person on postage stamps; Elizabeth II Stamp Histories (1953-1975); Some of my favorite QE II stamps—

New Zealand B23 Princess (10-1-1943); New Zealand 303 QE II (7-18-1955); Canada 433 Royal Visit (10-5-1964); Cook Island 439 (6-1-1973); GB315-QEII Coronation Robes
(6-3-153); GB 351 John Keats (7-28-1971); GB 445 Robert Burns (1-25-1966); GB 688 Oak Tree (2-28-1973); GB 715 Horse Chestnut Tree (2-27-1974); St. Helena 172 QEII with Baby Prince Andrew (12-12-1961) [paid $12 for set of 14]

Saturday, September 10, 2022, 7:12-7:15 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 7:55 am; Woke up @ 3:00 pm
(7 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:15 am—
NAFIT = FAINT; CDYIE = DICEY;
SSHAQU = SQUASH; TLUTEO = OUTLET

Cartoon Answer— The stadium's groundskeeper
loved to talk about his job and was happy to
FIN DIE SQUS OTLE = FIELD QUESTIONS
29.63% of 854 responders had trouble with this answer. Saturday, September 10, 2022, 5:00-7:02 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 5:00 pm; Bus #40 came @ 5:55 pm
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post";
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 6:00-6:22 pm;
Last Bus #40 @ 5:43 pm; Rolled Cart home 6:35-7:02 pm

2 Flav-R-Pac Broccoli & Asparagus, 12 oz @ $2.50 = $5.00;
2 Sparkling Water Wild Cherry, 1 liter @ $1.00 = $2.00;
2 Stouffer's Swedish Meatballs ($4.99) @ $3.44 = $6.88;
12 oz Stouffer's Tuna Noodle Casserole @ $3.44.

Saturday, September 10, 2022, 1:20-2:50 am
Mountain View: Full moon of September is "Harvest Moon",
Corn Moon: Native American Moons (Farmers' Almanac); Frontier;
Harvest Moon: Aianta; SunSigns; CNN: Fox News; EarthSky

"Harvest Moon & Planets;
"Harvest Moon with Plants";
"Harvest Moon & Statue of Liberty". Saturday, September 10, 2022, 8:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: My favorite musical movie
"My Fair Lady" starring Rex Harrison & Audrey Hepburn
is playing at 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm today & tomorrow.

I've seen this film 4x already, including
when it debuted in 1963 in New York City.
Not going since last Bus #40 is 6:21 pm weekends.

Sunday, September 11, 2022, 8:18-8:36 am
Mountain View: To bed at 5:45 am; Woke up @ 5:17 pm;
(11.5 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:36 am—
YELSEP = SLEEPY; MITOEV = MOTIVE;
FICPAY = PACIFY; WETRNS = STREWN;
BODIFR = FORBID; HLUSOD = SHOULD

Cartoon Answer— Stephen King published
a horror novel about a clown in 1986, and
SL OTV AI EN FID SH = HIS FANS LOVED IT
64.01% of 603 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, September 11, 2022, 6:40-7:00 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed n Sunday;
Stayed home to work; Temperature 74^o at 7:25 pm;
San Francisco football & baseball teams playing ic Chicago;
San Francisco 49ers plays Chicago Bears in Soldiers Field;
San Francisco Giants plays Chicago Cubs in Wrigley's Field.

After leading 10-0, 49ers lost to Bears 19-10;
Bears QB Justin Fields better than 49ers' Trey Lance;
Listen to KNBR 104.5 FM as Giants beats Cubs 4-2
with homers by Thairo Estrada and Wilmer Flores.

Sunday, September 11, 2022, 9:00-10:15 pm
Mountain View: "OP-ED: The revolutionary monarchy of Queen Elizabeth II" (The queen pulled off a remarkable trick in preserving a monarchy that was simultaneously majestic & apolitical. Elizabeth II had to abandon Walter Bagehot's handbook & invent a new one all of her own.) (By Adrian Wooldridge, Mercury News, Sept. 11, 2022)

"TRAVEL: Kauai— Tour, taste through one of America's only working chocolate farms" (Harvest at Lydgate Farms brings volunteer helping hands from across Kauai to pull cacao from the orchard's 3,000 trees. The sweet-sour pulp turned into refreshing popsicles, and shells from roasted cacao beans are turned into and brewing chocolate.)
(By Jessica Yadegaran, Mercury News, 9-11-2022, F7-F8). Sunday, September 11, 2022, 9:00-10:15 pm
Mountain View: "Remembering Sept. 11-24, 2001:
A look at the attack and the aftermath"
(By Kurt Snibbe, Mercury News, September 11, 2022, B15).
Lots of numbers in this article for my Numbers Collection

Observation Deck was 107 stories up on top of Tower 2;
At 1377 feet, South Tower was world's highest at the time; Elevator ride went a quarter mile in 58 seconds; 2 restaurants & 60 retail establishments; 1.8 million visitors per year, 4900 a day; American Flight 11 crashed into WTC North Tower; United Flight 175 crashed WTC South Tower; American Flight 77 crashed into Pentagon; United Flight 93 crashed near Shanksville, PA; 9/11 Quilt honoring 3024 victims.

Sunday, September 11, 2022, 10:30-11:00
Mountain View: Wrote poem "Harvest Moon"
for Full Moon on September 10 (9 stanzas, 27 lines)

The Earth & Harvest Moon are dancing—
they've been in love for billions of years,
let's offer them blessings and cheers! Sunday, September 11, 2022, 10:30-11:00
Mountain View: Wrote poem "Collecting QE II Postage Stamps"
illustrated with 10 favorite QEII stamps from my collection.

Due to her long 70-years reign,
her portrait appeared on postage stamps
more than any person, plant, or animal.

Monday, September 12, 2022, 1:20-1:22 pm
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:00 am; Woke up @ 1:15 pm
(9 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 1:22 pm—
HECCK = CHECK; CLAKF = FLACK;
RPXIEE = EXPIRE; SKONEP = SPOKEN

Cartoon Answer— Choosing what dessert
to serve at their wedding reception was a
CK FAC EIE POE = PIECE OF CAKE
5.05% of 733 responders had trouble with this answer. Monday, September 12, 2022, 4:30-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 4:30 pm; Gray Bus came @ 5:18 pm
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post";
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:30-6:05 pm;
Red Bus @ 6:15 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home

2 Breyers Ice Cream Rocky Road @ $7.49 BOGO = $3.75;
Sig Sel Sparkling Water Strawberry-Watermelon @ $1.00;
Lucerne Creamer Hazelnut No Sugar 32 oz @ $3.50;
5 Yoplait Yogurt 6 oz @ 17¢ = 85¢ - 50¢ = 35¢.

Monday, September 12, 2022, 9:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: "Poem to mark Queen's death
penned by Poet Laureate Simon Armitage—
and it features one of her favourite flowers"
(No Author, Sky News, UK, 9-13-2022)

The poem employs the form of a double acrostic,
meaning the first letter of each line spells out Elizabeth
when taken together. Lily of the valley was one of the Queen's favorites & appeared in her coronation bouquet. Poem is comprised from two stanzas of nine lines each. Monday, September 12, 2022, 9:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: "End of a poetic era: Nikki Giovanni
retires as English professor at Virginia Tech"
(No Author, Tennessee Tribune, 9-12-2022)

As of Sept. 1, she is retiring after 35 years as a professor
in Dept. of English. "In all fairness, I'm getting old,"
Giovanni, 79, said. Among her many accomplishments,
she has published 11 illustrated children's books, received
30 honorary degrees and 7 NAACP Image Awards, & has
been a finalist for a Grammy & for National Book Award.

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 7:00-7:07 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:00 am; Woke up @ 12:00 pm
(8 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:07 am—
ARLCW = CRAWL; ZOWYO = WOOZY;
NIETTN = INTENT; TOSOHM = SMOOTH

Cartoon Answer— Should she buy cinnamon
gum or bubble gum? She would have
CW WO ET SH = "TWO CHEWS"
10.84% of 830 responders had trouble with this answer. Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 3:00-4:15 pm
Mountain View: Ann picked me up @ 3:00 pm; Drove to
Kaiser Pharmacy (555 Castro St) for dental medications
ordered by Dr. Kim, antibiotic Amoxicillin 500 mg
(3 capsules/daily) & 10 ml Chlorhexidine Gluconate
0.12% Mouthwash (2x/daily gargle) $17.75 (3:40 pm)

(3:45-3:57 pm) U.S. Post Office (211 Hope St., MV);
Paid $182.00 for annual renewal P.O. Box 390707
(last year fee $146) for WisdomPortal.com address.

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 6:00-7:15 pm
Mountain View: Ann emailed 9/12 @ 9:14 pm
and asked what's my favorite moon poem,
her favorite is Robert Frost's "Moon Compasses"

My favorite is Giacomo Leopardi's "To the Moon" (1821).
Wrote "Why Is the Moon Smiling?", inspired by drawing in
a graphic design magazine (c. 1989), but can't find the poem;
My Notes to poem "Meditation on the Moon" (12-17-2008). Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 6:00-7:15 pm
Mountain View: "OP-ED: Queen Elizabeth, Prince Charles kept their cool on California trip" (QE II was one monarch we respected & admired.) (By George Skelton, Mercury News, 9-13-2022, A6)

She had grace & grit— brightly displayed on California trip
in 1983. Her son Prince Charles shared his mother's attribute
of calmness, while being hosted by Governor Jerry Brown
in 1977, who gave him a bag of bean sprouts sandwich.

Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 3:00-4:15 pm
Mountain View: When Ann came to pick up bag
of newspapers, and drive me to Kaiser & Post Office,
gave her two recent poems and first 2022 Hike photos

Sept's Full Moon: "Harvest Moon" (9-10-2022);
"Collecting QE II Postage Stamps" (9-11-2022):
69 photos in "17-Mile Drive, Monterey" (7-14-2022). Tuesday, September 13, 2022, 8:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Rudy likes to see "Elvis" that had good reviews;
Austin Butler as Elvis Presley, Tom Hanks as Colonel Tom Parker;
Time: 159 minutes; Budget: $85 million; Box Office: $284 million

Showplace ICON Theater no longer showing "Elvis";
Shoreline Century 16 Theater: Last showing of
"Elvis" on Sept. 15 @ 8:30 pm (Ticket $15.50).

Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 7:30-7:36 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:30 am; Woke up @ 11:30 am
(11 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:36 am—
WEYLN = NEWLY; TEAML = METAL;
KNIYSN = SKINNY; ROAHUT = AUTHOR

Cartoon Answer— The Australian marsupial
family was all together and enjoying some
ELY MTA KI ATO = "KOALA-TY" TIME
32% of 1097 responders had trouble with this answer. Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 2:30-3:40 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 2:30 pm; Gray Bus came @ 3:06 pm
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post";
No Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) today;
Red Bus @ 3:25 pm to Monecito Ave and walked home

"Safeway-Just-For-U" email has not come in
yet when leaving apt at 2:30 pm; Last week's
specials expired; Need to see new special deals.
Zahira Peña gave me 3 "Sept. Newsletters" with my poem.

Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 5:20-6:15 pm
Mountain View: Rudy mentioned a silent Ronald Coleman
movie not "The Toilers" (1919) we saw at Stanford Theatre.
Found the Ronald Coleman movies along with Vincente Minnelli movies at Stanford Theatre when I audited Prof. Scott Bukatman's class "The Films of Vincente Minnelli" (Spring Quarter 2006);
Lectures & Events at Stanford University

Here's the day (April 15, 2006) we saw "The Toilers".
Rudy liked the other silent film "The White Sister" (1923) starring Lillian Gish & Ronald Coleman. Dennis James was playing the Wurlitzer. Is this the film Rudy is referring to? Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 6:40-7:30 pm
Mountain View: When Ann told me about Newfoundland
as part of Canada, I recall Princess Elizabeth stamps from
Newfoundland. My 1975 Scott's Postage Stamps Catalogue
(p. 451): "Newfoundland was a self-governing Dominion
of the British Empire from 1855 to 1933, when it became
a Crown Colony. In 1949, it united wih Canada."

Newfoundland 192: Princess Elizabeth (1-2-1932), age 5;
Newfoundland 247: Princess Elizabeth (5-12-1938), age 12;
Newfoundland 269: Princess Elizabeth (4-21-1947); age 21;
issued on her 21st birthday (She'll be Queen in 6 years).

Thursday, September 15, 2022, 8:21-8:32 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:00 am; Woke up @ 12:00 pm
(9 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:32 am—
MIPER = PRIME; CNOWR = CROWN;
CUROHG = GROUCH; TNRAYT = TYRANT

Cartoon Answer— The safari park's rhino
would run at vehicles just to show who was
IE CR GH AN = IN CHARGE
4.74% of 718 responders had trouble with "GROUCH" Thursday, September 15, 2022, 2:00-2:51 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 2:00 pm; Half-hour walk to
Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Metro";
No Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) till later;
Bus #40 @ 2:31 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home

No "Daily Post" printed on Sunday & Tuesday,
so stayed home & worked without any exercise;
Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station for newspapers;
Rudy coming at 6:30 pm for movie at Stanford Theatre.

Thursday, September 15, 2022, 2:00-3:00 pm
Mountain View: "The Psychiatrist Who
Believed People Could Tell the Future"
(By Sam Knight, New Yorker, UK, 3-4-2019)

After a national disaster, a British doctor
began collecting foreboding visions.
Soon, they closed in on him. Thursday, September 15, 2022, 2:00-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Columbia Magazine (Fall 2022)
"Jurassic Parka: How Dinosaurs Survived the Cold"
By David J. Craig (pp. 38-39)

Fossilized footprints suggest that dinosaurs
with feathers roamed through snow in northern China,
secret to their nearly 150-million-year reign of dominance.

Thursday, September 15, 2022, 2:00-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Columbia Magazine (Fall 2022); "BOOKS:
Can Psychic Visions Save Us?" By Rebecca Shapiro (p. 62)
(In The Premonitions Bureau, Sam Knight '04JRN tells true story of
a maverick psychiatrist who believed in power of the paranormal.)

October 21, 1966: Aberfan Coal mining collapse killed 144
(116 children); Psychiatrist John Barker believed some had
experienced supernatural warning signs before the disaster. Thursday, September 15, 2022, 2:00-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Columbia Magazine (Fall 2022)
"How a Cocaine-Addicted Surgeon Changed Medicine Forever"
By Paul Hond (p. 64) (Dr. William Stewart Halsted's decidedly unorthodox surgies led to lifesaving results for generations)

Inventing residency training system in U.S.;
Radical mastectomy for breast cancer;
Introduced rubber surgical gloves.

Thursday, September 15, 2022, 3:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Columbia Magazine (Fall 2022);
"Maude Latour: Confessions of a TikTok Pop Star"
By Julia Joy (pp. 44-45); (How the singer-songwriter
& Columbia graduate found her voice— and her audience.)

Her hit song "One More Weekend", Maude Latour '22CC,
dances across Low Plaza, singing about a past romance,
runs toward Butler Library and collapses on the lawn. Thursday, September 15, 2022, 3:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Columbia Magazine (Fall 2022)
"Making Room for Tigers" By David J. Craig (p. 41)
(Ecologists study new ways to protect the cats' need to roam.)

There are fewer than 5000 wild tigers left in the world,
& more than half of them are in India. Ruth DeFries identifies tracts of land outside nature preserves
that tigers are likely to use for travel.

Thursday, September 15, 2022, 4:30-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Columbia Magazine (Fall 2022)
"How the Mankiewicz Family Got Their Hollywood Ending"
By Paul Hond (pp. 14-19); (They wrote. They raged. They gave
us Citizen Kane & All About Eve. But it took Ben Mankiewicz '92JRN, primetime host on Turner Classic Movies and youngest star of this four-generation Columbia family, to bring them all together.)

Herman J. Mankiewicz wrote "Dinner at Eight" (1933);
Joseph L. Mankiewicz wrote "Cleopatra" (1963);
They wrote 200+ screenplays in Hollywood. Thursday, September 15, 2022, 7:30-10:12 pm
Palo Alto: Stanford Theatre (221 Universty Ave):
Rudy drove here to see Akira Kurosawa directs "Ran" (1985),
with Tatsuya Nakadai, Akira Terao, Jinpachi Nezu, Daisuke Ryu,
Mieko Harada, Yoshiko Miyazaki, Mansai Nomura, Hisashi Igawa, Peter "the Fool", Masayuki Yui, Jun Tazaki, Hitoshi Ueki;
YouTube: (1; 2; 3; 4); Film Reviews: (1; 2; 3; 4)

Based on Shakespeare's "King Lear",
Kurosawa's "Ran" is considered his greatest film,
must be seen in large screen instead of TV's DVD.

Thursday, September 15, 2022, 10:47-11:17 pm
Mountain View: After Stanford Theatre movie Kurosawa's "Ran",
Rudy drove me shopping @ Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave);
I had picked up "Daily Post" & "Metro" earlier @ 2:51 pm;
Land-O-Frost Black Forest Ham 16 oz ($6.99) @ $4.99

Kellogg's Blueberry Eggo Waffles (10 ct) @ $1.99;
2 Sparkling Water Strawberry Creme @ $1.10 = $2.20;
2 Spinach Artichoke Quiche @ $12.99 BOGO = $12.99;
4 Flav-R-Pac Chow Mein Stir-Fry, 12 oz @ $2.50 = $10.00; Thursday, September 15, 2022, 7:00-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Stanford Theatre: Jerry Nagano played Wurlitzer;
Rudy liked the tunes "That's Entertainment" (I said it was closing song in the 1953 film "The Band Wagon"; Rudy said Ethel Merman sang it, but can't find it on YouTube); Also liked "It's Fascination".

Rudy said a blonde lady Helen Hayes sang "Fascination";
Told Rudy Helen Hayes was not blonde. Emailed Rudy 12:36 am: Blonde Jane Morgan (born 3 May 1924, age 98) sang "It's Fascination"; Helen Hayes (1900-1993, age 92).

Friday, September 16, 2022, 7:35-7:53 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:20 am; Woke up @ 10:40 am
(8 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:53 am—
VRYIP = PRIVY; RAGUD = GUARD;
DARONP = PARDON; RTWHYO = WORTHY

Cartoon Answer— The highest bid for
the cartoonist's sketch at the auction was
PRI GAD PDN WOR = "DRAW" DROPPING
71.58% of 1471 responders had trouble with this answer Friday, September 16, 2022, 1:30-4:22 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 1:30 pm; Red Bus @ 1:50 pm to
Showers Dr. ("Daily Post"); Bus #22 @ 2:12 pm to Mary Ave,
for iSmile Dental (970 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale) for
dental implant Tooth #19 & #21 by Dr. Kimberly Kim

Half-hour late for 2 pm appt (2:35 pm); Floris took
3D X-rays; Paid $6521.34 Fidelity check to Asami;
Blood pressure: 142/76; Dr. Kim injected novocaine in
lower jaw; Almost an hour to do the implants (3:25 pm).

Friday, September 16, 2022, 12:00-12:15 pm
Mountain View: KDFC 104.9 FM plays
2022 Classical California Ultimate Playlist—
Number 15: Bedrich Smetana: Ma vlast: The Moldau (1874)

In my poem "Yellow-Veined Leaf Sings"
(10-3-2017), honored Smetna's "The Moldau"
running through Prague's eighteen bridges.
One of Cay Horner's favorite music. (YouTube) Friday, September 16, 2022, 12:15-12:20 pm
Mountain View: KDFC 104.9 FM plays
2022 Classical California Ultimate Playlist—
Number 14: John Williams: Star Wars: Main Title (1977)

Mercury News John Williams & Wiener Philharmoniker—
Folk dancing at MIT in 1977, thought the girl wearing
"May the Force Be With You" button was a physics
student; She told me to see Spielberg's "Star Wars".

Friday, September 16, 2022, 3:25-4:22 pm
iSmile Dental (970 W. El Camino Real, Sunnyvale); Asami gave me
Next appointment: Friday, Nov. 18, 3:30 pm for crown impression;
Implant for top missing Tooth #10 is $3005.91 (by Nov. 16, 2023);
Noticed on wall at end of the hall "iSmile Dental: 650-282-5555"

Kaiser Hospital: 555 Castro Street, Mountain View;
Why is number 55 interesting?— Plato's Timaeus 35b:
Platonic Lambda Λ adds to 55 "Soul of the Universe";
Dante knew this secret; I'm exploring it more deeply. Friday, September 16, 2022, 4:22-6:40 pm
Mountain View: Waited 31 minutes for Bus #22 at Mary Ave
that came at 4:53 pm; Arrived at San Antonio Road at 5:20 pm;
Bus #40 came (5:27 pm), but didn't get "Palo Alto Weekly"
at Chef Chu's news bins yet, so didn't jump on the bus

Take ibuprofen an hour after surgery before anesthetic
wears off; Have pain-killer drug with me but no water;
Pain starting in lower jaw; 5:57 pm Bus #40 never came
until 6:27 pm; Driver says Shoreline Concert caused delay.

Saturday, September 17, 2022, 5:40-5:44 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 6:00 am; Woke up @ 2:00 pm
(8 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 5:44 am—
TEHET = TEETH; RSAHH = HARSH;
CEFNTI = INFECT; FUNELG = ENGULF

Cartoon Answer— When the griffon vulture
came across his buddy at 35,000 feet, he said
EH HRH IT EG = "HIGH" THERE
23.99% of 863 responders had trouble with "ENGULF" Saturday, September 17, 2022, 4:25-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 4:25 pm; Half-hour walk to
Valero (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Peninsula News";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:00-5:20 pm;
Bus #40 @ 5:50 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home

Sig Sel Cinnamon Apple Sauce Cups (6 ct) @ $2.35;
Int Delight Creamer No Sugar Pumpkin Spice @ $3.14;
2 Flav-R-Pac Asparagus Stir Fry, 12 oz @ $2.50 = $5.00;
Sig Farms Spinach-Artichoke Dip, 10 oz @ $5.99 = Free.

Saturday, September 17, 2022, 10:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Time magazine (Sept. 29, 2022) came
Bookmarked 3 articles: "RELIGION: King Charles III's
Unique Relationship with Islam Could Bridge Divides"
(By H.A. Hellyer, Time, September 13, 2022)

When it comes to tradition, the King has over the years repeatedly mentioned René Guénon, who inspired several different movements critical of modernity's excesses, seeking to rediscover metaphysics in a secular age. While Guénon was a French convert to Islam, much of his analysis was philosophically taken up by non-Muslims looking for
an appraisal of modernity rooted in metaphysics & tradition;
the new King is probably the most famous among them. As prince he also praised the likes of Martin Lings, an English Muslim convert & expert on Shakespeare, for his work on Islam, writing a foreword to one of Lings' books.) Saturday, September 17, 2022, 11:05 pm-12:29 am
Mountain View: Time magazine (Sept. 29, 2022) issue
celebrates life of Queen Elizabeth; On page 6, Elizabeth is
shown on 9 magazine covers (can't find this page on the web);
Sir Cecil Beaton took photo in 1968, when Elizabeth was 42.

All 12 covers of Elizabeth on Time magazine;
Wall Art of Elizabeth Time magazine covers @ $15;
Since I have only 3 Newfoundland stamps of Princess
Elizabeth, decided to add 9 Time magazine covers of
Elizabeth to Newfoundland page. Time cover (4-29-1929) showing Princess Lilibet at age 3 is younger than the Newfoundland stamp (1-2-1932) of her at age 5. *****
Interesting Prince Charles likes works of René Guénon.
I have 4 of his books— Man and His Becoming According
to the Vedanta, Symbolism of the Cross, Multiple States
of Being, Reign of Quantity & Signs of the Times.

Sunday, September 18, 2022, 11:20-11:30 am
Mountain View: To bed at 4:00 am; Woke up @ 10:50 am;
(7 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 11:30 am—
LRIEOO = ORIOLE; VOROYG = GROOVY;
RUREDD = RUDDER; ROUBWR = BURROW;
SFYIPF = SPIFFY; FBFEAL = BAFFLE

Cartoon Answer— After winning their first
three games in a row, he team was ready to try
OO OO RUR URR FF FF = FOR FOUR FOR FOUR
18.96% of 385 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, September 18, 2022, 3:00-6:30 pm
Palo Alto: Stanford Theatre (221 Universty Ave):
Rudy & I saw Akira Kurosawa directs "Seven Samurai" (1954),
with Toshiro Mifune, Takashi Shimura, Daisuke Kato, Isao Kimura,
Minoru Chiaki, Seiji Miyaguchi, Yoshio Inaba, Yoshio Tsuchiya, Kamatari Fujiwara, Keiko Tsushima, Bokuzen Hidari, Shinpei Takagi; YouTube: (1; 2; 3; 4); Film Reviews: (1; 2; 3; 4)

I've seen this film three times already,
but Rudy never saw "Seven Samurai",
so I want him to enjoy this all-time classic.

Sunday, September 18, 2022, 7:18-8:00 pm
Palo Alto: Raining after leaving Stanford Theatre;
Lots of puddles walking to Bryant Street Parking Lot;
Rudy liked "Seven Samurai" movie's plot better than "Ran"

Rudy saw "The Magnificent Seven" (1960) starring
Yul Brenner, Steve McQueen Charles Bronson,
Robert Vaughn, James Coburn, but not the
remake (2016) with Denzel Washington. Sunday, September 18, 2022, 8:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: "FOOTBALL: Trey Lance suffers season-ending ankle injury vs. Seahawks; Garoppolo leads 49ers to win 27-7"
(By Tyler Greenawalt, Yahoo News, 9-18-2022)

"MLB: Dodgers beats Giants 4-3" in 10th inning;
"Aaron Judge hits 58th & 59th homers, just two shy
of Maris"; Yankees slugger has most single-season
homers in AL history by a right-handed hitter.

Sunday, September 18, 2022, 9:00-10:50 pm
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: Secret Muir Woods:
There's a hidden back door to this popular park"
(By Ben Davidson, Mercury News, September 18, 2022, F7-F8)

Muir Woods is one of California's most popular National Parks, but there's a back door in on the Canopy View Trail
that lets you enjoy majesty of redwoods without the crowds.
Hiking Canopy View trail from Mount Tam is sort of an Alice in Wonderland experience. Lost Trail makes a steep descent into Fern Creek Canyon & upper Muir Woods. Sunday, September 18, 2022, 9:00-10:50 pm
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO:
Top 7 new museums on the planet include a California pick"
(By Jackie Burrell, Mercury News, September 18, 2022, F7)

1. The Fellini Museum, Rimini, Italy;
2. M+, Hong Kong; 3. MoMu, Antwerp, Belgium;
4. Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Atchugarry, Uruguay;
5. Murakami Library, Tokyo; 6. Munch Museum, Oslo;
7. Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Los Angeles;
8. Denver Art Museum.

Monday, September 19, 2022, 10:04-10:08 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:55 am; Woke up @ 12:25 pm
(10.5 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 10:08 am—
LRIGL = GRILL; CDYEA = DECAY;
DLHUED = HUDDLE; TUTIFO = OUTFIT

Cartoon Answer— When they saw that a doe had
jumped the fence and was in their garden, they said
R DE HE O = OH "DEER"
7.94% of 743 responders had trouble with this answer Monday, September 19, 2022, 2:40-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 2:40 pm; Half-hour walk to
Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:20-3:42 pm;
Bus #40 @ 3:47 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home

Sig Farms Spinach Dip, 12 oz @ $5.99 = Free;
Int Delight Coffee Creamer Hazelnut @ $3.14;
Gorton Parmesan Crusted Fish Fillets (10 ct) @ $5.00;
Sig Sel Croissants (10 ct) @ $5.00 - $2 Reward = $3.00.

Monday, September 19, 2022, 10:33 am
Mountain View: Steve Gould 10:33 am email forwarded
photo of Sept. 10's "Harvest Moon" taken by his EPA's
co-worker & amateur astronomer James Haklar; He didn't
colorize the Moon, but increased saturation in Photoshop.
Blue color in lunar "seas" is due to Titanium.

Last email to Steve was on July 4. Send him now—
7 poems (July 13-Sept. 11, 2022);
3 hikes (July 14-Sept. 16, 2022);
Happy Birthday! August 5 (July 5, 2022);
Newfoundland Princess Elizabeth Stamps. Monday, September 19, 2022, 4:52-6:15 pm
Mountain View: Stanford Theatre added two more movies
Thursday-Sunday, Sept. 22-25: "The Apartment" (1960)
(Jack Lemon & Shirley McLaine) 5:15 pm, 9:35 pm &
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961) (Audrey Hepburn and
George Peppard) 7:30-9:25 pm (also 3:10 matinee Sat/Sun)

Missed Audrey Hepburn movies at Stanford Theatre—
July 30-31: "Sabrina" with Humphrey Bogart;
Sept. 3-4: "Roman Holiday" with Gregory Peck;
Sept. 10-11: "My Fair Lady" with Rex Harrison;
Like to see & hear Audrey sing "Moon River".

Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 10:14-10:35 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:00 am;
Woke up @ 12:16 pm (12 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 10:35 am—
SURTM = STRUM; DWGEE = WEDGE;
SLENSO = LESSON; TINDAY = DAINTY

Cartoon Answer— She stitched the fabric
together and thought it would hold,
SM WEE ES DA = "SEW" (IT) "SEAMED"
24.1% of 996 responders had trouble with this answer Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 2:00-4:00 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed Tuesday;
Stayed home to work; Plan to see "The Apartment"
& "Breakfast at Tiffany's on Thursday Sept. 22;
Al Guzman & Jack Mullen not well to go yet.
Rudy trying to register for Foothill's Fall Quarter.

Since the Stanford Theatre movies will
be over by 9:25 pm, I'll be able to catch
Bus #22 at Train Depot @ 9:44 pm and last
Bus #40 @ 10:15 pm at Showers Drive home.

Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 3:00-3:30 pm
Mountain View: "THEATRE: After 35 Years,
'The Phantom of the Opera' Will Stop Haunting Broadway"
(Phantom has sold 19.8 million tickets & grossed $1.3 billion.)
(By Ella Feldman, Smithsonian, 9-20-2022);
For my Numbers Collection: 13,925

Due to declining ticket sales, Broadway's longest-running show will close this winter at Broadway's Majestic Theatre
on February 18, 2023, with a record 13,925 performances. Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 4:00-4:30 pm
Mountain View: On 9/16, KDFC 104.9 FM played
the top of "2022 Classical California Ultimate Playlist"—
1. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #9 "Choral";
2. Antonin Dvorak: Symphony #9 "From the New World";
3. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony #7;

4. George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue: 5. Beethoven: Symphony #6 "Pastoral"; 6. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2; 7. Beethoven: Symphony #5 (my favorite).

Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 4:30-6:20 pm
Mountain View: Searched through 5 boxes and over
100 folders but can't find graphic design magazine
image & poem "Why Is the Moon Smiling?" (circa 1995)

Recall Joseph Campbell telling of seeing
at sea a sunset and moonrise at same time
and can't tell the difference which is which. Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 4:30-6:20 pm
Mountain View: While searching for poem "Why Is the Moon
Smiling?", found book Janet McCrickard's "Eclipse of the Sun:
An Investigation into Sun and Moon Myths" (1990)

This is the first source book of Sun-goddesses
and Moon gods, reversing the long-held belief
that the Sun is masculine & Moon is feminine.

Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 6:20-7:20 pm
Mountain View: Searched for circular smiling moon
image in graphic design magazine (circa 1995) that
was like a Noh mask, but found none resembling it

Of the dozens of images on smiling moon
Noh mask, the best one found is this carving
from Bali by artist Gusti Ngurah Semarajaya. Tuesday, September 20, 2022, 7:20-8:00 pm
Mountain View: Don't remember poem "Why Is the Moon
Smiling?", written some 27 years ago except the last line;
Will try to reconstruct this poem as best as I can.

The graphic design magazine has a full-page
image of a circular Noh mask of the Moon—
with question: "Why Is the Moon Smiling?"

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 9:34-9:51 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:15 am;
Woke up @ 12:10 pm (12 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 9:51 am—
DYDDA = DADDY; RIKSE = SKIER;
OATTPO = POTATO; DORUNG = GROUND

Missed Cartoon Answer— When the auto
body shop repaired all the car's dings, he said
DDD SIE OTO GRN = GOOD "RID-DENTS"
58.23% of 1355 responders had trouble with this answer. Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 3:35-5:05 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 3:35 pm; Half-hour walk to
Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:12-4:37 pm;
Red Bus @ 4:45 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home

Sig Sel Apple Juice, 64 oz @ $1.62;
Sig Farms Roman Lettuce, 9 oz @ $1.99 = Free;
4 Lucerne Sliced Cheese, 8 oz @ $1.99 x 4 = $7.96;
4 Pringles Mega Potato Chips, 7.1 oz, @ $1.69 x 4 = $6.76;
2 Stouffer's Swedish Meatballs ($4.99) @ $3.78 x 2 = $7.56.

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 6:00-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Checked Concordances in my library—
Bible: New King James Version (1983): 161 Sun; 63 Moon;
Dante's Divine Comedy (1965): 117 Sun (Sole); 17 Moon (Luna)

Checked Concordances on the web—
William Shakespeare: 252 Sun; 130 Moon;
Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass: 115 Sun; 46 Moon. Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 7:00-8:00 pm
Mountain View: Searched through 20 more folders,
but can't find old poem "Why Is the Moon Smiling";
Recall Noh mask image vividly, but no idea of the poem.

Better to write a new fresh poem
with images of the Sun and Moon—
Father Sun, Mother Moon, day and night.

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 7:30-9:50 pm
Mountain View: Find Images of "Moonrise at Sea";
"Sunset at Sea"; "Sun Tarot Card 19"; "Moon Tarot Card 18";

Autumn Sun over Prairie in Daytime;
Crescent Moon Above Forest at Night;
Sun Symbol; Moon Symbol; Yin-Yang Symbol
of Yang (Sun, Day, White) & Yin (Moon, Night, Black). Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 10:00-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Recent emails from friends—
Rudy enjoyed articles on Queen Elizabeth II

Steve Gould confused by Brueghel's The Harvester at
Metropolitan Museum & Hay Harvest at Prague Castle;
Ann likes to see "The Children's Hour" film (1961);
Karen's favorites: "Cinema Paradiso" & "Il Postino".

Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 10:30-11:55 pm
Mountain View: "Prince Andrew 'lobbied hard'
to stop Charles becoming king, claims royal insider"
(By Angela Levin, The Telegraph, UK, Yahoo News, 9-21-2022)

Princess Diana plotted with Andrew to try to push Prince Charles aside so Prince Andrew could become Regent to Prince William, who was then a teenager, claims a new book by Angela Levin "Camilla: From Outcast to Queen Consort", with insights on Camilla, who warmed her way to the Queen, Prince Philip, Princess Anne, and Princes William & Harry. Wednesday, September 21, 2022, 11:55 pm-12:34 am
Mountain View: Read article by Angela Levin
in "The Telegraph" (9-21-2022), based on her book
"Camilla: From Outcast to Queen Consort" (9-29-2022)

Camilla's composure through all outcasts by the media,
and crisis she endured, tells me why Charles loved her
more than Princess Diana. Camilla understood spiritual
yearnings of Prince Charles more than Diana. Charles
read works of Paracelsus, René Guénon, Martin Lings—
books I've read for those embarking on a spiritual quest.

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 12:40-1:40 am
Mountain View: 'The Moment That Struck My Soul':
A TV Reporter's Notes on the Queen's Funeral
(By Sirena He, Esquire, Yahoo News, 9-21-2022)

Vladimir Duthiers of CBS had been reporting live on
QE II's funeral for 15 hours. "The moment that really
struck me in the pit of my soul was when Imperial State
Crown, the orb, and the scepter were removed from the coffin by the crown jeweler. That moment symbolized
the first time the Queen was separated from the throne
since she ascended. The congregation began to sing
'God Save the King'. His entire life, King Charles III,
had always heard 'God Save the Queen' as the British National Anthem, and now he was hearing it with
himself as the monarch. I looked at his face, and it
looked like he was on the verge of crying. It was
a really beautiful moment. You could see that it
finally struck him, that for the first time it was
about a son about to bury his mother." Thursday, September 22, 2022, 1:40-3:00 am
Mountain View: "King Charles III made history
as the oldest person to take the British throne
at age 73. Here's the best photo from every
year of his royal career" (52 photos)
(By Tom Murray, Alison Millington,
Mikhaila Friel, Yahoo News, 9-20-2022)

King Charles III was the longest-serving
heir apparent before he became monarch.
Charles, formerly known as the Prince
of Wales, waited to be king for 70 years.
He has had many royal career highlights
and personal experiences in the public eye.
1978: Prince Charles made the cover of
TIME magazine. The publication described
him as a "most uncommon bloke."
1985: Charles and Diana whipped the US into
a frenzy when they visited Washington D.C.
At the White House, the princess took to
the dance floor with John Travolta.

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 8:44-8:49 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:30 am;
Woke up @ 2:05 pm (9.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 9:51 am—
ADMYL = MADLY; SWLAH = SHAWL;
GRAFOE = FORAGE; CRORGE = GROCER

Cartoon Answer— The groundkeeping crew
finished prepping the field early and was
MAD HA FAE GOE = AHEAD OF (THE) GAME
28.81% of 1083 responders had trouble with this answer. Thursday, September 22, 2022, 4:00-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Autumnal equinox arrives at 9:04 p.m. EDT:
(By Kelly Hayes, Fox 5 NY News, Sept. 21, 2022);
Head to Stanford Theatre to see "The Apartment" (5:15 pm)
"Breakfast at Tiffany's" (7:30 pm); Door opens @ 4:45 pm;
Pick up "Daily Post" at Showers Drive Wal-Mart news bins

Leave apt @ 4:00 pm; Bus #40 @ 4:25 pm; Picked up
"Daily Post" & "Metro" at Wal-Mart news bins;
Bus #522 @ 5:15 pm; Stanford Theatre @ 5:30 pm;
15 minutes late for "The Apartment" movie.

Thursday, September 22, 2022, 5:30-7:20 pm
Palo Alto: Stanford Theatre (221 Universty Ave):
Billy Wilder directs "The Apartment" (1960) with Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, Fred MacMurray, Ray Walston, Jack Kruschen, David Lewis, Edie Adams, Hope Holiday, Joan Shawlee,
Naomi Stevens, Johnny Seven, Joyce Jameson;
YouTube: (1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6); Film Reviews: (1; 2; 3; 4)

Jack Lemmon lets his co-workers use his apartment
for their ex-marital affairs; He & his boss Fred MacMurray
are both in love with elevator operator Shirley McLaine;
Jack gets promoted but quits, and Shirley falls for him. Thursday, September 22, 2022, 7:30-9:25 pm
Palo Alto: Stanford Theatre (221 Universty Ave):
Blake Edwards directs "Breakfast at Tiffany's" (1961), with
Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, José Luis de Vilallonga, John McGiver, Stanley Adams, Elvia Allman, Alan Reed, Mickey Rooney, Dorothy Whitney, Orangey; YouTube: (1; 2; 3; 4; 5); Reviews: (1; 2; 3; 4)

Favorite scene: seeing Audrey sing "Moon River";
Movie based on Truman Capote's 1958 book Breakfast at Tiffany's. Capote's Black & White Masquerade Ball (1968)
at NYC's Plaza Hotel for the jet-set and the rich & famous.

Friday, September 23, 2022, 12:06-1:12 pm
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:35 am;
Woke up @ 11:55 am (7.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 1:12 pm—
SOEMO = MOOSE; NAGTI = GIANT;
TPIOEP = POTPIE; TCLUEN = LUCENT

Cartoon Answer— He last visited the
Mediterranean coast 40 years ago, which was
MOS GAN OIE LENT = LONG TIME NO "SEA"
47.75% of 1424 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, September 23, 2022, 3:45-5:35 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 3:45 pm; Bus #40 @ 4:22 pm
to Chef Chu's bins for "Daily Post" & Palo Alto Weekly";
Wells Fargo to see Manager Jonathan Deeb @ 4:45-5:20 pm;
Bus #40 @ 5:23 pm to Central Xpwy Stop and walked home;
(Forgot Safeway's Friday Specials: Quaker Instant Oatmeal 3/$5)

Manager told me to see Avash Shrestha (from Nepal);
Half-hour to contact Fraud Department to refund
$40 charge from East Palo Alto Shell Station
(stolen wallet) in my June 15, 2022 statement.

Friday, September 23, 2022, 7:20-8:00 pm
Mountain View: Poem: "Wonder" (3-11-2016);
Alex Grey's "Zena Gazing at the Moon" (1996):
Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata" (1802)

Antonin Dvorak: "Song to the Moon" from Rusalka (1901);
Ansel Adams: "Moonrise, Hernandez, New Mexico" (1941);
Vincent Van Gogh's painting: "The Starry Night" (1889);
Giacomo Leopardi's poem: "Alla Luna" (1821). Friday, September 23, 2022, 8:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Rounding up paintings, music,
and poetry honoring the Moon to refresh my memory
on what I wrote 27 years ago "Why Is the Moon Smiling?"

Van Gogh's "Starry Night" has Moon in upper right corner;
Dvorak's "Song to the Moon" video has 10 Moon images;
Adams' "Moonrise" photo sold for $609,600 in 2006;
Leopardi: "O, lovely moon, how well do I recall thee".

Saturday, September 24, 2022, 8:33-8:45 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:30 am;
Woke up @ 11:40 am (11 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:45 am—
FNUIT = UNFIT; PENOR = PRONE;
MAAERC = CAMERA; TNHESC = STENCH

Cartoon Answer— She had no interest in
the cafe's new latte drink because it wasn't
UF PRO CAE TEH = HER CUP OF TEA
14.16% of 699 responders had trouble with "STENCH". Saturday, September 24, 2022, 3:00-4:20 pm
Mountain View: Ann came at 3 pm; Gave her bag of newspapers
plus "Newfoundland Elizabeth Stamps" & "Nature Walks 2022";
She drove to Valero Station for "Daily Post" & "Peninsula News";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:15-3:55 pm;
Bus #40 @ 4:08 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home

Yerba Sparkling Beverage, 16 oz @ $3.19 = Free;
4 Lucerne Sliced Cheese, 8 oz @ $1.99 x 4 = $7.96;
Flav-R-Pac Asparagus Stir Fry Vegetables, 12 oz @ $2.50;
4 Pringles Mega Potato Chips, 7.1 oz, @ $1.69 x 4 = $6.76.

Saturday, September 24, 2022, 6:05-8:30 pm
Mountain View: Phoned Network Solutions (1-866-908-3442);
Waited an hour 10 minutes (6:05-7:15 pm), before speaking
with Don; Sent 6-digit code (text message) to my phone xxx-7056;
Told Don I don't have cell-phone but landline phone; He sent code
to my Yahoo email for me to enter New Password (14-16 characters)

After many tries, finally "Password" was
successful; However User-Name was incorrect;
Still can't access my emails @ wisdomportal.com. Saturday, September 24, 2022, 8:30 pm-12:30 am
Mountain View: Poetry News: "John Keats" (By Lucasta Miller, Spectator, UK, 9-24-2022); "Robert Penn Warren" (By Mik Davis, PineBelt News, 9-24-2022); 'Poetry is a lifelong quest!' (By Jhilam Chattaraj, The Hans India, Hyderabad, 9-25-2022); Enlightenment News "Sadhguru" (By Sanjeev Sharma, ZeeNews, India, 9-24-2022)

Interesting News: "Workers Spot Giant Snake—
You Won't Believe What They Found Inside!"
Vet sedated anaconda, cut it open, worker's lunchbox!

Sunday, September 25, 2022, 7:18-7:27 am
Mountain View: To bed at 2:40 am; Woke up @ 2:20 pm;
(12 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:27 am—
TBINET = BITTEN; DNCIUT = INDUCT;
MHRAME = HAMMER; NSAAOT = SONATA;
FTRFEO = EFFORT; LMEYLS = SMELLY

Missed Cartoon Answer— With so many relatives telling
him how to cure his back problems, he longed for the
TTE IN AMR SNT ET EL = SILENT TREATMENT
53.9% of 525 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, September 25, 2022, 3:00-3:30 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed on Sunday,
stayed home to work; Was going to do laundry today,
but Washing Machine & Dryer no longer accepting coins;
Need to put cash in Wash Laundry Card to do laundry;
Will this require credit card to activate payment?

Instead of $1.50 Wash & $1.00 Dry for laundry,
minimum $10 Wash Card payment, will give
wash.com $3500 instantly (350 tenants x $10).
Don't have cell phone to scan QR to watch video.

Friday, October 6, 2017, 9:29-11:55 am
Robin from Network Solutions phoned at 9:29 am
saying WisdomPortal.com domain name registration
is due Oct. 11. Rudy came and paid $499.95 on his
VISA card that I reimbursed him with Fidelity check.

$100/year for web hosting and
domain name comes out to
$5/month web hosting. Sunday, September 25, 2022, 6:20-7:30 pm
Mountain View: WisdomPortal.com domain name expiring
October 6, 2022 (WhoIs); Rudy renewed for 5 years plus
web hosting at Network Solutions paid $499.95 on 10-6-2017;
6-12-2022: SSL expires 06-8-2024; Domain Name: 10-11-2022

Since Al Guzman paid $119.98 for 2 years
SSL Secure website (https) on 7-5-2020 & 6-12-2022,
perhaps he'll also renew my domain name for 5 years.

Sunday, September 25, 2022, 6:20-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Can't access my emails @ wisdomportal.com,
but when Hu Li (Cornell) wants to LinkedIn with me,
discovered 51 emails @ gmail that I never looked at—

32 emails from Stanford's Sarum Medieval Group;
10 emails from Foothill's LINC-405 class projects;
8 emails from Google Photos to buy their products;
Karen impressed by "Happy Birthday: April 5" project. Sunday, September 25, 2022, 7:30-8:30 pm
Mountain View: Al Guzman told me Rick Edwards retired
from Smart Shop; He updated my VTA Bus Clipper Card;
now Christopher Custer is in charge; Emailed him @ 8:02 pm

Christopher promptly emailed back @ 8:11 pm—
"I just checked your card and it is active
in the system. It does this automatically
when you register for classes."

Sunday, September 25, 2022, 10:24 pm-2:24 am
Mountain View: Formatted 8 Stanford Theatre photos from
camera chip; downloaded 4 Film Posters & 2 movie images
to complete "Stanford Theatre Summer 2022 Movies"

Camera was not working well— Marquees for
Kurosawa's "Ran" & "Seven Samurai" didn't
come out as well as display window photos. Monday, September 26, 2022, 2:25-3:06 am
Mountain View: Since photos of Stanford Theatre
Marquees for Kurosawa movies didn't come out,
downloaded Posters of these films & times seen

Rudy came to see "Ran" on Sept. 15
and "Seven Samurai" on Sept. 18
with me and enjoyed the latter more.

Monday, September 26, 2022, 5:20-5:33 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 5:40 am;
Woke up @ 1:55 pm (8 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 5:33 am—
CVAHO = HAVOC; MLRUE = LEMUR;
MSUREM = SUMMER; DONIWW = WINDOW

Cartoon Answer— When they arrived to
see their friends by the campfire, they got a
AC LER MME WOW = WARM WELCOME
27.05% of 891 responders had trouble with "LEMUR". Monday, September 26, 2022, 4:40-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 4:40 pm; Bus #40 left
without stopping; Next Bus #40 sped past Bus Stop,
& stopped 20 feet away as I shouted "Stop" and ran
after it; Bus #21 @ 5:40 pm; Kaiser (555 Castro St.)
@ 5:50 pm; Their hours: Mon-Fri 8:00 am-5:30 pm

One-Touch Meter for blood sugar no longer working;
Phoned 1-888-567-3003 & told to buy new battery CR2032;
I have 3 of them (expires Mar. 2024), but none worked:
Was hoping Pharmacy's Consultation Person would help.

Monday, September 26, 2022, 6:00-7:45 pm
Mountain View: Driver of Bus #522 @ 6:02 pm said
Bus #22 is right behind him; but didn't come until 6:20 pm;
Shopping at Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd) 6:45-7:15 pm;
"Daily Post" by Chef Chu's bins; 7:27 pm Bus #40 home

Yerba Sparkling Beverage, 16 oz @ $3.19 = Free;
2 Buddig Honey Ham, 8 oz ($3.49) @ $2.50 = $5.00;
Sig Sel Sparkling Drink Mango-Pineapple, 1 liter @ $1.10;
2 Pringles Mega Potato Chips, 7.1 oz, @ $1.69 x 2 = $3.38;
Sig Farms Walnut Unsalted Halves & Pieces 16 oz @ $5.00. Monday, September 26, 2022, 8:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Rudy phoned @ 10:25 am; Told him
I went to bed @ 5:40 am, too sleepy to meet him today;
Rudy is 4th on wait list for CS55G: AWS (Amazon Web Services)
class starting Wednesday 9/28; Instructor told him to tune in Zoom

My Foothill's Fall Quarter 2022 LINC-405 class
"Beginning Technology Skills" with Kas Pereira
began on September 26 at 8 am with Orientation;
Zoom Office Hours: Wed. 6:30-8:00 pm (9-28-2022)
with Kim Randall, Gene Tognetti, and William Cavada.

Monday, September 26, 2022, 10:49-12:48 am
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: A walking tour of San Francisco's Barbary Coast Trail, from the man who designed it"
(By John Metcalfe, Mercury News, September 25, 2022, F7-F8)

From shanghaiing dens to a hidden renegade park,
this unique trail is a delight for history lovers;
Barbary Coast Trail features 180 bronze sidewalk
medallions installed in a 3.8 mile-long journey
marking sites of interest from pre-California
Gold Rush to just after Great 1906 Earthquake;
North America's oldest Chinatown gives Waverly
Place the name "Street of the Painted Balconies."
Daniel Bacon offers on his website, maps of
Sidewalk Safari, AllTrails and Roving Vails. Monday, September 26, 2022, 10:49-12:48 am
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO:
22 of the USA's most underrated destinations"
(By Joe Yogerst, CNN, Mercury News, September 25, 2022, F7)

1. Central MA; 2. Block Island, RI; 3. Buffalo, NY;
4. Pennsylvania Wilds; 5. West Virginia; 6. Durham, NC;
7. Cumberland Island National Seashore, GA; 8. Florida's Forgotten Coast; 9. Ouachita Mountains, AR; 10. Oklahoma; 11. Kansas City, MO; 12. Southern Illinois; 13. Lake Superior; 14. North Park, CO; 15. White Sands National Park, NM; 16. West Texas; 17. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, UT; 18. Tacoma, WA; 19. Channel Islands National Park, CA; 20. San Luis Obispo, CA;
21. Ka'u District, HI; 22. Matanuska Valley, AK.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 12:28-12:40 pm
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:15 am;
Woke up @ 12:15 pm (9 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 12:40 pm—
MHNUA = HUMAN; DIUGE = GUIDE;
GIDSNI = SIDING; NIHED = HINDER

Cartoon Answer— The land parcels near
the top of the mountain cost more and were
HMA GID DIN HNE = IN HIGH DEMAND
14.09% of 880 responders had trouble with this answer. Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 2:45-5:25 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 2:45 pm; Red Bus @ 3:25 pm
Bus #21 @ 3:32 pm, Kaiser Pharmacy (555 Castro St.)
Consultant Nu Nuygen placed another CR2032 battery in
my One-Touch Meter, black dot showed up— it's working!
Blood sugar was 156 @ 4:05 pm— highest since 9/12 @ 167

My low blood sugar from 9/20-9/25— 60, 77, 68, 83,
116, 84, 85, 71, 80, 72, 61, 80— Could it be due to
battery on low side? Should have gotten my HB1Ac
tested to verify accuracy. Will see results next few days.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 7:00-8:00 pm
Mountain View: "ASTRONOMY: James Webb Space
Telescope captures Neptune's rings in new images"
(By Teddy Grant, Yahoo News, 9-21-2022)

Clearest view of Neptune's rings in over 30 years since
NASA's Voyager 2 photographically captured the rings
during a flyby in 1989; first time we've seen them in the
infrared; Webb also captured 7 of Neptune's 14 moons,
with its largest moon Triton, orbiting the planet backward. Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 7:00-8:00 pm
Mountain View: "ASTRONOMY:
Jupiter from the Webb Space Telescope"
(By Ricardo Hueso, NASA Science, 8-30-2022)

James Webb Space Telescope which orbits the Sun near
Earth, has a mirror over 6 meters across making it largest
astronomical telescope ever launched, with 15 times more
light-collecting area than Hubble. Clearly visible are
Jupiter's dust ring, and bright auroras at the poles.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 8:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: "Watch incredible moment NASA
crashes fridge-sized satellite into moving asteroid"
(By Rob Waugh, Yahoo News, 9-26-2022)

The goal of DART mission, which launched in November
2021, is to hit an asteroid with a spacecraft to slightly
alter its trajectory. Dimorphos posed no threat to Earth:
"IMPACT SUCCESS!" NASA tweeted after its
spacecraft collided with the 170-metre wide (560 ft)
asteroid at about 00:20 UK time on Tuesday 9/26. Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 8:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: "ROYALTY: King Charles III's new cypher
revealed— but do you know what the "R" stands for?"
(By Lisa Joyner, Yahoo News, 9-27-2022)

The cypher, which will appear on government buildings, state documents & postboxes, features the King's initial "C"
interwined with letter "R" for Rex— Latin word for King.
It also features "III" in the middle and a crown placed above. Crown was used by King George VI. QE II's cipher, EIIR, stood for Elizabeth II Regina, the Latin word for Queen.

Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 9:30-11:40 pm
Mountain View: "Everything Is Enlightenment"
(By Joan Sutherland, Lion's Roar, 9-27-2022)

Enlightenment is everywhere we look— we can choose to notice it, but at the same time, we can also trust that it will find us, wherever we are. A thousand years ago, Izumi Shikibu wrote "Watching the moon / at dawn, / solitary,
mid-sky, / I knew myself completely: / no part left out." Awakening is a marriage of wisdom and compassion,
and both wisdom and compassion are made up of enlightening and endarkening. Tuesday, September 27, 2022, 9:30-11:40 pm
Mountain View: "Is This the Secret to Happiness?"
(By Robert Waldinger, Lion's Roar, 8-24-2022)

Buddhism, psychology, and life experience all agree on one point: a larger, more connected sense of self makes life fulfilling and meaningful. Preoccupation with the small
self— the sense of ourself as fixed, unchanging, and independent— makes us suffer. The felt experience of
a more spacious, fluid, and interconnected self is the foundation of well-being. Living the truth of our larger selves, reminding each other this is the medicine we need.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 9:25-9:30 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:30 am;
Woke up @ 11:00 am (8.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 9:30 am—
SEGSU = GUESS; NUMDO = MOUND;
TTPIEE = PETITE; SIWAGJ = JIGSAW

Cartoon Answer— When given the chance to
perform a motorcycle stunt on TV, Evel Knievel
UE MD PTT JIA = JUMPED AT IT
8.42% of 760 responders had trouble with "PETITE". Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Mountain View: Al Guzman woke me up at 11 am;
He called Network Solutions, spoke with Sahed to renew my
WisdomPortal.com domain name & web hosting for 3 years
@ $411, paying with his MasterCharge credit card, that I'll
reimburse with Fidelity check when seeing him on Saturday

Joshua Duites from Network Solutions resolved
my peter@wisdomportal.com email account that
was suspended (5-2-2022) due to excessive spam;
Last checked my email (4-24-2022); 77 emails InBox.

Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 3:50-5:20 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:50 pm; Gray Bus @ 4:15 pm
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:20-4:38 pm;
Bus #40 @ 5:09 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home

Florida Natural Orange Juice, 52 oz @ $3.50;
Land-O-Frost Black Forest Ham, 16 oz @ $4.99;
Sig Sel Croissants (10 ct) @ $5.00 - $2 Reward = $3.00;
Sig Sel Sparkling Drink Kiwi-Strawberry, 1 liter @ $1.10. Wednesday, September 28, 2022, 6:30-8:00 pm
Mountain View: Zoom Session for LINC-405 class;
Gene Tognetti is doing Skills Workshop today;
Location: https://fhda-edu.zoom.us/j/3347034289
Informed my version of Zoom 5.1.20 is outdated.

Need to install 5.30 version. Installation
incomplete as my Zoom Password was Invalid.
Also "The installation failed. You need to have
administrative privileges to install this software."

Thursday, September 29, 2022, 10:27-10:37 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:10 am;
Woke up @ 10:10 am (9 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 10:37 am—
PRWIE = WIPER; HLOSS = SLOSH;
DTREVI = DIVERT; SATHAM = ASTHMA

Cartoon Answer— When he couldn't find
the playing cards, the poker players said
WE LS DT AHA = WHAT'S (THE) DEAL?
33.02% of 960 responders had trouble with "ASTHMA". Thursday, September 29, 2022, 11:00 am-12:00 pm
Mountain View: Checked theaters showing the film
"The Woman King" on Saturday October 1—
Shoreline Century 16 Cinema at 12:50 PM @ $12.50;
ICON Theater Mountain View at 1:10 PM @ $10.75;
Cinelux: Almaden Cafe & Lounge at 12:30 PM @ $6.50

Movies that I wished to see—
"Elvis" and "Thor: Love & Thunder"
are no longer showing, but Al Guzman
can see both films on television at his home.

Thursday, September 29, 2022, 3:50-5:20 pm
Mountain View: "BASEBALL: 'I almost had it': Frankie Lasagna laments missed opportunity to catch Aaron Judge's 61st homer"
(By Lorenzo Reyes, USA Today, 9-29-2022); Number #61

Judge entered the Yankees' series at Toronto this week
one shy of the AL record of 61 home runs set by Roger
Maris (1961); 61 years to tie Maris 61 homers in 1961.
Judge gave the ball to his Mom who was in attendance;
Judge will win MVP as well as Triple Crown for 2022. Thursday, September 29, 2022, 3:50-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:50 pm; Gray Bus @ 5:15 pm
to Valero (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:30-6:11 pm;
Bus #40 @ 6:20 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home

Sig Sel Cinnamon Apple Sauce (6 ct) @ $2.49;
Int Delight Coffee Creamer Pumpkin Spice @ $3.14;
Sig Sel Sparkling Drink Raspberry-Blackberry @ 96¢;
Bird's Eye Viola! Garlic Shrimp 21 oz ($8.99) @ $4.99.

Thursday, September 29, 2022, 3:50-5:15 pm
Mountain View: Mid-Peninsula Housing Service Coordinator
Zahira Peña helped me to put $10 on wash.com Card for laundry;
Deducted $10 from my Wells Fargo Visa Debit Card (never used); Only machine for this transaction is on 2nd floor of Office Building

Mid-Peninsula Housing 9/27 mail informs
rent increase from $1183 to $1242/month
starting 1-1-2023; No increase during pandemic. Thursday, September 29, 2022, 3:50-5:15 pm
Mountain View: Consulted with Mid-Peninsula Housing
Assistant Manager Jessica Sparks on $25 charge on
bounced Fidelity $1183 check for April rent; Fidelity
sent me April statement: check #1905 $1183 cashed 4/12

April Checking account balance was $13,760.73;
Jessica says Fidelity check #1902 for March bounced;
Found my balance was $13,202.56 in March statement.

Thursday, September 29, 2022, 10:00-11:55 pm
Mountain View: "ROYALTY: Meet Adele Hankey:
Queen Elizabeth's American Pen Pal for Seven Decades"
(By Anna Robinson, Grunge, UK, 9-19-2022)

Adele Hankey of North Dakota had a surprising way
of accessing the human side of Queen Elizabeth II. KFYR
reported that Hankey was born on the same day as the queen:
April 21, 1926. Hankey sent a letter to the queen after her
royal coronation in 1953 and received a response. They
began a birthday tradition that lasted 70 years despite never
meeting in person. In these annual handwritten letters, Hankey and the queen discussed their love of cooking,
especially marmalade. Upon queen's death on September
8th, 2022, Hankey said she will miss the letters and might wear a hat on her 100th birthday as the queen so often did. Friday, September 30, 2022, 12:00-2:23 am
Mountain View: "ROYALTY: Biggest Theories on Why the
Queen's Coffin Moved toWestminister Hall at Exactly 2:22 pm"
(By Andrew Amelinckx, Grunge, UK, 9-14-2022); Number 222

On September 14, 2022, at 2:22 pm. GMT, 10 pallbearers
who were past & present members of the military carried
Queen Elizabeth II's body from Buckingham Palace. They
placed coffin, draped by Royal Standard with diamond-
encrusted Imperial State Crown sitting atop it, into a horse-
drawn gun carriage for 38-minute procession to Westminster
Hall where queen's body will lie in state for four days until
her funeral. Daily Mail: Time was chosen in honor of queen's father, George VI. After his death in 1952, Sebastopol bell at Windsor Castle chimed 56 times for each of years of the king's life, from 1:27 pm ending at exactly 2:22 pm

Friday, September 30, 2022, 5:36-6:55 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 7:00 am;
Woke up @ 4:35 pm (9.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 6:55 am—
EGLAL = LEGAL; RDOPU = PROUD;
TARROO = ORATOR; MAAELF = AFLAME

Missed Cartoon Answer— The tree wasn't growing
coconuts like it should, to find out why, they hired a
LE PD RAR AME = PALM READER
22.06% of 1192 responders had trouble with "ORATOR". Friday, September 30-2022, 5:00-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 5:00 pm; Red Bus @ 5:22 pm
to Fidelity Investments, but they closed at 5:00 pm;
Chef Chu's bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly";
Shopping at Safeway (645 San Antonio Rd) 6:00-6:27 pm;
Bus #40 @ 7:09 pm to Cetral Xpwy & walked home 7:30

64 oz Sig Sel Apple Juice ($3.49) @ $1.62;
Sig Sel Blueberry Muffins (4 ct) ($5.99) @ $3.99;
2 Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes 24 oz @ $4.00 = $8.00:
3 lbs Reser's Deviled-Egg Potato Salad ($8.99) @ $4.00.

Friday, September 30, 2022, 9:30-11:16 pm
Mountain View: No breakfast today; For dinner, had
Bird's Eye Viola! Garlic Shrimp, added imitation crabmeat, asparagus vegetables, sunflower & pumpkin seeds, walnut halves

Spiced dinner with sesame oil, garlic & onion powder,
black pepper, raspberry walnut vinaigrette salad dressing;
Made enough in large bowl for two full meals. Friday, September 30, 2022, 11:20-11:55 pm
Mountain View: Went to bed late @ 7:00 am,
and woke up late @ 4:35 pm (9.5 hours sleep);
Got to Fidelity late as they closed at 5:00 pm

Better get to bed early tonight at 12 midnight,
so be up at 8 am since Al Guzman is picking me up
@ 9 am for surprise breakfast place & movie afterwards.