Haikus: January 2023

HAIKUS: January 2023

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.

Sunday, January 1, 2023, 10:55-11:10 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:00 am;
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 111:10am—
PGROEH = GOPHER; NMWNIO = MINNOW;
RAFIDT = ADRIFT; NLCAEG = GLANCE;
RIMFAF = AFFIRM; SNREUU = UNSURE

Cartoon Answer— They brought over firewood
to the couple who had just moved in as a
GH OW AIT GNE FIM USR = HOUSEWARMING GIFT
10.23% of 391 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, January 1, 2023, 4:30-5:45 pm
Mountain View: Woke up @ 2:00 pm, after 12 hours sleep;
Missed 4:37 pm Bus #40 to Chef Chu's for "Palo Alto Weekly";
Walked half-hour to Jane Lane & Valero for "Daily Post";
No shopping at Safeway; Caught last Bus #40
@ 5:22 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home

Listened to KNBR 104.5 FM: 49ers 37-34 win over
Las Vegas Raiders led by backup QB Brock Purdy;
SF 49ers Left guard Aaron Banks & Dre Greenlaw
departed the game with injuries.

Sunday, January 1, 2023, 7:00-8:00 pm
Mountain View: "Looking Back and Forward"—
Anniversaries 100 Years, 75 Years, 50 Years, 25 years, and
10 Years Ago; Notable Dates Ahead 2023: Jan. 1 to Dec. 31
(By Kurt Snibbe, Mercury News, 1-1-2023, B11)

#1 Song (1923): "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers";
(1948): "Twefth Street Rag"; (1973): "Tie a Yellow
Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree". Sunday, January 1, 2023, 7:30-8:30 pm
Mountain View: Selected Poems 2023
Wrote already 6 poems for 2023; Will not write any
Native American Full Moons this year; Also less
Animal Dialogue poems from Pinterest Photos

Cousin Scott Chou phoned at 4:30 pm;
Didn't recognize his voice; told him
I had to catch the last Bus #40 today.

Sunday, January 1, 2023, 8:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: "New Year 2023 Haikus"—
Ann likes haiku: "Drink the New Year wine— /
Music, Art, Poetry / to refresh your heart & mind."
I just deleted haiku: "Out with the old, in with new— /
May fortunes this year / come quickly to you!" Substituted:

Dance in the New Year—
Beauty everywhere
as we waltz around the world! Sunday, January 1, 2023, 9:00-10:40 pm
Mountain View: New Year Resolution—
Instead of writing more Poems 2023,
need to focus on my first novel—
"The Rod that Would Destroy the World"
Will Allan Bennett (Ananda Metteyya) come to my aid?

Rod that would destroy the world
is right within us, our spinal chord—
seven glowing chakras along the spine,
more precious & delicious than any wine.

Monday, January 2, 2023, 9:03-9:09 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:45 am;
Woke up @ 4:00 pm (11.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 9:09 am—
ROPGU = GROUP; CATTR = TRACT;
HMIRSP = SHRIMP; SIVULA = VISUAL

Cartoon Answer— Being stuck in a middle seat
at 30,000 feet on a long flight was making her
GP TT HI U = UPTIGHT
19.24% of 764 responders had trouble with this answer. Monday, January 2, 2023, 5:35-7:49 pm
Mountain View: Leave Apt @ 5:35 pm; Red Bus @ 6:00 pm
to Showers Drive; No "Daily Post" printed this Monday;
Walked to Chef Chu's bins for Friday's "Palo Alto Weekly";
No Bus #40 today; Bus #22 to Rengstorff Ave @ 7:15 pm;
Walked quickly home by 7:49 pm (34 minutes)

Waited an hour (6:09-7:09 pm) for Bus #40
that didn't come at El Camino & San Antonio Road;
No sense going to Rengstorff Safeway for shopping
since there is no Bus #40 to take groceries home.

Monday, January 2, 2023, 9:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Elisabeth Haich (1897-1994);
Haich photo; Initiation (1960); Wisdom of the Tarot (1975);
Oswald Wirth's Major Arcana Tarot Card #1: The Magician

Anthony Damini recommended me
to read Elisabeth Haich's Initiation—
told me Ch. 43 "The Young Priest" is PB. Monday, January 2, 2023, 10:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Aleister Crowley (1875-1947);
Crowley photo; Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band;
Thoth Tarot Deck; Thoth Tarot Card #1: The Magician

A BBC 2002 poll placed Crowley 73rd in a list
of the 100 Greatest Britons; Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" has Aleister Crowley on album cover .

Monday, January 2, 2023, 11:00-11:46 pm
Mountain View: Ann's Jan. 2 email @ 8:11 pm
refers to Russian poet Mayakovsky calling
the rod as "the backbone flute" (1915)

Maxim Gorky praised Mayakovsky's poem—
"This indeed is... very essence of the Universal
poetry, a lyric of the world's spinal chord." Monday, January 2, 2023, 11:46 pm-12:18 am
Mountain View: Ann likes haiku "Dance in the New Year— /
Beauty everywhere / as we waltz around the world!";
Wants me to write haiku beginning with "Sing"—

Sing in merrily
New Year 2023
with joyous wishes!

Tuesday, January 3, 2023, 8:30-8:34 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:45 am;
Woke up @ 2:10 pm (11.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:34 am—
RUCTO = COURT; LABEF = FABLE;
GUTOHH = THOUGH; TLILET = LITTLE

Cartoon Answer— The cast of the play
was not getting along and needed to get their
CRT AE HOG TTE = ACT TOGETHER
5.14% of 759 responders had trouble with "THOUGH" Tuesday, January 3, 2023, 4:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed Tuesday;
Stayed home to work; Go to Mid-Pen Housing Computer
Room (closed) to print out Table of Contents page for
"The Rod that Would Destroy the World"
to focus on chapters that need to be written

Since a picture is worth a thousand words,
find photos and images for each chapter
to inspire the texts so the words
will flow out easily and seamlessly..

Tuesday, January 3, 2023, 5:00-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Emailed Christopher Custer
at Foothill College Smart Shop @ 5:04 pm
to renew VTA Clipper Card for Winter 2023

Registered for LINC-405 class on
12-20-2022, so my VTA Clipper Card
would be active in 2023, but Card says
it expired December 31, 2022. Tuesday, January 3, 2023, 5:30-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Write Chapter 3 in book
"The Rod that Would Destroy the World"
on Aleister Crowley consulting Elisabeth Haich on Tarot

Lady Frieda Harris designed Thoth Tarot Deck
for Crowley (1938-1943), Book of Thoth (1944);
Elisabeth Haich's Wisdom of the Tarot published 1969
in German, but notes available to her students earlier.

Tuesday, January 3, 2023, 6:06 pm-1:49 am
Mountain View: Wrote Chapter 3: Crowley &
Haich on Tarot Cards in 7.5 hours (6:06 pm-1:49 am)

Card 9: Hermit (Wirth) (6:06); Book of Thoth (7:06);
France 353 (9:07 pm); Australia C6 (9:32 pm);
Waite Tarot #1: Magician (9:46 pm);
Ch. 3: Crowley & Haich on Tarot (1:49 am). Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 2:00-2:30 am
Mountain View: Wrote Chapter 3: Crowley &
Haich on Tarot Cards in 7.5 hours (6:06 pm-1:49 am)

Had trouble writing "The Rod that Would Destroy
the World"; Since I wrote poems easily, rounding up
images first, used this technique: first pictures,
then words— and it worked! Hurray!

Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 9:37-9:40 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:45 am;
Woke up @ 3:50 pm (11 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:34 am—
ZIPER = PRIZE; NFILA = FINAL;
SPYPAN = SNAPPY; SUFEDE = DEFUSE

Cartoon Answer— All the touchdown
receptions thrown by Bart Starr were
IE NA SP DS = IN (THE) "PASSED"
25.99% of 1085 responders had trouble with this answer Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 6:30-6:50 pm
Mountain View: Paid $1242 January rent ($59 increase)
to Mid-Pen Housing; Walking through lots of puddles
in the rain; Quite windy that my small umbrella will
blow apart; No sense for walk to Valero for "Daily Post"
or shopping at Safeway to carry groceries home in the rain.

Karen phoned from NYC @ 5:50 pm
telling about rainstorm on East Coast,
heard of monster storm in Bay Area;
Haven't gone out yet to feel the storm.

Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 8:50-10:00 pm
Mountain View: Photos of Hemingway in Paris—
Les Deux Magots (8:50); Hemingway at Deux Magots (9:01 pm);
Hemingway in Paris (9:09); Hemingway 1921 Passport (9:26 pm)

F. Scott Fitzgerald Photos in Paris—
Hemingway & Fitzgerald in Café (9:36);
Hemingway & Fitzgerald (9:41);
F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1921 (9:47 pm). Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 10:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Photos of Aleister Crowley in Paris—
Aleister Crowley in Paris (10:11 pm); Confessions of Aleister Crowley (10:22 pm); Aleister Crowley in 1921 (10:32 pm)

Crowley performing magic ritual (10:57 pm)
holding a rod with sword & cup on table
similar to #1 "The Magician"
of Rider-Waite Tarot cards.

Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 11:00 pm-12:51 am
Mountain View: Hemingway 1921 Passport (9:26 pm);
F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1921 (9:47 pm);
Aleister Crowley in 1921 (10:32 pm)

Found 1921 photos of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, & Crowley;
Hemingway first met F. Scott Fitzgerald in Paris in 1924;
Crowley was in Paris 1925-26; Bring them together in Café. Thursday, January 5, 2023, 12:55-1:20 am
Mountain View: Ann's Jan. 4 email @ 8:31 pm
tells about seeing a rainbow in the morning;
She went out @ 4:30 pm to look at Matadero Creek

Ann found a copy of "Daily Post"
at Matadero Ave kiosk, but it got very damp
by the time she got home (I didn't get paper today).

Thursday, January 5, 2023, 7:33-7:44 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:55 am;
Woke up @ 3:45 pm (12 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:34 am—
RRIPO = PRIOR; HVOSE = SHOVE;
GIESNN = ENSIGN; SANEOS = SEASON

Cartoon Answer— Linda Blair was able to
watch the "Exorcist" on DVD because it was in
POR SHE ESIN SSO = HER POSSESSION
26.47% of 1085 responders had trouble with this answer Thursday, January 5, 2023, 5:50-7:05 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 5:50 pm; Half-hour wait for
Bus #40 at Rengstorff & Montecito Ave Stop @ 6:20 pm
to Valero (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 6:20-6:38 pm;
Bus #40 @ 6:50 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home

Land-O-Frost Black Forest Ham 16 oz @ $6.99;
5 Yoplait Light Yogurt @ 29¢ x 5 = $1.45 - 50¢ = 95¢;
2 Spinach-Artichoke Quiche 23 oz, BOGO free @ $12.99;
2 Sparkling Water Strawberry-Watermelon @ 96¢ = $1.92.

Thursday, January 5, 2023, 7:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: For Ch. 1 in "Rod That Would Destroy the World"
find book covers of F. Scott Fitzgerald: This Side of Paradise (1920); The Beautiful & Damned (1922); The Great Gatsby (1925);
and Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises (1926)

Hemingway and Fitzgerald were discussing
the novels they had written at a Paris Café
when Aleister Crowley came and sat nearby. Thursday, January 5, 2023, 7:30-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Next big project is "Number 46"
for Elisa's 46th birthday on Feb. 27, 2023; Took 46 days
to do 281 items for "Number 45" (Jan. 12 to Feb. 27, 2022);
Need to go to Los Altos Library for poetry books I don't have

Did 12 poets already for "Number 46";
4 more poets from books at Los Altos Library;
Also 10th Birthday Poem for Lilly (3-5-2023).

Friday, January 6, 2023, 1:43-2:07 pm
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:35 am;
Woke up @ 1:20 pm (10 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:34 am—
SALHF = FLASH; NEPDU = UPEND;
NIFLUS = SINFUL; MOTISC = SITCOM

Cartoon Answer— They had salmon, halibut
and grouper to grill which would be
FSH UE INF ST = "SUF-FISH-ENT"
47.87% of 1527 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, January 6, 2023, 5:50-7:05 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 4:30 pm; Red Bus @ 4:50 pm
to Showers Drive; Walk to Chef Chu's news bins fot
"Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly"; Bus #40 @ 5:23 pm
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:45-6:34 pm;
Red Bus @ 6:50 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home

Dozen Lucerne Cage-Free Eggs ($4.49) @ $2.28;
Signature Farms Sliced Almonds 16 oz ($5) @ $4.00;
2 Gortons Fish Fillets Potato Crunch BOGO @ $11.49;
Sig Sel Apple Strudels, 21 ct @ $5.99 - $2 Bakery = $3.99.

Friday, January 6, 2023, 8:30-9:50 pm
Mountain View: For information on William Butler Yeats
and the Golden Dawn, need to check out Kathleen Raine's
Yeats, the Tarot and the Golden Dawn (1972) at Foothill Library

Cited three poems of Kathleen Raine
in my "Poems on Peace"— "Nocturne" (1943),
"Tree of Heaven" (1946) & "Peace of Mind" (1949). Friday, January 6, 2023, 9:50-11:40 pm
Mountain View: Lost my Foothill Library Card when
my wallet was stolen (June 3, 2022); Al Guzman was going
to make me a new Library Card so I could check out books

Before I check out Raine's book on Yeats
at Foothill Library, the book can be read
online at Yeats International Summer School.

Saturday, January 7, 2023, 8:20-8:24 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:50 am;
Woke up @ 3:00 pm (11 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:34 am—
VOCTE = COVET; NTLIF = FLINT;
REUVSS = VERSUS; MHEANU = HUMANE

Cartoon Answer— When they debuted
the new Ralph Lauren penny, they showed their
COT FIN ESS HAN = FASHION "CENTS"
38.34% of 973 responders had trouble with this answer. Saturday, January 7, 2023, 3:20-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 3:20 pm; with Ann; Drove
to Valero Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post""
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:30-3:52 pm;
Bus #40 @ 4:15 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home
Ferrero Rocher Hazelnut Chocolates ($6.49) @ $5.49

Dreyer's Butterfingers Ice Cream ($6.99) @ $3.97;
Signature Farms Walnut Halvess 16 oz @ $5.00;
2 Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes @ $4 x 2 = $8 - $1 = $7.00;
2 Sparkling Water Strawberry-Watermelon @ 96¢ = $1.92.

Saturday, January 7, 2023, 5:00-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Slept 6.5 hours (8:30 am-3:00 pm)
without waking up until Ann phoned at 3:00 pm;
Gave her Blueberry Pudding Cake & two cans 7-Up

As I worked on "Rod to Destroy the World", gave Ann—
Ch. 1: Hemingway & Fitzgerald in Paris;
Ch. 3: Crowley & Haich on Tarot Cards;
Raine's "Yeats, the Tarot, and the Golden Dawn". Saturday, January 7, 2023, 5:30-7:40 pm
Mountain View: While sleeping in bed (3:50-8:00 am),
composed dozen rhyming couplets for Lilly's 10th birthday
(3-5-2023); Find #10 stamps (Hungary J106, J201; Israel J8)

Postage stamps showing the numeral ten,
not as pretty as Geisha Girl on 10 yen.
France 10 centimes with Mercury & caduceus,
Ten teachings from Analects of Confucius.

Sunday, January 8, 2023, 7:35-8:13 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 6:00 am;
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:13 am—
BELARH = HERBAL; GITPOS = SPIGOT;
PXOEES = EXPOSE; KNAHES = SHAKEN;
NSOLOE = LOOSEN; SASING = ASSIGN

Cartoon Answer— During long battles,
King Arthur and his men had some
HL PGT ESE KEN LS SSI = SLEEPLESS "KNIGHTS"
26.27% of 533 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, January 8, 2023, 4:15-7:20 pm
Mountain View: Woke up @ 4:15 pm, after 10 hours sleep;
Missed listening to KNBR 104.5 FM: 49ers 38-13 win over
Arizona Cardinals led by backup QB Brock Purdy for #2 Seed,
for their tenth straight win and a 13-4 record. Will now face in
Playoffs at Levi, Seahawks or Aaron Rogers & Green Bay Packers.

Rhyming couplets for Lilly's "10th Birthday Poem"—
10 Oxherd Drawings; Republic Book X; 10 Fingers;
Olympic Gold #10; Tenth Man; Pythagoras Tetrad;
"Wheel of Fortune" in Tarot Card #10.

Sunday, January 8, 2023, 9:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: Ann emailed link to book
Yeats, the Tarot, & the Golden Dawm from Internet Archive,
but can't copy & paste text without page disappearing

Will wait for Al Guzman to make me
Foothill College ID, so I could check
this 1972 book from Foothill Library,
and read it to my heart's delight. Sunday, January 8, 2023, 10:30-11:30 pm
Mountain View: Raine's Yeats, Tarot, and Golden Dawn (1972);
When Hemingway went to Shakespeare & Company, to seek
out William Butler Yeats, he also met James Joyce there.

Did James Joyce know about the Golden Dawn?
Stumbled on photo of "Moina Mathers, James Joyce,
Henri Bergson". Moina was wife of MacGregor Mathers,
founder of the Golden Dawn, who battled with Crowley.

Sunday, January 8, 2023, 11:30 pm-12:40 am
Mountain View: Shakespeare & Company with Sylvia Beach
& Hemingway outside; Hemingway in 1925;
W.B. Yeats in 1923; James Joyce in 1922

Sylvia Beach in 1922;
Sylvia Beach & Hemingway 1944;
These photos will inspire Chapter 2 on Hemingway's
visit to Shakespeare & Company to see Yeats & Joyce. Monday, January 9, 2023, 12:45-1:08 am
Mountain View: For Chapter 2: Hemingway Visit to Shakespeare
& Company, will have Bookstore photo in center; Sylvia Beach & Hemingway on left side and Yeats & James Joyce on right side.

Moina was sister of philosopher Henri Bergson,
Since Joyce was interested in Bergson's philosophy,
no wonder they are walking together in Paris.
Did Joyce learn from Moina on the Golden Dawn?

Monday, January 9, 2023, 7:40-7:44 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:45 am;
Woke up @ 1:05 pm (8.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:44 am—
LIXEE = EXILE; NIRDG = GRIND;
TRAWMH = WARMTH; GAADNE = AGENDA

Cartoon Answer— After hearing about the
recent burglaries in the neighborhood, they
ELE RD WRM AEA = WERE ALARMED
14.59% of 884 responders had trouble with this answer. Monday, January 9, 2023, 4:50-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 4:50 pm; Half-hour walk
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post";
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:30-6:03 pm;
Bus #40 @ 6:17 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home;
Refund on overcharge Potatoes ($1.86) & Fruit Cup ($1.71)

2.09 lb Yellow Bananas @ 96¢ = $1.86
Fruit Cup Mixed Berries ($4.99) 10 oz @ $3.28;
2 Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes @ $4 x 2 = $8 - $1 = $7.00;
4 Lucerne Sliced Cheese 8 oz @ $1.99 = $7.96 (for Rudy).

Monday, January 9, 2023, 7:00-8:00 pm
Mountain View: For Chapter 2: Hemingway Visit to
Shakespeare & Company, will have photos for illusrations—
Aleister Crowley OTO (3:32 pm); Ulysses 1st Edition (3:49 pm); Yeats: A Vision, 1925 (4:05); Yeats Golden Dawn Notebooks (4:23)

Have 15 photos to inspire Chapter 2
on Hemingway's visit to Shakespeare & Co.
to see W.B. Yeats (chronology, occult) & James Joyce. Monday, January 9, 2023, 8:00-9:40 pm
Mountain View: Los Altos Library— Mary S. Mcauliffe: When Paris Sizzled (1920s); Paris on the Brink (1930s); John Baxter: The Golden Moments of Paris (1920s); Arlen J. Hansen: Expatriate Paris (1920s); Robert Wheeler: Hemingway's Paris; Paris Was Yesterday

Amazon Books: William Wiser: The Crazy Years: Paris in the Twenties; The Twilight Years: Paris in the 1930s;
John Baxter: Hemingway's Paris: A User's Guide.

Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 6:20-6:34 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:10 am;
Woke up @ 5:10 pm (13 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:44 am—
TYPEM = EMPTY; HYYLS = SHYLY;
TOSMED = MODEST; PRUTET = PUTTER

Cartoon Answer— The question
as to why the tree had died
EMP SH MDE UTT = STUMPED THEM
28.23% of 1077 responders had trouble with this answer. Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 7:00-7:30 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed on Tuesday
Stayed home to work; Write "Ch. 2: Hemingway at
Shakespeare & Company" after assembling 16 photos;
Let my imagination roam for Hemingway's inquiry to
Yeats and Joyce on Aleister Crowley & the Golden Dawn

Kurt Snibbe's article on "The King of Rock 'N' Roll"
on Elvis Presley in "Mercury News" 1-8-2023 (B15)
on his 88th birthday is not online for bookmarking.
Will type some of his records in my Numbers collection.

Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 7:00-7:45 pm
Mountain View: Foothill College closed due to power outage;
"OP-ED: ChatGPT will not change what we teach to writers"
(By Linda Hora, Mercury News, January 10, 2022, A6)

Process of writing allows us to think, feel, dream, inspire. Something AI will never learn. Why would, or should, one write if a machine can do it better, faster and easier? This perception holds that technology can effectively replace writing. I beg to differ. AI creates a product. Writing essay, however, is so much more than a product; it is a process. Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 7:45-8:30 pm
Mountain View: Asked ChatGPT "Hemingway & Golden Dawn"
and received erroneous information that he was a member—

Hemingway was a member of Golden Dawn, a secret society founded in late 19th century. Golden Dawn was a magical order exploring mysteries of the occult & the supernatural. Hemingway was initiated to the order in 1923 & remained a member until his death in 1961. Hemingway was drawn to Golden Dawn's teachings & its emphasis on self-discovery
& personal growth. Also interested in the order's rituals.

Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 7:45-8:30 pm
Mountain View: Asked ChatGPT "James Joyce & Golden Dawn"
and received erroneous information that he was a member—

James Joyce was a prominent Irish writer and poet who was a member of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. He was initiated into the Order in 1901 and was a member until 1904. He was a member of the Stella Matutina branch of the Order, which was based in London. Joyce was interested in the occult and mysticism, and his writings often reflect this interest. He was particularly interested in the Kabbalah and its symbolism, which can be seen in his works. Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 8:30-9:42 pm
Mountain View: Checking list of "Members of the Golden Dawn"
showed that neither Hemingway nor James Joyce were members—

List of prominent members of the Golden Dawn—
William Butler Yeats won Nobel Prize in Literature (1923);
Bram Stoker wrote Gothic novel of vampire Dracula (1897);
Aleister Crowley Occultist who joined Golden Dawn (1898);
Evelyn Underhill wrote popular Mysticism book (1911);
MacGregor Mathers founder of the Golden Dawn (1887);
A. E. Waite co-designed Rider-Waite Tarot deck (1910);
Allan Bennett founded Buddhist Society in London (1903).

Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 9:45-10:00 pm
Mountain View: ChatGPT does not know how to do research
and see that neither Hemingway nor Joyce were members
of the Golden Dawn from list of prominent members

Claim Hemingway was a Golden Dawn member
until his death in 1961 is grossly misleading,
since Golden Dawn was dissolved in 1903. Tuesday, January 10, 2023, 10:00-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Don't be lazy and let ChatGPT write
your essay on Hemingway's visit to Shakespeare & Co.,
seeing all the mistakes Ai project made—

With hard facts of members from
the Golden Dawn, can write interesting
scenario of their gossips and interactions.

Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 7:39-7:44 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:45 am;
Woke up @ 12:25 pm (10 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:44 am—
MOHOP = OOMPH; GEAAD = ADAGE;
GTRREE = REGRET; LNOIEN = ONLINE

Cartoon Answer— The outdoor restaurants in
the capital of Italy were creating a pleasant
M AA RE O = "A-ROME-A"
15.65% of 984 responders had trouble with "ONLINE". Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 2:50-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 2:35 pm; Half-hour walk
to Valero (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:30-4:00 pm;
Bus #40 @ 4:15 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home;
Refund on overcharge Red Grapes @ $3.99/lb = $10.45

2.62 lb Red Seedless Grapes @ $1.51/lb; = $3.95;
Florida Natural Orange Juice 52 oz ($4.49) @ $3.00;
Land-O-Frost Black Forest Ham 16 oz ($7.49) @ $5.62;
Sig Sel Bakery Croissants 8 ct @ $5.00 (50% off) = $2.50.

Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 6:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: LINC-405 Skills Workshop
Zoom Session with William Cavada, who confirmed
that I'm officially registered for the class.

Emailed Christopher Custer at the Smart Shop
again (last time was Jan. 3) that my VTA
Clipper Card says it expired on Dec. 31. 2022.
Custer said computer renews VTA Card automatically. Wednesday, January 11, 2023, 6:45-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Read my book Frances A. Yates,
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (1975), bought
1-25-1985 with info on 17th century Rose Cross

René Descartes (1596-1650);
Francis Bacon (1561-1626);
Johannes Kepler (1571-1630);
Isaac Newton (1642-1727).

Thursday, January 12, 2023, 12:00-3:14 am
Mountain View: Wrote Chapter 2: Hemingway at
Shakespeare & Company with 21 photos of Hemingway
asking Yeats about the Golden Dawn & Aleister Crowley

James Joyce came by and Hemingway
learned of Joyce's experience with A.E.,
and interactions with Henri Bergson & his sister
Moina Mathers who married founder of Golden Dawn. Thursday, January 12, 2023, 12:00-3:14 am
Mountain View: After reading Frances A. Yates,
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (1975), dscovered
the Enlightenment scientists were immersed with light.

René Descartes: light flakes in his 2nd dream;
Francis Bacon: famous essay "Light Is Power";
Johannes Kepler: discover of light in 1604 Supernova;
Isaac Newton: white light from prism to rainbow of colors.

Thursday, January 12, 2023, 6:25-7:00 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 7:05 am;
Woke up @ 4:45 pm (9.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:44 am—
AITAW = AWAIT; PSIYW = WISPY;
PNILST = SPLINT; HNURSK = SHRUNK

Cartoon Answer— If Republicans and
Democrats had their own boats, they'd be
AAI ISP SPT SHRN = PARTISAN SHIPS
65.28% of 1610 responders had trouble with this answer. Thursday, January 12, 2023, 6:45-8:20 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 6:45 pm; Half-hour walk
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post";
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 7:17-7:53 pm;
Bus #40 @ 8:08 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home;
Expect 28 minutes wait for 8:28 pm Bus #40 that came 8:08 pm

Signature Farms Sliced Almonds 16 oz @ $4.00;
Sig Sel Sparkling Water Mango-Pineapple @ $1.10;
Land-O-Frost Black Forest Ham 16 oz ($7.49) @ $5.62;
2 Ferrero Rocher Hazelnut Chocolates @ $5.49 x 2 = $10.98.

Thursday, January 12, 2023, 9:00 pm-1:00 am
Mountain View: Ann's 1/12 email asked if I had read
Wikipedia's article on Hermeticism (not yet); After Anthony Damiani introduced me to Frances A. Yates' "Giordano Bruno
& the Hermetica Tradition" (1964), bought many of her books—

The Art of Memory (1966); Theatre of the World (1969);
The Rosicrucian Enlightenment (1972); Astraea:
The Imperial Theme in the 16th Century (1975);
Occult Philosophy in the Elizabethan Age (1979). Thursday, January 12, 2023, 9:00 pm-1:00 am
Since Yates researched at Warburg Institute. read her colleagues' works (Saxl & Walker) at Stanford Library— Saturn & Melancholy (1964) by Raymond Klibansky, Erwin Panofsky, Fritz Saxl; Spiritual & Demonic Magic: Ficino to Campanella (1958) by D.P. Walker

Bought at Stanford Bookstore (circa 1986)
Walter Scott's Hermetica, 4 volumes (1924)
when I was researching on Albrecht Dürer's
"Melencolia" (1514) on Renaissance Magic.

Friday, January 13, 2023, 7:33-7:36 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 5:25 am;
Woke up @ 1:10 pm (8 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:36 am—
UNEVE = VENUE; YARNO = RAYON;
DWONIW = WINDOW; DMFOYI = MODIFY

Cartoon Answer— After arriving in
Sydney, their vacation in Australia was
ENU RAN WDW ODY = DOWN UNDER WAY
18.83% of 1131 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, January 13, 2023, 3:20-4:45 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 3:20 pm; Heavy rain, used
giant umbrella Al Guzman gave me; Bus #40 @ 3:40 pm
to CVS (2639 W. El Camino Real) for Folgers Instant Coffee
@ $9.29 - 40% off = $5.57 (3:53 pm) ($3.99 on 10/31/2022);
Chef Chu's news bins for "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly"

Went to Wells Fargo (William Egleston)
(2600 W. El Camino Real) depositing $190
to checking account; Bus #40 @ 4:27 pm to
Central Xpwy Stop & walked home (rain stopped).

Friday, January 13, 2023, 6:30-7:30 pm
Mountain View: Bookcovers: Paris in the 1920s & 1930s—
Mary McAuliffe: When Paris Sizzled (2016); Paris on the Brink (2018); William Wiser: The Crazy Years (1983); The Twilight Years (2000); Janet Flanner: Paris Was Yesterday (1925-1939) (1988)

John Baxter: The Golden Moments of Paris (2014); Hemingway's Paris (2016); Arlen J. Hansen: Expatriate Paris (1990); Robert Wheeler: Hemingway's Paris (2015). Friday, January 13, 2023, 7:30-10:44 pm
Mountain View: Chapter 1A: Paris in the 1920s and 1930s—
Marquee of Josephine Baker; Josephine Baker; Salon of Gertrude Stein & Alice B. Toklas; Picasso in Paris1923; In Our Time (1925);
Hemingway's Memoir of Paris in 1920's A Moveable Feast (1964)

Saturday Evening Post covers
in the 1920s— July 18, 1925;
August 15, 1925; September 20, 1925.

Saturday, January 14, 2023, 6:50-7:05 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:10 am;
Woke up @ 12:35 pm (9.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:36 am—
CCEKH = CHECK; NEBDL = BLEND;
CANLYU = LUNACY; LIVINO = VIOLIN

Cartoon Answer— The sisters ended
up purchasing the exact same outfit
CEC BED UNCY IOIN = "BUY" COINCIDENCE
39.2% of 1028 responders had trouble with this answer. Saturday, January 14, 2023, 3:00-3:45 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 3:00 pm with Ann; Drove to
Valero (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Peninsula News"
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:15-3:24 pm;
Told Ann to give me ride home so I could buy some heavy
items— Gallon of Milk & 2 bottles of Sparkling Water

Gallon Value Corner Non-fat Milk @ $4.99;
2 Sig Sel Sparkling Water Kiwi-Strawberry @ $1.10 = $2.20;
2.19 lb Sig Sel Red Seedless Grapes @ $1.51/lb = $3.31;
Cream of Wheat Instant Cereal 10 packs @ $5.99 = Free.

Saturday, January 14, 2023, 3:55-4:40 pm
Mountain View: Listened to KNBR 104.5 FM: 49ers 41-23 win over Seattle Seahawks led by QB Brock Purdy at Levi Stadium;
for first Playoffs win; Purdy threw 332 yards & 3 Touchdowns

Gave Ann a bag of newspapers;
Ferrero Rocher Hazelnut Chocolates;
Chapter 2: Hemingway at Shakespeare
& Company (2 pages printed @ 57%). Saturday, January 14, 2023, 5:00-9:00 pm
Mountain View: Arrange 19 photos in Chapter 1A:
Paris in the 1920s & 1930s; 11 book covers
3 Saturday Evening Post issues (fashion in 1925).

Will type text after checking out
books from Los Altos Library on
Paris in the 1920s & 1930s as well as
Hemingway's A Moveable Feast (1964, 1990).

Sunday, January 15, 2023, 5:35-6:22 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:45 am;
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 6:22 am—
MHEYMA = MAYHEM; CYSHEP = PSYCHE;
TENNYI = NINETY; BARROH = HARBOR;
SUWNIE = UNWISE; RMALEV = MARVEL

Missed Cartoon Answer— When things didn't go right
during the filming of "Rocky", Sylveser Stallone would
HE PSC INT HO UWE RL = "ROLE" WITH (THE) PUNCHES
59.49% of 553 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, January 15, 2023, 4:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Woke up @ 1:50 pm, after 13 hours sleep;
No "Daily Post" printed on Sunday; Stayed home to work;
Breakfast of Yogurt, Banana, Maui Onion Potato Chips;
Listening to NFL Playoffs: If Vikings win, will play 49ers;
If Giants win, will play #1 Seed Philadelphia Eagles

Listening to KNBR 104.5 FM: Buffalo Bills beats
Miami Dolphins 34-31; New York Giants (9-7-1) beats
Minnnesota Vikings (13-4) 31-24 for NFL Playoffs;
Jaguars beat Chargers 31-30 after down 27-0 (Saturday).

Sunday, January 15, 2023, 5:00-6:30 pm
Mountain View: Steve Gould's email (1/9, 5:30 am)
Hotel overlooking Bay of Naples & Mt. Vesuvius
to the left of mountains— Visit Archeological Museum
with Pompeii artifacts from 79 AD Vesuvius Eruption

Steve Gould's email (1/9, 7:27 pm)
on visiting Naples Museo Capodimonte—
Bruegel: "Misanthrope"; "Blind Leads the Blind";
Palm Trees in Naples (Wlll visit Sicily next). Sunday, January 15, 2023, 6:40-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Karen's Jan. 13 email @ 2:39 am—
"I had 5 months in Albuquerque. NM is the 'land of enchantment!'. Summers are punctuated by thunderstorms. Big fluffy cumulus clouds would follow storms. I would take photographs of clouds."

Karen's Jan. 14 email @ 5:17 am—
"I love to photograph clouds. I think it's magical to view, fluffy, cumulus, clouds, the storm clouds that appear
after a storm!" (Karen's Cumulus Clouds Photograph)

Sunday, January 15, 2023, 9:49 pm-1:00 am
Mountain View: Write Number 46: Section 1—
Mathematics #1-46 (3 hours, 10 minutes)

Hardest to do is replicating numbers
in Chinese, Babylonian, and Hebrew;
Site for Numbers in different languages. Monday, January 16, 2023, 12:15 am
Mountain View: Rudy's Jan. 16 email @ 12:15 am—
"Leave 1/17/23 to Sunnyvale to VA & return 1/18/23 to Lodi."

Rudy's sister Julie died January 8 as she was
efficient helping out family in Lodi; Younger
sister Rosemarie busy with her family to help much.

Monday, January 16, 2023, 6:42-6:45 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:10 am;
Woke up @ 12:35 pm (10 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 6:45 am—
SAIBS = BASIS; FOLYT = LOFTY;
TEYRPT = PRETTY; TBNETA = BATTEN

Cartoon Answer— The tennis players
had arrived at the court and were
AS LO PEY TT = SET TO PLAY
9.71% of 886 responders had trouble with this answer. Monday, January 16, 2023, 4:05-5:55 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt 4:05 pm; Half-hour walk to
Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:40-5:22 pm;
Bus #40 @ 5:44 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home;
Alfredo didn't charge 2 Free items from Just-For-U coupons

4 Stouffers Tuna Casserole ($4.99) @ $2.49 = $9.96;
2 Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes @ $4 x 2 = $8 - $1 = $7.00;
Sig Sel Seltzer Grapefruit 2 liters @ $1.99 = Free (for Rudy);
Cream of Wheat Instant Cereal 10 pks @ $6 = Free (Rudy).

Monday, January 16, 2023, 3:57-4:06 pm
Mountain View: KDFC 104.9 FM— Gordon Hunt plays oboe
with Norrkoping Symphony Orchestra to Domenico Zipoli's "Elevazione" (1715); YouTube: Flowers; Hunt's Oboe; Organ.

This is my favorite classical music
for relaxation. Share it with Rudy
in his moment of grief—
music to soothe us. Monday, January 16, 2023, 8:46-9:46 pm
Mountain View: Wrote poem "Fluffy Cumulus Clouds"
inspired by Karen's Cumulus Clouds Photograph in NM;
Sonnet fantasizing seven dwarfs sleeping on clouds—

Fluffy snow-white cumulus clouds
high above the Albuquerque crowds—
enough for the sleepy seven dwarfs,
resting over the New Mexico wharfs.

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 5:50-5:54 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:55 am;
Woke up @ 2:25 pm (12.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 5:54 am—
RFATE = AFTER; KACOL = CLOAK;
INVIED = DIVINE; XSCESE = EXCESS

Cartoon Answer— After the birds
interrupted the filming of the movie, they
FE CL DNE ES = FLED (THE) SCENE
13.81% of 905 responders had trouble with this answer. Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 4:00 pm-3:35 am
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed Tuesday; Stay home to work; In poem "Fluffy Cumulus Clouds", wrote "enough for the sleepy seven dwarfs, / resting over the New Mexico wharfs"; Checked map of New Mexico to verify waterways in the state (yes);
Work on "Number 46" Section 2 "Science & Technology" #47-72—

Atomic #46; Molecular Weights, Melting & Boiling Points;
Residue 46: Myoglobin, Hemoglobin, Ribonuclease (6:20);
Proteins of 46 amino acids; Galaxies, Asteroids (7:13 pm);
Planes, Ships, Tanks. Locomotives, Fire Engines. (2:28 am).

Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 6:06-6:23 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 7:05 am;
Woke up @ 4:30 pm (9.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 6:23 am—
FONET = OFTEN; OZKOA = KAZOO;
SNKARH = SHRANK; NBOLGO = OBLONG

Cartoon Answer— After the birds
interrupted the filming of the movie, they
OTE KAO SAK OLO = TOOK A "LOOK-SEA"
25.8% of 1221 responders had trouble with this answer. Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 4:45 pm-5:37 pm
Mountain View: Woke up late @ 4:30 pm; No breakfast;
Leave apt @ 4:45 pm; Half-hour walk to Valero Gas Station
(Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post" (bin empty) & "Metro";
Lucky to get one "Daily Post" passing by Jane Lane news bin;
No time for shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) today

Catch Bus #40 @ 5:16 pm to Montecito Ave
and walked home by 5:37 pm just in time for
LINC-405 Zoom "Skills Workshop" with Will Cavada
who taught "Search on Google Drive" (6:00-6:30 pm).

Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 6:30-7:00 pm
Mountain View: LINC-405 Zoom Q&A Session with
Kim Randall; Gene Tognetti & Will Cavada also attended;
Cavada told me to search my poems in Google Drive

Search only found 6 poems from LINC-405 classes stored
in Google Drive, not hundreds of poems on my web site WisdomPortal.com; Poems found on Google Drive—
European Poetry Journey (not poem);
Rhino Awakens Dog (11-20-2022);
Pretty Legs in Movie 42nd Street (10-22-2022);
All Seats Full (5-1-2022);
Turtle Dove Poem (2-14-2022);
Squirrel Sonnet (2-12-2022);
Cargo Shipments (11-20-2021).
Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 11:50 pm-2:30 am
Mountain View: Bookmarked "OP-ED AI can't
reproduce the wonders of original human creativity"
(By Chris White, Mercury News, January 18, 2023, A7)

Having an original idea, expression or epiphany is a deeply human act and also impossible for AI. Computer code can write itself, chatbots can generate academic papers, and, with a few keystrokes, a website can produce an image worthy to be framed on any wall. Everywhere we turn, AI is outputting text and images that mimic (and often surpass) humans' abilities. While an AI-generated poem, story or painting might reorder existing information in new, believable & compelling ways, it is using preexisting building blocks drawn from its data set.

Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 11:50 pm-2:30 am
Mountain View: "TECHNOLOGY USB
flash drives long lasting, but still have a backup"
(By Don Liindich, Mercury News, January 18, 2023, C8)

A quality flash drive will last more than 10 years or 10,000 usage cycles if stored properly; in a dry place. Back up your data in several places in case something happens to that flash drive. While cloud services like Apple iCloud & Google Drive are convenient, it is still a good idea to have important files & photos in your possession & not just in cyberspace. Store photos on iCloud.com on iPhone or photos.google.com on Android phone with a Google account. Wednesday, January 18, 2023, 11:50 pm-2:30 am
Mountain View: "TECHNOLOGY: Microsoft Bets Big on the Creator of ChatGPT in Race to Dominate A.I." (By Cade Meta & Karen Weiss, NY Times, Mercury News, January 17, 2023, C7-C8)

When a chatbot called ChatGPT hit the internet late last year, executives at a number of Silicon Valley companies worried they were suddenly dealing with new AI technology that could disrupt their businesses. In 2019, Microsoft invested $1 billion in OpenAI, the tiny SF company that designed ChatGPT. And in the years since, it has quietly invested another $2 billion. ChatGPT answers questions, writes poetry and riffs on almost any topic tossed its way..

Thursday, January 19, 2023, 7:23-7:30 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:40 am;
Woke up @ 12:40 pm (9 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:30 am—
VYARG = GRAVY; GIWHE = WEIGH;
TIVEYL = LEVITY; NSITLP = SPLINT

Cartoon Answer— To build China's
famous system of walls, they went to
GRA EGH LET SNT = GREAT LENGTHS
15.32% of 881 responders had trouble with "LEVITY". Thursday, January 19, 2023, 3:10-4:35 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:10 pm; Bus #40 @ 3:25 pm
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:30-3:55 pm
Bus #40 @ 4:22 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home
VTA Bus Clipper Card still shows "Expired Dec. 31, 2022"

CP Shrimp Wonton Soup with Noodles ($5.49) @ $3.99;
2 Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes @ $4 x 2 = $8 - $1 = $7.00;
Sig Sel Cherry Strudels, 21 ct @ $5.99 - $2 Bakery = $3.99;
Cream of Wheat Instant Cereal 10 pks @ $6 = Free (Rudy).

Thursday, January 19, 2023, 6:00-9:04 pm
Mountain View: "BOOKISH: The John Steinbeck
you don't know— and the book you've never heard of"
(Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, Jan. 19, 2023, Bookish, pp. 54-59)

While living in a house that he and first wife Carol Henning had built in Los Gatos (now part of Monte Sereno) in 1936, he completed "Of Mice and Men" and wrote much of "The Grapes of Wrath". In the summer of 1938, seeking more solitude, they settled in the Santa Cruz Mountains near Moody Gulch, where he finished his epic about the Dust Bowl migration of the 1930s. He typically wrote his journals and manuscripts in long hand, cramming as many as 50 or 100 lines on each ledger sheet to save paper. At Stanford, he bet a roommate that he could get 500 words on the back of a postcard. He won. His interest in King Arthur can be seen in "Tortilla Flats" & "Sweet Thursday". "Acts of King Arthur & His Noble Knights" was published posthumously in 1976. Thursday, January 19, 2023, 6:00-9:04 pm
Mountain View: "BOOKISH: The fascinating world
of book arts: 3 Bay Area makers share their stories"
(Jessica Yadegaran, Mercury News, 1-16-2023, Bookish, pp. 62-67)

A book artist is someone who elevates bookmaking to an art form using little more than ink, paper and a wildly creative imagination. Bryan Kring's best-seller is the art book "Peephole". Paloma Lucas makes teeny micro books at
her studio at Cubberley Community Center in Palo Alto. Nanette Wylde says "Digital doesn't have same richness as something that's handbound". Wylde's "Redacted Babar: ABC Free" (2021), is based on an altered board book: "B is for Babar: An alphabet book" by Laurent de Brunhoff. With her artist-husband Kent Manske, created "You Are the Tree", 7-foot diameter replica of an old growth, coast redwood stump, on display at glass-encased Redwood City Art Kiosk on Broadway. It celebrates community's cultural diversity.

Friday, January 20, 2023, 5:34-5:55 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 12:25 am;
Woke up @ 11:20 am (11 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:30 am—
NHETT = TENTH; WRANP = PRAWN;
POESOP = OPPOSE; MCTOIM = COMMIT

Cartoon Answer— The kangaroos were
winning the basketball game because of all their
NTH PRA OOE COI = "CO-HOP-ERATION"
77.22% of 1466 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, January 20, 2023, 1:45-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 1:45 pm; Red Bus @ 2:22 pm
to Showers Dr. for "Daily Post"; Bus #22 @ 2:34 pm to
Mary Ave; iSmile Dental @ 3:00 pm; Dr. Kimberley Kim
checked crowns on teeth implants #19-21 healed properly;
Bus #22 @ 3:38 pm to Chef Chu's bins for "Palo Alto Weekly"

Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:40-5:06 pm
2 Hawaii Maui Onion Potato Chips ($4.99) @ 2.50 = $5.00;
McCormick Organic Onion Powder @ $5.22 - $2 = $3.22;
Sig Sel Pound Cake 12 oz, @ $5.49 - $2.00 Bakery = $3.49.

Saturday, January 21, 2023, 7:15-7:45 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:15 am;
Woke up @ 11:30 am (9 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:30 am—
TRBOO = ROBOT; PTURE = ERUPT;
LZISEZ = SIZZLE; UNHEQC = QUENCH

Cartoon Answer— The hunters
didn't see any deer, but they did get to
OBO ERT SZE EH = SHOOT (THE) BREEZE
14.6% of 719 responders had trouble with this answer. Saturday, January 21, 2023, 3:00-3:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:00 pm; with Ann;
Drove to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post";
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff) 3:15-3:30 pm & ride home;
Gave Ann poem "Fluffy Cumulus Clouds" (printed @ 90%) and
"Number 46 Sect. 1-2: Mathematics, Science & Technology" (52%).

4 Sig Sel Sparkling Water Mango-Pineapple @ 96¢ = $3.84;
4 Planter's Peanuts Honey Roasted @ 1.99 = $7.96;
4 Pringles Potato Chips ($2.79) @ $1.99 = $7.96;
Sig Sel Apple Juice 64 oz ($3.49) @ $1.99.

Sunday, January 22, 2023, 5:42-6:13 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:45 am;
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 6:13 am—
GIYEHT = EIGHTY; PSEORY = OSPREY;
YDIHRB = HYBRID; WORHNT = THROWN;
APNSIR = SPRAIN; CNLIHF = FLINCH

Cartoon Answer— After using the highest
quality feathers to make the pillows, they were
EGT OE RID TW PRN FCH = DOWNRIGHT PERFECT
56.01% of 553 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, January 22, 2023, 3:00-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Woke up @ 1:15 pm, after 10.5 hours sleep;
No "Daily Post" printed on Sunday; Stayed home to work;
Breakfast: Banana Instant Oatmeal, Wheat Germ, 28 Red Grapes;
Listening to NFL Playoffs on KNBR 104.5 FM:
Cincinnati Bengals beats Buffalo Bills 27-10

Dallas Cowboys play San Francisco 49ers
at Levi Stadium (3:30 pm). 49ers leads Cowboys
9-6 at halftime with Robbie Gould kicks 3 field goals
of 26 yards, 47 yards, and 50 yards.

Sunday, January 22, 2023, 3:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: Bizarro Comics (1-22-2022)
by Dan Piraro— 1st panel: Apple Pie on T-shirt;
UFO on chest drawer, K2 lower right; 2nd panel:
Eyeball lower left; 3rd panel: Fire Cracker on lamp table

Fun searching for items Piraro
usually inserts in his Bizarro
comics every day. Sunday, January 22, 2023, 3:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO:
California snow play: Tahoe's Northstar
offers off-the-slope fun too"
(By Nora Heston Tarte, Mercury News, 1-22-2023, F7-F8)

A 9,000 square-foot ice skating rink sits at
the center of village at Northstar, surrounded
by cabanas, fire pits and plenty of winter cheer.

Sunday, January 22, 2023, 3:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: "LUNAR NEW YEAR:
A look at the year of the rabbit"
(By Kurt Snibbe, Mercury News, January 22, 2023, B15)

Lunar New Year begins Sunday, Jan. 22, ushering in the year of the water rabbit. Lunar calendar, used in both Chinese & Vietnamese cultures, is divided into 12 segments, with each assigned an animal sign. Chinese New Year celebration starts with new moon on first day of new year & ends on full moon 15 days later. In 2023, there will be 13 full moons, with two occurring in August. The second full moon in one month is known as a blue moon, about every 2.5 years. Sunday, January 22, 2023, 3:00-5:00 pm
Mountain View: "ART EXHIBIT:
You can experience the Sistine Chapel at a San Jose mall"
(By Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, January 22, 2023, B1, B3)

"Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel: The Exhibition" is at Westfield Oakridge through April. The 34 fabric panels
in the exhibition, including some full-size replicas, are detailed enough to see brush strokes in God's robe, facial expressions on cherubs & the musculature on Adam & Eve. Tickets are $29.50 for adults, with discounts for seniors & kids 12 & under. Organizer Eric J. Leong, admits he's never been to Rome to see the original.

Sunday, January 22, 2023, 3:00-6:40 pm
Mountain View: NFL Playoffs on KNBR 104.5 FM:
San Francisco 49ers beats Dallas Cowboys 19-12;
Will head to Philadelphia for NFC Championship Game

Kittle's one-hand catch for 31 yards,
and McCaffrey's fourth-quarter TD
to win Divional Playoff against Cowboys. Sunday, January 22, 2023, 6:45-7:40 pm
Mountain View: Saturday work on Number 46, Section 3: #80 Accomplishment at age 46— Dante, Peter Minuit, Benjamin Franklin, Edward Jenner, Duke of Wellington, Charles Dickens,

Kate Douglas Wiggin, Busby Berkeley,
J.F. Kennedy, from Tolstoy's Bicycle (1982), pp. 328-333
& Wikipedia: Ludwig van Beethoven, Harold A. Scheraga.

Monday, January 23, 2023, 8:09-8:20 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:50 am;
Woke up @ 4:40 pm (12 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:20 am—
GTHIS = SIGHT; HLACS = CLASH;
TRAAKE = KARATE; CNEREO = ENCORE

Cartoon Answer— The psychiatrist dried her
clothes on low heat because she didn't want to
SIH AS KR ENE = SEE A SHRINK
19.26% of 1137 responders had trouble with "KARATE". Monday, January 23, 2023, 6:05-8:15 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 6:05 pm; Walk half-hour:
Both Jane Lane & Valero bins empty for "Daily Post";
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 6:30-6:59 pm;
Bus #40 @ 7:18 pm to San Antonio Road & El Camino Real;
Found "Daily Post" in news bins at Ditmer, CVS, & Chef Chu

Bus #40 @ 7:54 pm to Central Xpwy Stop & walked home;
CP Shrimp Wonton Soup with Noodles ($5.49) @ $3.99;
4 Lucerne Swiss, Mozarella Cheese @ $1.99 x 4 = $7.96;
Lucerne Lowfat Strawberry Yogurt 32 oz ($3.49) @ $2.99.

Monday, January 23, 2023, 8:30-11:00 pm
Mountain View: Since I got up late @ 4:40 pm
& had no breakfast, had a large sumptuous dinner

CP Shrimp Wonton Soup with Noodles
microwaved for 5 minutes; Boiled half bag Asparagus
& vegetables; 8 oz IImitation crabmeat chunks with
pepper, garlic & onion powder, 3 tbsp sesame oil;
two scrambled eggs in egg-drop soup. Monday, January 23, 2023, 11:00 pm-1:30 am
Mountain View: Sunday work on Number 46,
Section 3: #80 Accomplishment at age 46—

5 people: Samuel Beckett, Claude Debussy,
Gregory Peck, Ed Sullivan, Katharine Graham.
Do Shirley Temple (3:13 am), Vince Lombardi (2:09 am),
Fangio (1:39 am), Empress Catherine the Great (4:12 am),
King Mongkut of Thailand (5:24 am). 21 all together.

Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 6:30-6:50 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 7:10 am;
Woke up @ 4:15 pm (9.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:20 am—
RNWOS = SWORN; SPOIE = POISE;
NTEHLG = LENGTH; GPOAAD = PAGODA

Cartoon Answer— If Westminster's competition
was for insects, the winner would be
SW ISE NTH PO = "PEST" IN SHOW
48.42% of 1365 responders had trouble with this answer. Tuesday, January 24, 2023, 6:45-7:15 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed Tuesday:
Stayed home to work; Smoke detectors inspection
tomorrow (8 am-5 pm) by Mid-Peninsula Housing;
Jack phoned saying he met Al Guzman at Wal-Mart
in Sunnyvale; Told Jack to stop by on Thursday

Jack chatted 20 minutes with Al who told him
he & Sheila will move to Hawaii in 5 years;
Told Jack that Rudy's sister Julie died Jan. 8,
and staying in Lodi to care for his uncle & aunt.

Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 7:00-7:24 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:15 am;
Woke up @ 10:45 am (8.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:24 am—
RIGEM = GRIME; LHEVA = HALVE;
SIRCSI = CRISIS; SRTHHA = THRASH

Cartoon Answer— The people who've
successfully summited Mount Everest are
GRE HVE CIIS HAH = HIGH ACHIEVERS
34.39% of 1166 responders had trouble with this answer. Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 5:55-7:35 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 5:55 pm; Walk half-hour
to Valero (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Metro";
Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 6:30-6:58 pm;
Bus #40 @ 7:20 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home
(Mid-Pen Housing smoke detectors inspection never came)

Stouffer's Swedish Meatballs ($4.99) @ $2.49;
2 Kellogg's Blueberry Waffles @ $2.29 x 2 = $4.58;
Land-O-Frost Lite Butter with Canola Oil ($5.99) @ $3.99;
4 Ken's Dressing Lite Sweet Vidalia Onion @ $2.49 = $9.96.

Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 9:00-10:00 pm
Mountain View: While waiting for Smoke Detectors Inspectors
to show up (10:45 am-5:00 pm), did Number 46 Geography Section
#93-98 (1:05-5:30 pm) on 46-story buildings & East 46th Street in
NYC; Left apt @ 5:55 pm for "Daily Post" & Safeways shopping

Nice crescent moon in the southwest sky;
Just remembered that I missed LINC-405
Zoom Session Skills Workshop with Will Cavada
(6:00-6:30 pm) & Q&A with Kim Randall (6:30-7:00 pm). Wednesday, January 25, 2023, 10:00-10:50 pm
Mountain View: Sky & Telescope shows Saturn & Venus
conjunction below the Crescent Moon on January 23;
While exploring buildings on East 46th Street in NYC,
came across original Ritz-Carlton Hotel built in 1911

Greatest bit of hoofing in Fred Astaire's entire career
is seen in his big solo number, a fast tap routine
in the typical Astaire style to the tune of
Irving Berlin's "Puttin' on the Ritz."

Thursday, January 26, 2023, 6:23-6:54 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 7:00 am;
Woke up @ 4:15 pm (9 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:24 am—
RNDAG = GRAND; NTAEG = AGENT;
XREPIF = PREFIX; HEVEAB = BEHAVE

Cartoon Answer— The warning from the ranger
about the grizzlies was important rnough to
GRA ENT PREI BAE = BEAR REPEATING
43.65% of 1221 responders had trouble with this answer. Thursday, January 26, 2023, 4:45-5:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 4:45 pm with Jack
to Valero Gas Station (Middlefield Road) for "Daily Post;
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 4:50-5:15 pm;
Did Number 46 Geography #93-106 (11 hrs) & slept @ 7:00 am;
Jack woke me up @ 4:15 pm & came by to take me to Safeway

Value Corner Gallon 1% Milk ($4.99) @ $3.74;
Sig Sel Croissant 8 ct @ $5.00 - $2.00 Bakery = $3.00;
4 Stouffer's Swedish Meatballs ($4.99) @ $2.49 = $7.96;
2 CP Shrimp Wonton Soup & Noodles @ $3.99 x 2 = $7.98.

Thursday, January 26, 2023, 10:15 pm-1:21 am
Mountain View: Did Number 46 Geography Section
#100: 46th Street Subway Station in Astoria, Queens, someone changed "St" to "Joe" after Joe Biden was elected 46th U.S. President; #101: 46th Ave Building in Flushing; Number 46: Section 5 Sports—

#109: 46th World Series in Baseball (1949);
#110: 46th Super Bowl in Football (2012);
#111: 46th NBA Championship (1993);
#112: 46th Stanley Cup in Hockey (1960.) Friday, January 27, 2023, 2:20-3:30 am
Mountain View: When Jack's phone woke me up @ 4:15 pm;
He came to my apt @ 4:45 pm, so I had no time for breakfast;
Had Black Forest Ham, Swiss Cheese, Triscuits Crackers,
and Coffee for breakfast (6-7 pm) after shopping with Jack;
For dinner—

Stouffer's Swedish Meatballs;
Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes (1/2);
Sig Sel Pound Cake (last 3/4" slice);
Butterfinger Ice Cream (3 tbsp) and Milk.

Friday, January 27, 2023, 8:12-8:30 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 5:15 am;
Woke up @ 12:00 pm (6.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:24 am—
VNYEO = ENVOY; PLESL = SPELL;
GAUTEO = OUTAGE; KUANSM = UNMASK

Cartoon Answer— The warning from the ranger
about the grizzlies was important rnough to
EVO SPL OUE MSK = SPOKE VOLUMES
36.86% of 1039 responders had trouble with this answer. Friday, January 27, 2023, 2:05-2:26 pm
Mountain View: Rudy phoned from Palo Alto VA Hospital
at noon & was to come @ 12:30 pm; Cancelled due to
Radiology exam; Leave apt @ 2:05 pm with Jack
to Kaiser Pharmacy (555 Castro St) for drugs;
Corner news bins at Church Street for "Daily Post;

Medications by Dr. Kimberley Kim for implant (Feb. 3):
Chlorhexidine Gluconate Rinse 0.12% $5.00;
Amoxicillin 500 mg 21 capsules $5.00;
Ibuprofen (600 mg) 28 tablets $1.12,

Friday, January 27, 2023, 2:50-3:08 pm
Mountain View: Walgreens (121 E. El Camino Real);
Told Jack Escuela Walgreens didn't have spices—

2 Nice Black Pepper 2 oz @ $1.79 = $3.58;
2 Nice Garlic Powder 3.12 oz @ $1.79 = $3.58;
2 Nice Onion Powder 2.62 oz @ $1.79 = $3.58;
2 Lindsay Stuffed Manzanilla Olives 5 oz BOGO $2.99. Friday, January 27, 2023, 3:25-3:42 pm
Mountain View: Safeway (570 North Shoreline Dr.)
Used to shop here when Bus #34 was running—

Sig. Sel. Mustard Potato Salad 3 lbs ($9.99) @ $5.00;
4 Quakers Instant Oatmeal @ $1.67 x 4 = $6.67;
3 Pringles Potato Chips @ $1.67 x3 = $5.00
Gave Jack: Date-Raisin-Walnut Oatmeal Free.

Friday, January 27, 2023, 6:30-11:40 pm
Mountain View: Did Number 46: Sports Section #113-123,
using Lyle Spatz (Ed.), The SABR Baseball List
& Record Book (2007), pp. 45-217—

40 Home Runs & 200 Hits in a Season—
Babe Ruth, NY Yankees (1924): 46 Homers, 200 Hits;
Lou Gehrig, NY Yankees (1931): 46 Homers, 211 Hits;
Joe DiMaggio, NY Yankees (1937): 46 Homers, 215 Hits;
Friday, January 27, 2023, 12:15-1:30 am
Mountain View: Before Jack came @ 2:15 pm,
had breakfast: Black Forest Ham, Swiss Cheese,
Triscuits Crackers & Coffee (1:00-2:00 pm); For dinner—

Stouffer's Spinach Souffle;
Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes (1/2);
Butter Croissant; Nonfat Milk;
Peppermint Ice Cream (3 tbsp).

Saturday, January 28, 2023, 8:11-8:38 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:30 am;
Woke up @ 12:35 pm (6.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:38 am—
GRIRO = RIGOR; TYPET = PETTY;
WLLUAF = LAWFUL; GHNIKT = KNIGHT

Cartoon Answer— The bulb was being shut off
at the end of a long day and was ready to go
IGO ETT LAUL KIH = OUT LIKE A LIGHT
30.65% of 881 responders had trouble with this answer. Saturday, January 28, 2023, 3:00-4:30 pm
Mountain View: Leave apt @ 3:00 pm with Ann;
Drive to Los Altos Library for 11 books;
Pick up "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly"
at Chef Chu's bins; Too many books to go
shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave)

The only book checked out is
Jane Reichhold's Basho's Complete Haiku
(895.1041Matsuo), needed to complete "Number 46"
Poetry Section; Asked librarian to put hold on this book.

Saturday, January 28, 2023, 4:45-5:40 pm
Mountain View: Hemingway's A Moveable Feast
(1964), p. 80; A Moveable Feast, revised (1992), p. 85
Verify page # where Hemingway writes about Aleistair Crowley

"That's Alestair Crowley, the diabolist.
he's supposed to be the wickedest
man in the world." Saturday, January 28, 2023, 6:14 pm-12:37 am
Mountain View: Work on Number 46: Sports Section #124-137,
using Mike Meserole, The Ultimate Book of Sports Lists (1998)
DK Publishing, Inc. NY, 1997, pp. 26-204.

46th Kentucky Derby won by Paul Jones (5-8-1920);
46th Preakness Stakes won by Broomspun (5-16-1921); 46th Belmont Stakes won by Luke McLuke (6-20-1914).

Sunday, January 29, 2023, 6:35-6:46 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:10 am;
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 6:46 am—
LNBOOG = OBLONG; ADARIF = AFRAID;
DRUYEL = RUDELY; TUWLOA = OUTLAW;
CRUYSR = SCURRY; AHINEL = INHALE

Cartoon Answer— A coin worth 100 cents
and a bill worth 100 cents are the same
OLO FD RDL OLA RR AL = DOLLAR FOR DOLLAR
7.82% of 371 responders had trouble with this answer. Sunday, January 29, 2023, 12:00-3:00 pm
Mountain View: Woke up @ 12:05 pm, after 8 hours sleep;
No "Daily Post" printed on Sunday; Stayed home to work;
Breakfast: Instant Cream of Wheat, Wheat Germ, 33 Red Grapes;
Listening to NFC Championship on KNBR 104.5 FM:
Philadelphia Eagles leads 49ers 27-7 at halftime.

San Francisco 49ers plays Philadelphia Eagles
at Lincoln Financial Field (12:00 pm). Eagles
scores 3 touchdowns with Brock Purdy injured;
4th Quarterback Josh Johnson takes over.

Sunday, January 29, 2023, 2:00-2:50 pm
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: Exploring
sunny Sunnyvale, from brunch stop to hiking trails"
(By Amber Turpin, Mercury News, January 29, 2023, F7-F8)

Pedestrian-friendly Murphy Ave in Historic District
is appealing with its global restaurant offerings (don't miss Meyhouse for Turkish food), Irish pubs, boba spots and great Saturday farmers market. Delve a little deeper, you
can find even more to do, see, eat & drink in Sunnyvale.
1) Madras Cafe; 2) Baylands Park; 3) Tetra Hotel. Sunday, January 29, 2023, 2:00-2:50 pm
Mountain View: "THINGS TO DO: Best islands
in Europe for getting away from almost everyone"
(By Terry Ward, Mercury News, January 29, 2023, F7)

1) Schiermonnikoog, Netherlands; 2) Heimaey, Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland; 3) Flores Island, Azores,
Portugal; 4) Naustholmen, Norway; 5) Isle of Tiree, Scotland; 6) Berlengas archipelago, Portugal;
7) Alicudi, Sicily, Italy; 8) Skyros, Greece;
9) Rathlin Is., Northern Ireland; 10) Fasta Aland, Finland.

Sunday, January 29, 2023, 2:50-4:30 pm
Mountain View: NFC Championship on KNBR 104.5 FM:
Philadelphia Eagles beats 49ers 31-7 for trip to Super Bowl.

AFC Championship Game between Kansas City Chiefs
QB Patrick Mahomes (5250 yards, 41 TDs) & Cincinnati
Bengals Joe Burrows QB (4475 yards, 35 TDs). Sunday, January 29, 2023, 2:50-4:30 pm
Mountain View: "POPULATION: One for the Ages"
(Andre Mouchard & Kurt Snibbe, Mercury News, 1-29-2023, B15)

Oldest countries: % 65+ older, Media age:
1) Japan. 29.2%, 48.8 years; 2) Germany 23%, 45.7 years;
3) Greece 22.4%, 45.6 years; 18) U.S. 16.9%, 38.1 years.

Sunday, January 29, 2023, 4:30-7:00 pm
Mountain View: Baseball Uniform #46 in Sports: Lee Smith;
Andy Pettitte; Bob Stanley; Mike Flanagan; Steve Trachsel

Football Uniform #46: Todd Christensen;
Don Fleming; Tim McDonald;
Pete Johnson; Doug Plank. Sunday, January 29, 2023, 4:30-7:17 pm
Mountain View: AFC Championship on KNBR 104.5 FM:
Kansas Cty Chiehs beats Bengals 23-20 for trip to Super Bowl.

AFC Championship Game between Kansas City Chiefs
& Cincinnati Bengals tied 20-20 in 4th Quarter,
until 45-yard field goal by Harrison Butker to win.

Sunday, January 29, 2023, 9:00-9:30 pm
Mountain View: Ann's email @ 6:38 pm—
found PDF file of Jane Reichhold's
"Basho: The Complete Haiku" (2008)

Haiku 46 (Number 46 #254)—
stars in my eyes
wishing to see blossoms
on weeping cherries. Sunday, January 29, 2023, 9:30-10:30 pm
Mountain View: For breakfast: Instant Cream of Wheat
Cereal; 3 tbsp Wheat Germ; 3 tbsp Strawberry Yogurt;
33 Red Grapes, Coffee (12:00-2:00 pm); For dinner—

Stouffer's Swedish Meatballs;
Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes (1/2);
Butter Croissant; Nonfat Milk;
Peppermint Ice Cream (3 tbsp).

Monday, January 30, 2023, 6:47-6:51 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 1:25 am;
Woke up @ 12:20 pm (11 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 6:51 am—
NMISU = MINUS; NHHUC = HUNCH;
MMNTEO = MOMENT; TMDOHE = METHOD

Cartoon Answer— When they greeted each
other at the restaurant at 12 pm, it was
IN H ON O = "HI" NOON
11.8% of 771 responders had trouble with "METHOD" Monday, January 30, 2023, 2:05-4:00 pm
Mountain View: Mid-Pen Housing has vendors pruning
trees for two days; Leave apt @ 2:05 pm; Half-hour walk
to Valero Gas Station (middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post";
Shopping at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) @ 2:35-3:11 pm;
Red Bus @ 3:50 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home

4 Stouffer's Swedish Meatballs ($4.99) @ $2.49 = $7.96;
Sig Sel Apple Strudels, 6 ct @ $5.99 - $2 Bakery = $3.99;
Lucerne Coconut Creme Coffee Creamer ($3.99) @ $2.89;
Sig Farms Pecans 8 oz @ $5 (Returned when charged $6.99).

Monday, January 30, 2023, 6:52 pm-12:44 am
Mountain View: Number 46 #142-143: Wrote info for 5 baseball players and 5 football players wearing uniform #46 (6 hrs)

Baseball: Lee Smith; Andy Pettitte; Mike Flanagan;
Bob Stanley; Steve Trachsel; Football: Todd Christenson; Don Fleming; Tim McDonald; Pete Johnson; Doug Plank. Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 1:00-1:28 am
Mountain View: Found Bullseye stamp for
my Dates Collection on Jan. 29 @ 11:03 pm

France 59 "Ceres" 40 centimes cancelled "16 Mai 1877"
from site Stampboard: France & French Colonies
by mads1983, 28 Aug 2014.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 7:37-7:43 am
Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:20 am;
Woke up @ 1:05 pm (8.5 hours sleep);
Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 7:43 am—
DUJEG = JUDGE; LIHCL = CHILL:
DRANPO = PARDON; OMAOBB = BAMBOO

Cartoon Answer— When the 3
started dating the 5, the result was
UDE CL PDN AOO = AN ODD COUPLE
38.11% of 1220 responders had trouble with this answer
Hour to find Cartoon Jumble in San Diego Union-Tribune Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 2:05-4:00 pm
Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed on Tuesday,
or need for grocery shopping; Stay home to work;
Computer Room (4:30-4:55 pm) Print 8 poems written in 2023;
Poems 2022 Preface, TOC, Poem "Meditation on 45" & Notes;
Wash & Dry laundry (wait for tomorrow, too many using machines)

"Nigerian music star Asake is back & is using his music to search for spiritual security" (2:52 Music video of Asake singing "Yoga, Yoga" with meditators by ocean and
natives in colorful costumes dancing for enlightment.)
(By Asake, Uproxx, 1-30-2023).

Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 4:00-4:20 pm
Mountain View: After finding Cartoon Jumble in San Diego Union-Tribune, spent 20 minutes filling the answers in Photoshop
typing letters using Optima Bold (font size 30)

Took 6 minutes (7:37-7:43 am) solving today's
Jumble Puzzle. Seeing #5 next to #3 in cartoon,
ideal to include "53" in Number collection 0-99
with information on Jumble & history from wikipedia. Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 5:36-6:00 pm
Mountain View: Can't find photo of Fire Truck #53
at Mountain View Station #3, 301 N. Rengstorff Ave;
Using Chicago Fire Truck 53 for Number collection 0-99.

Chicago Fire Truck 53
is located at Engine 125 House
2323-2325 N. Natchez Ave, between
W. Grand Ave. & W. Belden Ave, Chicago.

Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 8:23 pm-3:33 am
Mountain View: Wrote poem "Map the Gap"
with 18 images of gaps in space & time (7 hrs)
(used "Gap Between Thoughts" poem as template)

Unlike explorers finding new lands,
this gap is not in horizontal space,
but a vertical ascent beyond time
to a dimension of joy & wonder— Wednesday, February 1, 2023, 4:50-6:00 am
Mountain View: Woke up 1/31 @ 1:05 pm, had breakfast:
Instant Cream of Wheat, 3 tbsp Wheat Germ & Strawberry yogurt,
3 Mandarin oranges & Coffee (1:30-2:30 pm); For dinner—

Stouffer's Swedish Meatballs;
Sig. Café Mustard Potato Salad;
Butter Croissant; Nonfat Milk;
Peppermint Ice Cream (3 tbsp).

Sunday, January 1, 2023, 10:55-11:10 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:00 am; Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 111:10am— PGROEH = GOPHER; NMWNIO = MINNOW; RAFIDT = ADRIFT; NLCAEG = GLANCE; RIMFAF = AFFIRM; SNREUU = UNSURE Cartoon Answer— They brought over firewood to the couple who had just moved in as a GH OW AIT GNE FIM USR = HOUSEWARMING GIFT 10.23% of 391 responders had trouble with this answer.	Sunday, January 1, 2023, 4:30-5:45 pm Mountain View: Woke up @ 2:00 pm, after 12 hours sleep; Missed 4:37 pm Bus #40 to Chef Chu's for "Palo Alto Weekly"; Walked half-hour to Jane Lane & Valero for "Daily Post"; No shopping at Safeway; Caught last Bus #40 @ 5:22 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home Listened to KNBR 104.5 FM: 49ers 37-34 win over Las Vegas Raiders led by backup QB Brock Purdy; SF 49ers Left guard Aaron Banks & Dre Greenlaw departed the game with injuries.
Sunday, January 1, 2023, 7:00-8:00 pm Mountain View: "Looking Back and Forward"— Anniversaries 100 Years, 75 Years, 50 Years, 25 years, and 10 Years Ago; Notable Dates Ahead 2023: Jan. 1 to Dec. 31 (By Kurt Snibbe, Mercury News, 1-1-2023, B11) #1 Song (1923): "Parade of the Wooden Soldiers"; (1948): "Twefth Street Rag"; (1973): "Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree".	Sunday, January 1, 2023, 7:30-8:30 pm Mountain View: Selected Poems 2023 Wrote already 6 poems for 2023; Will not write any Native American Full Moons this year; Also less Animal Dialogue poems from Pinterest Photos Cousin Scott Chou phoned at 4:30 pm; Didn't recognize his voice; told him I had to catch the last Bus #40 today.
Sunday, January 1, 2023, 8:00-9:00 pm Mountain View: "New Year 2023 Haikus"— Ann likes haiku: "Drink the New Year wine— / Music, Art, Poetry / to refresh your heart & mind." I just deleted haiku: "Out with the old, in with new— / May fortunes this year / come quickly to you!" Substituted: Dance in the New Year— Beauty everywhere as we waltz around the world!	Sunday, January 1, 2023, 9:00-10:40 pm Mountain View: New Year Resolution— Instead of writing more Poems 2023, need to focus on my first novel— "The Rod that Would Destroy the World" Will Allan Bennett (Ananda Metteyya) come to my aid? Rod that would destroy the world is right within us, our spinal chord— seven glowing chakras along the spine, more precious & delicious than any wine.
Monday, January 2, 2023, 9:03-9:09 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:45 am; Woke up @ 4:00 pm (11.5 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 9:09 am— ROPGU = GROUP; CATTR = TRACT; HMIRSP = SHRIMP; SIVULA = VISUAL Cartoon Answer— Being stuck in a middle seat at 30,000 feet on a long flight was making her GP TT HI U = UPTIGHT 19.24% of 764 responders had trouble with this answer.	Monday, January 2, 2023, 5:35-7:49 pm Mountain View: Leave Apt @ 5:35 pm; Red Bus @ 6:00 pm to Showers Drive; No "Daily Post" printed this Monday; Walked to Chef Chu's bins for Friday's "Palo Alto Weekly"; No Bus #40 today; Bus #22 to Rengstorff Ave @ 7:15 pm; Walked quickly home by 7:49 pm (34 minutes) Waited an hour (6:09-7:09 pm) for Bus #40 that didn't come at El Camino & San Antonio Road; No sense going to Rengstorff Safeway for shopping since there is no Bus #40 to take groceries home.
Monday, January 2, 2023, 9:00-9:30 pm Mountain View: Elisabeth Haich (1897-1994); Haich photo; Initiation (1960); Wisdom of the Tarot (1975); Oswald Wirth's Major Arcana Tarot Card #1: The Magician Anthony Damini recommended me to read Elisabeth Haich's Initiation— told me Ch. 43 "The Young Priest" is PB.	Monday, January 2, 2023, 10:00-11:00 pm Mountain View: Aleister Crowley (1875-1947); Crowley photo; Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band; Thoth Tarot Deck; Thoth Tarot Card #1: The Magician A BBC 2002 poll placed Crowley 73rd in a list of the 100 Greatest Britons; Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" has Aleister Crowley on album cover .
Monday, January 2, 2023, 11:00-11:46 pm Mountain View: Ann's Jan. 2 email @ 8:11 pm refers to Russian poet Mayakovsky calling the rod as "the backbone flute" (1915) Maxim Gorky praised Mayakovsky's poem— "This indeed is... very essence of the Universal poetry, a lyric of the world's spinal chord."	Monday, January 2, 2023, 11:46 pm-12:18 am Mountain View: Ann likes haiku "Dance in the New Year— / Beauty everywhere / as we waltz around the world!"; Wants me to write haiku beginning with "Sing"— Sing in merrily New Year 2023 with joyous wishes!
Tuesday, January 3, 2023, 8:30-8:34 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 2:45 am; Woke up @ 2:10 pm (11.5 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:34 am— RUCTO = COURT; LABEF = FABLE; GUTOHH = THOUGH; TLILET = LITTLE Cartoon Answer— The cast of the play was not getting along and needed to get their CRT AE HOG TTE = ACT TOGETHER 5.14% of 759 responders had trouble with "THOUGH"	Tuesday, January 3, 2023, 4:00-5:00 pm Mountain View: No "Daily Post" printed Tuesday; Stayed home to work; Go to Mid-Pen Housing Computer Room (closed) to print out Table of Contents page for "The Rod that Would Destroy the World" to focus on chapters that need to be written Since a picture is worth a thousand words, find photos and images for each chapter to inspire the texts so the words will flow out easily and seamlessly..
Tuesday, January 3, 2023, 5:00-5:30 pm Mountain View: Emailed Christopher Custer at Foothill College Smart Shop @ 5:04 pm to renew VTA Clipper Card for Winter 2023 Registered for LINC-405 class on 12-20-2022, so my VTA Clipper Card would be active in 2023, but Card says it expired December 31, 2022.	Tuesday, January 3, 2023, 5:30-6:30 pm Mountain View: Write Chapter 3 in book "The Rod that Would Destroy the World" on Aleister Crowley consulting Elisabeth Haich on Tarot Lady Frieda Harris designed Thoth Tarot Deck for Crowley (1938-1943), Book of Thoth (1944); Elisabeth Haich's Wisdom of the Tarot published 1969 in German, but notes available to her students earlier.
Tuesday, January 3, 2023, 6:06 pm-1:49 am Mountain View: Wrote Chapter 3: Crowley & Haich on Tarot Cards in 7.5 hours (6:06 pm-1:49 am) Card 9: Hermit (Wirth) (6:06); Book of Thoth (7:06); France 353 (9:07 pm); Australia C6 (9:32 pm); Waite Tarot #1: Magician (9:46 pm); Ch. 3: Crowley & Haich on Tarot (1:49 am).	Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 2:00-2:30 am Mountain View: Wrote Chapter 3: Crowley & Haich on Tarot Cards in 7.5 hours (6:06 pm-1:49 am) Had trouble writing "The Rod that Would Destroy the World"; Since I wrote poems easily, rounding up images first, used this technique: first pictures, then words— and it worked! Hurray!
Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 9:37-9:40 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 4:45 am; Woke up @ 3:50 pm (11 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:34 am— ZIPER = PRIZE; NFILA = FINAL; SPYPAN = SNAPPY; SUFEDE = DEFUSE Cartoon Answer— All the touchdown receptions thrown by Bart Starr were IE NA SP DS = IN (THE) "PASSED" 25.99% of 1085 responders had trouble with this answer	Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 6:30-6:50 pm Mountain View: Paid $1242 January rent ($59 increase) to Mid-Pen Housing; Walking through lots of puddles in the rain; Quite windy that my small umbrella will blow apart; No sense for walk to Valero for "Daily Post" or shopping at Safeway to carry groceries home in the rain. Karen phoned from NYC @ 5:50 pm telling about rainstorm on East Coast, heard of monster storm in Bay Area; Haven't gone out yet to feel the storm.
Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 8:50-10:00 pm Mountain View: Photos of Hemingway in Paris— Les Deux Magots (8:50); Hemingway at Deux Magots (9:01 pm); Hemingway in Paris (9:09); Hemingway 1921 Passport (9:26 pm) F. Scott Fitzgerald Photos in Paris— Hemingway & Fitzgerald in Café (9:36); Hemingway & Fitzgerald (9:41); F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1921 (9:47 pm).	Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 10:00-11:00 pm Mountain View: Photos of Aleister Crowley in Paris— Aleister Crowley in Paris (10:11 pm); Confessions of Aleister Crowley (10:22 pm); Aleister Crowley in 1921 (10:32 pm) Crowley performing magic ritual (10:57 pm) holding a rod with sword & cup on table similar to #1 "The Magician" of Rider-Waite Tarot cards.
Wednesday, January 4, 2023, 11:00 pm-12:51 am Mountain View: Hemingway 1921 Passport (9:26 pm); F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1921 (9:47 pm); Aleister Crowley in 1921 (10:32 pm) Found 1921 photos of Hemingway, Fitzgerald, & Crowley; Hemingway first met F. Scott Fitzgerald in Paris in 1924; Crowley was in Paris 1925-26; Bring them together in Café.	Thursday, January 5, 2023, 12:55-1:20 am Mountain View: Ann's Jan. 4 email @ 8:31 pm tells about seeing a rainbow in the morning; She went out @ 4:30 pm to look at Matadero Creek Ann found a copy of "Daily Post" at Matadero Ave kiosk, but it got very damp by the time she got home (I didn't get paper today).
Thursday, January 5, 2023, 7:33-7:44 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:55 am; Woke up @ 3:45 pm (12 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:34 am— RRIPO = PRIOR; HVOSE = SHOVE; GIESNN = ENSIGN; SANEOS = SEASON Cartoon Answer— Linda Blair was able to watch the "Exorcist" on DVD because it was in POR SHE ESIN SSO = HER POSSESSION 26.47% of 1085 responders had trouble with this answer	Thursday, January 5, 2023, 5:50-7:05 pm Mountain View: Leave apt 5:50 pm; Half-hour wait for Bus #40 at Rengstorff & Montecito Ave Stop @ 6:20 pm to Valero (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post" & "Metro"; Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 6:20-6:38 pm; Bus #40 @ 6:50 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home Land-O-Frost Black Forest Ham 16 oz @ $6.99; 5 Yoplait Light Yogurt @ 29¢ x 5 = $1.45 - 50¢ = 95¢; 2 Spinach-Artichoke Quiche 23 oz, BOGO free @ $12.99; 2 Sparkling Water Strawberry-Watermelon @ 96¢ = $1.92.
Thursday, January 5, 2023, 7:30-9:30 pm Mountain View: For Ch. 1 in "Rod That Would Destroy the World" find book covers of F. Scott Fitzgerald: This Side of Paradise (1920); The Beautiful & Damned (1922); The Great Gatsby (1925); and Ernest Hemingway: The Sun Also Rises (1926) Hemingway and Fitzgerald were discussing the novels they had written at a Paris Café when Aleister Crowley came and sat nearby.	Thursday, January 5, 2023, 7:30-9:30 pm Mountain View: Next big project is "Number 46" for Elisa's 46th birthday on Feb. 27, 2023; Took 46 days to do 281 items for "Number 45" (Jan. 12 to Feb. 27, 2022); Need to go to Los Altos Library for poetry books I don't have Did 12 poets already for "Number 46"; 4 more poets from books at Los Altos Library; Also 10th Birthday Poem for Lilly (3-5-2023).
Friday, January 6, 2023, 1:43-2:07 pm Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:35 am; Woke up @ 1:20 pm (10 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:34 am— SALHF = FLASH; NEPDU = UPEND; NIFLUS = SINFUL; MOTISC = SITCOM Cartoon Answer— They had salmon, halibut and grouper to grill which would be FSH UE INF ST = "SUF-FISH-ENT" 47.87% of 1527 responders had trouble with this answer.	Friday, January 6, 2023, 5:50-7:05 pm Mountain View: Leave apt 4:30 pm; Red Bus @ 4:50 pm to Showers Drive; Walk to Chef Chu's news bins fot "Daily Post" & "Palo Alto Weekly"; Bus #40 @ 5:23 pm Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 5:45-6:34 pm; Red Bus @ 6:50 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home Dozen Lucerne Cage-Free Eggs ($4.49) @ $2.28; Signature Farms Sliced Almonds 16 oz ($5) @ $4.00; 2 Gortons Fish Fillets Potato Crunch BOGO @ $11.49; Sig Sel Apple Strudels, 21 ct @ $5.99 - $2 Bakery = $3.99.
Friday, January 6, 2023, 8:30-9:50 pm Mountain View: For information on William Butler Yeats and the Golden Dawn, need to check out Kathleen Raine's Yeats, the Tarot and the Golden Dawn (1972) at Foothill Library Cited three poems of Kathleen Raine in my "Poems on Peace"— "Nocturne" (1943), "Tree of Heaven" (1946) & "Peace of Mind" (1949).	Friday, January 6, 2023, 9:50-11:40 pm Mountain View: Lost my Foothill Library Card when my wallet was stolen (June 3, 2022); Al Guzman was going to make me a new Library Card so I could check out books Before I check out Raine's book on Yeats at Foothill Library, the book can be read online at Yeats International Summer School.
Saturday, January 7, 2023, 8:20-8:24 am Mountain View: Went to bed @ 3:50 am; Woke up @ 3:00 pm (11 hours sleep); Solved Jumble Puzzle @ 8:34 am— VOCTE = COVET; NTLIF = FLINT; REUVSS = VERSUS; MHEANU = HUMANE Cartoon Answer— When they debuted the new Ralph Lauren penny, they showed their COT FIN ESS HAN = FASHION "CENTS" 38.34% of 973 responders had trouble with this answer.	Saturday, January 7, 2023, 3:20-4:30 pm Mountain View: Leave apt 3:20 pm; with Ann; Drove to Valero Station (Middlefield Rd) for "Daily Post"" Shop at Safeway (580 N. Rengstorff Ave) 3:30-3:52 pm; Bus #40 @ 4:15 pm to Montecito Ave and walked home Ferrero Rocher Hazelnut Chocolates ($6.49) @ $5.49 Dreyer's Butterfingers Ice Cream ($6.99) @ $3.97; Signature Farms Walnut Halvess 16 oz @ $5.00; 2 Bob Evans Mashed Potatoes @ $4 x 2 = $8 - $1 = $7.00; 2 Sparkling Water Strawberry-Watermelon @ 96¢ = $1.92.
Saturday, January 7, 2023, 5:00-5:30 pm Mountain View: Slept 6.5 hours (8:30 am-3:00 pm) without waking up until Ann phoned at 3:00 pm; Gave her Blueberry Pudding Cake & two cans 7-Up As I worked on "Rod to Destroy the World", gave Ann— Ch. 1: Hemingway & Fitzgerald in Paris; Ch. 3: Crowley & Haich on Tarot Cards; Raine's "Yeats, the Tarot, and the Golden Dawn".	Saturday, January 7, 2023, 5:30-7:40 pm Mountain View: While sleeping in bed (3:50-8:00 am), composed dozen rhyming couplets for Lilly's 10th birthday (3-5-2023); Find #10 stamps (Hungary J106, J201; Israel J8) Postage stamps showing the numeral ten, not as pretty as Geisha Girl on 10 yen. France 10 centimes with Mercury & caduceus, Ten teachings from Analects of Confucius.