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, April 1, 2007, 11:20 am Tomaso Albinoni, Adagio in G minor (midi) conjures up Dante, "Purgatorio" XXVIII.40-42 Matilda singing picking flowers bloom by bloom in the Sacred Grove.	Sunday, April 1, 2007, 2:30 pm Friend takes me grocery shopping at Longs & Safeway, Mountain View Apple sauce, red grapes, fruit cocktail and chicken broth, Vlasic dill spears.
Sunday, April 1, 2007, 7:30 pm Fred Astaire in "The Gay Divorcee" (1934) dancing & singing Cole Porter's "Night & Day" I'm longing for you, thinking of you day & night, just to dance with you.	Sunday, April 1, 2007, 9:10 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Claudette Colbert in "Cleopatra" (1934) Conqueror of men, Caesar & Mark Anthony— O Cleopatra!
Monday, April 2, 2007, 10:10 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM radio Two Goethe's poems inspired Felix Mendelssohn, "Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage", Op. 27 (1830) Two great minds meeting— Poet inspires composer and music flows out!	Monday, April 2, 2007, 10:50 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM radio Goethe's poem "Der Zauberlehrling" inspired Paul Dukas, "Sorcerer's Apprentice" (1897) Mickey Mouse can't stop brooms with buckets of water flooding the whole house!
Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 9:35 pm Palo Alto Cal-Train Depot Waiting for Bus #22 Full Moon of April— Frog Moon, Pink Moon, Planter's Moon shines on me tonight.	Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 12:20 am KSFO 560 AM: Coast to Coast AM William Buhlman on Out of Body experiences "I'm out of body"— Repeat this for 30 days. You'll have OBE.
Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 11:28 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM radio Puccini, Gianni Schicci: "O mio babbino caro" Pretty tune for Dad: "Oh, my dearest papa"— sung with such great pathos.	Tuesday, April 3, 2007, 1:00 pm Friend takes me grocery shopping Castro Street, Mountain View Green onions, tofu, Shitake mushroom dumplings, and Do-Do fishballs.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 11:23 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM radio Mendelssohn, Symphony #3 "Scottish" (1842) Horses galloping in the Scottish countryside hunting for foxes.	Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 1:45 pm Cummings Art Building, Stanford University Western tussock moth caterpillars Dangling from the oaks, caterpillars everywhere— Duck or they're on you!
Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 3:00 pm FilmStud 152: Cinema-Machine Cummings Art 2, Stanford University Zoom and Bored cartoon— Coyote's traps always fail to catch Road Runner.	Wednesday, April 4, 2007, 3:30 pm Profs. Scott Bukatman & Pavle Levi FilmStud 152: Cinema-Machine Road Runner always escapes, so Coyote keeps on with inventions.
Thursday, April 5, 2007, 12:25 pm Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM radio Alexander Borodin, Polovetsian Dances (1869) Take my hand. I'm a stranger in paradise who's a stranger no more.	Wednesday, April 5, 2007, 2:30 pm Green Library, Stanford University Medieval Studies Room, 351-D My arm feels itchy— It's a moth caterpillar looking for a home.
Thursday, April 5, 2007, 9:10 pm Fritz Lang directs Edward G. Robinson and Joan Bennett in "Woman in the Window" (1944) Professor gets mixed up with woman and murder— great suspense thriller!	Thursday, April 5, 2007, 10:30 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto "Curse of the Cat People" (1944) No friends in her school— She finds solace in dreamworld from dead stepmother.
Friday, April 6, 2007, 11:00 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM radio Wagner, Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries (1870) The spa scene comes back in Fellini's 8-1/2— crowd climbing a hill.	Friday, April 6, 2007, 12:05 pm Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM radio Beethoven, 2nd Movement, 9th Symphony (1824) My mind is inspired by Beethoven's "Ode to Joy"— starbursts of neurons!
Friday, April 6, 2007, 8:30 pm Waverley Writers Poetry Reading, April's funny poem on "Turning 65" The seniors want me— Maybe I want to be spoiled, perhaps even ruined.	Friday, April 6, 2007, 9:00 pm Waverley Writers Poetry Reading, Ron's hilarious poem on "Celebrity Suicide" Lacquer found in blood— Museum sales of fake antiques. Dreamt she was a Queen.
Saturday, April 7, 2007, 12:05 pm White Plaza, Stanford University Stanford Ballroom Dance Team flyer Caterpillar crawls on a "Learn to Dance" flyer searching for partner.	Saturday, April 7, 2007, 12:30 pm Green Library, Stanford University BBC News: "Fruitful Fungi" It's global warming— Mushrooms proliferating in number and size!
Sunday, April 8, 2007, 10:22 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM radio Joaquin Rodrigo, Concierto de Aranjuez (1939) Guitar tunes wake me— Palatial gardens in Spain with Moorish dancing.	Sunday, April 8, 2007, 10:30 pm Bert's email requesting my article for "Goldenrod Journal" to honor Anthony What a joy to hear from an old friend I've not seen in twenty-one years.
Sunday, April 8, 2007, 5:20 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto James Cagney as Bert in "Blonde Crazy" (1931) He's running one scam after another, yet Bert has a heart of gold.	Sunday, April 8, 2007, 7:20 pm Busby Berkeley's choreography of "By a Waterfall" in "Footlight Parade" (1933) Synchronized swimming— Kaleidoscope spectacle! Nymphs in Neptune's pool!
Monday, April 9, 2007, 10:55 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM radio Gluck, "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" (1762) Eurydice dancing with the Spirits. Orpheus sings to set her free.	Monday, April 9, 2007, 3:30 pm Scott Bukatman's FilmStud 152 lecture Cinema-Machine: "Shape of Energy", AR2 The silent era of Chaplin gives way to sound era of Cagney.
Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 7:30 pm Anneberg Auditorium, Stanford University Fernand Léger, "Ballet Mécanique" (1924) Maddening motion— modernity machines move, wheels and pistons dance!	Tuesday, April 10, 2007, 9:00 pm Anneberg Auditorium, Stanford University Eisenstein, "Old and New" (1929) The bride is the cow— She's shaking as the bull comes with splashing oceans.
Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 3:00 pm Pavle Levi's FilmStud 152 lecture quoting Dziga Vertov (1923) I am kino-eye. I'm a mechanical eye, a machine that sees.	Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 5:45 pm Green Library, Stanford University Web page for Marissa's 14th birthday Lines in a sonnet, Days for New Moon to be Full, and square root of two.
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 11:32 am Joshua Bell plays Tchaikovsky Op. 6, "None But the Lonely Heart" (1869) Tchaikovsky's music, Goethe's poem, and violin to soothe the sadness.	Thursday, April 12, 2007, 12:30 pm World Savings, Mountain View Christine helps with banking problem She's a rose in bloom! Beauty enhanced by kindness— the smile of heaven!
Friday, April 13, 2007, 7:00 am Dream: Looking for hotel room where Dad and Mom is staying. Where is Dad and Mom in this luxury hotel? Hotel in Heaven.	Friday, April 13, 2007, 1:15 pm Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM radio Mozart, Piano Concerto #21 in C, K467 (1785) Lovers hand in hand— Elvira Madigan theme, full of soft kisses.
Friday, April 13, 2007, 3:15 pm Walking from Bing Wing Green Library to Pigott Hall, Stanford University I step gingerly around dozens of tussocks so they won't be squashed.	Friday, April 13, 2007, 9:00 pm Stanford Japanese Film Festival: Mikio Naruse When a Woman Ascends the Stairs (1960) Keiko the geisha remains high-minded with her lustful clientele.
Saturday, April 14, 2007, 10:45 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM, Tchaikovsky, Symphony #6, Op.74 "Pathétique" (1893) Upbeat Third Movement— Allegro molto vivace great triumphant march!	Saturday, April 14, 2007, 5:30 pm Classics Room, Stanford Green Library Looking out of the 3rd floor window Dark gloomy clouds gone— Tree branches tossing in wind against baby blue sky.
Sunday, April 15, 2007, 11:00 am Reading San Jose Mercury News (4-15-2007) Frank Licsko's painting "Tree of Life" stolen from Santana Row Gallery Tree of Life glows in moonlight, sunlight, yin & yang— Circle in the Square.	Sunday, April 15, 2007, 12:50 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Joshua Bell plays Tchaikovsky, "Meditation in D Minor", Op. 42, No.1 "Dennis the Menace" cartoon (4-10-07) Can't decide if she wants to be Joshua Bell or Mrs. Joshua Bell.
Sunday, April 15, 2007, 5:20 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto, Cary Grant and Constance Bennett in "Topper" (1937) Vivacious ghosts prompt stuffed-shirt banker to have some fun and adventure.	Sunday, April 15, 2007, 7:20 pm Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers in "Shall We Dance" (1937) Shall we dance all day and night till the sun, moon, and stars all fall in love.
Monday, April 16, 2007, 10:46 am Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM Radio John Williams, "Star Wars: Main Theme" Wake up to Star Wars music— Luke the Jedi Knight ready for battle.	Monday, April 16, 2007, 3:00 pm Pavle Levi's FilmStud 152 lecture on Libidinal Machines in cinema & life Desiring machines of libido energy never stops flowing.
Monday, April 16, 2007, 4:00 pm Pondering on Levi's "desiring machines can't stop" & a solution from Patanjali's "Yoga Sutra" I.2: Patanjali says: "Yoga is the stopping of mental flow of thoughts."	Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 10:50 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Clara Schumann, "Romance #3 in B-Flat, Op.22" (1839) Tender tunes wake me— Clara's music inspires both her husband and Brahms.
Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 6:30 pm Reading NY Times article (4-17-2007) "Karma, Karma, Karma Comes and Goes" Karma comes and goes— Universe gives out rewards. He's in nirvana!	Tuesday, April 17, 2007, 10:30 pm Cubberley Auditorium, Stanford University Pondering on Fritz Lang, "Metropolis" (1927) Ego runs our lives while the real Self is asleep— When will we wake up?
Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 1:00 pm Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM: Mozart, "Piano Concerto #22 in Eb, K. 482" (1785) Horses galloping on a clear day for the hunt— Horns leading the charge!	Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 2:40 pm FilmStud 152 Cinema-Machine, Levi screens Man Ray, "Return to Reason" (1923) A jumble of nails, UFO lights fly, coils spin, and nude torso turns.
Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 3:20 pm FilmStud 152 Cinema-Machine: Bukatman screens Star Gate sequence in 2001: A Space Odyssey We're in a tunnel of kaleidoscopic lights— pure visual delight!	Wednesday, April 18, 2007, 8:30 pm Pigott Hall, Room 113, Jean Epstein, "La Chute de la Maison Usher" (1928) Nightmare fantasy— House of Usher melts away in fierce fire and wind.
Thursday, April 19, 2007, 12:30 pm Listening to KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Lehar, "Gold & Silver Waltzes" Op. 79 (1902) She's off the park swing when the waltz music comes on and we start to dance.	Thursday, April 19, 2007, 3:30 pm Reading "Sun's Atmosphere Sings" on Space.com (4-18-2007) Sun's magnetic loops in the corona singing like Apollo's Lyre.
Friday, April 20, 2007, 11:52 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Sergei Prokofiev, "Romeo & Juliet: Dance of the Knights" (1936) Music of darkness evoking a sombre mood— sadness of romance.	Friday, April 20, 2007, 12:30 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: George Gershwin on composing "Rhapsody in Blue" (1924) Rattle-ty rhythms, music in the heart of noise— train ride to Boston.
Friday, April 20, 2007, 7:30 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto, Alan Ladd and Veronica Lake in "Blue Dahlia" (1946) The blonde is singing "It's easy to remember, so hard to forget."	Friday, April 20, 2007, 9:40 pm Stanford Theatre, Spencer Tracy in "Bad Day at Black Rock" (1955) The one-armed vet beats the bully with karate chops and kung-fu flings.
Saturday, April 21, 2007, 5:15 am Reading Marshall McLuhan & Quentin Fiore, "The Medium is the Massage" (1967) Today's medium— electric technology— reshaping our lives.	Saturday, April 21, 2007, 1:30 pm White Plaza, Stanford University Stanford Solar Car Project display Stanford students built a sleek black-tiled skateboard car powered by the sun.
Sunday, April 22, 2007, 11:55 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Camille Saint-Saëns, "Carnival of the Animals:: The Swan" (1886) The swan is our soul soaring in flight— no wonder we feel so lofty.	Sunday, April 22, 2007, 8 pm Bookstore Fountain, Stanford University Walking toward Clock Tower to Library Crescent moon above— the water fountain silent— the clock bells strike eight.
Sunday, April 22, 2007, 5:00 pm Stanford Theatre, Bernard Herrmann's music in "The Devil and Daniel Webster" (1941) The village barn dance— Fiddles playing Devil's Trill, Jab Stone sold his soul.	Sunday, April 22, 2007, 7:20 pm Stanford Theatre, James Cagney in "Yankee Doodle Dandy" (1942) Clicking down the floor, he dances like a puppet prancing up the walls.
Monday, April 23, 2007, 11:48 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Johannes Brahms, "Hungarian Dances #4, 5, 7" (1886) Circle of dancers doing Hungarian Czardas— faster and faster!	Monday, April 23, 2007, 12:50 pm Totem Pole Grove, Serra Mall, Boo-Qwilla, Stanford University Lovely sunny day without a cloud in the sky— Peace prayer for all.
Monday, April 23, 2007, 3:00 pm FilmStud 152 Cinema-Machine: Bukatman screens Winsor McKay, "Gertie the Dinosaur" (1914) 10,000 drawings of ertie the Dinosaur— cartoon in motion!	Monday, April 23, 2007, 6:30 pm Foothill College Computer Lab, Palo Alto Web page for Emily's 18th birthday 18 holes in golf, inches in basketball rim, protons in argon.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 11:30 am KDFC 102.1 FM: George Frederic Handel, "Water Music" (1717) Bubbling fountains, ocean tides stirred by the moon, and the music in me.	Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 1:00 pm World Savings, Mountain View "Meditations on 84" poem for Joy For her kindness, here's a basketful of wisdom better than rubies.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 7:20 pm FilmStud 152, Stanford Annenberg Auditorium G. W. Bitzer, "New York City Subway" (1905) Under the city, the subway trains takes me from one place to the next.	Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 8:30 FilmStud 152, Annenberg Auditorium Buster Keaton, "The General" (1927) They won't enlist him— but luck comes his way to make him a war hero.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 9:00 pm FilmStud 152, Annenberg Auditorium Ernie Gehr, "Serene Velocity" (1970) It's just a hallway— The Great Square has no corners. The Tao has no name.	Tuesday, April 24, 2007, 9:00 pm FilmStud 152, Annenberg Auditorium Ernie Gehr, "Serene Velocity" (1970) Homage to the Square! Deep in the inner sanctum— the Hall of Records.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 10:55 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Alexander Borodin, "String Quartet #2 in D" (1881) Kismet, "Baubles, Bangles & Beads" (1953) He's in a bazaar looking for pearls and a ring as gift for his love.	Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 11:30 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Johannes Martini, "Plaisir d'amour" (1785), adapted by Elvis Presley, "Can't Help Falling in Love" (1961) Can't help falling in love with you like a river flowing to the sea.
Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 6:55 pm Stanford Tresidder Union, Oak East Lounge Master Chi Hoi, "Understanding the Heart Sutra" Listen and reflect, meditate on emptiness— the heart of wisdom.	Wednesday, April 25, 2007, 9:00 pm Cubberley Auditorium, Stanford University Prof. Bart D. Ehrman, "Misquoting Jesus" Matthew, Mark, Luke, John— Read the Gospels side by side to find more insight.
Thursday, April 26, 2007, 10:22 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Ralph Vaughan Williams, "The Lark Ascending" (1914) Rising to heaven with his silver chain of sound, winging up and up.	Thursday, April 26, 2007, 12:12 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Antonio Vivaldi, "The Four Seasons: Winter" (1723) Snow fell into me— and my first poem "I See Joy" flowed out to this tune.
Friday, April 27, 2007, 12:05 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Charles Gounod, "Faust: Ballet Music" (1859) Enticing waltz tune— Shall I leap into the dance for my lady fair?	Friday, April 27, 2007, 12:30 pm Home in Mountain View writing $14.92 check for my April AT&T phone bill 1492— phone bill from AT&T— Columbus calling!
Friday, April 27, 2007, 9:00 pm Cubberley Auditorium, Stanford University Nagisa Oshima, "Cruel Story of Youth" (1960) Japan's New Wave film— Youth's sex & violence replace Ozu's decorum.	Saturday, April 28, 2007, 11:00 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Jules Massenet, Thaïs: Meditation" (1894) Two swans glide slowly in the pond of the park and the wind kisses me.
Saturday, April 28, 2007, 11:22 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Joaquín Rodrigo, "Fantasy for a Gentleman" (1954) He's been blind since three— "In heaven, we'll all be sound" was his keen insight.	Saturday, April 28, 2007, 12:05 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: J. S. Bach, Cantata #147 "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" (1723) (midi) Joy of desiring Holy Wisdom, Love most bright— Soar to peaceful light.
Sunday, April 29, 2007, 5:40 pm Stanford Theatre, Bette Davis in "Cabin in the Cotton" (1932) "I'd let you kiss me, but I just washed my hair. Bye!"— that's Bette Davis!	Sunday, April 29, 2007, 7:20 pm Stanford Theatre, Ruby Keeler in "42nd Street" (1933) Ruby Keeler— what a bundle of energy— 42nd Street!
Sunday, April 29, 2007, 7:30 pm Skipping to Palo Alto Train Depot for Stanford Marguerite Shuttle Bus I'm just so happy tapping & clicking my feet dancing down the street!	Sunday, April 29, 2007, 11:30 pm Green Library, Bookmarking NY Times Reading article on Angela Lansbury She's unpretentious acting over 60 years— the audience loves her!
Monday, April 30, 2007, 11:20 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, "Scheherazade", Op. 35 (1888) Exotic music from 1001 Nights wakes me up from bed.	Monday, April 30, 2007, 12:48 pm Showers & El Camino, Mountain View Pondering on cirrus clouds in the sky Who painted all this? White brushstrokes in the blue sky— Where's the artist's brush?
Monday, April 30, 2007, 2:30 pm When Bukatman reveals "Serene Velocity" was shot in one night, with daybreak seen in window, I share a Platonic epiphany with the class. Square becomes circle! Plato's cave allegory— from earth to the Sun!	Monday, April 30, 2007, 3:40 pm FilmStud 152: Reflecting on Pavle Levi's lecture on Michel Foucault's biopolitics and Wilhelm Reich's "character-armor" The Ego-I forms as we grow older— why not the Cosmic-Eye too?

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