HAIKUS: September 2007
By Peter Y. Chou |
These haikus were written as exercises in mindfulness an attempt to catch the fleeting moment in my daily walks, while reading, listening to music, and pondering about life. (Underlined words are not for emphasis but to web links.) This web page best viewed with Times font size 14. |
Saturday, September 1, 2007, 10:21 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Strauss, Jr. (Listen) "Emperor Waltz", Op. 437 (1889) (Notes) Regal and pompous march for Franz Josef's palace rather than a waltz. |
Saturday, September 1, 2007, 1:00 pm Galvez Street by Stanford Stadium passing scalpers, parents with kids & crowded cars The roar of the crowds Stanford plays UCLA football as I walk by. |
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 1:30 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Santa Cruz Mountains overlooking Half Moon Bay Mother redwood gone fifteen of her offsprings soar high up to the sky. |
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 1:45 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Grabtown Gulch Trail Entrance PC04 Purisima Creek Trail Entrance PC04 to Pure Consciousness! |
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 2:15 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Grabtown Gulch Trail, Redwood burnt by fire Fire has scorched your trunk but inner strength lets you grow upward to the sky. |
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 2:35 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Grabtown Gulch Trail, Another burnt Redwood Adversity stops you not as "Scarface" Redwood soars high to the Sun. |
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 3:13 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Grabtown Trail, Doreen & Meyer Luskin Grove A small waterfall hidden from the outward trail like a treasured jewel. |
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 3:30 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Grabtown Gulch Trail, Creek between redwoods Between two redwoods the flowing creek gurgles like rapid white waters. |
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 3:36 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Grabtown Trail, Hornet bites my friend's head Through the redwood grove I go May this sphere of light shield me from all harm. |
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 3:50 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Grabtown Gulch Trail, Purisima Creek Bridge Hanging ferns all decked out like lush theatre curtains of a Broadway show. |
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 3:55 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Gurgling waterfall by Purisma Creek Bridge Near the exposed roots of redwoods, a waterfall cascades by the bridge. |
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 4:15 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Redwood roots on Purisma Creek Trail A rare look inside the roots of a giant redwood where the sap resides. |
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 5:13 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve 3 black truncated redwoods, Borden Hatch Trail Three witches gather surrounded by ten redwoods a scene from Macbeth! |
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 5:18 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve Redwood archway on Borden Hatch Trail This fallen redwood forms an arch with four branches growing up like trees. |
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 6:00 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve A torn Redwood on Borden Hatch Trail Three layers exposed in the bark of this Redwood Let me touch your heart. |
Sunday, September 2, 2007, 6:43 pm Purisma Creek Redwoods Preserve End of hike on Grabtown Gulch Trail What grabs you in life? Beauty, Truth, Wisdom Three gifts to Enlightenment! |
Monday, September 3, 2007, 10:04 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Joseph Haydn Cello Concerto #1 (1765) (Listen) (CD) In fast moving train mountains rivers without end, everything a blur. |
Monday, September 3, 2007, 11:22 am Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Listen) (CD) Piano Concerto #24 in C minor, K.491 (1786) 24-hour day a cycle of completion, the Earth spins around. |
Monday, September 3, 2007, 1:36 pm Huddart County Park, Woodside Parking Lot at Park entrance (Map) In the lofty pine crows cawing and around me butterflies flutter. |
Monday, September 3, 2007, 1:48 pm Huddart County Park, Woodside Circle of giant redwoods (Map) A sonnet of trees fourteen redwoods in circle where Kent married Nanette. |
Monday, September 3, 2007, 2:05 pm Huddart County Park, Woodside Richard's Road Trail (Map) Bay trees bend forming an archway with giant redwoods like a cathedral. |
Monday, September 3, 2007, 2:15 pm Huddart County Park, Woodside Crystal Spring Foot Bridge (Map) One-sided bridge to walk through over dry creek bed Plunk! a small pine cone! |
Monday, September 3, 2007, 3:03 pm Huddart County Park, Woodside Miramontes Trail to Phleger Estate (1232 acres) Herman Phleger was a lawyer and diplomat lived till 94. |
Monday, September 3, 2007, 3:13 pm Huddart County Park, Woodside Miramontes Trail on Phleger Estate Miramontes Trail post with an Indian on horse carrying a spear. |
Monday, September 3, 2007, 4:00 pm Huddart County Park, Woodside Signpost Junction at Phleger Estate: Skyline Blvd., Raymundo Trail, Mt. Redondo, Miramontes Trail. At crossroad junction signposts to four directions. Which path to follow? |
Monday, September 3, 2007, 4:45 pm Huddart County Park, Woodside Resting at Phleger Estate bench with sun shining on Miramontes Trail Indian signpost Bay and Oak Tree arch toward each other in friendship May love be like this! |
Monday, September 3, 2007, 5:24 pm Huddart County Park, Woodside Crystal Spring Trail (Map) Shelf mushroom nestles in trunk of double Bay Tree Where are the fairies? |
Monday, September 3, 2007, 5:55 pm Huddart County Park, Woodside Bay Tree Trail (Map) A fallen Bay Tree whose roots resemble an arm stretched to shake my hand. |
Monday, September 3, 2007, 6:00 pm Huddart County Park, Woodside Bay Tree Trail (Map) Seven Bay Trees bend down the hillside with six branches growing straight upward. |
Monday, September 3, 2007, 6:35 pm Huddart County Park, Woodside East Meadow Lawn (Map) Six deer grazing in the East Meadow Lawn a treat to conclude our hike. |
Tuesday, September 4, 2007, 10:00 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Frederic Chopin, Fantaisie-Impromptu in C-sharp minor, Op. 66 (1835) (Listen) (CD) (YouTube) Waterfall cascades down the mountain as I wake to a crystal spring. |
Tuesday, September 4, 2007, 10:10 am Home in Mountain View listening to music KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven (Listen) Symphony #5 in C minor, Op. 67 (1814) O wake up to your true Cosmic Self and enjoy the gifts of heaven! |
Tuesday, September 4, 2007, 9:50 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Bette Davis, Anne Baxter, and George Sanders in "All About Eve" (1950) Selfishness got her to the top in this film but in real life she lost. |
Tuesday, September 4, 2007, 11:50 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Bette Davis, and Paul Henreid in "Now, Voyager" (1942), Music by Max Steiner Whitman's Untold Want Now, voyager, sail thou forth to seek and find the stars. |
Wednesday, September 5, 2007, 1:28 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Rachmaninoff (Listen) (Notes) Rhapsody on a Theme by Paganini, Op. 43 (1934) Sparkling, flamboyant music that dazzles like some sword-fight flashing by. |
Wednesday, September 5, 2007, 1:54 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Strauss, Jr. (Listen) Roses from the South Waltz, Op. 388 (1880) (CD) Swaying and swinging to Roses from the South Waltz written by Johann Strauss. |
Thursday, September 6, 2007, 11:28 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Helen Jane Long Eclipse (Listen) (2006) We're in ignorance letting our ego eclipse our true cosmic light. |
Thursday, September 6, 2007, 12:36 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Beethoven (Listen) (1801) Piano Sonata #14 in C-sharp minor "Moonlight" Beethoven's song to the moonlight O beautiful orb in the night sky! |
Thursday, September 6, 2007, 1:30 pm Friend takes me grocery shopping at Trader Joe's & Milk Pail, Mountain View Broccoli, garlic, alfafa sprouts, strawberries, green pepper and eggs. |
Thursday, September 6, 2007, 6:30 pm Green Library, Stanford University Classics Reading Room at my computer My friend Rudy's here We're going to Stanford Theatre to see some Westerns. |
Thursday, September 6, 2007, 9:00 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto James Stewart & Shelley Winters in "Winchester '73" (1950) Winchester rifle's the reward for best shooter but the loser stoled it. |
Thursday, September 6, 2007, 10:30 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto James Stewart & Marlene Dietrich in "Destry Rides Again" (1939) Destry believes in law and order but not guns. Now he's forced to use it. |
Friday, September 7, 2007, 12:15 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Gustav Holst (Listen) The Planets, Op. 32: Mars (1916) (CD) The music of war as Planet Mars marches on to rolling drumbeats. |
Friday, September 7, 2007, 12:50 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Karl Maria von Weber (Listen), "Invitation to the Dance", Op. 65 (1819) (Waltz) Greta Garbo played this music in Camille for her lover to come. |
Saturday, September 8, 2007, 10:44 am KDFC 102.1 FM: George Frederick Handel Water Music Suite #1: Dances (Listen) (CD) Waves are dancing to Water Music Why don't we join in and dance too? |
Saturday, September 8, 2007, 10:58 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven (Listen) Violin Sonata #5 in F, Op. 24 "Spring" (1801) A "Spring" sonata by Beethoven lifts me up to heavenly heights. |
Saturday, September 8, 2007, 11:30 am Home in Mountain View Phone call from friend "Gotta have rhythm," she tells me, "you need to put music in your poems." |
Saturday, September 8, 2007, 1:00 pm Galvez Street by Stanford Stadium Looking at trees in Eucalyptus Grove. Star and the Cross nuts on the same tree branch. Why can't we all live in peace? |
Saturday, September 8, 2007, 6:50 pm Home in Mountain View at kitchen window Looking at sun shining through trees and closing my eyes in meditation. Mandala of blue dahlia and gemstone glowing inside my mind's eye. |
Saturday, September 8, 2007, 7:00 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Leon Fleisher plays Ludwig van Beethoven (Listen) (CD) Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, "Für Elise" (1810) Music for loved one soft and tender melodies embrace you with joy. |
Sunday, September 9, 2007, 10:32 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Jules Massenet (listen) Thaïs: Meditation, (1894) The Sphinx meditates in silence of the desert on the Pyramids. |
Sunday, September 9, 2007, 11:05 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Tchaikovsky (listen) Symphony #5, Andante Cantabile (1888) Music such as this conduits to serenity and tranquillity. |
Sunday, September 9, 2007, 1:28 pm Rhus Ridge & Moody Road, Los Altos Hills on drive to Hidden Villa for hiking Two deer nibbling in the grass a treat to see while going to hike. |
Sunday, September 9, 2007, 2:37 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Duveneck House by Bunny Creek Wooden bridge to the Duveneck House covered with heart-shaped redbud leaves. |
Sunday, September 9, 2007, 2:53 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Wooden bridge to Bunny Trail Along Bunny Creek Here comes Peter Cottontail hopping on the bunny trail! |
Sunday, September 9, 2007, 3:00 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Bunny Trail by Bunny Creek Group of twelve Bay Trees I climb up to their center and breathe in their strength. |
Sunday, September 9, 2007, 3:38 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Hiking on Long Bunny Loop Trail Madrone Tree curving high up to the clear blue sky drinking in the light. |
Sunday, September 9, 2007, 4:16 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Hiking on Long Bunny Loop Trail Branch of Madrone Tree with face of a sleeping deer greet me as I pass. |
Sunday, September 9, 2007, 6:00 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Chicken Coop in the Animal Farm Chickens are running all around me while I search for the red wheelbarrow. |
Sunday, September 9, 2007, 6:10 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Animal Farm with ram and sheep The ram stares at me I touch his spiral horns and think Fibonacci! |
Sunday, September 9, 2007, 8 pm-10 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Luciano Pavarotti (Article) Pavarotti: The Legend at 70 (2005) (Obituary) Best opera tenor he hits the high notes with voice soaring to the stars! |
Monday, September 10, 2007, 10:39 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Felix Mendelssohn, Hebrides Overture, Op. 26 (1830) (listen) This tune reminds me of Beethoven inner rage stirring up a storm! |
Monday, September 10, 2007, 10:55 am KDFC 102.1 FM: George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue (1924) (Listen) (CD) Blue conjures sadness but this rhapsody is red hot with neon lights! |
Monday, September 10, 2007, 11:08 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Frederic Chopin Etude in E, Op. 10, #3 (1832) (Listen) You must have nimble fingers to play this piece with virtuosity. |
Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 11:17 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Tchaikovsky (Listen) (1893) 3rd movement, Symphony #6, Op. 74 "Pathétique" Marching music moves on as time speeds by past us when we're not aware. |
Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 11:40 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Beethoven (Listen) (YouTube) Piano Sonata #21 in C, Op. 53 (1804) Waldstein sonata also known as L'Aurora image of daybreak. |
Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 9:30 pm Stanford Theatre, Music by Alfred Newman, Joan Crawford, Hope Lange, Suzy Parker Diane Baker in "The Best of Everything" (1959) Four New York working girls ambitious for success but not finding it. |
Tuesday, September 11, 2007, 11:15 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Burt Lancaster & Tony Curtis in "Sweet Smell of Success" (1957) Power hungry men neurotic energy on New York City streets. |
Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 11:26 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Beethoven (Listen) (CD) Twelve Variations for Piano in A major on a theme of Wranitzky, WoO 71 (1797) Twelve Variations on a Russian Dance Ballet of the wild maiden. |
Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 12:08 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: George Gershwin (Listen) (CD) Promenade "Walking the dog" (1937) from Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers "Shall We Dance" Shall We Dance music Fred and Ginger on the ship deck walking their dogs. |
Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 8:45 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Buster Keaton, in "Steamboat Bill, Jr." (1928) Cyclone ravaged town but he's not hurt with building collapsing onto him. |
Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 9:55 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Buster Keaton, in "The Navigator" (1924) Stunt after stunt as he fights swordfish at sea and wards off cannibals. |
Thursday, September 13, 2007, 11:22 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Frederic Chopin (Listen) Piano Concerto #1 In E minor, Op. 11 (1830) Piano music like a waterfall of crystal droplets in cascade. |
Thursday, September 13, 2007, 11:32 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Manuel de Falla La Vida Breve (1905) (Listen) Life is short. Art long Study and practice. Focus on the Eternal! |
Thursday, September 13, 2007, 12:00 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven (Listen) Finale, Symphony #4 in B-Flat, Op. 60 (1806) Brisk bustling rondo with frenzy and fervor tunes in Beethoven style. |
Thursday, September 13, 2007, 12:52 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Rimsky-Korsakov (Listen) Tsar Saltan: The Three Wonders (1900) Talking Bird, Singing Tree, and Golden Water three wonders to be discovered. |
Friday, September 14, 2007, 10:42 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Rimsky-Korsakov (arr. Kreisler) Golden Cockerel: Hymn to the Sun (1907) (Listen) Thanks to Father Sun O Giver of Life with warmth to light up the worlds. |
Friday, September 14, 2007, 10:50 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Joseph Haydn (Listen) (CD) Symphony #43 in Eb "Mercury" (1772) Closest to the Sun Gold in your atomic heart Messenger of souls. |
Friday, September 14, 2007, 8:45 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Boris Karloff, in "The Mummy" (1932) An unearthed mummy returns to life searching for his ancient lost love. |
Friday, September 14, 2007, 10:05 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Boris Karloff, in "The Old Dark House" (1932) Dark and stormy night travellers are stranded in old dark gloomy house. |
Saturday, September 15, 2007, 12:05 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Richard Wagner (Listen) Die Walküre: Ride of the Valkyries (1856) (CD) Battle-cry music Riding up the mountain peak the horses gallop. |
Saturday, September 15, 2007, 12:28 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: J. S. Bach (Listen) (CD) Violin Concerto #2 in E, BWV 1042 (1723) Violin strings flowing like a vast river down to the mighty ocean. |
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 9:52 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Mozart (Listen) Symphony #40 in G minor, K. 550 (1788) (CD) Wake up from sleep to Mozart Symphony 40 catch the transition! |
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 10:39 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Sir Edward Elgar In Moonlight (1904) (Scores) (CD) Under the moon's soft splendor, the young Bach copied music scores he loved. |
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 2:08 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Hostel Trail, Bay Tree root alcove Five fallen Bay Trees sending forth fresh saplings from their roots in the earth |
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 2:55 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Overview on top of Hostel Trail Hawk circles above the panoramic view of Stanford to Moffett Field. |
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 3:45 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Elephant Mountain on Hostel Trail Sixteen Buckeye fruits hanging like a chandelier on the mountain top. |
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 4:00 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Hostel Trail past Grapevine Trail Shape of Elephant Mountain comes into view while climbing up the trails. |
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 4:25 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Hostel Trail on top of Ewing Hill How green my valley where Nature still reigns without man-made artifacts. |
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 4:44 pm Down the valley looking east from Black Mountain Trail, Rancho San Antonio Black Mountain sounds like a giant lump of coal that hides a diamond within. |
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 5:15 pm Hidden Villa, Upper Adobe Creek Trail West side of Ewing Hill Long plumes of clouds hover above Vista Point on High Meadow Trail. |
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 5:28 pm Hidden Villa, Upper Adobe Creek Trail First madrone tree sighting on hike In Spanish, Madrone means strawberries I hug it with affection. |
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 6:18 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Sheep Corral in the Animal Farm Flock of sheep munching on lush green grass as I wait for the ram to come. |
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 6:33 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Flaming clouds above the hills Clouds rising like fire over the hills now is time for spiritual rebirth. |
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 6:55 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Dana Center at West Loop Trail A blue wheelbarrow glazed with rain by the roadside Where are the chickens? |
Sunday, September 16, 2007, 6:58 pm Hidden Villa, Los Altos Hills Fish clouds above the hills Paul Klee's Golden Fish not on the table but high above in the sky! |
Monday, September 17, 2007, 10:22 am KDFC 102.1 FM: George Frederick Handel Xerxes: Largo (1738) (Listen) (CD) Xerxes prized treasure the tree in the courtyard, not his palace riches. |
Monday, September 17, 2007, 10:31 am KDFC 102.1 FM: J. S. Bach (Listen) (CD) Cantata #140: Sleepers Awake (1731) Sleepers wake up to the eternal treasures all around you every day! |
Monday, September 17, 2007, 11:04 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Maurice Ravel Bolero (1928) (Listen) (CD) Trek through the desert camel caravan can't find lost city of gold. |
Monday, September 17, 2007, 12:08 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Liszt (Listen) (CD) La Campanella, "Little Bells" (1838) Little bells tinkle to drive away the witches from autumn harvests. |
Tuesday, September 18, 2007, 10:36 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Ralph Vaughan Williams The Lark Ascending (1914) (Listen) (CD) Blake's 28th lark ascends to the topmost tree singing like a star! |
Tuesday, September 18, 2007, 10:52 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Domenico Zipoli Elevazione (1715) (listen) (CD) Ascend by going within to your crown chakra thousand petals of light. |
Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 10:20 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Sir Arthur Sullivan (Listen) The Pirates of Penzance: Overture (1879) (CD) Sailing the high seas, flying the Jolly Roger the Pirates of Penzance! |
Wednesday, September 19, 2007, 11:26 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Mozart (YouTube) (listen) Piano Sonata #11, Turkish Rondo (1783) Mozart music too lively for dancing except for the Sufi spin! |
Thursday, September 20, 2007, 10:53 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Joseph Haydn (Listen) Symphony #101 in D "Clock" (1794) (CD) The clock goes tic-toc as time marches on and on the Watcher stands still. |
Thursday, September 20, 2007, 11:04 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves (1934) (Listen) (CD) Autumn equinox is near half moon is waxing for the fall harvest. |
Friday, September 21, 2007, 10:39 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven (Listen) Symphony #3 in E-Flat, Op. 55 "Eroica" (1804) Riding Pegasus to Beethoven's Eroica soaring to the Light! |
Friday, September 21, 2007, 11:20 am Franz Danzi, Fantasy for Clarinet on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 41 (1814) (Listen) (CD) Beautiful music "La ci darem la mano" from Don Giovanni. |
Friday, September 21, 2007, 9:10 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto James Stewart in "The Man from Laramie" (1955) He finds the man who sold rifles to Apaches that killed his brother. |
Friday, September 21, 2007, 11:05 pm Stanford Theatre, Gary Cooper and Julie London in "Man of the West" (1958) The saloon singer in love with former outlaw who has become good. |
Saturday, September 22, 2007, 10:35 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Camille Saint-Saens (Listen) Samson & Delilah: Bacchanale, Op. 47 (1877) Beauty versus Brawn Delilah took Samson's strength by cutting his hair. |
Saturday, September 22, 2007, 11:05 am Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto #1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23 (1875) (Listen) (CD) Inspired by Kiev blind beggar street musicians, he composed this piece. |
Saturday, September 22, 2007, 12:45 pm Green Library, Stanford University, Reading Marcel Duchamp's "The Creative Act" (1957) The spectator adds to the artist's work in the creative act. |
Saturday, September 22, 2007, 1:00 pm Green Library, Stanford University Recalling Leo Tolstoy's "What Is Art?" (1898) Every artwork is a relationship between artist and viewer. |
Saturday, September 22, 2007, 5:50 pm Riding Bus #22 home to Mountain View Reading Kant's "Dreams of a Visionary" (1766) Essay concludes with Voltaire's "Candide" "Let us look after our happiness, go into your garden, and work." |
Saturday, September 22, 2007, 6:00 pm Walking by & admiring giant oak tree at 550 Ortega Avenue, Mountain View next to Avalon Towers on the Peninsula O beautiful oak arms stretched in 8 directions embracing the sky! |
Sunday, September 23, 2007, 12:02 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Handel (Listen) (CD) The Faithful Shepherd Suite (1712) Shepherd in the field tending a flock of sheep and playing his flute. |
Sunday, September 23, 2007, 1:40 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Beethoven (Listen) (CD) Symphony #6 in F, Op.68 "Pastoral" (1808) Inspired by birdsongs and running brooks, he composed pastoral music. |
Sunday, September 23, 2007, 5:52 pm Baylands Nature Preserve, Mountain View Shoreline at end of San Antonio Road Curlews, mallard ducks, sandpipers, seagulls, and terns all hunting for food. |
Sunday, September 23, 2007, 6:00 pm Baylands Nature Preserve, Mountain View Reflective moment at Shoreline's marsh pond Ten egrets in pond looking like brides Which virgins are wise, which foolish? |
Sunday, September 23, 2007, 6:23 pm Baylands Nature Preserve, Mountain View Taking photo at Shoreline's marsh pond Eight white pelicans flock together while a blue heron spreads her wings. |
Sunday, September 23, 2007, 6:52 pm Baylands Nature Preserve, Mountain View Alchemical moment at Shoreline pond The Sun to my right The Moon to my left and I centered in the Earth. |
Sunday, September 23, 2007, 7:00 pm Baylands Nature Preserve, Mountain View Seven pelicans in a row and one in flight Pelican in flight sweeping the air gracefully leaving me breathless! |
Monday, September 24, 2007, 2:00 am KSFO 560 AM, Coast-to-Coast.am Rollye James interviews Jerry Katz on "Non-duality" Non-duality is connecting to something bigger than yourself. |
Monday, September 24, 2007, 4:00 pm Green Library, Stanford University Reading obituary of Marcel Marceau Through mime he moves your mind touching joy and pathos in the garden of life. |
Monday, September 24, 2007, 9:00 pm Green Library, Stanford University Reading J. G. Herder on Immanuel Kant Kant's mind is serene and joyous. Rich ideas pour from his lips like rain. |
Monday, September 24, 2007, 10:00 pm Green Library, Stanford University, Reading Kant's "On the Beautiful and the Sublime" (1764) Flowers and the day are beautiful. Great oaks and the night are sublime. |
Monday, September 24, 2007, 11:45 pm Green Library, Stanford University Reading Kant's "Dreams of a Visionary" (1766) My soul purified from prejudices. My mind ready for the Truth. |
Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 10:47 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Pachelbel (CD) Canon in D (1680) (Listen) (YouTube) My feet lifting to this music, hands waving like a silk-scarf dancer. |
Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 12:26 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Johannes Brahms (Listen) (CD) Finale, Symphony #1 in C minor, Op. 68 (1876) Forty years in womb Beethoven's 9th gives birth to Brahms' First Symphony! |
Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 11:00 pm Stanford Theatre, Kirk Douglas & Jean Simmons in Stanley Kubrick's "Spartacus" (1960) Duck and leap during training camp so machines won't clobber you to death. |
Wednesday, September 26, 2007, 11:40 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Beethoven (Listen) (CD) Rondo in G, Op. 51 #2 (1798) Nice waking up to Beethoven's Rondo in G to inspire my work. |
Thursday, September 27, 2007, 2:08 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Joshua Bell plays Antonin Dvorak (CD) (Listen) (YouTube) Rusalka: Song to the Moon, Op. 114 (1900) The Harvest Full Moon shining resplendent in the sky My heart sings to you! |
Thursday, September 27, 2007, 2:22 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Yundi Li plays Frederic Chopin, Andante Spianato, Op. 22 (1831) (Listen) (CD) (YouTube) Music flowing like a waterfall cascading down the mountainside. |
Friday, September 28, 2007, 2:04 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves (1934) Lady Greensleeves, (Listen) (CD) O Lady Greensleeves you've enraptured so many loving broken hearts. |
Friday, September 28, 2007, 2:12 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Piano Quartet #1 in G minor, K. 478 (1785) (Listen) (CD) The angel's wings spread to embrace Dante, lifting him to the mountaintop. |
Friday, September 28, 2007, 8:00 pm Stanford Theatre, Vincent Minnelli directs Judy Garland in "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944) as she sings "The Boy Next Door" Judy's in full bloom he frames her in the window like a portrait painter. |
Friday, September 28, 2007, 8:30 pm Stanford Theatre, Vincent Minnelli directs the dance sequence of "Skip to my Lou" in "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944) Brilliant choreographed dancing in such a small space of the living room. |
Friday, September 28, 2007, 8:45 pm Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto Judy Garland (Esther) & Margaret O'Brien (Tootie) in Vincent Minnelli's "Meet Me in St. Louis" (1944) Tootie and Esther dancing the Cake Walk under the Bamboo Tree. |
Friday, September 28, 2007, 11:30 pm Stanford Theatre, Robert Newton & Celia Johnson in Noel Coward's "This Happy Breed" (1944) directed by David Lean Between the World Wars, this British family copes with everyday life. |
Saturday, September 29, 2007, 11:14 am KDFC 102.1 FM: Johannes Brahms Hungarian Dances #4, 5, 7 (1868-1880) (Listen) (CD) (YouTube) Waking up to Brahms' Hungarian Dances will zap up me for today! |
Saturday, September 29, 2007, 12:17 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven Romance #2 in F, Op. 50 (1802) (Listen) (CD) Beethoven in love Romance music to touch your heart strings and beyond. |
Sunday, September 30, 2007, 12:25 pm KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Liszt (Listen) (CD) Fantary on Hungarian Folk Tunes (1852) Hungarian folk tunes from his native land woven into mists of clouds. |
Sunday, September 30, 2007, 3:14 pm Friend takes me grocery shopping at Rite-Aid, Milk Pail, and Safeway Six Cup-of-Noodles, cauliflower, onions, sprouts, milk, yogurt, and shrimps. |
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