Haikus: October 2008

HAIKUS: October 2008

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.)
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Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 10:35-10:46 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Bedrich Smetana
Ma Vlast: The Moldau (1874)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

My Fatherland is
not of this Earth but somewhere
up there in the stars. Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 12:10-12:18 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Gioachino Antonio Rossini
Barber of Seville: Overture (1817)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Overture reminds
me it's the first opera
I saw live at Cornell.

Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 3:00 pm
White Plaza, Stanford University
Walking to Stanford Humanities Center
to pick up flyers on upcoming lectures
when Stanford co-ed smiled biking by me

Gosh! She's beautiful
showering her smile on me
biking by the square. Wednesday, October 1, 2008, 7:00 pm
Kresge Auditorium, Stanford University
Presidential Lecture: Robert Wilson
"Have You Been Here Before.
No This Is the First Time."

"See first if there's birth
before we talk of rebirth"
thus spoke Ramana.

Thursday, October 2, 2008, 11:56 am-12:05 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Piano Concerto #23 in A, K. 488 (1786)
(Listen), CD, YouTube, Analysis

Sparkling with passion,
Mozart withheld this piece
played only for his friends. Thursday, October 2, 2008, 12:08-12:12 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Antonin Dvorak
Humoresque #7 for Piano in G flat major (1894)
Op. 101/B 187 (Listen), CD, YouTube, Discussion

Could dance the two-step,
West Coast swing and even
the waltz to this tune.

Friday, October 3, 2008, 2:00 am
Green Library, Stanford University
Jack is here to give me ride home.
Extra hour for my Wild Life Poem

Sail back to Eden
with Emily to claim
the fruit from Tree of Life! Friday, October 3, 2008, 2:00-3:00 am
Green Library, Stanford University
Jack is here to give me ride home.
Extra hour for my Wild Life Poem

I'm not stealing but
claiming what is ours—
Fruit that makes us immortal!

Friday, October 3, 2008, 2:27-2:32 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Neeme Järvi,
conducts Eugen Kapp,
Kalevipoeg: Forging of the Swords (1947)
(Listen), CD, Japanese Katana

Vulcan the blacksmith
working under Mount Etna
forging swords and shields. Friday, October 3, 2008, 7:45-8:45 pm
Friends' House, 957 Colorado, Palo Alto
Waverley Writers' Poetry Reading
Peter Neil Carroll reads from his book
"Riverborne: A Mississippi Requiem"

Two men's riverboat
ride down the Mississippi
like Huckleberry Finn.

Friday, October 3, 2008, 9:15 pm
Friends' House, 957 Colorado, Palo Alto
Waverley Writers' Poetry Reading
I read tree haikus: "Mighty Oaks Hike",
"Ortega Redwood", and Cyclops Oak

Haikus of oak trees
and the heritage redwood
giant that was chopped down. Friday, October 3, 2008, 9:25 pm
Friends' House, 957 Colorado, Palo Alto
Waverley Writers' Poetry Reading
Brucey Slama reads "Monsters" poem
and got the whole audience chuckling

King Kong, Godzilla,
Creature from Black Lagoon,
Dracula fight it out.

Saturday, October 4, 2008, 11:07 am-11:12 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin: Polonaise, Op. 24, (1878)
Listen, CD, YouTube

Read Pushkin's novel
years ago— Tchaikovsky made
it into opera. Saturday, October 4, 2008, 1:00 pm
California Street, Mountain View:
Friend takes me grocery
shopping at Safeway

Cheese danish, coffee cake,
baby carrots and red grapes,
Gorton's fish fillets.

Sunday, October 5, 2008, 10:48-10:54 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Cécile Chaminade
Pièces humoristiques, Op. 87 #5,
Consolation (1897), Listen, CD, YouTube

First woman composer
awarded Legion of Honor—
now her songs forgotten. Sunday, October 5, 2008, 12:06-12:16 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Strauss, Jr.
Danube Maidens, Op. 427, (1887)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Danube Maidens may
lure you like Lorelei to
your shipwreck— Watch out!

Sunday, October 5, 2008, 3:30 pm
Stanford Green Library, South Wing stacks
Couldn't find Annie Dillard's book (QH81.D563.1982)
"Teaching a Stone to Talk" but found (QH81.E59.1987)
"Lost Notebooks of Loren Eiseley" (4-20-1969, p. 185)

In our age the search
is culminating: space
and the search within. Sunday, October 5, 2008, 10:00-11:35 pm
Memorial Auditorium, Stanford University
Stanford Flicks: Peter Berg directs
Hancock (2008) starring Will Smith,
Jason Bateman, and Charlize Theron

Superhero's reckless
action creates more problems
than his helpfulness.

Monday, October 6, 2008, 1:03-1:35 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Antonin Dvorak
Serenade for Strings in E, Op. 22 (1897)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Tunes sound familiar—
Serenade for Strings in E
by Antonin Dvorak. Monday, October 6, 2008, 2:55-3:02 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Franz Liszt
Hungarian Rhapsody #6 in D flat major (1853)
Listen, CD, YouTube

Hungarian Rhapsody—
romantic music of Liszt
for folk dancing.

Monday, October 6, 2008, 4:20 pm
Galvez Street, near El Camino Real, Palo Alto
Waiting for Stanford Shuttle Bus B-clockwise

Crescent Moon rises
in the east, a hawk circles
high as I chant wind song. Monday, October 6, 2008, 7:00 pm
Green Library, Stanford University
My meditation inside a stone

Inside the white stone—
atomic lattice reveals
a crystal palace!

Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 10:37-10:41 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Francesco Geminiani
The Enchanted Forest (1754)
(Listen), CD, Vita

A staged pantomime
for Tuileries in Paris—
Enchanted Forest Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 10:45-10:55 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Samuel Barber
Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 (1936)
Listen, CD, YouTube

Barber's Adagio
for Strings— simply exquisite
elegant music.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 7:00-9:14 pm
Stanford Building 260, Pigott Hall, Room 002
Adrian Daub: "Berlin Topographies in the 20th Century" Fritz Lang directs "M" (1931) starring
Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Gründgens

Fritz Lang's masterpiece
M about a child killer
with Peter Lorre. Tuesday, October 7, 2008, 7:00-9:14 pm
Stanford Building 260, Pigott Hall, Room 002
Adrian Daub: "Berlin Topographies in the 20th Century" Fritz Lang directs "M" (1931) starring
Peter Lorre, Otto Wernicke, Gustaf Gründgens

Lang's M first to use
leitmotif— whistling a tune
"Hall of the Mountain King"

Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 10:53-11:00 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Serenade No. 13 in G major, K 525
"Eine kleine Nachtmusik" (1787)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Mozart's A Little
Night Music wakes me up
from my dream and deep sleep. Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 11:19-11:23 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Symphony #7 in A major, Op. 92 (1812) (Listen)
CD, YouTube, Notes: Wagner once danced to
Beethoven's Symphony #7 with Liszt at the piano

Stirring march written
for soldiers in battle
returning home for rest.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 1:38-1:43 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: George Frideric Handel,
Solomon: Arrival of Queen of Sheba (1748)
(Listen) CD, YouTube. Recall Cornell concert—

Paul Taylor dancers
leaped with exuberance to
this music of Handel. Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 3:30 pm
Galvez Street, El Camino Real, Palo Alto
Waiting for Stanford Shuttle Bus B-clockwise &
watching two women busy on their cell phone

Two women— fingers
busy text-messaging while
I just wait for bus.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 5:00 pm
Found in Stanford Library (PN2287.N58K53.1997):
Alan Watts "In My Own Way: An Autobiography
1915-1965" reference to dancing with Kim Novak

She dances as well
as she acts and generally
adorns the landscape. Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 6:00 pm
Found in Stanford Library stacks (BL1473.W3A34):
Kim Novak: Hommage (Jovis, Berlin, 1997)
Kim Novak 1950 poem "A train makes me lonely"

To go and to go
and to be oh to be that
ideal girl but I'm not she.

Thursday, October 9, 2008, 2:00 am
Green Library, Stanford University
Jack is here to give me a ride home.
Composed web page Kim Novak

Learned that Esalen
was named after Amerindian
tribe that once lived there. Thursday, October 9, 2008, 4:00 pm
Middlefield Computer Lab, Palo Alto
Kim Novak's 34-lines poem is about her
past (lines 1-17) & future life (lines 18-34).

She found her right home,
profession as film actress,
married prince charming!

Thursday, October 9, 2008, 11:39-11:45 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Yundi Li
plays Franz Liszt,
Liebesträume for Piano #3 (1850)
(Listen) CD, YouTube

How come music can
portray love's sorrow better
than the other arts? Thursday, October 9, 2008, 12:03-12:06 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: The Five Browns
plays Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov,
"Flight of the Bumble Bee", Op. 57 (1900)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Sounds like Perpetual
Motion— but it's all buzz—
Flight of the Bumble Bee.

Friday, October 10, 2008, 12:42-12:49 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Aaron Copland,
Appalachian Spring (1944)
(Listen) CD, YouTube

Ballet written for
Martha Graham inspired by poem
of Hart Crane's "The Bridge". Friday, October 10, 2008, 1:04-1:37 pm
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Piano Concerto #27 in B flat major, K. 595 (1786)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Mozart at his best—
last piano concerto
written before he died.

Friday, October 10, 2008, 3:18 pm
Stanford Bookstore Fountain
Stanford Men Swim Team surrounds
fountain and pose & flex their biceps

Two dozen men in
swim trunks run & shout—
"Stanford Swimming!" Clap! Clap! Friday, October 10, 2008, 7:00 pm
Green Library, Stanford Library
Reading passages from Alan Watts'
autobiography "In My Own Way"

Joseph Campbell is
a jñana yogi whose mind
is sharp as a lasar.

Saturday, October 11, 2008, 9:37-9:40 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Erich Kunzel
conducts Giacomo Puccini,
Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro (1918)
(Listen) CD, YouTube, Libretto

Puccuni's aria
"O my dear Papa" inspired
by Dante's Inferno. Saturday, October 11, 2008, 9:44-9:53 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Erich Kunzel
conducts Johann Strauss, Jr.
"Die Fledermaus: Overture" (1874)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Exuberant waltz—
The party's over. He goes
home in a bat costume.

Saturday, October 11, 2008, 10:12-10:30 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Symphony #9 in D minor, Op. 125 (1824)
(Listen), CD, You Tube: Karajan; Bernstein

There's nothing like it—
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
bringing joy to all. Saturday, October 11, 2008, 10:30 am
Mountain View: It's chilly. Put on long-sleeve
flannel shirt and sweater for first time.
Missed Stanford Shuttle leaving at 10:34 am

Walking on sunny
side of the street. It's windy
and cold. Summer's gone!

Sunday, October 12, 2008, 1:39-1:45 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Antonin Dvorak,
Cypresses #4-6 (1887)
(Listen), CD, You Tube

Old letter in book—
You are my glorious rose—
such sweet memories. Sunday, October 12, 2008, 11:42-11:59 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Symphony #6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral" (1808)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Beethoven's mind merged
with the beauty of nature
produced this music.

Sunday, October 12, 2008, 1:00-2:30 pm
Mountain View: El Camino & California St.
Friend takes me grocery shopping at
Fiesta Market, Trader Joe's & Safeway

Roma tomatoes,
bananas and broccoli,
green onions, black grapes.

Veggie crackers, eggs,
mozarella cheese and milk,
green beans, red pepper. Sunday, October 12, 2008, 3:00-4:00 pm
Los Altos Library: "Footsteps in the Fog" &
Mercury News (10-12-2008): "Seeing SF
with Hitchcock's 'Vertigo' as a guide"

Big Basin redwoods,
Mission San Juan Bautista,
900 Lombard Street.

Mission Dolores,
Golden Gate Bridge & Fort Point,
Legion of Honor.

Sunday, October 12, 2008, 9:00 pm
Green Library, Stanford University
10th Anniversary of WisdomPortal.com
web site for enlightenment & wisdom

It's Columbus Day—
Delacroix discovered God
today and wisdom. Monday, October 13, 2008, 2:15-2:55 pm
Gentle Dental, Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
Teeth cleaning and antibiotic Arestin
treatment for pocket below wisdom tooth

On the wall a frog
and butterfly— Chuang Tzu
knew these symbols well!

Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 10:19-10:30 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Georges Bizet,
Carmen Suite #1 (1875)
(Listen), CD, You Tube

You're in the bull ring
of life— Be a matador—
Have courage! Be brave! Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 1:44-1:50 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Pachelbel,
Canon in D (1680)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Heavenly music
such as Pachelbel's Canon
lifts me up and up.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 9:54-10:00 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Alexandre Desplat,
The Golden Compass: Sky Ferry (2007)
(Listen), CD, You Tube

The Golden Compass
leads you far north where
your soul is— Go and find it! Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 11:16-11:24 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Georg Christoph Wagenseil,
Harp Concerto in G (18th century)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Light lilting polka
to dance to or just listen—
relax and enjoy!

Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 3:50-3:55 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Roman Hofstetter,
Serenade in C (Quartet for Strings) (1777),
(Listen: Haydn Op. 3), CD, YouTube

Delightful music
to prance and dance to with
elves in the old forest. Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 4:00 pm
Home in Mountain View cleaning apartment.
Smoke Alarm Inspector didn't show up again.
Found Israel #87 in catalog (issued Sept. 8, 1954)

Israel #87 stamp for
Scheraga's 87th birthday—
gift of grapes.

Thursday, October 16, 2008, 6:18-6:24 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
"Rage Over a Lost Penny", Op. 129 (1795),
(Listen), CD, YouTube: Evgeny Kissin

Beethoven's temper
unravelled in this tempest
on raging keyboard! Thursday, October 16, 2008, 6:30 am
Home in Mountain View reading "Vertigo"
chapter in "Footsteps in the Fog" (2002)
by Jeff Kraft and Aaron Leventhal

Scene by scene they've traced
Scottie's drive in San Francisco
tracking Madeleine.

Thursday, October 16, 2008, 1:22-1:31 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Kenji Bunch,
"Magic Hour" (20th century),
(Listen), CD, YouTube, Bio

What's your magic hour?
Sunrise, sunset, or midnight?
Whenever insight strikes! Thursday, October 16, 2008, 7:30-10:00 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto, 50th Anniversary
Screening of Hitchcock's "Vertigo" (1958)
starring Jimmy Stewart & Kim Novak

Golden anniversary
of greatest mystery film—
Hitchcock's Vertigo!

Friday, October 17, 2008, 8:48-8:52 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Michael Balfe,
"The Bohemian Girl: Marble Halls" (1843),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

I dreamt I dwelled in
marble halls— now a gypsy
wandering in the woods. Friday, October 17, 2008, 10:00 pm
Galvez Street, near El Camino, Palo Alto
I take photo of tall tree between Stanford
Stadium lights that towers above all the rest.

Between stadium lights
this tree towers above all
the rest in splendor!

Saturday, October 18, 2008, 11:15 am-6:00 pm
Green Library, Stanford University
Composing "On the Number 87" for
Professor H. A. Scheraga's birthday

Frank Lloyd Wright, Bernard Baruch,
Harold Scheraga— architect, statesman,
and chemist— all active at 87. Saturday, October 18, 2008, 11:15 am-6:00 pm
Green Library, Stanford University
Composing "Birthday Card 87" for
Professor H. A. Scheraga's birthday

Hiroshige Woodcut and
Israel stamp "Grape Bearers"
bring peace and good fruit.

Sunday, October 19, 2008, 10:23-10:27 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Leon Fleisher plays
Ludwig van Beethoven, "Für Elise"
Bagatelle for Piano in A minor, WoO 59 (1808),
(Listen), CD, YouTube, Commentaries

Tender melodies—
a bird singing in the heart—
Beethoven in love. Sunday, October 19, 2008, 11:18-11:24 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Felix Mendelssohn,
"Song of Praise" ("Lobgesang")
Symphony #2 in B flat major, Op. 52 (1840),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Make a list of things
to praise— I'd start with the Sun
that brings Light and Life.

Sunday, October 19, 2008, 12:37 pm
Lausen Mall, Stanford University
Crane removes clock from Clock Tower
Photo: "Timeless Clock Tower"

Clock Tower faceless
without its "teller of time"—
Now it is timeless! Sunday, October 19, 2008, 10:00-11:50 pm
Memorial Auditorium, Stanford Flicks:
Peter Segal's "Get Smart" (2008),
starring Steve Carell & Anne Hathaway

Agents 86 and 99
kickbox their way
through this spy film.

Monday, October 20, 2008, 11:55 am-12:03 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Christoph Willibald Gluck
Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits
(1762) CD, (Listen), YouTube

Orpheus plays his flute—
the Blessed Spirits dance
to set Eurydice free. Monday, October 20, 2008, 12:11-12:27 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludovico Einaudi
"Two Sunsets" (Due Tramonti) (2003)
CD, (Listen), YouTube

Why sunsets are sad?—
Light's descent into darkness
as sun disappears.

Monday, October 20, 2008, 12:07-12:16 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven
Overture to Egmont, Op. 84 (1810),
(Listen), CD, YouTube: Solti

Beethoven's salute
to Count Egmont's battle feats—
trumpets, horns, and drums! Monday, October 20, 2008, 3:30 pm
Stanford University, Pigott Hall, Room 111
Prof. Jean-Pierre Dupuy leaving for Paris
tomorrow. I drop by his office for a chat.

"Time and Vertigo"
was his talk— now Clock Tower
outside is timeless.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 1:00-1:43 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Joshua Bell plays Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35, (1878)
Listen, CD, YouTube

Exhilarating!—
Luscious tone from his violin
played with cat-like grace. Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 3:00 pm
391 San Antonio Road, Mountain View:
Friend takes me grocery shopping
for produce at Fiesta Super Market

Broccoli, garlic,
green onions, radishes,
tomatoes and black grapes.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 3:30 pm
California Street, Mountain View:
Friend takes me grocery shopping
at Safeway and Long's

Fish sticks and fillets,
frozen green beans and corn,
canned peaches, pecan ice cream. Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 4:30 pm
Grant Road, Mountain View:
Friend takes me grocery shopping
at Nob Hill Super Market

Raspberry muesli,
four pounds raw pumpkin seeds,
frozen tail-off cooked shrimps.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 12:43-12:47 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Hilary Hahn & Margaret Batjer
play Johann Sebastian Bach, 2nd movement,
Concerto For 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (1731), (Listen), CD, YouTube

Horses galloping
as I watch the countryside
from an old stagecoach. Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 1:01-1:30 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Mitsuko Uchida
plays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Piano Concerto #21 in C, K. 467 (1785)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Romantic music
at its best— lovers rowing
boat in quiet pond.

Thursday, October 23, 2008, 12:05-12:12 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Edvard Grieg,
Piano Concerto in A, Op. 16
(Listen) CD, YouTube

Awakened by Grieg's
Piano Concerto in A—
I'm roused to action! Thursday, October 23, 2008, 12:58-1:32 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Symphony #4 in B flat major, Op. 60 (1806)
(Listen), CD, YouTube: Karajan, Notes

Nervous energy
running rampant in
Beethoven's Fourth Symphony.

Thursday, October 23, 2008, 1:57-2:03 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Antonin Dvorak,
Rusalka: Song to the Moon (1900)
(Listen) CD, YouTube

Last night the crescent
moon looked like a ship sailing
to darkened dream space. Thursday, October 23, 2008, 6:50 pm
Foothill College Middlefield Lab, Palo Alto
Student Alex Barrientos greets me. We met
at Krishnamurti films at Stanford in 1991.

He thanks me for suggesting
Jon Kabat-Zinn's book
Full Catastrophe Living.

Friday, October 24, 2008, 11:42-11:50 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Johann Sebastian Bach,
"Jesu, joy of man's desiring" BWV 147 (1723)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

What is it that man
desire?— money, power, fame—
illusions at best. Friday, October 24, 2008, 11:59 am-12:05 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Enrique Granados,
Goyescas for Piano, Op. 11: Book 2 #7, El Pelele
(Listen), CD, YouTube, Score (1911)

Magician music
as he pulls rabbit from hat
and doves from his sleeve.

Friday, October 24, 2008, 7:30-8:55 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
Robert Stevenson's "Tudor Rose" (1936)
starring Cedric Hardwicke & Nova Pilbeam

Her face radiates
like an angel, but as Queen
she was beheaded. Friday, October 24, 2008, 9:00-10:30 pm
Stanford Theatre, Palo Alto
Milton Rosmer's "The Guv'nor" (1935)
starring George Arliss & Frank Cellier

Tramp named Rothschild made
banker to swindle others
but he exposes them.

Saturday, October 25, 2008, 10:20-10:25 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Vasily Petrenko
conducts Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky,
Sleeping Beauty: Waltz, Op. 66 (1889)
Listen, CD, YouTube

Wake up to the waltz
of Sleeping Beauty— time to
be fully awake! Saturday, October 25, 2008, 11:02-11:06 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Leonard Bernstein
conducts Sergei Prokofiev,
Love for Three Oranges: March (1924)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

The three oranges
will nourish you— Beauty, Truth,
and Wisdom— Love them!

Saturday, October 25, 2008, 12:00-12:30 pm
California Street, Mountain View
Friend takes me grocery shopping
at Long's and Safeway Super Market

Kosher dills pickles,
oranges and fresh pulp juice,
frozen peas, skim milk. Saturday, October 25, 2008, 1:00-1:08 pm
Johann Pachelbel,
Canon in D (1680)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Pachelbel's Canon in D
fires up one's mind to
higher consciousness!

Sunday, October 26, 2008, 11:48-11:52 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Hector Berlioz
Damnation of Faust: Dance of the Sylphs, Op. 24
Listen, CD, YouTube (1846)

Faust has lost his soul
lured by wine, women, and song,
dancing with the sylphs. Sunday, October 26, 2008, 11:52-11:57 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: Ludwig van Beethoven,
Piano Sonata #8 in C "Pathetique", Op. 13 (1798)
2nd movement, (Listen), (CD) YouTube

Would we have all this
beautiful music if he
was happy in love?

Sunday, October 26, 2008, 1:30-2:00 pm
Clock Tower, Laussen Mall, Stanford University
Seeing me walking slowly with my two bags,
Robert Siegel walking his bicycle, asks if I need
some help. I tell him I'm meditating and we chat.
He's teaching 7 Stanford classes this semester.

To be creative—
be a child again. Soar up
to Image-Nation. Sunday, October 26, 2008, 10:00 pm-12:30 am
Memorial Auditorium, Stanford Flicks:
Michael Patrick King's "Sex and the City" (2008),
starring Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall,
Cynthia Nixon, Kristin Davis, Chris Noth
Candice Bergen, and Jennifer Hudson

Career women in
New York City all stressed out
with work and their loves.

Monday, October 27, 2008, 12:07-12:24 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Lang Lang
plays Frederic Chopin,
Piano Sonata #3 in B minor, Op. 58, (1844)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

I love waking up
to Chopin's music— a great
transition from sleep. Monday, October 27, 2008, 12:33-12:44 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: James Levine
conducts Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony #41 in C, K. 551 "Jupiter" (1788)
(Listen) CD, YouTube (Kim Novak's 34-lines poem)

No wonder her poem
of 34 lines came true—
Magic Square of Jupiter!

Monday, October 27, 2008, 2:58 pm
El Camino & Ortega Avenue, Mountain View
Caught Bus #22 just in time after running

Run, run, run— I jump
on the bus just in time
because she stopped for me. Monday, October 27, 2008, 4:00 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Brought 1971 MFA Dürer's catalog for scan

Scanned engraving
of Dürer's Melencolia I
for Vertigo essay.

Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 1:03-1:37 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Sir Neville Marriner
conducts Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Symphony #36 in C major, K425 "Linz", (1783)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Written by Mozart
in four days at stopover
in the town of Linz. Tuesday, October 28, 2008, 2:31-2:36 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Anne-Sophie Mutter
conducts Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto #1 in A minor, BWV1041 (1723)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Angelic chords come
easily to Bach so they're
honey to my ears.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 11:08-11:15 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Alexander Schneider conducts
Johann Strauss, Jr. (Listen) CD, YouTube
On the Beautiful Blue Danube, Op. 314 (1867)

The Blue Danube Waltz
of Strauss wakes me up tody—
time to enjoy life! Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 12:19-12:32 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Alfred Brendel
plays Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,
Piano Concerto #20 in D-minor, K. 466 (1785)
Listen, CD, YouTube

This was Beethoven's
favorite piece of Mozart—
triumphant music!

Thursday, October 30, 2008, 1:04-1:31 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: James Ehnes
plays Max Bruch,
Violin Concerto #1 in G-minor, Op. 26 (1868)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Romantic fantasy
with army march ending
in dance and fireworks. Thursday, October 30, 2008, 2:33-2:38 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Sir Charles Mackerras
conducts Franz Joseph Haydn,
Symphony #104 in D major "London" (1795),
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Minuet in third
movement of Haydn's London
Symphony to dance.

Thursday, October 30, 2008, 3:00-9:50 pm
Foothill College Middlefield Lab, Palo Alto
Composing web page comparing
symbolism in Hitchcock's "Vertigo" (1958)
and Albrecht Dürer's "Melencolia I" (1514)

Dürer rearranged
magic square: 16-5 and 15-14
to honor his Mom's death. Thursday, October 30, 2008, 3:00-9:50 pm
Foothill College Middlefield Lab, Palo Alto
Dedicating web page of symbolism survey
"Hitchcock's Vertigo & Dürer's Melencolia"
to Mom's 100th birthday (10-30-1908) today.

It's your 100th birthday
today Mom— this page
is written for you.

Friday, October 31, 2008, 11:11-11:24 am
KDFC 102.1 FM: András Schiff
plays Johann Sebastian Bach,
Piano Concerto #5 in F minor, BWV 1056 (1739)
(Listen), CD, YouTube; 3rd movement)

Bach's keyboard music
is magic— such a delight
for relaxation. Friday, October 31, 2008, 12:01-12:10 pm
KDFC 102.1 FM: Erich Kunzel
conducts Johann Strauss, Jr.
"Die Fledermaus: Overture" (1874)
(Listen), CD, YouTube

Perfect Halloween
music— the bat is flying
out from its dark cave.

Friday, October 31, 2008, 2:30-5:00 pm
Art Library, Stanford University
Finished web page comparing
symbolism in Hitchcock's "Vertigo" (1958)
and Albrecht Dürer's "Melencolia I" (1514)

444 years
apart, yet two art
works are so alike! Friday, October 31, 2008, 8:00-9:45 pm
Cubberley Auditorium, Stanford Flicks:
Jim Sharman's "Rocky Horror Picture Show" (1975)
starring Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon,
Barry Bostwick, Patricia Quinn, Nell Campbell

Lighters aflame in dark
and students hit the aisles
dancing as if on screen!