February 18 - Staying Alive


Perhaps it's George Crumb's passing, or just the general notion of time moving on, but ideas for pieces keep coming, so better go with them for now, beginning

Famous Last Notes, Op. 385 (2020)
     24 Lili Boulanger (1893-1918)

then semi-update the Works List site as to


Orpheus Cycle, Op 24 (1982)

and, after a day's haius (i.e. not even one remembered dream), back to more text for

Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
    February 17-18
          3am Trump-Era Opposition "I Want to First Go Out and Deputize Children/"...
          11am "Buy Everything Here" (Cut Off Hand Motion) "and Read History"...


Out for the 19th Vacaville Streets walk with Harriet,


currently East isle Royale Palm Parking


northwest


past a


trailer duo,


around the


bend to


the


Greenspace


and


Mean


Marilyn


again --


followed


by


crosstown,


via I-80 West to


Cherry


Glen


and


Pottery


Paradise.


What a place!


Tikis / miniature Moai,


fountains,


all manner of statuary,


ranging from Greco-Roman to


Norse,


Catholic,


Hindu,


and


Buddhist.


Then


southeast


past


pots


and


urns,


some


giant,


to


the


signs,


returning


parallel


to


Laguna


Creek


unto


the


gates.


Time


for


lunch


at


In'N'Out,


on the 13th day of summer,


high back up 2 to 72 (and looks like same potential tomorrow!), also the birthday of


Mary I,


Alessandro Volta (1745-1827) and


Ernst Mach (1838-1916),


Johnny Hart (1931-2007), and


Yoko Ono (b. 1933).


Media for the day includes

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93 (1812),


Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840) - Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 6 (1860),


Antonin Dvorak (1841-1904) - Scherzo Capriccio, Op. 66 (1883),


Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) - Piano Concerto in C Minor, Op. 126 (1911),


Alexander Glazunov (1865-1936) - Scenes de Ballet, Op. 52 (1894),


Carl Nielsen (1865-) - Symphony No. 3 ("Sinfonia Espansiva"), Op. 27 (1911),


Hugo Alfven (1872-1960) - Gustav II Adolf Suite, Op. 49 (1932),


Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971) - Tango (1940),


Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - Suite Francaise (1944), and


Huell Hauser (1945-2013) - California's Gold (1991) - Episode 112 Quartzsite (1999), plus


the daily attrocities re


the Lying Psychopath and his

pscircle...