With the people on this petite planet
continuing to
wreck havoc
amongst themselves,
time to take the
48th jaunt on the Vacaville Streets series,
walking
southwest
on
Rushmore
from
Yellowstone
to
White Sands --
on the 51st day of
summer,
high again
73.
From
here,
tour
de
town,
taking
care
of
matters
fiscal
and
food-uciary...
this 24-hour-period
also being
the birthdays / anniversary of
Lucrezia Borgia (1480-1518),
Franz von Suppe (1819-1895),
Leopod Stokowski (1882-1977),
the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake,
Miklós Rózsa (1907-1995), and
David Tennant (b. 1971).
The time is marked here by beginning update of the Works site as to
Quadruple Concerto, Op. 85 (1999),
producing Violin and Viola parts re
Three George Crumb Tropes, Op. 392 (2022), from The Decameron: Fifth Day, Op. 247 (2015), and
dreaming
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
April 17-18
1am State Department Flag in Darkness, Doing an Anthem
2am Driving Through San Anselmo, at the Hub, Stopped w/ Police Car Directly in Front,
Closing a Lot of Images on Computer, That Are Showing on Dashboard Reflection,
Extending to Police, at Next Block, We Pull In, and Am Being Written Up,
Law Enforcer Is Friendly at First, Handicapped by Crippled Legs,
That Cause Him to Meander About Behind Desk Area, Telling Jokes,
I Get More and More Demonstrative, Asking What I've Done, Eventually He Turns Hostile,
as Carolyn Tells Me It's From Lack of Registration, He Drives Away w/o Confirming,
I Have Strange Envelope IN Which to Provide Funds...
10am In Giant Opulent Chinese Restaurant, Yet w/ Cafeteria Style, Am Given Food,
But All Won't Fit On Plate, So Servers Put Remainder In Carton to Keep,
Later Trying to Find Rest of Meal Is Almost Impossible,
Halls Before and After as If Huge High School, Perhaps Springfirled Jr. High, We Head Home,
Sorrel Is Driving There Is Various Trash in Street, Particularly Shopping Bags of Food and
Colorful Animals, Some Bird / Dinosaurs, I Hop Out of Car,
Figure This Is Excuse to Go Back and Get Remainder of Belongings,
Concert (Opus Project?) Is Happening at Our House -- 10pm, It Is 9 Right Now,
But World Is Brightly Lit, One Greeen / Blue Mniature Bird-Dinosaur Jumps Out of
Shopping Bag As I Pass, It Is Now 9:15 Still Running South, Realizing That I May Not Get
Back In Time, Check Writstwatch (!) to Call Harriet, Perhaps She'll Pick Me Up,
Torrential Flooding Rain, Jumpting Puddles, Getting Rained On, But Not Particularly Wet,
Will She Answer Phone?, Will I Get to Concert In Time?
Or Will Everyone Be Waiing Outside House and Vow Never to Come to a Concert Again?...
-- the listening / watching repertoire of the day being a mini F.J. Haydn (1732-1809) festival of
String Quartet No. 35 in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5 (1772)
Symphonies No. 61 in D Major (1776), and
91 in Eb Major (1788): IV. Finale, plus
brother Michael [1737-1806] - Symphony No. 26 in G Major (1737),
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Seven Variations on "God Save the King" (c. 1800),
Johann Neopomuk Hummel (1778-1837) - Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 85 (1816),
Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) - Valse Fantasie (1839),
Lous Theodore Gouvy (1819-1898) - Symphony No. 1 in Eb Major, Op. 9 (1845),
Georges Bizet (1838-1875) - L'Arlesienne, Suite No. 2 (1875),
Edward Elgar (1857-1934) - Enigma Variations, Op. 36 (1899),
Anton Arensky (1861-1906) - Variations on a Theme by Tchikovsky, Op. 35a (1894),
Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) - Riders to the Sea (1927),
a double-threat of Charles Ives (1874-1954) - Symphonies No. 2 (1904) and
4 (1916),
Aram Khachaturian (1904-1978) - Symphony No. 2 (1943),
Benjamin Britten (1914-1976) - The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54 (1954),
Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991) - Star Trek (1966): Season 3, Production 68 - Spock's Brain (1968) -- once again, not exactly the most highly-regarded episode),
Rodion Shchedrin (b. 1932) - Little Humpbacked Horse, Suite No. 2 (1960),
the continuing Clear and Present Danger of the Former Occupant Continuing Excrable Liar,
always perceptive commentary from
Rachel Maddow,
and good news that the despicable Alex Jones has been brought to financial ruin....