MARK ALBURGER, 2022: April 4

After years of residence here,

Megan moves out,

for additional adventures to the southwest,

and we wish her the best --

adieu! --

on the

41st day of

summer,

high down 6 to

(ABB'A of 79-83-85-79,

last 4 days),

the birthdays of

Caracalla (188-217,

designated fraternal co-Emperor by his dying father Septimius Severus, 145- 211,

likely responsible for the killing of his brother Geta, 189-211, in sight of mother Julia Domna,
160 – 217, who, nevertheless ruled over an impressively large

Roman Empire, which included influence in present-day southern Ukraine, and built the architecturally important

Baths of Caracalla in Rome),

Edward Hicks (1780-1848, who

painted 62 versions of The Peaceable Kingdom (above from 1826),

William Henry Jackson (1843-1942 -- almost reaching the century mark! --

photographer

and

picturesque map-maker),

Maurice de Vlaminck, 1878-1942, seen here in 1942 at right -- with Andre Derain, 1880-1954 --
Fauvist whose work such as

The River Seine at Chaton (1908) continues to inspire), and

Eugene Bozza (1905-1991, whose

Shepherds of Province, Op. 43 -- 1940 --

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMJUAOjPn5I

dedicated to

Albert Andraud, 1884-1975, and published in part of the latter's

Vade-Mecum of the Oboist, 1940).

Time to partially update on the Works site

King David, Op. 69 (1998),

produce a combined Bb Clarinet / Bb Trumpet part for

Three George Crumb Tropes, Op. 392 (2022), from The Decameron: Fifth Day, Op. 247 (2015)
       Novel VIII. Nastagio degli Onesti, loving a damsel of the Traversari family,
                 by lavish expenditure gains not her love
                 (Songs, Drones, and Refrains of Death [1968]: III. Cancion de Jinete - Song of the Rider)

and do that daily duly-derived addition to

Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
     April 3-4
          8am Jewelry Intercept Interchange Internet -- Perhaps Just a Single Chain Pendant Intaglio...
          10am Ulysses in a De-Hydration Chamber; His Independent Head Not Looking too Well;
               The Year is 2044...
          11am Service Windows at Solano County Office Hidden By Black Curtains...