May 21 - What Is Seen and Unseen


After our walk,


Harriet and I proceed northwest on Allison for errands,


and neither of us at the time perceive that the blue sky and distant cloud streaks are


fronted by a more tell-tale white smoky foreground.


Indeed,


we procede


merrily


on our


way,


again not noticing


upon our return.


It is only


toward the end ot this


beautiful, blissful evening



that we get word of fire breaking out again at the north end of Pleasants Valley, in the Quail Canyon region.


Before this,


take a stroll northwest and southeast on Arcadia


(not quite the idyllic land of


southern Greece's central Peloponese Peninsula, but close enough -- weatherwise, at least...),


from Nut Tree to


Woodstock


(OK, images of these two,


as well) --


then,


southeast on the latter,


past the


semi-public park to


Alameda


(and, again).


Is this


trespassing upon return?


Probably not,


as we are residents of the general area --


on the 80th day of summer,


high up 5 to 90...



the birthdays of


Albrecht Durer (1471-1528 [Self-Portrait at 28, 1500]),


Henri Rousseau (1844-1910 [Self-Portrait as Orchestra Conductor, 1893]),


Heinz Holliger (b. 1939), and


David Crumb (b. 1962).



Meanwhile, completetly update the complete Works site for


The Pied Piper of Hamelin, Op. 116 (2004),

edit pages 11-12 of

Viola Concerto ("Felicitations"), Op. 119 (2004)
     I. Allegro moderato

and page 3

Saint Paul Suite, Op. 145 (2007)
     V. Lydia / In Prison,

and do what's necessary re

Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
     May 20-21 (Harriet Discovers Old Love Note Emails That We Sent to Each Other, 22 Years Ago,
          We Respond Accordingly)... Problems Uploading Pictures to Blog...
          5pm Hard to Know What to Say, Kid... One Random Touch Results in All Icons Dropping to
               Bottom of Computer / IPhone Screen...
          1am A New Real-Estate Development, Between Laptop Computers... Bette's Not So Sure...
          3am Need for a Per Diem and Sycophantry...
               Items Perched Precariously Atop Ladder on Sun Porch...
          4am Garbage Barge...
          6am Seeing Old Friend John Mednick in SF, Subway System (not BART,
               So Must Be Somewhere Else by Now) Shuts Down Again, and What Can We Do
               (Actually Let John and Friend Go On), Was Trying to Take Bus, Escape w/ Another Friend
               Out of Side Door, to Alley, Worker Leaving, He Goes Through Security Gate, and
               Luckily, We Can, Too... Then Back In and Around (Bus Again --
               Caught Something Open-Air Tram-Like Earlier).... Thoughts of High Times and Goat Hall...
          9am The House of Netarts as Peninsula -- Cliffs Eroded Away on Either Side --
               How Could It Not Be Something Like This Eventually Anyway?

to a background of


PBS


nature


videos and


news of monkeypox...