Receive an email from Emma Turnbull, who asks me to substitute conduct for her this Sunday re Samuel Sebastian Wesley (1810-1876) -
Praise the Lord, O My Soul (1861): Lead Me, Lord --
which I am happy to do.
Meantime, time to create a cover
and web page on the complete Works site for
Oboe Concerto ("Wanderer"), Op. 118 (2004),
edit pages 15-16 of
Viola Concerto ("Felicitations"), Op. 119 (2004)
I. Allegro moderato
and 5-10, completing
Saint Paul Suite, Op. 145 (2007)
V. Lydia / In Prison
plus enrich the seemingly ever-increasing text for
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
with
May 22-23
4pm Putting on Animal Skins to Totally Change One's Identity...
2am Politician / Theologian Laughing Wildly / Abusively...
3am In Car with John Browning (Driving) and Perhaps Cliff, We Gas Up and Drive Away,
Forgetting to Pay, Next Intersection at End of Alley, Cop Behind Us, We Stop,
But He Is Stopping for a Prostitute on Corner, I Say, Go, Go, and We Finally Do,
Right-Hand Turns, Back to Station to Pay, But It Hs Been Transformed, Closed,
Into an Emergency Ward, Pumps Covered, and Attendant in Critical Care, I Say Go, Again,
and John Jumps Back in, As If We Are Riding in a Giant Shopping Cart,
and Perhaps Begin to Drive Away Again... Start to Think That the Afternoon Davis Hamburger
Run Was a Dream, But, No, That Was Reality, Then Return Home to Find Front Door
Unlocked, and Realized Am in Dream Once More...
8am Doing a Blog Entry w/ Pictures About the Pictures...
10am Walking to a Scenic Firehydrant in Southern California (or Is It Davis?) with a Fat Family
Ahead and in the Way, Eventually They Cross the Crossroad, Looking North for Views,
They Are Out of the Viewshed Finally, but the Scenes Beyond to the San Gabriels Are Not
Forthcoming...
Eventually,
out
for the
67th Vacaville Streets walk,
strolling to and from
Alameda Bike Path,
northeast / southwest,
just in view of the
Vaca Mountains,
then left turn southeast on Woodstock to
Rosita,
on the
82nd day of
summer --
high up 5 to 98
(2nd-warmest of the year thus far, and 7th temp in the 90's)...
also the birthday of
Carl Linneaus (1707-1778) and
Nigel Davenport (1928-2013, with Paul Scofield, 1922-2008, in the film version, 1966, of Robert Bolt, 1924-1995, A Man for All Seasons, 1954).
As for politics, more insurrectionist words from the Orange Nightmare,
Jamie Raskin (b. 1962) and the January 6th Panel announcing 6 public hearings in June (!),
confirmation of traitorous tours given by Barry Loudermilk (b. 1963) in the Capitol on 1/5/21,
report of a John F. Kennedy (1917-1963) Profile in Courage Award bestowed yesterday upon one of the heroes-of-the-past-year-and-five-months Liz Cheney (b. 1966),
an interview of Stacey Abrams (b. 1973) with
Joy Reid (b. 1968), and
Josh Shapiro (b. 1973) confident in his bid to become Pennsylvania's next governor...