On Family Zoom, we are given fascinating info from Ancestry -- 12 generations of Alburgers, dating back to
I. Gerhard Altbürger (1600?-1666, d. Kroppach, Westerwaldkreis,
Rheinland-
Palatinate, Germany) + Els (1600?-1676) =
II. Jacob Altbürger (1630-1681, d. Hachenburg, Westerwaldkreis, Rheinland-Palatinate) + Elsa Maria Lanary (1631-1714) =
III. Johann Jacob Albürger (1678-1749, b. / d. Hachenburg, Westerwaldkreis) + Christina C. Wiedemann (1678?-1749?) =
IV. Johann Christian
[nice first two names! Same as those for J.C. Bach, 1735-1782]
Philip Albürger (1714-1798, b. Hachenburg,
d. Philadelphia, PA [!]) +
Catharina Elisabetha Motzfeld (1709-1782, b. Hachenburg, d. Philadelphia) =
V. Johann Philip Albürger (1737-1818, b Hachenburg, d. Philadelphia) + Margareta M. Seltz (1737-1804)
VI. Johann Philip Alburger, Jr. (1769-1817, b. / d. Philadelphia) +
Maria Dorothea Schneider (1777-1865, b. / d. Philadelphia)
VII. Johan Henry
Alburger (1806-1893, b. / d. Philadelphia) +
Mary Ann Sowers (1809-1889, b. / d. Philadelphia) =
VIII. Henry Alburger (1850-1911, b. Philadelphia /
d. Bartram's Garden, Philadelphia) +
Jane Council (1855-1922, b. / d. Philadelphia) =
IX. Charles Fernstermacher Alburger (1889-1945, b. Philadelphia /
d. Rutledge, PA) +
Jennie Hancock Coyle (1888-1974, d. Rutledge) =
X. George
Coyle
Alburger
(b. 1927,
Folsom, PA) +
Elizabeth Gertrude Agnew
(b. 1931) =
XI. Mark George Alburger (b. 1957,
Upper Darby, PA) +
Carolyn Jean Crunk (b. 1957) =
XII. Cliff Alburger (b. 1987,
Kentfield, CA)
Amazing for us all! 2 parents, 4 grandparents, 8 great-grandparents, 16 great-great-grandparents, and beyond! Plus the sheer random luck that any individual has passed the astronomical odds to be here at some point!
As for the here here, create new cover and
Complete Works pages re
Grande Suite ("Sol[ar]"), Op. 134 (2006),
edit page 12 of
Bassoon Concerto ("Grandmother"), Op. 120 (2004)
I. Allegro
and do the hallucination text for
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
June 7-8
2pm A Tasty Cake Ermerging from a Plastic Bag to Be Delivered Orally -- or Is It?...
2am Fighting, As Usual, at the Perimeter of Pennsylvania... It's Just a Family Reunion,
He Doesn't Really Want to Kill them, Does He?...
3am Car on Freeway at Night, Rain, Hits Puddle, Violently Slows Down,
Not Completely in Control, Fast Traffic All Around, Have I Fallen Asleep?,
Cannot See Out Window... (Wake Up w/ Right Hand Tingling)....
"Evelynn, Be a Husband".. "'Princess' Why Is That Always the Punch Line?"...
9am Extremely Long Solo Cello Piece Performed Down Extremely Long Curved Angle,
Seen From Video Above Hallway, Accompanied by Mobil Percussion, Et,...
Before, Taking a Long Jog in Gengly Raked Square Stairway / Well / Auditorium,
with Offices All Around, Accessed by an Elevator and Galley Door...
Giant Music Building with Many Hallways and Potential Performance Spaces,
Committed to Do A Concert That Has Not-at-All Been Well-Advertised,
Several Percussionist / Techies, and the Show Must Go On, Evidently,
with Other Spaces for Other Times...
97th day of summer,
and,
once more,
that number is
again the high temperature of the day --
so,
a perfect time to take the 70th Vacaville Streets Walk,
presently from Rockridge, southwest on Woodstock, then
polishing off Sunnyvale -- northwest
and
southeast.
Subsequent
to
this,
freeway
fly
for
a
supply
run
amidst
Mediterranean
montane
beauty -- meditating upon the anniversaries of
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) signing the Antiquities Act, the vehicle by which numerous National Monuments have been established (seen here in 1905 with John Muir, 1838-1914) and
the publication of George Orwell (1903-1950) - 1984 in 1948 (wait... what?...), as well as the birthdays of
Tomaso Albinoni (1671-1751),
Robert Schumann (1810-1856), and
Frank Lloyd Wright (1867-1959).
And, speaking of random, discover the residence on Zillow, and we look OK (out of season),
but the tragic semi-randomness of Uvalde continues to haunt --
meanwhile will bipartisan efforts at gun legislation go far enough?
No.
Escapist to take in Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991) -
Star Trek (1966):
Season 1, Production 21. Return of the Archons (1967)?
Yes.
Nevertheless,
looking forward to the January 6 Committee Public Hearings,
starting tomorrow, 8pm Eastern, Thursday, June 9 -- with all its criminal recountings --
as we take in a previous,
so to speak,
as we take in Adam Schiff (b. 1960 with Stephen Colbert (b. 1964)...