Joe Biden (b. 1942) awards the Medal of Freedom to 17 recipients (as per above caption -- and what an honorably contrast to the travesties of the previous criminal administration), including postumous citations for
Steve Jobs (1955-2011,
accepted by wife Laurene Powell Jobs, b. 1963),
John McCain (1936-2018,
received by spouse Cindy Lou McCain, b. 1954), and
Richard Trumka (1949-2021, gotta spell and pronounce that name carefully!), plus in-the-room recipients -- among them,
Khizr Kahn (b. 1950 -- well remembered for holding up a copy of the Constitution in front of the Ignoble Ignoramus Lyring Psychopath) and
Sandra Lindsay.
Meanwhile, create Title and
Complete Works pages for
Songs of Degrees, Op. 163 (2008)
edit page 14
Piano Concerto ("Child's Play"), Op. 122 (2004)
I. Allegro
and tabulate text vis a vis
Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
July 6-7
1pm Kissing on the Couch...
8am Trying to Organize / Crop Jpgs of T****'s Criminal Behavior in Recent Times and Past...
and Planning re Opus 95...
10am A Strange Library, w/ Strange Seating, I Move Moveable Chairs to a More Fixed-Chair
Area, Proceed to Sit on Floor, Cradling Book and Notes re Book of Dreams 2022
Correspondences / Comparisons / Ideas -- Adjacent Woman Overly Interested in My Perceived
Eccentric Endeavors, and Probably Right.... Young Middle-Eastern Man at a Distance
Suddenly Given to Rants, and Finally Leaves, Voice Echoing in Distance... Still Obsessed w/
Cropping and Organizing Pictures, Too...
11am Dream of Solar System
Keen on attending rehearsal tonight, Harriet and I are severally out to our respective health-care providers, with mixed results: she receives a potential evaluation after an extensive walkabout, but results will not be forthcoming for a few days; in current case, the Catch-22 is no test w/o symptoms...
Perhaps inspired by the run-around,
take the 81st walk of the Vacaville Streets series:
Killingsworth (whoa!)
from Circle Bend
wouthwest
to the junction of
Arcadia and
Danbury --
on the
126th day of
summer,
high up 8 to 91,
locally and in Davis....
Davis?
Soon
head out
to
Community Presbyterian Church
for Harriet's first
vocal lesson with
Emma.
Brief break,
then
Band rehearsal with Alex, Heidi, Mehdi, Emma, Harriet, and
Juan --
with a solo bestowed --
followed by
the Ruiz-Turnbulls (including Carmen) and
Alburger-Pages out for Burgers and Brew (yes, a Davis one, in addition to the West Sacramento spot which we used to frequent),
for convivial times, inside scoops, and
planning as to upcoming Cabaret and later Christmas show featuring The Nativity According to St. Matthew, Op. 72 (1998).
Playlist for the day features
Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837, gotta love that middle name!) - Piano Quintet in Eb Major, Op. 87 (1802),
Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844-1908) - The Snow Maiden (1881): Act III, 2. Skomorkh's Dance ,
Charles Viliers Stanford (1852-1924) - Concert Variations on an English Theme, Op. 126 (1898),
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) - La Creation du Monde (1923)
Paul Hindemith (1895-1963)
Symphony ("Mathis der Maler")
Symphony in Eb (1940)
Carl Orff (1895-1982) - Carmina Burana (1936),
George Gershwin (1898-1937)
Rhapsody in Blue (1924)
Piano Concerto in F (1925)
A very musical interval, also the birthdays of
Gustav Mahler (1860-1911),
Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007, his birth year that of Mahler's death),
Joe Zawinul (1932-2007, with Britten, sharing a death year), and
Ringo Starr (b. 1940 -- hmm, no apparent numeric connection to above....).
Big news day, too:
Turns out James Comey (b. 1960) and Addrew McCabe (b. 1968) were both intensely audited by the IRS in close succession (coincidence?) in the semi-conrolling years of the Vile Vindictive Verminesque Villain):
Shinzo Abe (b. 1964) is shot and
hospitalized;
Boris Johson (also b. 1964) will finally step down as
British Prime Minister;
Pat Cipollone will testify tomorrow betore the January 6 Committee, in video to be aired
next Tuesday -- and, hopefully,
justice will continue to march on!