MARK ALBURGER, 2022: August 19

Lunch with Tony and Harriet at

Cloud Forest Cafe in

Davis,

talking about so much under the musical sun,

but focussing,

of course, on the presentation of The Nativity According to St. Matthew, Op. 72 (1998) and Gian Carlo Menotti (1911-2007) - Amahl and the Night Visitors (1951) at

Davis Community Church, as part of this year's Christmas Concert (4pm, Sunday, December 11) --

and

a fine time is had

by all three of us.

The

day

begins

with the

pilgrimage there,

returning

down

I-

southwest

towards

inevitable

errands --

on the 169th day of summer,

high down 3 to 101,

locally and in Davis...

the birthday of

George Enesco (1881-1955)

Coco Chanel (1883-1971 -- fictionalized cinematic depiction above with Igor Stravinsky, 1882 to that same '71),

Gene Roddenberry (1921-1991), and

Bill Clinton (b. 1946 ... ame year as the Criminal Ex... seen here above with -- whoops! -- Monica Lewinsky, b. 1973 -- well, nobody's perfect, but B.C. a great former president in so many ways...), and

Gerard Schwarz (b. 1947).

In other news,

create webpage on the Works site for

Two Political Interludes, Op. 206 (2012),

edit page 56

Piano Concerto ("Child's Play"), Op. 122 (2004)
     I. Allegro

and also produce current text o'

Book of Dreams, 2022, Op. 376 (2022)
     August 18-19
          2am Voluptuous Woman, Beached...
          8am India by Bus, Wake Up Stimulated But Exhausted...
          9am An Island of Tigers at the Top of the Food Chain w/ No Natural Enemies...
          10am Daughter and I Drive Down to Central Twin Oaks Which Is a Much Larger
               and Mountaainous Valley, Stopping at Post Office, She Goes In,
               I Go a Distance to Take a Spectacular Panorama Shot Left to Right
               (Think About Right to Left, but that Doesn't Work, of Course), She Comes Out,
               Forgets I'm w/ Her and Drives Away, I Could Catch Up w/ Her in Some Pick-Up Truck,
               But Too Rocky, Try to Proceed on Foot Upslope in Woodsy Shade,
               But then Realize I Have a Borrowed Antique Davis-Style Bike w/ Me,
               That Should Be Left in Safe Keeeping, Go Back into Postal Office Are,
               Which Is Now Part of an Apartment Area, Young Woman Notices Bike and Amires,
               Her Residence Small but w/ Bikes, and I Ask If She''ll Store This for a While,
               While I Try to Catch Up w/ Driver Who Abandoned Me. She Says Yes...
               Before all that, Harriet and I Tour Her Place, Which Is Different, Perched on Another Ridge,
               Giant, with Coastal Fog Below in Amazing Canyons, the Residence a Multi-Roomed High-
              Fashion Substantial Edifice with Splendiferous Views All Around...
              Connections Between Past and Present Are Unknown...