Thursday, October 6, 2011

October 6 - Mixed Blessings


Sky


ripped


with


clouds,


zipping


down


through


the


celestial


unsettlement


to


DVC 



and


Quiz


8 for the Theoreticians, with musical examples drawn from Frederic Chopin, Richard Wagner, Giuseppe Verdi, Georges Bizet, Erik Satie, and Charles Ives.


With the weather still threatening to north and east,


decide


for


an early south


and


west


to


the


Peninsula,


initially


down


Half


Moon


Bay


Canyon


past


pumpkins,


then farther


southward along the Coast,


for a stroll from Verde /


Tunitas Creek /



Myne Roads,


past


vistas


of


Aratas


Pumpkin


Farm,


Tunitas


Cliffs and


Plateau,


and


Martin's


Beach


(complete


with


wildflowers,


pounding


surf,


and


barking


dogs)


to


Triple


D


Ranch.


Yes,


that


is


the


name.


A bit further south,


to check out the next walk's prospects over Tunitas Bridge


(near the same-nomenclatured Beach,


Canyon, and


Road),


then north towards the threatening clouds of


Half Moon Bay,


Montara,


the


cliffs


of


Devil's


Slide,


Pacifica, and


Daly City -- to the


City


and


Lick-Wilmerding for the first rehearsal of the


San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra's The Dark Serenade show, with music by


Loren


Jones,


Mark Alburger, David Graves,


Davide Verotta,


Lisa Scola Prosek, and Philip Freihofner.  Transfer Allan Crossman's electric piano to his vehicle after practice, then make the jump northeast for late-evening composition of The Cop and the Anthem (14), beginning work on Psalm 76, plus the pdf of page 3 re Aerial Requiem.