August 12 - Ergo Sum

And I'm thinking, am I really up this early?  Yup.  Again.  Past a power-up in

Fairfield,

through

the

fog,

to

read

the newspaper at Crestwood Rock

(the San Rafael stratus

in its typical miraculous clear-up mode), and meet

Crystal

and

Stanley once more on our appointed rounds.

To stay or go, that is the question...  stasis and change, the very fundamentals -- but for now, after our walk to

Plateau Junction

in the

Terra Linda / Sleepy Hollow Divide

Open Space --

return via San Anselmo,

errands,

and

consultation with the good folks at

Novato Toyota

to

the

rest

of the day's multi-tasking, indoors and out, including...


ninth page pdf of Missa "The a Deux": IV. Sancus
beginning composition of Psalm 69
81st orchestrated page of The Countess Cathleen
19th video edited for The Bald Soprano.

Also finish re-reading Resist Much, Obey Little (1985, commentary re Edward Abbey), plus re-examining Abbey's

The Brave Cowboy (1956).

August 7 - Primal Dream

First Sunday home all summer (two big hikes of the past week), catching up with the daily labors --

fourth page pdf of Missa "The a Deux": IV. Sanctus
sixth page composed for Psalm 68
76th orchestrated page of The Countess Cathleen
14th video edited for The Bald Soprano --

re-finishing up Edward Abbey's The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975), and taking in the

Agatha Christie's Poirrot version of The Orient Express (2010) with Harriet.

June 18 - Standard Maintenance

Repair guy from ATT to evaluate our dicey wireless connection, so, perhaps there will be improvements afoot.  Meanwhile more of the same on the homefront, including

21st-Century Music update

X. Paris from Henry Miller in Brooklyn edited as its own video,
Page 3 of Psalm 63 composed,
30 for The Countess Cathleen orchestrated, and
pdf of Two and a Half Pieces: I (Op. 17) prepared.

Also work out a schedule for the upcoming SFCCO (first to incorporate the Bernard Herrmann) and finish re-reading

Abbey's Road (Edward Abbey, 1979)