April 18 - In-and-Out of Season

Begin composing Psalm 53, prepare pdf of Poems On Crane: V. The Heart (In the Desert), transfer Lot in Life (Op. 36) from PC to Mac, receive word from Dunvagen re the Philip Glass Grove American article, and zip out to the library to do another

video resupply for Harriet -- including

Ambrose Bierce's An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1890/1962),

Charles Dickens's The Old Curiosity Shop (1841/2009) and three versions of

Oliver Twist (1838... 1999,

2005, rather reminiscent of the classic musical in its movie manifestation, and

2009),

a somewhat suspect One Night with the King (2006),

O Pioneers! (Willa Cather, 1913/1992), and

Orchestra [i.e. Big Band] Wives (1942, featuring Glenn Miller and an uncredited Jackie Gleason). Thereafter, work on San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra business in preparation for the

circuit in

uncertain and

deteriorating conditions to the

foggy city,

first to another charming

Lisa Scola Prosek

salon,

including video for Camino Real: Block 4, followed by the board meeting at Erling's.  Return via Marin, to 3:00 for the aforesaid Block 7 video and beginning a new composition, Twilight of the iPods (Op. 191).

April 17 - Palm Dreams

Ever mindful of the season, do a bit of 21st-Century Music work, finish Psalm 52 (white-note swing, after the beginning of Arnold Schoenberg's Die Gluckliche Hand), prepare the pdf of Poems on Crane: IV. The Blades of Grass for IMSLP,

take Harriet out to dinner thanks to the birthday generosity of Sorrel Ann, transfer Missa California over from PC to Mac via email, deal with the Andrew Shapiro article revision for Grove American, and bring the Camino Real: Block 7 video to 2:45.

April 16 - Rise and Set

Up by 8am -- bidding John, Elena, and Claire a fond goodbye --

and riding that

lonesome

trail

homeward

on

210,

desperately seeking

Susan

and

Steve,

(the latter via greater Pasadena,

the

Verdugo

Mountains

and

Tujunga area,

up

and

down

Weldon

and

Gavin

Canyons),

magically

scaling the

Violin Grade,

to Paradise (Ranch),

views of distant

Piru

Gorge,

Cherry Canyon,

Pyramid Lake,

Hungry

and

Peace

Valleys,

the narrow confines of

Gorman,

Tejon

Pass,

Castac,

and

the

borders

of

the 

heroic

Grapevine,

then

plummeting

downward

to

the Central Valley,

via 99 for a

bit of variety

(hmm...),

a few stops,

distant Coast Range and

Sierra views,

Sacramento,

the familiar 80 corridor,

and home to Harriet, getting word of Marek and Maricar in Grants Pass at the cusp of a question, and preparing pdf of Poems on Crane: III.

Now at 473 MB (46.21%) of 1024 MB -- only 60+ new pictures, but many on the high side of 50 KB, so one supposes this will be OK, given predicted light usage of the coming week....