March 31 - Tales Told

Video Academic Endeavors: I.-IX. in the late hours, after watching with Harriet PBS travel shows on the Mediterranean shores of France and Croatia.


Before that


(as the weather turns weird again --



mostly overcast, warm inland,


fog racing over the Marin Ridges and into



Sonoma -- well, actually,



those



latter



two



concepts



are



pretty



typical



on



certain



summer



days)



it was another walk on the Coast-to-Nevada project, hikes which have also doubled of late as part of a generalized approximation of the Bay Area Ridge Trail, now from the



Marin-



Sonoma



border,



to



almost



within



view



of



South



Petaluma



Boulevard.



A couple more pages (19-20) composed for Vespers: X. Psalm 147 - Lauda Jerusalem and somewhere in there a video for



The Twelve Fingers: IV. Song.

May 30 - In Memoriam Reflexio

Do a video of Psalm 6: 6-10 late at night, on a day where



Harriet and I take our


Memorial early, as seemingly everyone does,



heading to



Napa, first towards



Brix and



Robert Mondavi, but ultimately to



Alpha



Omega, and



Folia



a



Deux,



for



tasting and



picnicking,



returning past Poverty Hills and the



North Lagoon Mountains, for seemingly



interminable



errands, videoing



The Twelve Fingers: III. Scherzo, and composing pages 17-18 of Vespers: X. Psalm 147 - Lauda Jerusalem.

May 29 - Echoing Across the Canyons

Head down to Half Moon Bay's Redondo Beach to video Psalm 6: 1-5.



Before that, as Harriet heads out the door for rehearsals, compose pages 15-16 of Vespers: X. Psalm 147 - Lauda Jerusalem; and off on this suddenly warm/clear/glorious feels-like-first-day-of-summer to Berkeley rehearsal of



Job: A Masque, at Chamber Arts with Marty Stoddard, Keisuke Nakagoshi, Marilyn Pratt (Job), Heather Klein (Elihu), Kate Bautch (Job's Wife), Nanette McGuiness (God / Bildad the Shuhite), and



Sarita Cannon (Eliphaz the Temanite), in such scenes as "We Were Plowing" and



"Who Are You, Job?"



While Harriet rehearses Sutter Creek, head to the back room to video



The Twelve Fingers: II. Song.



After lunch with H at a Rockridge gormet burger joint (outdoors with non-run-of-the-mill classical background selections), make the jump south of San Francisco



via



Pacifica,



Devil's



Slide,



Gray Whale



Cove,



Montara and



Miramar Beaches



to



Redondo



Cliffs



for



video




of



Psalm



6:



1-5.



Following



this,



back



north -- calling Crystal to wish her a Happy Birthday (she and Christina are moving back to Marin within a week!) and to make arrangements to get together upon their return --



for another Job rehearsal, now with the ensemble, then home through Marin, to edit and post above videos on YouTube.