November 21 - Only a Test

Receive a wonderful long note from Carol Piatt, who I've tracked down via the wonders of Google -- still practicing medicine in Virginia, but not, alas planning on attending upcoming reunion. Happily, Susan Hauslein and Brian Gibson are, possibly the Lochers, lamentably not Don and Urs Gosnay... Finish editing Psalm 40 (six pages total) and discover, via Google Alerts, that Mary Variations: V. Mary Is Icumen In has become a quiz item online... amazing....


As the weather has unexpectedly improved,



storm out in the late afternoon --



down 80,



over 12



past the Napa



Wine Guy and



Mayacamas



Border Barns, to



Sonoma -- for a jaunt on



Adobe Road from South Willow Creek Hill,



north down



Valley



up to



Waugh School, descending near


Willow Creek South Branch, and thence to the


Divide.


Still probably two more hikes (one on either side of Penngrove) to finish up the Coast to Alpine Meadows series, but all in good time.



For now, home for another For My Brother For My Brother video as



11. It Is Fitting.

November 14 - Concerted Efforts

Third page of Psalm 39b edited, heading out the door with Harriet



Sonomawise, for a brief walk on



Petaluma Hill Road, from



Roberts Ranch to



Railroad Avenue, via



Bud's,



with



views



all



around.



Back in the car, we dine at Fernando's and review



Marin Symphony with



Avram Dorman (write up at 21st-centurymusic.blogspot.com tomorrow, plus eventually at 21st-centurymusic.com and in print).



After that, do the video for Mice Suite No. 1: Worksong.

November 4 - The Fabulous Country

Page 3 of Psalm 37 edits and Quiz 12 for the Theoreticians -- Voice Leading, with excerpts drawn from Paul McCartney, Leonard Bernstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Roger Waters, and Willie Dixon. Barrage through the backroads



and



thence



to



Marin's



Celia's



for paper grading (bit of catch-up, but still behind),



post-box with multiple greetings,



beyond



north



and



west



through



various



viewsheds,



picking (more gerundic constructions?) up the slack with studio-movie Cats, Dogs, and Divas videos of the evening (not) as



X. Shakespeare Is Such a Genius and



XI. A Father Can Be a Bother.

October 31 - Hallowed Afternoon

Not many trick-or-treaters in our neighorhood (indeed, none, typically), but a third edited page of Psalm 36 and 21st-Century Music work before heading out in the late cloud-tossed afternoon towards Napa and


Sonoma for a



connective walk between



the heights



below



Charlie Brown Cutting Horses and the



Roberts Road final bend straightaway, part of a series of walks from the California Coast to the Nevada border.



From palmic



compounds,



the way



is



ever



down past



various



life



(wild



and



other) to



Crane



Creek



Regional



Park



and



the intelligent cows and general



meanderings



of



the



Santa



Rosa



Plain,



then



a



blast



back



home



Harriet-wize



through



the



bewitching



evening for two more Cats, Dogs, and Divas studio-recording videos:



II. Long Time and



III. Between Depression.