July 5 - Time for This One to Go Home

Up early to the gold-gray of a marine layer penetrating far inland, so, after a congenial breakfast with John,



blitz up



Cajon



Canyon



past


Mormon


Rocks



to



the



Mojave, and --




after a




petrol stop



in



Pearblossom --



Little Rock



and



Palmdale sail by until the



Western



Mojave



pinches



closed



with the



Liebres



to the




south



and



Tehachapis



northwest.



Connecting back to



I-5



south



of



Gorman,



it's up and down



Tejon Pass into



Frazier



Park



and



Lebec, through the



Castac Valley and then



farther down from the



Fort into the



Grapevine



and



the



Central



Valley.



Post-holiday traffic is heavy, such that a detour west to



Route 33's



oil rigs,



orchards,



crossroads,



prisons,



and



pyramids



almost



makes sense.



North,



west past the outer Diablo Range with the



Mount



shining brightly, there are two more pages of the Symphony No. 2: I (5-6) to do and the edits for Cats, Dogs, and Divas:



VII. Crazy and



VIII. His Needs before falling into a comatose state.

July 4 - Interdependence Panorama

Up strangely early, and continuing a personal parallel Pacific Crest Trail from the



Oak Glen



Conservation Camp



to the



Wildwood /



Little San Gorgonio Canyon




divide, via



the old school house,



an abandoned Wilshire's --



with forlorn cars,



angry dogs, and



blasted burns --



interspersed



with



Riley's



Apple




Farm and



the Beaumont /




Cherry



Valley



Water




District



Cliffs,



by mid-day



mid-easternly protected from the blazing sun,




then



downslope



to



Jose's for albondigas soup and Mexican coffee,



followed by the



rendezvous with



John Browning and family. We continue a celebration of the Fourth over an All-American supper,



discuss the merits of technologies old and new, and later step out to



Black Angus for libations, doing a video for A Walk Through California: San Bernardino (El Torrito) and retiring on schedule with two more pages of Symphony No. 2 prepared (3 and 4).

July 3 - On the Ride

With Frank, Maria, and Bud looking after the place -- out the door towards Southern California on I-5 via



Westley,



Santa Nella,



the Little Panoche Mountains, and



Joaquin Rocks, to that good night of Calimesa, looking forward to seeing John Browning and family tomorrow -- having, before departure, begun to prepare-for-publication Symphony No. 2 ("Tamalpais"): I and editing/posting hot potatoes from Cats, Dogs, and Divas, starting with



XII. Abortion -- and finishing upon retiring in the evening with



XVI. The Proposition.

July 2 - Making Out

21st-Century Music work, filing, finishing the melding of Magnificat into Vespers (movements 11 and 12), editing and posting Cats, Dogs, and Divas: VII. Make a Man a God through



XI. A Father Can Be a Bother on YouTube -- also exchange subscriptions here with Kurt Erickson.



Talk to Erling re planning meeting to work towards making the San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra a non-profit, finish up the inordinate amount of time on Facebook, including posting Antigone: VIII. It's Like This, and call Harriet for the daily check-in.

July 1 - Baby Maybe

Start editing the Cats, Dogs, and Divas 2007 performances (posting I. Introduction through



VI. Not), and it looks (and often sounds) good enough that I have to call Harriet twice to congratulate her. Spend an inordinate amount of time on Facebook, posting



Antigone: VII. I Can't Sleep (relatedly appropriate), and touching base with many old friends. More filing and another bike/pool/spa run.