October 3 - By Increments


Quiz 7 with the Theoreticians,


a measured progression of examples drawn from J.S. and C.P.E. Bach,


W.A. Mozart,


Franz Xaver Gruber,


and Frederic Chopin --


following up with Carol, Tim, and Doug in the lab,


general tutorials,


plus a fine performance of Aaron Copland's Appalachian Spring by members of the Diablo Valley College Philharmonic,


conducted by Owen Lee.


Previous to


all this,


the vibrant


morning commute,


and,


after,


financial


meanderings,


beyond which,


 head 'cross Contra Costa and


over the Bay


to Marin


for


post-box


check and errands,


proceeding


north on


101 and

 
Novato Boulevard, noting with sadness the closure of Fernando's ("Closed -- Thank you, Marin!" -- seems rather final...)....



Back on the Redwood highway in heavy traffic: north, past Mt. Burdell,


the Buck Center,


Olompali


Hills


into


Sonoma,


views of the county's namesake Mountain,


lateralling across116 and


24


up the


Mayacamas Slope


into


Napa


near


the


Wine


Guy,


into


still-


under-


contruction


Jamison Canyon. 



192nd day of summer, high 73, composing the ensuing page (44) for At a Medical Deposition and Psalm 102, over


San Francisco Opera's recent procuction Gaetano Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia, followed up by a showcase re


Placido Dominigo.