January 31 - What Lies Ahead


Up early,


and down the freeways


for


Diablo Valley College Music Theory


Quiz 3,


errands around campus re the authenticity of signatures,


checking out the new


nice-on-the-


inside-


not-so-much-on-the-outside Student Services Building (best seen reflected in the windows of the impressive Book Store), squack in the middle of campus


(renewed appreciation for the pleasant edges),


paper grading at Moon (whoops, Yan's) Garden (re-encountering St. Mary's recent Music graduate soprano Karina),


and points farther south in Contra Costa,


Alameda


(Altamont


Pass),


San


Joaquin,


Stanislaus


(Shane P. Donlon Ranch,


Del Puerto


and


Patterson Canyons,


Crow's


Landing,


Newman),


Merced


(Santa


Nella),


Fresno


(Little


Panoche et al,


Joaquin


Rocks,


Harris Ranch,


Coalinga Ridge)... miles to go, a dark and speedy rollercoaster back of beyond, before blissful union with sleep.