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
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.
