May 20 - Gradations
First day off after the semester,
but that would be too easy --
so,
off
to
Marin for standard maintenance,
borrowing a loaner cart
towards
Diablo,
hoping for a rendezvous with Doug, to ensure that the marvelous Paige recordings re Portraits of ___ (Some Multiple of 3) Women are preserved over the break.
After an early lunch break --
composing page 10 Sinfonia, Op. 241 --
make the connection,
save the files,
rendezvous with Carol for paper-grading and Opus work,
assist her with a car-pickup,
and
head
back
to
Marin for the car-exchange
(which somehow includes free food and drink, so we'll take it),
and
eventually
homeward
via
580
and 80 -- through Contra Costa and
Solano
(with a brief Napa
interval)
-- to continue evaluations on the 79th day of summer,
high again 75
(68, 62, 64 respectively in Pleasant Hill / Pinole / Novato)...