September 30 - Dark and Light

Videos,

home all day with

Harriet and Megan. editing page 33 Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel: 1888 Alma Maria Schindler, Op. 232, No. 10,

on barely the 222nd summer day of the year -- high 70, with rainfall .3 inches (tying last April 25), for a total of .4 for the rainfall beyond July 1...

September 29 - Surprise Party

Chatting with

Michael Stubblefield briefly after

Theory (W.A. Mozart Sonata in C Major, K. 545, for Dictation / Keyboard-Solfege / Board Harmony), he mentions that he has just subbed for Owen.  Upon exiting the Music Building, Matt Rizzo asks if I am subbing for Theory II?

Glad to oblige (turns out an email was sent only recently to this effect), and we proceed with roughly the topics of the past period, augmented a bit by matters of Orchestration and Voice-Leading.

Another moony /

sunny /

foggy transit there,

followed by composition, plus lunch and Opus 34 preliminaries with Carol at a local Chinese spot,

and a return,

via errands,

to continue editing page 32 Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel: 1888 Alma Maria Schindler, Op. 232, No. 10,

on the 221st day of summer,

high down 8 to 82 (143 days 80+),

with the highs 77 / 64

in Pleasant Hill and Pinole...

September 28 - Chasing the Moon

Up early,

down Hilborn,

Suisun,

I-

80,

across

the

marshes of

37,

diverting to Atherton. 

Melissa's office calls, and we determine that the 8am appointment will not work, rescheduling to 11.  With extra time, more diversions down Sunset and

Las Gallinas,

west to the post box,

and east

via North San Pedro towards

China Camp State Park. 

A

brief

jaunt

to

the

top of

Bullet Hill,

returning in

good time

for the rendezvous. 

Upon entering the offices, dodging no less than three mobile-challenged individuals, discover that the power is out... so no dental work after all, and not even an immediate re-scheduling since all the computers are down (so much for backups). 

Onward,

across the bridge to visit Carol,

and

return

for another session at

Vacaville Medical Center with

Kam Chan, who pronounces the compromised elbow at an end (maybe), and throws in a

flu shot, to boot. 

From here, errands and

home to edit page 31 Alma Maria Schindler Mahler Gropius Werfel: 1888 Alma Maria Schindler, Op. 232, No. 10 -- on the 220th day of summer, high 90 (91 days 90+ / 142 80+)... 87 and 69, San Rafael / Pinole...

Late evening run to UC Davis for research re The Opus Project presents Opus 34 (8pm, Saturday, October 24, Diablo Valley College Music Building, Pleasant Hill, CA).