February 4 - In Passing

Review of Week 4 material with the Theoreticians, out and about,

there

and

back,

via

paper-grading

over coffee with Carol, through Contra Costa,

Solano,

and

Napa,

onward --

clouds

clearing,

but evidently more on the way --

the party definitely over re petrol,

now up $.22 to

2.19/gal.

Striking

light,

beautiful

late

afternoon,

composition

re page 3 Portraits of ___ (Some Number of 3) Women: X. Collette upon retun... high down 2 to 66 (down 6 in Pleasant Hill: 64), the tabulation since January 1 as 3 Days 70's, 20 Days 60's / 12 Days 50's...

February 3 - Busting Out

And seemingly overnight,

as happens in early February in Northern California,

spring has sprung,

with a scattering of the first flowering plants,

heading to Diablo Valley College for Week 4,

Session 2 with the Theoreticians:

a rather ominous, given the season, Thomas of Celano Dies Irae for Dictation, Keyboard-Solfege, and Board Harmony (evaluating the melody agains a lower Sol drone).

Student Compositions of Round 1 follow, including Alexander Bernal's,

followed

by

the

return

trip,

including errands

financial /

libraric /

and

general,

then

homeward to compose a second page of Portraits of ___ (Some Multiple of 3) Women: X. Collette, on a third day of highs in the 60's for the month: high again up two ticks to 68 (reaching 70 --ooh! -- in Pleasant Hill... tally since the year's beginning as 3 Days 70's, 19 Days 60's / 12 Days 50's).

February 2 - An Unexpected Balance

The Orkney Islands Hymn to St. Magnus (earliest use of Parallel Thirds) as Dictation / Board Harmony for the Theoreticians,

following

the

diverting morning commute,

and

previous

to

the

retrograde-inversion

(errands

including

what may be the

lowest petrol likely from this point on --

$1.97/gal,)

beginning

composition

of

Portraits of ___ (Some Multiple of 3) Women: X. Collette, after the painting by Roland March, and informed by the life of Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette.*  A second day of temperatures in the 60's for the month, high up two degrees to 66 (one more in Pleasant Hill -- 67... point spread since the beginning of the year: 3 Days 70's / 18 Days 60's / 12 Days 50's).

***

*From Wikipedia...

"Colette went to work in the music halls of Paris, under the wing of Mathilde de Morny, Marquise de Belbeuf, known as Missy, with whom she became romantically involved.  In 1907, the two women performed together in a pantomime entitled Rêve d'Égypte at the Moulin Rouge.  Their onstage kiss nearly caused a riot, which the police were called in to suppress.  As a result of this scandal, further performances . . . were banned, and Colette and de Morny were no longer able to live together openly, though their relationship continued for five years."

February 1 - Rrrrrrr

Create a new Facebook icon, banner, and event re The Opus Project presents Opus 26: Lion's Roar!;

establish a Doodle poll for same; and finish composition for Portrais of ___ (Some Multiple of 3 Women): IX. Olivia (4 pages total) --

partially while viewing and re-viewing, respectively, Jean Cocteau's La Belle et La Bete, in the original Georges Auric film-score (1946), and Philip Glass opera (1994) versions,

with Harriet and

Megan, on a day returning spring-like, high down 13 degrees to 64. 

Also finish re-reading Allan Masri's The Golden Hills of California: Volume Two, recalling the happy trip of last weekend...