March 9 - Always on the Brink


General catch-up and 21st-Century Music work before the rest of the daylight hours (and they are mercifully increasing, of course) are given over the errands and such, first swinging by DVC then over the Cummings Skyway to


80 north and


37 west, making arrangements for standard vehicular maintenance in Novato,


then south to


San Rafael


for waredrobe


replentishment,


stopping by


Melissa's office to make an appointment,


and


winding up at Celia's for paper grading.


The return trip becomes an extraordinarilly


circuitous one,


west on


Lucas Valley


Road,


over


Big Rock


Pass,


to


Nicasio,


lingering


by


Old Saint Mary's and the


Rancho


in


the


square,


proceeding apace


to the


Reservoir,


then


northeast


on the


Point Reyes - Petaluma


path through


Hicks,


past the western end of


Novato Boulevard,


and the


eastern towards Chileno and environs,


down the slope into Sonoma, and thence to Napa and beyond.

Round up the usual suspicious musical subjects upon return, to wit:

pdf Merton Songs (31),
composition of Psalm 89 (7) and The Decameron (40)
editing Symphony No. 3 (251-260)

+ finish reading Volume 14 of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians (1980).


And a sixth "summer day" for the year thus far, with a high of 72 (71 in San Rafael).

Now at 91 MB (8.93%) of the 1024 MB -- with three weeks and two days room to spare...