June 10 - Undulating Lines


Up late composing the next seven pages of Double Piano Concerto ("Fellow Travellers"), Op. 204 (14 pages thus far), finally arising after a respite to begin the spring-summer break trip,


east 80,


south


99,


and


eastward


again


on


58,


up


the


Tehachapi


Grade


all


the


way


to


town


for


a


second


petrol


stop,


then


reversing


course,


west


down


to


Caliente


Junction,


north


to


the burg,


up


canyon


easterly


on


Creek


Road,


beyond


the


Y


and


scattered


cattle,


past


Lorraine


and


the


wide


semi-


populated


structured


and


open


spaces


of


Twin


Oaks


to


Handy's


Corner


and


Back


Canyon


Road.


From


here,


beeline


rollercoastery


further


upslope


through


grass


and


trees


to


Carol's


Flying


Bears


Ranch


for


a


series


of


walks (up road


and


down


stream,


surveying


the


domain) followed by dinner, then all the way back to 58 and 99 in the dark, 5 and 210 into Los Angeles and beyond, calling it a night late in Redlands.