August 26 - Sharpening the Foci


Blissfully catching up with the morning news, taking it slowly, happen to check email and discover that the last Mozart is at two, not seven or eight. So, after feverish preparations, jump into the car


for the arcane commute,


almost immediately encountering traffic,


necessitating a detour along Lyon in Lagoon Valley.


At last


cityward,


and


the


show is a great success again,


now hopefully with some more useable pictures of Sarita Cannon,


Zoltan di Bartolo,


Michelle Jasso,


Frank Johnson,


Eliza O'Malley,


Harriet March Page,


Letitia Page,


Nikola Prinz, et. al.


After loading up the vehicles,


the long way home is even longer,


yet a pleasure,


up


101


through


Marin


(Waldo Tunnel and


Grade,


Mt.


Tamalpais,


San Pedro Ridge


San Rafael and Loma Alta,


Puerto Suello,


Big Rock Ridge,


Marinwood,


Pacheco Pass,


Novato,


Mt. Burdell),


across


37,


then


north


on


Lakeville,


east on


116,


up into


Sonoma,


12 to Trinity Road,


the long snakey climb up the viewful Mayacamas


slope,


into the redwoods and mixed evergreens,


over the Napa border,


down


into


Dry


Creek


Canyon,


climbing and


descendng the


Oakville


Grade,


south on 29 past



Stags Leap and






Yountville,


semi-circling


and


vaulting


over River,


in the viewshed of Mt. George and


The Wine Guy,


leaping


through through the


Jamison


Canyon


road-widening


project


(the solution seems to be to massacre the lower north slopes, rather than compromise the valley, and, have to concede that this is probably the better solution).


Upon return, do pdf of Missa California: Gloria (page 5), detail edit of Triple Concerto for Bassoon, Contrabassoon, and Harp: III (17), and compose the next two pages (7, 8) of The Decameron - Second Day: IV. Landolfo Ruffolo Turns Corsair and Is Shipwrecked.