August 31 - Doors Open in Three Seconds

Standard medical check-up at the unstandard hour of 8:45am, local but not without a few directional/logistical challenges, two 1984-style TV's (seemingly permanently on, as in bus stations and, now, of course, airports),

but things look up with the sunny staff and

examination room,

the former including angelic Dr. Marsha Alexander, who provides sympathetic care and understanding, and relieves a great burden. 

The rest of the day is easy going -- Samuel Beckett's Clov, "When I fall I'll weep for happiness" -- with pdf of Missa California: Gloria (10), detail-edit of Triple Concerto: III (24), beginning the composition of The Decameron - Second Day: V. Andreuccio da Perugia Meets with Three Serious Adventures in One Night (first two pages).

August 30 - Rites of Fall Semester

Quiz 2 for the Theoreticians,

with musical examples drawn from Sol Bloom, India, Japan, Greece, and Gregorian Chant --

following the morning Missa California: Gloria (9) pdf

and

scenic

80 /

680

bit.

After

an

extended

session,

buzz

through

Franklin

Canyon and

across the Bay to

Marin for

more

paper grading (all A's, again),

errands including

post box

check,

and another impressively circuituous return... this time 101,

Rowland

and

Novato

Boulevards,

Point Reyes /

Petaluma and

Frates Roads,

Old Adobe to 116,

12

past

Stornetta's

and 

Domaine Carneros,

29 cross Napa and up towards

Montecito,

over the Western Vaca Mountains

to

Wooden Valley, down through the canyon, lateralling across via Mankas Corner

to Waterman

and

Hillborn; with still enough energy remaining to detail-edit page 23 of Triple Concerto for Bassoon, Contrabassoon, and Harp: III and finish the composition of The Decameron - Second Day: IV. Landolfo Ruffalo Turns Corsair and Is Shipwrecked (16 pages total, with further allusions to Leonard Bernstein's Candide and Alban Berg's Wozzeck).