Perhaps the ominous poster presaged rescheduling, and,
while the air-quality locally doesn't look nearly so bad today (7th of fall, high again up 2 to 68 -- ABACB in even increments of 64-68-64-66-68 -- 10th day of the Paradise Fire) as many other places in time and space, many institutions, including Diablo Valley College, remain closed.
Ironically, our immediate atmosphere is relatively better enough that it motivates Flora and Felicia to arrive for a visit and take accomodations for the night in vicinity.
In other news, acquire documentaries on Ralfph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958),
Gustav Holst (1874-1934, in reminscences of his daughter, composer Imogen Holst, 1907-1984), and
Arnold Schoenberg (1874-1951,
including a nice diptych on the latter with philosphoner Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1889-1951[!]) while engaging in general catch-up, plus continuing with editing page 58 new-edition Mice and Men, Op. 45 (1992): Act III, and composing
Cliff Variations, Op. 287 (2018)
Theme and 30 Passacaglic Life Changes
Variation XXVI [Shawn Patterson (b. 1965) - Everything Is Awesome (2015)]
