February 13 - Across the Distance


Well before midnight, safely ensconced with Harriet in a San Diego hotel featuring Moorish / Moderne overtones.


To


get


there


takes


a


trip


down


80


and


the


foggy /


clear


skies


of


680


through Solano


and


Contra


Costa


Counties


to


Diablo Valley College to meet the Music Theoreticians for Quiz 5 (examples drawn from Josquin des Pres's El Grillo and Scaramella, Costanzo Festa's Quando Ritrova, Henry VIII's Pastime with Good Company, Louis Borgeoise's Old Hundredth, Thomas Morley's Now Is the Month of Maying, and Claudio Monteverdi's Vespers).


Subsequently,


return


up


a


continued


beautifully


stratus-


compromised


corridor


and


beyond


to


point of


origin,


then off via 80 and


50 briefly and


5 majorly,


to points south in


San Joaquin,


Stanislaus


(Shane P. Donlon Ranch,


Del Puerto Canyon,


Crow's Landing,


and


Newman),


Merced


(Santa


Nella),



Fresno,


(Panoche,


Joaquin


Rocks,


and


a


brief


respite


at


at


Harris


Ranch near


Coalinga),


Kings,



Kern


(Lost


Hills,


Buttonwillow --


sunset and


moonrise,


Mettler-Maricopa,


California aqueduct


and the



long


ascent


of


the


Grapevine,


to another break near Tejon Summit),


Los Angeles,


below Orange


to


San


Diego County --


to a


convenient locale,


lengthy wait behind suspect folks with complicated banking / ID problems,


and an intimate haven.  Very late, email out Hector Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique International Music Score Library Project parts link to Opus 14 participants.