Chris is back from an incredibly successful first year at Harvard Divinity School,
serving as Student Body President,
and by now having attained not only a summer chaplaincy at a nearby college, but a two-year pastoral position in a Boston Unitarian Church -- which will carry through academic endeavors and beyond.
After
a
beautiful
foggy-
clear
commute
down
I-
80,
37 through
Sonoma /
Marin,
and 101 --
we cavort
on San Rafael Ridge
through clear climatic conditions
in the Crestwood and Terra Linda / Sleepy Hollow Divide
Open Spaces,
talking about everything under the glowing orb.
From
here,
errands
about
town,
then
a
northward
course
to
Novato Toyota
for
standard
maintenance,
southeast
over
the
Richmond
to
Contra Costa,
Alameda,
and UC Berkeley -- from Heast,
walking
south
across
campus
to
the Music Library, obtaining enlightenment re
Gustav Holst (1874-1934) - The Mystic Trumpeter, Op 18 (1904)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906-1975) - New Babylon, Op. 18: Death to Prussians! (1929)
Alan Hovhaness (1911-2000) - Variations and Fugue, Op. 18 (1963)
Oliver Knussen (b. 1952) - Symphony No. 3, Op. 18 (1979)
Upon
returning
to
the
car,
note with concern that the iPhone 3G refuses to power up, and,
arriving at Old First Church,
for the dress rehearsal of San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra's Spring 2014 Across Time and Space Concert (8pm, Saturday, June 7), receive error messages when attempting to contect with the MacBook,
switching to the latter device to capture a couple of practice pictures, and noting that, while power is low on the cellphone,
a few snaps can still be fired off. Will have to deal with this tomorrow, of course, despite the general busyness of this season. Return home to compose page 11 of Cristobal Colon, on what has proved to be another warm day locally (85th day of summerlike temperatures, high 91 -- 34th at 80-or-better, 11th 90+) -- although considerably milder elsewhere: to wit, San Rafael, 78; San Francisco, 70; and Berkeley, a downright chilly 66...
