December 31 - Trombone Mirum

The brass shall sound, and we'll raise our glasses -- Happy New Year! -- with the saga continuing at markalburger2018.blogspot.com...

The day --

57th and final of fall, high down 4 to 60 --

begins with errands

(including sufficient libations for the festive eve),

and

a big push re editing new-edition Symphony No. 1 ("It Wasn't Classical…"), Op. 61 (1998): I. Allegro con brio: pages 31-40...

part of this accomplished while taking in a nice pre-centennial celebration re Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), finale-ing (as we have) with Candide (1956): Make Our Garden Grow. 

Towards the appointed hour, televised apparently exclusively Spanish-language coverage of Pacific-Standard-Time celebrations --

are we having a good time yet? --

Yes!

December 30 - Big Screen View

Megan over,

connecting DVD player and

Roku,

on the penultimate day --

56th of fall, high up 1 to 64 -- of the year... more catch-up, and age 30 edited re new-edition Symphony No. 1 ("It Wasn't Classical…"), Op. 61 (1998): I. Allegro con brio...

December 29 - Cosmic View

Reviewing a fair number of videos re Universe, which updating blog, yields another series of searches,

beginning with the notion of organic compounds and comets (such as the -- fron this angle, at least -- rather centaurian Comet Churyumov–Gerasimenko, as photographed by European Space Agency's Rosetta)...

from a reasonably stable point located on this very local planet,

with some at least at times reaching skyward (such as the very, very local group's tree trimming service):  56th day of fall, high up 2 to 63, editing new-edition page 29 Symphony No. 1 ("It Wasn't Classical…"), Op. 61 (1998): I. Allegro con brio...

December 28 - Global View

Definitely appreciating the Mediterranean climate type,

upon return,

whether it be in

North

or

South Africa,

Australia (OK, picture above actually desertic),

the Middle East,

Southern

Europe,

or

considerably closer to home.  54th day of fall, high down 3 to 61, resuming editing of new-edition Symphony No. 1 ("It Wasn't Classical…"), Op. 61 (1998): I. Allegro con brio, with page 28...

Many of above pictures gathered in free association, after learning that Gian Carlo Menotti died in a hospital in Monte Carlo, Monaco (February 1, 2007), where he had a home...

December 27 - Follow the Lights

Up

early,

the

thaw

beginning,

and

crosstown

to

rendezvous

with

Marek

and

Amy

at

Pearl District

Starbucks.

A

great

visit, then

southwest 405 to

5 south, and

after a supply stop,

the

long

transit

of

Willamette

Valley,

various

Cascade-y

buttes

to

the

west

towards

Coberg

and

Eugene,

skies clearing a bit,

down into

Umpqua drainage,

Rice

Hill,

Sutherlin,

storied

Roseberg

Cliffs,

the

California-esque

Hills

of

Myrtle Creek /

Riddle,

Canyonville,

the beginning of the undulations

including

Glendale

and

Sunny Valleys,

prospects above Hugo / Merlin,

Grants Pass

upstream

past

Rogue River,

Table Rocks again,

Medford,

Phoenix,

Talent,

hallelujah

blue

skies

back in

Ashville,

petrol

again,

the

ascent to

Siskiyou

and

voila!

California! 

Views

of

Mt.

Shasta,

Hornbrook / Henly,

Klamath

Canyon,

Anderson

Summit

and

Grade,

Yreka,

further

views

of

the

Cascades and

Klamaths to

Weed,

Black Butte,

Mt. Shasta City, and

Dunsmuir --

darkness unto Redding, eventually home... whew!  53rd day of fall, high up 2 to 64 (Troutdale / Portland, 36; Ashland, 48)...