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)...