Haiku of the Day ~ At the Tastee-Freez

     
At the Tastee-Freez 
    we loiter on the benches 
         with melting ice-cream.
   

Haiku of the Day ~ High Desert Haiku

High Desert Haiku

As the city sleeps

We pull out of the driveway

with headlights on.

Aroma of sage

makes its way through the wind-wing,

(the desert greets us).

Along the highway

(in the distance, bare mountains)

a rusty wire fence.

We eat lunch.

Sitting in the shade

of the truck.

In my face and nose

the hot wind off the asphalt.

Route Three-Ninety-Five.

Nauseous from the heat

they bought me a Bubble Up

to sip in the truck.

We forsake Lone Pine

for the black asphalt ribbon.

Big Pine awaits us.

We found Manzanar,

before the first Pilgrimage,

abandoned and dry.

~~~   ~~~   ~~~   ~~~

This is a work in progress.  

Score of the week: Thou Stars of Winter

A short character piece for harp and flute.

The titles of the three movements form a Haiku.

Score and MP3: http://www.scoreexchange.com/scores/33298.html
 
   

Mediation on the Sierpinski Tetrahedron

           

Best experienced with eyes closed in a dark and cool room.

An experiment in the layering of synthesizers and rhythms over both a bass drone and a bass ostinato.

Score and MP3> Mediation on the Sierpinski Tetrahedron
     
Video You Tube: Mediation on the Sierpinski Tetrahedron
          

Meisa’s Lullaby

    
Meisa’s Lullaby

Written in honor of my granddaughter.

Score and MP3 of the day:
Meisa's Lullaby

Youtube: Meisa's Lullaby
 
 

Tanka of the day: This old coat

   
This old coat of mine
smelling of stale cigarettes
with its torn pocket
a reminder of my youth
and many forgotten sins

Squirrel Free Weekend

       
I kept my weekend squirrel free and made excellent progress in mixing the second movement of my current work in progress. I took a little time off to start working on some ideas for the fourth movement, just sketches at the moment. I took most of Sunday off from working on the music; time to “clear out the ears” and do other stuff, but no squirrels. Monday I was back at working on the second movement, and Tuesday I worked on some more ideas for the fourth movement. I do need to get back to the first movement and finish it. The plan is to see if I can finish the entire piece before the summer solstice.
                 

Squirrels Everywhere I Look

               

So I am in the process of finishing working on Impression No. 5 with the hope that I can mix it over the weekend. But. As I am sitting here eating my lunch I got an idea for another large project and spent half of my lunch starting to sketch it out. Only God knows if I will get back on track with Impression No. 5 or spend the next weeks working on my new idea for a new piece (lets not even mention that I still have the Ballet to work on).

Abstract No. 11

  
Abstract No. 11

Abstract No. 11



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