December 31 - Envoi

Bassoon parts of Pini di Surriento and Salome Suite generated, The Gospel According to St. Matthew: L. The Last Judgement / The Annointment orchestrated, Journals mailed, up and out with Harriet down the 680 corridor,



past Mt. Diablo's



foothills,



towards Sunol's Maguire Peaks,



delivering a transcript to LaVerne's in Fremont, near Mission and Monument, then farther



south through greater San Jose to



Route 152 beyond Gilroy



up


Pacheco



Canyon



to



the



Pass then



down



past



the setting sun of



San Luis Reservoir



into the



Central Valley, continuing to



lower latitudes near Vasquez Rocks to the



Harris Ranch for dinner



and overnight. Happy New...

December 24 - Silent Day

With family afar, Harriet and I set our sleigh for the Sierra, specifically the Merced River Canyon and Yosemite, for serenity and snow, over the Foothills, to



Cathey's Valley, up



Guadalupe



Ridge, under the



skies of Mariposa,



down towards



the Canyon, beyond



the Landslide



Bridges, past



Savage's



Trading Post to



El Portal and Cedar Lodge (the latter with Mt. Trumbull looming) for Christmas Eve dinner and gifts and visions.