Now I\u2019m sitting listening to \u201cThe Electric B.B. King\u201d and enjoying the night--Marcy went to a Johrei-&-GO<\/u>-party: I refrained because alcohol will be served there & I didn\u2019t feel strong enough to go there yet--I just kicked about 4 days ago (had 3 bheers w\/ next-door-neighbors playin pinochle while Marcy & Jed & Joaquin went to S.F. to do GoShinTai-Goji)(one \u201cVictoria\u201d beer w\/ Jeffrey Mishlove, ^^(author of \u201cRoots of Consciousness)^^ (after church last Sunday* (you probly met him? He lived w\/ us when Joaquin was born almost 7 years ago\u2026) last Sunday after Tsukinamisai, before soup & salad and a game of GO<\/u>\u2026 I played disgracefully, I won by 60 points\u2026 I forgot to do what David Beard showed me--to pass<\/u> when playing a beginning player who\u2019s making ineffective moves. And the week before that was what convinced me I needed to stop drinking alcohol: I was playing GO<\/u> with Jack, a Johrei member & chemistry major, he walked over w\/ his new fold-up set, small stones, & we played a game, his 3rd<\/u><\/sup> or 4th<\/u><\/sup> ever\u2026 well I\u2019d had a quart & a half Written in margin:<\/span> * (we got to play with his ESP-training machine\u2026 neat-o!<\/u><\/p>\r\n So the money we\u2019ll save from that, plus a WIN-program stipend that begins in April, we are putting in a stash for Marcy to go to Seichi in the fall: also she\u2019s on the verge of switching over, indefinitely, to an all-live-food diet: just raw fruits & vegetables & nuts & seeds\u2026 (in certain combinations) she\u2019s quitting the bookstore at end of this month\u2026 it was too much, 6 days a week (now 4)\u2026 but Written in margin next to \u201call-live-food diet\u201d:<\/span> (+ wheatgrass juice)<\/p>\r\n Written in margin next to \u201cquitting the bookstore\u201d:<\/span> (o dear i already wrote this on 1st<\/u><\/sup> page, sorry\u2026 it\u2019s a several-days\u2019-letter\u2026)<\/p>\r\n Well here\u2019s an amazing thing--Marcy bought a bunch of daisies: the ones on the altar (one wilted today) have been fresh & pert Written sideways in margin:<\/span> Well I don\u2019t know what The other a twinkly man who looked like he thought of himself as a leprechaun gave me the other two weird sheets\u2026 he said he had 2 poll questions he\u2019d like me to answer (outside supermarket in Rohnert Park): 1) Should American Filling the left, top, and right margins:<\/span> Now I see I forgot to tell you this idea, I\u2019m not interested in doing the whole trip, but you\u2019re welcome to the idea, maybe Doc could use it. A camp-cot, with telescoping-tubing-sides, attached to inside of car, just above doors. Rolls up & clamps there, collapsed, for storage. Extended, & unrolled, with legs to tops of dash and seats, becomes cot for sleeping. Passenger may lay out while driver drives. Driver\u2019s cot Now listening to The Blues Project (Lazarus)\u2026 good stuff. Marcy Jed & Joaquin are into Rodgers & Hammerstein and sang many songs together on trip to L.A. & back (Marcy as a Fukyo (that\u2019s \u201cFoo<\/u>-kyoh\u201d, \u201cExpansion\u201d) Conference representative (everybody makes the same joke\u2026 \u201cWell, Fukyo<\/u> too!\u201d)--but J & J & I & 2 kids from church (their Chinese mother was a representative from East Bay, the girl plays with Al & Sherri Albee\u2019s daughter in Albany (they lived next door in Albany Village)\u2026 all went to Disneyland, and next day to L.A. zoo. Disneyland is really nice--I didn\u2019t think I\u2019d like it, that it\u2019d be very hokey, but it was very solid, the construction & operation is quality throughout, very craftsmanlike, I enjoyed the whole thing a lot\u2026<\/p>\r\n Now for the 3-album set I bought for a quarter at Baker St. Books\u2026 Bach\u2019s \u2018Mass in B-Minor\u2019 (or at least some of it\u2026)\u2026<\/p>\r\n Well I\u2019ll list a potpourri of In margin:<\/span> Did you ever read \u201cDahlgren\u201d or \u201cTriton\u201d, by Delaney? Or his old stuff? How \u2019bout \u201cProtector\u201d & \u201cMote in God\u2019s Eye\u201d by Niven?<\/p>\r\n Robert Silverberg \u201cCapricorn Games\u201d (GO<\/u> on a starship, among others\u2026)<\/p>\r\n Arthur Clarke \u201cImperial Earth\u201d (I thought of the personal computer\/secretary\/dictionary\/clock Will Cooper \u201cDeath Has a Thousand Doors\u201d<\/p>\r\n Peter Dickinson \u201cPoison Oracle\u201d,* \u201cKing and Joker\u201d,* \u201cOld English Peep-Show\u201d, \u201cThe Green Gene\u201d, \u201cThe Glass-Sided Ant\u2019s Nest\u201d* *signifies especially good--there\u2019re several more, not a bad \u2019un in the lot--this man is amazing<\/u>, I\u2019d go so far as to say \u201cState of the Art\u201d!<\/p>\r\n Rex Stout all the Nero Wolfe books, they\u2019re all<\/u> good, some are better: last<\/u> one was best, I thought: \u201cA Family Affair\u201d\u2026 great<\/u> stuff<\/u>!<\/p>\r\n In margin:<\/span> There\u2019s a biography of Nero Wolfe: (\u201cNero Wolfe of W. 35th<\/u><\/sup> St.\u201d)<\/p>\r\n John D. McDonald--I learn something every time I have read one of his books, about how the world works\u2026 \u201cThe Green Flash\u201d was good\u2026 (Often his are too similar to each other\u2026)<\/p>\r\n In margin:<\/span> very violent however\u2026 I haven\u2019t read any of his for about a year now\u2026<\/p>\r\n Peter Farb, \u201cWord Play\u201d (linguistics)<\/p>\r\n Sydney Sheldon? Pike? \u201cOther Side of Midnight\u201d<\/p>\r\n \u201cTales of a Dalai Lama\u201d \u2026 excellent.<\/p>\r\n Len Deighton \u201cAn Expensive Place to Die\u201d too cynical & gloomy for me\u2026 not terribly good writing either\u2026<\/p>\r\n John Le Carre \u201cSpy Who Came In From the Cold\u201d--pretty good\u2026 pretty depressing throughout though.<\/p>\r\n Did you read John Brunner\u2019s \u201cShock-Wave Rider\u201d--wow! also how about \u201cGold at the Starbow\u2019s End\u201d by Williamson & Pohl\u201d--high-level stuff, I liked it.<\/p>\r\n Charles B. Hanna \u201cThe Face of the Deep Jay Haley \u201cThe Power Tactics of Jesus Christ\u201d (still reading it, it seems pretty good)<\/p>\r\n John Allegro \u201cSacred Mushroom & the Cross\u201d and Gordon Wasson \u201cSoma\u201d whom author (Tom Robins) of \u201cAnother Roadside Attraction\u201d & \u201cEven Cowgirls Get the Blues\u201d (both superfine) referenced in his \u201cMushroom That Conquered the Universe\u201d\u2026 (in Jan. High Times)<\/p>\r\n Just got one from man who In margin:<\/span> Donald Knuth, \u201cFundamental Algorithms: the Art of Computer Programming\u201d\u2026 Raymond Piper & Lila K. Piper \u201cCosmic Art Added to the top of the penultimate page:<\/span> Closing<\/u>: Well I hope all is well with you & yr family, and parents, & Paul & Dave & families: maybe I\u2019ll get up there in June, for 20th<\/u><\/sup> hi-school anniversary re-union\u2026 anyway, love to all, Peter, & Marcy, & Jed & Joaquin<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n Peter tells Dobe about trying to give up alcohol, Marcy leaving her bookstore job and switching to eating only raw foods, a $4 million idea for putting sleeping cots in cars, going to Disneyland for the first time, other stuff we\u2019d all been up to, and lots of books that Peter had been reading.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-from-peter","category-cotati"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2981"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3029,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2981\/revisions\/3029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2981"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2981"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2981"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}x<\/strike> of Oly, but gave him rest of 2nd<\/u><\/sup> quart & I switched to cream sherry (= brandy + grape juice), and played a good game, even though I was shocked at the end of two hours to find I\u2019d emptied the fifth of sherry\u2026 with hardly any effect nor any headache later\u2026 so it\u2019s actually been nearly 2 weeks since then, with 4 beers meanwhile.<\/p>\r\nnow<\/strike> soon, she will be eating just right, and will be able to get enough sleep & do yoga exercises & eat royal jelly & be of more service to God, helping the 6 new members that joined last month after 4 weekly classes at our home, and maybe do Nature Farming, etc. etc. besides going to Johrei all takers at Sonoma State College 2 days a week, etc. etc. (this last under the auspices of the campus GO<\/u> club(!!), of which he\u2019s pres (and his beautiful lady is one of the six new members\u2026)<\/p>\r\nx<\/strike> since being placed on altar last Saturday--one week today. But the ones that were put in the kitchen were wilting in 1-2 days\u2026<\/p>\r\nx<\/strike> Joaquin\u2019s writing a story on adding-machine roll, called \u201cThe Endless Story\u201d\u2026 Jed\u2019s reading \u201cThe Calculus Primer\u201d by Prof. E. McSquared, among other things. (Like \u201cWhat Do You Say, Dear\u201d, \u201cWhat Do You Do, Dear\u201d, & \u201cShow Me\u201d)<\/p>\r\nx<\/strike> you\u2019ll make out of the enclosed weird handouts\u2026 I scarcely know what to make of them myself, but both people I promised I\u2019d pass\/send it on, so here they are: the condition on the chain-type letters was on me (you\u2019re not under any obligation, to send on or back, but I am)--I told Barbara I\u2019d send it on or back to her, and thought crossed mind you might like to see it\u2026 I don\u2019t know whether I\u2019ll xxx<\/strike> use it myself\u2026 I think I probly will, \u2019cause Barbara sent enclosed $5 check for some vitamins we sold her, so for $5 I guess I\u2019ll play\u2026<\/p>\r\nx<\/strike> Indians have a homeland? (I answered yes.) 2) Would I be interested in contributing any cash toward establishing same? (I donated 29\u00a2.) I asked who he represented--\u201cWhite Hopi Nation.\u201d (How many people?) Well there were 2 now, himself (about 70<\/strike> 65 yrs old, white hair blue eyes red nose & cheeksx<\/strike>), & his friend. Well I Johrei\u2019d him for 10 minutes & then left.<\/p>\r\nxxx<\/strike> also unrolls and extends for stopping. Feet toward front for safety, also safety belt. Bottom of cot\/hammock clears seattops. How do you like it? Seems cheap to make & would sell over 100,000 I bet\u2026. at $40 each, that\u2019s $4 million gross. (ooh, gross!)<\/p>\r\n![\"Cot](\"http:\/\/www.kith.org\/pmjj\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/1977\/02\/car-cot.jpg\")
<\/a>xxx<\/strike> books I\u2019ve been into lately, you might enjoy any of them\u2026<\/p>\r\nx<\/strike> described herein when I saw an ad for a calculator\/clock\/alarms with 4 different sounds, you can set each one to ring when you want, it costs $30\u2026)<\/p>\r\nx<\/strike>: The Religious Ideas of C.G. Jung\u201d excellent, incisive, very deep, intriguing, beautiful.<\/p>\r\nx<\/strike> got 2nd<\/u><\/sup> Ohikari in U.S. (his wife got 1st<\/u><\/sup>): (He\u2019s a stamp-auctioneer, sold $1.5 million<\/u> of stamps last year. He\u2019s read s.f. since 1926<\/u>\u2026!! They have an original Divine Scroll, written by Meishu-sama personally!) Well we swapped some s.f., & I just started \u201cThe UnHoly City\u201d by Charles Finney, author of \u201cCircus of Dr. Lao\u201d\u2026 seems good & weird.<\/p>\r\nx<\/strike>\u201d, very spacey; great stuff. Hieronymous interview--January Analog, very good.<\/p>\r\nNotes<\/h2>\r\n
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