“And if you argue that past customs are not to be changed, does this mean that the endless turning on the wheel of birth and death is not to be changed” (Dogen, trans. Cook, How to Raise an Ox, 107)

Up 10. Breakfast/coffee. Gave Bree some belated Xmas presents from Bob Baker Marionette Theater that just came.
Signed on to Carnap seminar. Asked a ? about relation between Vienna Circle and Frankfurt School. Listened, but did a number of small online tasks in the meantime. Renewed my Auto Club, for example, as though I’m gonna drive this year. Also bought, finally, a permanent license for Sibelius after paying month-to-month for the last couple years. Expensive, but it will pay for itself in 2 years.
Looked for my copy of Schoenberg, Theory of Harmony, for some lessons I’m going to take w/ Judith Berkson. Couldn’t find it, but found a pdf instead. But I did turn up a book of selections from Schopenhauer (the alphabetical proximity is coincidence) I’d been looking for not long ago. I’ll probably find the Schoenberg while I’m looking for something else down the line.
A relative called, took a while. Then I wanted to work on the Superchunk track, but Bree was on FaceTime with her mom. And then I got derailed - understandably, I think — by events at the Capitol; that continued off and on throughout the evening.
Therapy w/ Bree. Helped.
Later, read 25 p. of Lozano. Played piano for 40 min. or so — scales and arpeggios, worked on the solo for Superchunk. I think I can hunker down and do this tomorrow.
Short walk outside at 10. Crossword. Lights out after 11.
Missed writing, Ashbery, poetry, didn’t listen to a record. Not great. Also have to get going on the next radio show.