January
January 2, 2010 Went to the Farmer's Market at the Ferry Building in San Francisco with Christine and Kate.
Then saw Robert at his new job on Pier 39.
Cooked our Farmer's Market food with Gary and Peggy
January 15, 2010 Finished year 32 of teaching.
Began in 1978 at Mira Loma High School.
February
February 12-16, 2010 Trip to Michigan for Luther Mason's 90th birthday party.
February 23-26, 2010 Attended Professional Learning Communities conference in Phoenix.
March
March 4, 2010 Attended the Women's Conference with Maria Shriver, Lisa Ling, Rita Moreno, Sally Ride, and Erin Brockovich.
Kate and Rita Moreno
The Jordans and Iron Chef Cat Cora
March 29, 2010 Yearbook 28 is completed
April
April 3, 2010 Breakfast at the Original Pancake House with Kate, Robert and Zoe-all three kids!
May
Monday, May 3, 2010 2010 Decamhian banquet
Alexis Moller, assistant editor. Richelle Doucette, assistant editor. Delaney Rakestraw, editor in chief. Sarah Noble, ads editor. Alyssa Williams, photo editor. Josh Metzger, managing editor. Jim Jordan, adviser.
Josh Metzger, managing editor. Delaney Rakestraw, editor in chief. Jim Jordan, adviser.
Saturday, May 8, 2010 Pre-Mother's Day celebration with Robert and Sarah at the Farmer's Market in San Francisco.
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 AP Language and Comp Exam Day
May 15, 2010 EPC Women's Brunch
May 15, 2010 Alyssa Creel Wedding
Torri Weave, 2001 editor in chief
May 18, 2010 Arrival of the 2010 Decamhian
May 19, 2010 Sonny Rollins at the Mondavi with Gary.
Rollins jazzes up Mondavi Center by Jason Mendrick
How to be a saxophone legend, step one: When you walk ont he stage with a five-inch afro, beard and dark sunglasses, don't even introduce yourself. Just start playing and let that do the talking.
At age 79, Sonny Rollins is perhaps the greatest saxophone player around, and he proved it Thursday at the Mondavi Center in Davis. He treated the nearly full 1,800-seat Jackson Hall to an almost three-hour performance of jazz flecked with Caribbean and Latin vibes.
After finishing his opener, a 10-minute cover of Noël Coward's "Someday I'll Find You," Rollins introduced his four backing musicians: guitarist Russell Malone, percussionist Victor See-Yuen, bassist Bob Cranshaw and drummer Kobie Watkins.
The next song, a new one for his upcoming album next year, built a calypso-like groove on top of which Rollins soloed for the entire song. Then during the bebop-influenced "Nishi," off his latest studio album "Sonny Please," Rollins and Watkins "traded fours" (a call-and-response where each person plays for four bars) for several minutes before Watkins exploded into a Max Roach-inspired solo. This left the crowd awed and cheering loudly before the group took a 10-minute intermission.
Rollins traded his white shirt for a bright red one before the second half of the show to play his song "Why Was I Born?" which won a 2006 Grammy for Best Jazz Instrumental Solo. That tune also had traded fours between Rollins and See-Yuen, who played chimes, shakers, tambourines, triangle, wood blocks, bongos and congas throughout the night.
At this point in the show, Rollins stopped announcing song titles altogether, and the band played the last few songs with little pause. These included another song with an island-influenced groove, which the audience expected to segue into "St. Thomas," perhaps Rollins' best-known song.
Rollins soloed for what seemed like 10 minutes straight while employing some insanely difficult saxophone techniques like playing harmonic overtones, which are basically chords, as opposed to one solid note.
He borrowed licks from bebop standards written by his contemporaries and played trickling ostinatos - all the while building suspense by alluding to the melody of "St. Thomas" without actually playing it. The guitarist and bass player also took solos during which Rollins accompanied them.
The island groove gave way to a saxophone ballad that expressed a soulful sadness, before going back to the up-tempo calypso beat. Rollins commanded the audience: "Don't stop the carnival" near the end of the set, which brought the whole house to its feet. During the ensuing groove, Rollins twirled in a circle while playing a solo, drawing huge cheers.
The sax legend had even the seniors in the audience bobbing their heads, stomping their feet and getting their groove on all the way out the door, without even playing his best known songs: "St. Thomas," "Doxy" and "Oleo."
May 29, 2010 Nemy-Brown wedding
June
June 7, 2010 Lisa Ling returns to Del Campo
June 8, 2010 Graduation of the Class of 2010 at Sacramento Memorial Auditorium
Lio Kochbeck, German Editor; Josh Metzger, Managing Editor; Jim Jordan, Delaney Rakestraw, Editor in Chief.
Delaney, me, Maddie
June 16, 2010 Robert and I rode bikes from his place in Daly City to ATT Park for a Giants game. About 14 miles.
June
June 20, 2010 Father's Day
June 21-July 7, 2010 Trip to Italy
June 21 Fair Oaks. Heading to SFO.
June 22 Rome. Torre Argentina
Our favorite restaurant in Rome: Osteria del Sostegno
June 23 Rome. The Vatican
June 24 Rome. The Forum
June 25 Assisi. La Fortezza Hotel.
June 26 Assisi. With Massimo Cruciani at his gallery.
June 27 Deruta. From Assisi to Montalcino
June 28 Montalcino Christine's Italian boyfriend
June 29 Castiglione della Pescaia
June 30 Montalcino
July
July 1 Bologna. The Porticoes!
On to Parma
July 2 Parma
July 3 Parma to Zibello
July 4 Zibello to Busseto
Lunch in Busseto
Coming...
and going!
July 5 Zibello to Mantova
July 6 Zibello to Milano
July 7 Milano to SFO
July 14, 2010 Gettysburg Yearbook Experience
July 16 EPC Family Camp. Zephyr Point, Lake Tahoe
July 17 Mira Loma Class of 1980 Reunion
Can you believe that I was the teacher and they were the students?
July 14 San Francisco and The D'Orsay Exhibit at the De Young
August
August 16 Gordon Hodel funeral
August 17 Kate turns 24
September
September 24 San Juan Evening of the Stars. Del Campo's own Lisa Ling and Joe DeRisi
September 29 My 55th birthday in yearbook
Three birthdays on September 29
September 29 Giants vs. Arizona Born 1955. I turned 55. Number 55 is pitching.
October
Sunday, October 3 Preached at East Parkway Church on Psalm 37. My second sermon.
Saturday, October 9 Ride Around Folsom Lake 44 miles with Scott Evans
October 11 Cruciani hanging The arrival and hanging of our own Massimo Cruciani
October 17 San Francisco Kate's Nike Women's Half Marathon
October 24 Zoe turns 19
November
November 1 The Giants win the World Series. The first since 1954. No Unfortunately I was not able to attend a game this time.
November The mustache
November 10 First deadline complete
November 11-14 JEA Kansas City
November 25 Thanksgiving
Run to Feed the Hungry with Zoe
Thanksgiving with Robert and Zoe. Missing Kate.
December
December 4 Second Annual EPC Craft Boutique
December 9 2011 Teacher of the Year Introductions at CDE.
I shot all the photos
December 10 Del Campo High School English Department Holiday Dinner.
Catered by Bubbles and Squeak.
December 12 Went to the 49er Seattle game with Joe Cavallaro. We've been going to games together for nearly 30 years. Niners won 40-21. Best game in years.
December 15 Robert turns 21
December 17 Last day of school before vacation. Holiday carol singing in AP Language and Composition. thanks once again Sheri Reagan.
December 21 Had my first rear flat on my bike. Three nice gentlemen from the Sacramento Wheelmen helped me out. Second flat total.
December 23 12th Annual Jordan Christmas Celebration
Krista Foster Huddle, Kate Jordan, Brittney Delgado
December 24 Christmas Eve. Recovering from the party. Had all the presents wrapped before the evening. Church at EPC. Raclette together with Sue and Rick.
December 25 Christmas Day. Our first with no parents or grandparents. :( I wrote that before the day took place. Amazingly it all turned out to be one of the best Christmases ever. In many ways it was our first Christmas as adults. No places to go. No one to take care of. Just a great time with all of the kids and Sue and Rick. No stress. Just blessings.
Sunday, December 26 EPC Sharing service then off to Sutter Creek and Plymouth. Had lunch at the Twisted Fork and then tasted at Scott Harvey and Runquist with the Gs (Jay, Elaine, Gary and Peggy), the Ys, the Nemes and Kate and Christine. Good times.
Thursday, December 30 Helping Robert move from the Daly City apartment to Colin Chesbro's garage. End of the one year lease. Let San Francisco chapter two begin.
