March 30, 1959
March 30, 1959
Manila Airport, 5 am. The I.S.’s [Igor Stravinsky’s] count their baggage—ras, dva, tri, chetiry—over and over, like rosary beads. The U.S. Cultural Attaché, a Mr.
Robert Craft
(October 20, 1923 – November 10, 2015). Conductor and friend, collaborator, and ammanuensis to the composer Igor Stravinsky from 1948 to 1971.
March 31, 1959
March 31, 1959
The great rice fields of Antipolo and Morong are burned out and brown, and the whole island world is waiting for the rains. A checkers