OK, I'll Go That Far --- Day 3/208

Walk: Sundance Kabuki
Distance: 2 miles and home yoga



Joe Paluka/Ciwt bounced back from yesterday's birthday and into the theaters for 100 Foot Journey. Selected by friends, Ciwt went along.  Hearing Oprah, Steven Spielberg, Walt Disney, India, food, Ciwt might not have gone on her own and was expecting goo. (Probably others will be put off for the same reasons). But, for what it was - light, good-hearted entertainment - Ciwt found it more off-beat, slightly unpredictable, and touching than she expected. You kind of knew where it was going, but it got there a little differently.  Same with the dialogue: You had some inkling what was going to be said but were caught off-guard by what was actually said.

And Ciwt still wants to be Helen Mirren when she grows up .

August 7. It Comes, It Goes --- Day 3/207

Walk: Mindful Body and around a bit
Distance: 1 mile, home yoga, teach yoga class




Ciwt got across that birthday line, and things are looking all Clear!

Quick Hello --- Day 3/206

Walk: Geary Street, Union Square (dentist, again!!)
Distance: Not far, 6-7 blocks

                                                                August 6, 2014

Dear Readers,


                                             
                                                        Love,
                                                        Ciwt

Two Days To Go --- Day 3/205

Walk: Mindful Body
Distance: 10 blocks and teach yoga class



Twelve students, 3:00 Tuesday.  Not a record but not bad for Ciwt just before a Huge birthday. Grateful for being in good health to teach.   Awww....

Laugh or Cry? --- Day 3/204

Walk: CPMC, Laurel Village
Distance: 2.5 miles


There was this blonde who got a little bored around the house 

so, she returned to work after 30 years.

Take a look; a high school classmate sent this to Ciwt today.

A Talking Raccoon? Yup, and He's Great! --- Day 3/203

Walk: Sundance Kabuki, Trader Joe's, Pet Express
Distance: 3 miles and home yoga practice

Guardians of the Galaxy, 3-D



Due to continued grey, foggy, windy weather, Ciwt decided to go to another galaxy for a 3-D get away. She was never exactly sure which galaxy she was in (she thinks there were several), but she had, well, a blast.

Fun, action-packed (of course), humorous, clever in an off-hand, self-mocking way, Ciwt era music. Just a great big screen escape from planet earth.

Rooms with Little View --- Day 3/202

Walk: Fogbound
Distance: Small Home Yoga


All photos San Francisco, 10 a.m.and throughout the day 


The San Francisco fog brings with it different permissions than other summer places.

Read, allow your yoga to be restorative, spend afternoons in movie theaters or the opera all these are fine it says.

Write, contemplate, be content. Go as deep as you want.

When you go out cover yourself in cashmere and down thankful you don't have to make peace with your body in a bathing suit or even shorts.  (Because who after a certain age can do that anyway? After a while bodies call for coverage, protection, presentation that becomes it). Simple, calm movement is nice.  Peaceful walking and swimming, kayaking and rowing in tranquil waters, yoga of the mindful type.  

Certainly during our foggy summers we rail against the grey cold and constant winds. There are thoughts of neighbors in sun just across bridges, down on the peninsula, or away on airplanes. There are wishes for even, golden tans even though that's not how our bodies actually react to the sun any more.  We remember thunderstorms while forgetting tornadoes or thick breathless heat,or sleeping porches that don't do the trick, or all the stinging insects and plants, the barking ill trained dogs, the over-clouds overhanging for days in a row, daylight that doesn't quit until hours past bedtime.  Mostly though those warm, balmy free days really are the best of times and memories, no question. 

But, here in San Francisco the fog brings different summer permissions, and it works out best when you can accept the deep interior pleasures they have to offer.

Ouch, She Said --- Day 3/201

Walk: San Rafael (wig and costume shop - go figure), Mindful Body, Hi Tech Nails
Distance: 1 mile and take restorative yoga class



Well, if you have a lingering jaw ache and sensitive teeth and you go to Dr. Internet, there is no mention whatsoever of cancer.  (A first, maybe the editor made a mistake and it really should be there).  But! There is mention of angina, a very serious heart condition.  This along with reports that significant segments of the population have bouts with sensitive teeth, they usually resolve on their own over time, they are annoying but not serious.  But, if part of you wants to be anxious about angina, please join Ciwt in the corner.