Limits of Wit --- 9/206

 Walk: Presidio Pickleball, Trader Joe's, Pet Express                                                                                        Distance: 5.4 miles, 90 minutes pickleball, yoga stretch

So the 4th week of Ciwt's Zoom Contemporary Theater class features another Pulitzer winning play.

As you can see from the 'witty' title of the book, the play is entitled W;t or actually Wit.  And it needs every bit of its highly intelligent, exceedingly clever wit to balance the raw and chilling portrayal of the coldly clinical and utterly impersonal way dying patients are treated in a hospital setting.  This against the excruciatingly deep, lonely and personal journey the dying person must take.

Not uplifting for Ciwt.

"..a good life, a full life...."* --- Day 9/205

 Walk: Presidio Pickleball                                                                                                                 Distance: 2 miles, 90 minutes windy pickleball, yoga

 A good man and important part of Ciwt's life died today.  Thank you, Alex.

         

* "I'm not afraid of dying. I've lived a good life, a full life, and I’m nearing the end of that life if it happens, why should I be afraid of that?"                 

                                                                Alex Trebek   

Savoring the Moment --- Day 9/204

 Walk: 1. Hood, Pickleball Court    2. No, just enjoying the moment                                                               Distance: 1. 2.5 miles, 90 minutes pickleball, Yoga  2. A little

 

Able at last to just sit, relax, let it all sink in.......

Petite Autumn --- Day 9/203

 Walk: Hood                                                                                                                                     Distance: 3 miles, Yoga

We don't get East Coast autumn out here in San Francisco.  But, every once in a while you're surprised by a miniature version - a tree, a shrub, a beautiful gold flower - and aaahh...

Occasional Peeks Only - Day 9/202

 Walk: No                                                                                                                                                           Distance: 8 blocks, yoga

Another head burying day for Ciwt - with occasional peeking.

Election You Say? --- Day 9/201

 Walk: T. Joe's, Presidio Pickleball Court                                                                                            Distance: 5 miles, 90 minutes pickle, yoga stretch

Ciwt is busy this election day burying her head in the honey jar, books, housecleaning, pickleball, cats, wherever she can fit it.  

Poetic Fences --- Day 9/200

 Walk: Presidio Picklball Courts                                                                                                                    Distance: 2.5 miles, 90 minutes pickleball, yoga stretch

August Wilson's Fences is so poetically and musically written in what Ciwt will call Black speech pattern that her only comment is "read it when you have a couple of hours."   

In fact, the benefits of reading rather than just seeing great plays is the strongest message Ciwt is getting from her Zoom Contemporary Plays Course.  Reading and visualizing the characters and stage settings as you do so.  You might be off in your mental picture, but just attempting it will bring you deeper into the play.  And you'll see words, phrases, patterns, connections you might miss by watching the play.

They are two different and important experiences - reading and seeing - that work together to really lift the playwright's characters and message(s) off the page.

PS - As 'perfectly' as Fences is written Ciwt has discovered on line that certain lines were cut and the ending was changed by the producer before it was played on Broadway - and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and several Tonys.  At the time of the awards, the young producer and Wilson weren't even on speaking terms (later reconciled) due to the changes so Ciwt will be curious to learn about them in tonight's class. 

Another Horologist! --- Day 9/199

Walk: No                                                                                                                                         Distance: 0, Housework, then too stunned to move after reading August Wilson's Fences

Fjodor van den Broek*, stand back!  Ciwt has a friend who has been changing her clocks to the exact minute every Daylight Savings Time since she has known her.  (We met when we were both in college, so many DSTs ago).  And, here we see from photos sent she has done it again!!!  

In case you have any doubts, look above.  Every clock reads precisely 8:07.  Meanwhile, Ciwt has taken a quick look at some of her clocks which read: 3:42, 3:43, 3:43 and ....3:48.  Already!  

It is Not easy being a horologist.  Just ask Fjodor and Ciwt's friend, Betsy.

*In case you didn't have time to read CIWT yesterday, he is the official keeper of the clocks and precise time at Windsor Castle.  His title is Horological Conservator.