Got Good Junk --- Day 11/43

Walk: First American Title, Goodwill

Distance:  4 miles

So Ciwt really likes the free 'street furniture' bazaar that happens in San Francisco. Probably where you live too.  Today she had a couple of useful things in excellent repair that she thought someone else would like and use.  So she took the first one down to the sidewalk, stuck a hot pink post it on it with the message "Free.  Please enjoy."  

Then she went back up the stairs to get her second piece for her personal bazaar. By the time it took her to get up and down, the first piece was gone!  Couldn't have been more than 5 minutes.  So, once again she stuck her "Free" post it on it and went up to grab a bag of donations to take to Goodwill.  Well, you know what's coming here, when she got downstairs again the second offering was gone.  

She's guessing some people make a job of cruising the streets probably in their SUV's looking for useful street stuff.  And she thinks this is just grand.  Maybe they use it themselves, sell it or give it to needy friends.  Wherever it goes, both Ciwt and they are delighted.

We're All Hanging in --- Days 11/39,40,41,42

Walk: 1. Hood 2. Same 3. SF Ballet (La Sylphide, 4 Seasons) 4. AMC Kabuki (The Outfit)

Distance:1.  3 miles 2. 3.5 miles 3. 5/5 miles (half loping) 4. 4 miles

Ciwt continues, zombie like, toward her big news for CIWT readers.  Thanks for hanging in.  Expect announcement this week.     Love, Ciwt

Keeping At It --- Day 11/38

Walk: Union Square

Distance: 5.5 miles

Ciwt is working really hard on her upcoming  big news.  

Almost Time --- Days 11/34, 35, 36 & 37

Walk: 1. No 2. Mostly Britsh Film Festival (End of Sentence) 3.  Mostly British (Never Too Late) 4. Golden Gate Pickleball

Distance: 1, n/a, Yoga 2. 4.8 miles 3. 3 miles 4. 1.5 miles, 90 minutes pickle

 Very preoccupied but that BIG Ciwt announcement is coming soon.  Promise and Thank You patient CIWT readers.

News On the Way --- Days 11/32, 33 & 34

Walk: 1. Hamilton Rec Pickleball 2.NEW home (almost) 3. Mostly British Film Festival (Perfect 10)

Distance: 1.  4.5 miles, 90 minutes pickle  2. 3.3 miles 3. 4.5 miles (some loping)

Major Ciwt news coming soon!

Still Perplexing --- Days 11/29, 30 & 31

Walk: 1. Los Altos Hills (drove) 2. SF Ballet (Don Quixote) 3. Monday errands

Distance: 1. 1.5  2. 7.8 (3.5 lope, 4.3 walk) 3. 4.5 miles

At Home Mostly --- Days 11/26, 27 & 28

Walk: 1. Presidio 2. No 3. Just back and forth from car

Distance: 1. 4.5 miles 2. n/a 3. 1.1

Ciwt continues at home, thinking.....

Smart Women, Generous and Brave --- Day 11/26

Walk: GG Park Pickleball

Distance: 4.5 miles, 90 minutes pickle

Three day Jeopardy winner Christine Whelchel

For long time fans like Ciwt, Jeopardy! has become a game of human interest as well as trivia.  Last evening's competition was a special one in both regards.

The winner was already a three day champ when she stepped to her lectern and took hold of the buzzer.  Winning three days in a row is rare and a major accomplishment, but in her case it felt even more so.  In her first contestat chat with host Ken Jennings she told him and all of us watching that one of the first things she did after receiving a breast cancer diagnosis was take the Jeopardy! test.  Then she ended up getting her audition the night before her surgery.  And there she was on stage looking lovely and reporting that she was presently cancer free.  Needless to say, the hearts of fans around the world went out to her.

Then last night when she returned for her fourth game, except for her white-framed glasses, she looked very different. She appeared to have gotten a buzz cut over the weekend, and, with the way people play with their hairstyles these days, it was entirely possible.  But when Ken interviewed her this time, we learned that she had been wearing a wig.

Four-day Jeopardy! winner Christine Whelchek

Her explanation for appearing without it was touching, brave and generous to people confronting cancer.  "After the winnings, I decided that I didn't need to hide behind a wig any more.  I wanted to normalize what cancer recovery looks like."

Oh, and she won her fourth game.

All this by the way shortly after Amy Schneider, the 40-day record setting Jeopardy! champ, normalized transgenderism.