Pryce is Always Right --- 14/59

 

Walk: No

Distance: n/a

So today Ciwt decided on a day off to escape into a book and stream a movie.  Luckily for the latter she chose one for which Jonathan Pryce received two prestigious Best Actor Awards and was reminded again of what a great actor Pryce is.  His acting is so superior, he could steal every production he is in, but there is a graciousness about him that allows him to stand and work as equal to some his greatest contemporaries; Gary Oldman, Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson to name a few.  Just eminently watchable in whatever role he plays.

Slow Horses

The Queen

The Two Popes

Carrington

The Height of the Storm  

with Eileen Atkins

So Many More....

Don't Know, Nope, Not Sure --- Days 14/53-58

Walks: 5 Days of Hood walks

Distances: Pretty much 4 miles daily

So, if you have any questions for Ciwt, please submit.  The more exotic, the better.  And she will pull together some answer for you.  Who knows if it is correct.  

This week she handled all sorts of topics she knows nothing about: what a paint color will look like in certain rooms at different times of day, which plants and shrubs will survive in various locations in her upcoming garden, what to do if someone abandons a huge microwave on the sidewalk in front of her building and more.  

Privately she is always thinking "I have no idea," but, rest assured, she will come up with an answer.

Christmas in February --- Days 14/51 & 52

Walk: SF Ballet, Sunday rest

Distance: 5 miles; 1/2 mile

Well, lookee Here.  New blooms in February!   

Post Aria Rest --- Day 14/50

Walk: Presidio

Distance: 5 miles

Day in the Picking Paint Life --- Day 14/48 & 49

Walk: 1. No, Storm  2. Creative Paint

Distance: 1. n/a  2. 5 miles

Yesterday brought an atmospheric river, so Ciwt thought "Oh, good, I can spend a little time on line looking for a living room paint color."  She sat down at her computer around 9 a.am., and found a color that appealed right away. The research for it took her to a suggested similar color, and then that color did the same.  Each color had lengthy reviews and vast, incomprehensible scientific comparisons with other colors .  And they were so alike she had to go back again and again to remember the shade she was researching.  Finally there were images of rooms painted in each color that didn't look the least bit like the color she's just devoted time learning about.  

So captured was she by this color chase, it wasn't until her cats  came in and out meowing about their dinner that she turned off the computer and left her desk.  And, no, she never did settle on a color - but does know for sure if he had, the actual paint would be wrong when she got it home.

Revisiting and Updating --- Day 14/47

Walk: Hood

Distance: 3.5 miles

Bust of Akhenaten (Egypt, 1352-1335 BC), sandstone

When Ciwt thinks of early Egyptian art, she thinks of stiff, sideways footed characters with no personality.  Then today she took the time to look at this sandstone fragment of Pharaoh Aktenaten carved over 3,000 years ago.  And, goodbye, old Ciwt's thoughts.

To her, this Aktenaten is as mesmerizing as any contemporary portrait.  The elongated face and beard, lively contemplative eyes, full lips, crossed arms.  This loftily removed man is a thinker, questioner, decision maker whose enigmatic presence is still felt 3000 years later.

Shades of White --- Days 14/43- 46

Walks: 1.Berkeley Art Museum in 'atmospheric river,' 2. Presidio 3. Not much, Sunday chores and the not to miss even though she told herself she would Super Bowl  4. Monday errands in the hood 

Distances: 1. 2.5 miles ,2. 6  miles, 3. 1/2 miles  4. 4.5 miles

When Ciwt bought her new home, it was painted throughout in the 'sell your place' white scheme that has been au courant for several years out here. Very pretty actually, but to Ciwt it felt cold.  Particularly the long, long hallway.  

So, the other day she took her chances on fiddling with another (maybe 'not sell your home at all') white, and thinks her hallway now feels warmer and more pleasant.  (Although realtors and stagers - and maybe her readers -would probably be aghast).  

Here's Looking at You, Kid --- Days 14/40-42

Walks: SF MOMA (x2) Crown Point Press, John Berggruen Gallery (all x 2), No rain and win, Hood Errands and Presidio

Distances: 4 miles (x2), n/a, 5 miles

No Access, Ian Wood photographer

So, this photo does nothing for Ciwt.  But what does she know?  76,000 people voted for London's Natural History Museum Wildlife Photographer of the Year and this badger reflecting on its 'portrait' was the firm winner of the People's Choice Award.

Goodbye, Hello --- Days 14/38 & 39

Walk: No, Sunday home chores; SFMOMA Tour

Distance: n/a; 3.5 miles

Ciwt is saying goodbye to her last gift Amaryllis bloom.  But, lucky her, there is a whole new second bloom on the way.  Over two months of gorgeous company and counting.....  

High, High, High Please --- Day 14/37

Walk: AMC Kabuki (Santosh)

Distance: 2 miles

So where are the cute, just slightly tense, always enjoyable movies with light, happy endings?  Like the one above - with a cast filled with more stars than on the poster, like the great Louis Armstrong?

Ciwt walked through the wind and rain today to see the Indian movie, Santosh.  And the blustery walk was the uplifting part.  Like other movies she has seen recently Santosh is intelligent, well acted, and checking most of the good movie making boxes.  But, also like recent ones, it is focused on the most wretched situations here in the U.S. and/or internationally.  

She realizes she's missing the moment, but Ciwt is ready for some High, High, High So-ci-ety..🎵𝅘𝅥𝅲