Day 27 of Firsts: Walk Across the Bridge from Jersey to Philly

Walking is good for solving problems - it's like the feet are little psychiatrists. ~Pepper Giardino

I don't remember who gave me this idea for a First, but whoever did, THANK YOU!

I really didn't plan on doing this today. I was wearing a dress, three inch heels and an overcoat.I was thinking perhaps I'd be a vegetarian today. I wasn't too excited about that.

Then I realized I was going over the Ben Franklin Bridge today for an interview and thought a little hike over the mile and a half span between Camden and Philly on the way back might clear my head.( Apparently not since you'll see I couldn't even remember what I did yesterday.)



You meet the nicest people in the strangest places. After I talked to the joggers, a Port Authority Officer, Michael Jordan, (yes, that's his name)  biked up behind me.

 I seriously think he was checking to see if I was a JUMPER! (Maybe it was the 3 inch heels).  Apparently he's had to talk a few people down recently.



It took me about 40 minutes to walk during my lunch break.  I could have gone faster but my heels kept getting stuck in the cracks.  (and I kept stopping to talk) My ears hurt from the wind by the time I got to the other side.

 Regardless, it was lovely to see things from a different view.

Day 25 of Firsts: Pay a Stranger's Bridge Toll

Kindness, like a boomerang, always returns. ~Author Unknown

It seemed like a good idea for a First. Pay the bridge toll of the driver behind you. I like that it's anonymous in the sense the driver doesn't know why or who did it. They just think wow, that's lucky, or cool or they're just left to wonder why  someone did that.

 But my work partner, photographer Dave Bentley, thought it was a ridiculous idea. Neverthless, he was driving today so I had to enlist his help as we drove over the Ben Franklin Bridge from Jersey into Philly. Here's how it went down.




So that wasn't anonymous at all! And of course I'm telling you I did it.

The thing is I've been on the receiving end of random kindnesses:someone once put money in my meter, and once I was in line at Bed Bath and Beyond and someone just handed me all their good coupons. It's a small thing, but it's nice. I just wanted to pass it on a little today. 

Oh well. I hope someone out there was as tickled as I was that their bridge toll was paid.   I hope it made them feel like maybe they'll do that for someone else one day.