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Day 3: 16,070 to go

Day 3: 16,070 to go

If I live to be 100, that is 16,070 days from today. I had to double-check my calculations so that I don’t set aside the wrong number of pennies. On Day 1, I had 16,252 pennies, and I’ve “spent” two of them, so I should have an extra 180 pennies. I’m using those 180 to … read more Day 3: 16,070 to go

Posted on July 9, 2015February 24, 2017Author LisaCategories InheritanceTags 2014, counting, Dad, foundations, frugal, measurements, saving, sculpture
Day 2: The Morning After

Day 2: The Morning After

I was really sore today from my massage yesterday and from not enough sleep. We stayed up very late binge-watching Downton Abbey, and I drank more yesterday than even on a holiday weekend – two cocktails at McCormick and Schmick’s, then two or three of my special cocktail, homemade melon vodka with pomegranate juice. This morning … read more Day 2: The Morning After

Posted on July 8, 2015May 15, 2019Author LisaCategories TreesTags 1990, art, detox, dirty, herbs
Day 1: I am 56 years old

Day 1: I am 56 years old

What can you do with 16,252 pennies? I’m beginning a new art project today to find out. The Goal: a dynamic sculpture that represents the way that small individual elements of time cohere to make a whole, one which changes with each addition Its working title is: If I Live to Be a Hundred … An Accounting of … read more Day 1: I am 56 years old

Posted on July 7, 2015February 24, 2017Author LisaCategories PenniesTags 2015, art, birthday

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