10/25/09

an action a day (action 307)

it takes me 300 steps to walk from the jet way to the woman’s bathroom in the Seattle airport.  65 more steps performed in place in the bathroom stall.  no one seemed to notice.  total time: 4 minutes and 31 seconds.

10/24/09

an action a day (action 306)

the 365th word of the moleskin journal that i found, along with a little pamphlet, in some luggage that Natalie Goldberg must have forgotten in some luggage that she returned at the airport luggage store is “napkins.”  total time: 2 minutes, 53 seconds (10:52 am).

10/23/09

an action a day (action 305)

there are 50 strands that make up the wire fruit bowl on Lianne’s microwave oven.   it takes me 3 minutes and 51 second to count them 7 times + 15, while running my finger along them to make a sound (5:20 pm).

10/22/09

an action a day (action 304)

there are 27 plates, 3 bowls and one platter neatly stacked on the inside of Lianne’s kitchen cupboard.  it takes me 2 minutes and 34 seconds to count them 11 times + 24, while relishing in the aesthetics of her home (11:53 am).

10/21/09

an action a day (action 303)

it takes me 2 minutes and 34 seconds to count 365 of the sharks hanging from the ceiling of the Seattle airport, while trying to decide if they are sharks, fish, or airplanes (2:45 pm).

10/20/09

an action a day (action 302)

365 slow breaths in the dark to relax, on my one day home before getting on another plane.  total time: 6 minutes and 36 seconds (11:15 pm).

10/19/09

an action a day (action 301)

365 breaths in front of the Vortex, remembering my 2 years in Little Five Points, Atlanta.  total time: 4 minutes and 03 seconds (1:15 pm).

10/18/09

an action a day (action 300)

there are at least 4 times over 365 pumpkins for sale along Decatur ave, between Emory and our hotel in Atlanta, GA.  it takes me 3 minutes and 11 seconds to count 365 of them with Anita (7:10 pm).

10/17/09

an action a day (action 299)

133 utensils make 205 shadows lining the wall of the Rise-N- Dine in Emory Village, Atlanta, GA.  it takes me 4 minutes and 52 seconds to count them, while Anita is in the bathroom (1:15 pm).

10/16/09

an action a day (action 298)

it takes 8 minutes and 42 seconds for Anita’s feet to bob 365 times.  while listening to Spivak eulogizing Barbara Johnson, Emory University, Atlanta (6:29 pm).