Start with a penny, step seven.

I found five more pennies in the street and added them to the others, total: $.38.

Start with a penny, step six completed.

I found five more pennies this week. I'm taking it slow, adding pennies to the pile from time to time. Last night, I dropped the little container holding the coins and they rolled everywhere, under the desk. If I found them all, I now have thirty-three cents and I have completed step six which is 32 cents. On to step seven. So many steps but not much money yet.

Start with a penny, maybe find some silver in the street.

I finally found something larger than a penny. I found one shiny dime on the sidewalk. I also stood back and watched a police escort drive ahead of a jazz funeral march. I'd never seen one of these before in real life, only on television or in the movies; I never expected to see this in Manhattan.

There were robed clerics holding high colorful religious standards of some kind and a matched pair of silver white horses, with white head plumes, drawing a while lacquered hearse. The hearse had glass sides and interior fringed drapes which revealed the black casket contained within.

A half-block long crowd of mourners, carrying black umbrellas and fluttering white handkerchiefs, marched behind a small brass band playing a jazz gospel song. It was very moving.

Start with a penny and take your time.

This week I found two more pennies, just a few feet apart, on the street and then nothing else.