Last Sunday, at 2:42 p.m., a Pac Bell Internet Services client in West Hollywood, California logged on to this site and became the 75,000th visitor to Water Dissolves Water.

Today, at 12:35 P.M., driving down Powers Ferry Road during lunch, just at the point south of the Windy Ridge traffic light where the road begins its descent into the Chattahoochee River floodplain, the odometer in my car rolled over to its 1500th mile.

These events don't have any intrinsic or significant meanings. However, attention to these kind of details keeps one's mind aware of the present moment, and can be used as a sort of reminder of the here and now.

I used to have a running game with Beth, an old girlfriend, where we'd each try to be the first to point out a digital clock reading either 1:11 or 11:11. A.M. or P.M., it didn't matter - just as long as the time was shown as a series of three or four straight lines. I don't recall how it got started, but it was always a reminder of "right now."

Recalling just when your odometer hits a mark, when your hit counter records a milestone, when it's a "special" time of day - all these can be used as mindfulness exercises to remain focused on the present moment.

When you fell asleep last night, was your breath on the inhalation or the exhalation?