My Monument

Awhile ago I read about someone's desire to be cremated and have her ashes spread to the wind. Ugh. How Pagan. But I am glad I read it, as it reminded me that I am not getting any younger, and have yet to start carving the marble figure for the top of my sarcophagus. I plan on having a life-size Etruscan style figure of myself, with one of those happy expressions and a mug of wine.

Now, here is the real problem: where to put it. It must be in either Italy or Northern California, and it should be in a public place, where the honor guard can do their elaborate ceremonies. I have thought about the City Hall Rotunda in San Francisco, or in the courtyard of the Palace of the Legion of Honor, or even in the music concourse of Golden Gate Park. Then there is the idea of going classical and putting me in the Roman forum. Perhaps EUR? If so, I would need a second statue, or a row of statues, like sphinxes, greeting people with an archway formed of my right arms, raised in the Roman salute.

All of this figuring, it gets difficult.