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Kurt Bell
Jan 3, 20232 min read
Day 41 ocean swim
I really tried not to go to the beach today. I invented a half dozen good reasons not to go. I shook my head no crossing the sand. I...
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Kurt Bell
Jan 2, 20232 min read
Day 40 ocean swim
Back to work tomorrow. But, I’m ready. Eager even. As I get to do good things at my job. Hard, sure. But then I wouldn’t be needed or...
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Kurt Bell
Jan 2, 20232 min read
Day 40 ocean swim
First swim of the year. Incredible winds. But nevermind. Cold water. Nevermind. Pain in my joints, damn arthritis. Nevermind. Age ...
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Kurt Bell
Jan 1, 20232 min read
LIVE Book Illustration - Going Alone - For Evelyn in New York City
Join me while I personalize a copy of Going Alone before sending it to a reader in New York City. Evelyn seems an upbeat, optimistic...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 31, 20222 min read
The Senior Hike - With Parker Bell
I sure enjoyed my hike yesterday with my nephew, Parker. I hope he will come explore with me together in Japan one day. Oh, the places...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 31, 20222 min read
Day 37 ocean swim
One day left in 2022. Bring it on. I’m ready to splash through to the other side and sprint hard into whatever comes of 2023. Let’s get...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 28, 20222 min read
Day 35 ocean swim
The very best thing about going alone is the being alone, and the more alone the better. It’s a cold and rainy evening, and I’ve...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 10, 20222 min read
Day 26 ocean swim
Chores and shopping are done. “I’m going to the beach, Yumiko!” ”Ok, see ya.” There’s at least another thirty minutes of light, enough...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 10, 20221 min read
LIVE book reading - Going Alone - The Writing Bridge
The Good Life Meditation is my daily recitation and reminder of personal objectives and principles used in pursuit of a purposeful life...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 9, 20222 min read
Day 26 ocean swim
I stumbled and cut my leg open on my way to the beach. warm blood trickling down to my ankle. No biggie. The sea’ll sort this out. And so...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 26, 20221 min read
Thoughts after surgery
Yesterday’s surgery was an eye-opening experience for me on several fronts: first, tackling the onset of my own inevitable bodily...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 23, 20221 min read
Going Alone to Scotland
This copy of Going Alone has an interesting journey ahead. It’s going to a twenty-something young man who chose to go alone to one of...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 27, 20212 min read
Ghost Town
I recently bought two books on ghost towns. I have some others, too. As I read in them a bit I saw the ghost towns as a metaphor for my...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 23, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | Reckless young men
My name is Kurt Bell. You can learn more about The Good Life in my book Going Alone. Be safe... But not too safe
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Kurt Bell
Aug 28, 20206 min read
STOIC POETRY | The beginning of Going Alone
I remember when I first thought up the idea of Going Alone. My family and I were living then in Japan, and I was making YouTube videos...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 4, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | A passenger on a bus
The principle of The Pirate Ride suggests that free will is an illusion created by our seeming sense of the options which life presents...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 16, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | Emily is making art for my book
My daughter has begun to produce art for my book Going Alone. She came with me to the desert recently to experience firsthand the...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 14, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | The Supercar Solitude
My daughter Emily joined me on this trip after I hired her to draw a map and various illustrations for use with the Going Alone and The...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 14, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | BOOK READING - Going Alone - My god is a Little God
While Emily works to enliven the wastes below the bridge, I relate the final chapter of Going Alone, which both acknowledges and...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 11, 20205 min read
STOIC POETRY | The Desert Father Solitude
En route to Siberia ghost town, I’ve stopped for shelter within the skeletal remains of a Route 66 gas station. The wind today is hard...
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