The Good Life - 04/06/2023 - Panic rising
I felt the panic again yesterday… It was at work, and in the exact circumstance as last Friday. I didn’t panic, but I felt it coming and...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 5, 20233 min read
The Good Life - 04/05/2023 - Emily’s big adventure *
Emily has arranged with her employer in Japan the dates for her five week Tokyo internship. Next, she needs to buy her plane tickets and...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 4, 20233 min read
The Good Life - 04/04/2023 - Ready to read Kant
I’ve feared Immanuel Kant all my life. Feared him like I fear Calculus, as a venue and road of inquiry I believe I am unable to follow. I...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 3, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/03/2023 - Frail, flabby & weak
I went to the beach to swim yesterday for the first time since before we visited Japan. It was different, warm and sweet with spring,...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 2, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/02/2023 - Picking a day to retire *
Yumiko and I enjoyed some very good talks yesterday, at lunchtime, and while shopping, and when walking the dogs. The talk was over...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 1, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/01/2023 - Panic attack at work *
I experienced a panic attack at work yesterday. It was during a difficult meeting; beginning with building pressure in my chest,...
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Kurt Bell
Mar 31, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 03/31/2023 - Suddenly grown *
Emily dropped by last night. She brought with her the bright and optimistic energy and bustle of university life. Positivity simply...
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Kurt Bell
Mar 30, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 03/30/2023 - Reserve fuel *
I had such a strong and abiding life routine before Yumiko and I went to Japan, which I can’t quite regain after a mere nine days away....
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Kurt Bell
Mar 29, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 03/29/2023 - The best story I’ve ever met *
Yesterday, I finished Jens Peter Jacobsen’s novel Neils Lyhne, which I promptly added to my short list of must read books. I placed the...
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Kurt Bell
Mar 28, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 03/28/2023 - Hard, necessary & important work *
Yumiko and I trudged through the beach sand yesterday after work with our dogs. It was a good trudge, satisfying after a hard Monday of...
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Kurt Bell
Mar 27, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 03/27/2023 - A pretty good day *
Feeling better today. Resting yesterday helped. There was good, deep diving with the book I’m reading; alone in the sunshine with my dog,...
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Kurt Bell
Mar 26, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 03/26/2023 - Another bad day
Another bad day. I just can’t seem to get well. That’s alright. My weekend chores and shopping are done. My socializing’s done too. A...
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Kurt Bell
Mar 25, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 03/25/2023 - Failed expectation
I overextended myself yesterday and discovered my reach fell short of my intent. Such a disappointment. I let someone down in the process...
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Kurt Bell
Mar 24, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 03/24/2023 - After the last fight
I worked a fifteen-hour day yesterday, and I really feel it. Such days were much easier once, when I was younger, and stamina was a match...
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Kurt Bell
Mar 23, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 03/23/2023 - A day at the office
I went in to the office yesterday. It was really good. After the big morning meeting I went to work at my old desk for the rest of the...
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Kurt Bell
Mar 22, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 03/22/2023 - Practiced patience
I lost it a little bit at work yesterday. It was nothing bad, I didn’t say or do anything inappropriate or untoward; in fact what I did...
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Kurt Bell
Mar 21, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 03/21/2023 - Beach spies
Yumiko and I walked the dogs on the beach together yesterday after work. It was a good stroll after a hard working day for us both. We...
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Kurt Bell
Mar 20, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 03/20/2023 - Falling out of the parade *
I was thinking today how this prolonged illness is making me fall behind in the parade. Not yet. Not really. Though I feel it’s happening...
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Kurt Bell
Mar 19, 20233 min read
The Good Life - 03/19/2023 - Japan mountain market trucks
I drove over a hundred miles yesterday and only barely fell asleep once, at a traffic light, less than a mile from home. I didn’t...
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Kurt Bell
Mar 16, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 03/16/2023 - suddenly asleep
Suddenly asleep… That’s what happens now when I sit in this chair. It happened just now, after recording this video and with my thumb...
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