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Kurt Bell
Aug 12, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Exploring, not searching...
August 12, 2019 Dear Eric, I had an interesting conversation with someone yesterday - a Christian friend - who commented that he thought I
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Kurt Bell
Jul 28, 20191 min read
STOIC POETRY | Bette Davis House
Reflecting on The Good Life after a nice summertime swim in the sea near the Bette Davis House in Laguna Beach, California. My name is...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 27, 20191 min read
STOIC POETRY | My Bible study is done
Completing my formal study of the Bible.
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Kurt Bell
Jul 6, 20191 min read
STOIC POETRY | Yesterday’s long desert sojourn was a new experience of indifference
Upon further investigation I keep discovering that the cold depth of nature goes further and deeper than I'd ever thought.
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Kurt Bell
Jul 3, 20191 min read
STOIC POETRY | Crossing now from the place...
I wrote this to describe the feeling I get when I hike away from Siberia ghost town, towards and into the low mountains to the north.
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Kurt Bell
Jul 1, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | It's flattery to call my muse a corpse...
It's flattery to call my muse a corpse, as she is so much less...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 30, 20191 min read
STOIC POETRY | I fear no social circumstance...
I fear no social circumstance
For I've been to Mt. Wildness
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Kurt Bell
Jun 29, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | "Poor fortune borne well...
...is good fortune." -Marcus Aurelius I've struggled a bit lately with maintaining my balance through life. It's not a deep issue or...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 15, 20191 min read
STOIC POETRY | Adventure dashboard
My adventure this week was fruitful in many ways, including the addition of several strange and new cryptic runes upon the windshield of...
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Kurt Bell
Feb 12, 201968 min read
STOIC POETRY | Did God Have a Wife? - Book Review
Last week, I posted that I’d learned that the God of the Bible has a wife. I then received three responses from believers: One person...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 27, 20183 min read
STOIC POETRY | Irrelevance begins early
A great threat to our well-being is the fact that we begin to fade long before we can sense ourselves diminishing. The process begins...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 19, 20181 min read
STOIC POETRY | Empty vessel
I enjoyed an interesting talk with a friend today where we touched briefly on the differing ways in which people pace the moments of...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 15, 20182 min read
STOIC POETRY | Estate sale
I drove past an estate sale today. The very concept brought me back to Japan, and the life I'd formerly lived selling whatever goods...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 14, 20182 min read
STOIC POETRY | Retire at age twenty
Mostly, we think of retirement as something to do at the end of a career. For some, this may turn out to be the end of life... For though...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 4, 201818 min read
STOIC POETRY | The Cold Gate Hike
This document is the official transcript of the Cold Gate hike. This was a very scary adventure. Not so much during the hike itself, but...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 14, 20187 min read
STOIC POETRY | The November Threat Solitude
DAY ONE ALONE The Return to Siberia countdown timer says I’ll be there tomorrow. Actually, I’ll be there tonight. Let’s go! Last week's...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 30, 20185 min read
STOIC POETRY | The October Solitude
When I pulled in to Siberia I was already unsure. Unsure and uncertain of why the mystery and seclusion of this place had been seemingly...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 25, 20182 min read
STOIC POETRY | The jollity of aged men
I encountered this quote today of Nathaniel Hawthorne, relating his impression of the humor and intellect of aged men. I do not believe...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 17, 20182 min read
STOIC POETRY | Interview on the Lone Star Under the Rising Sun Podcast
My friend Shea Roberts in Japan invited me to join him on his podcast. We talked about many interesting topics, including #Japan the...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 11, 20181 min read
STOIC POETRY | Emerson's Impression of Going Alone
I ran across the following Ralph Waldo Emerson quote today while listening to an audio recording of his classic, Self Reliance. I've...
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