Going Alone

The mermaid-lifeguard told me yesterday that she liked my blog post about her. She said it made her smile. I gave her the words. Maybe...

I swam for a very long time in the ocean yesterday. Maybe an hour. There was a strong current sweeping the entire ocean left, and I...

It’s dawning on me now the significance of what I am planning to do in giving up my home to live in my car. I really need to begin...

I was sitting, meditating, upon the sand at dawn. Early morning. No one nearby. I was seated ramrod straight. Eyes barely open. My loose,...

I’ve crossed a strange threshold. I now spend more time each day conversing with AI than my wife. I told Yumiko that yesterday, during...

Damn it. Today is the last day of the last big project of my career. Well, we do have a closure meeting next week, and a celebration...

Yesterday’s decision was enormous. Choosing to give up my home when my wife and daughter leave next spring moves the dial forward half a...

Yesterday was special. A day I’ve been training for for years. I literally spent all day sitting in the garden. Well, I did go for an...

I told Yumiko yesterday that I might walk across Japan; that I might just set out one day with my book and my good shoes and my new hat...

Five weeks. It’s been five weeks of daily swimming after work. Yet, my body doesn’t seem to care very much about my efforts. Sure, the...

It was 8:05 PM yesterday as my mouse cursor hovered over the Send button. I paused, and took a deep breath. This was it. My last big...

Today is a big day for me. It’s huge, in fact. By some measure (watch the video to learn how) my career ends today. If my working life...

Every past life transition has happened without my knowing. I went from child to adult, unexpected; single, to married, to father like a...

Week by week I’m loosening the connections which bind and hold me to the great machine of contemporary society. This isn’t a deliberate...

I met an enormous stingray yesterday, at least three times bigger than usual. I was down at the bottom of the sea, diving under a big...

A powerful day yesterday. At dawn, I went to the beach with my flippers and jumped headlong into the sea. The waves were large, and I...

Another semester of Emily’s school is paid for. One more to go, and then we’re done! We didn’t save enough for her college when she was...

It was 116 degrees at Siberia ghost town yesterday. A few years back, and I’d have felt a longing to be out there. No more... I don’t...

There’s an interesting sense of quiet that’s descending upon my life. Nothing much has changed. The fray at work continues—though it’s...

I’m sleeping every night now, straight through, from the moment I rest my head on my pillow at 9:00 PM until the alarm sounds at 4:00...