Going Alone

Ailments are starting to pile on now—as expected, I guess. I’ll need to take half a day off again today to go check something new out....

Autumn met me at the beach yesterday. A chill evening wind. Empty sands. A forbidding gray look upon the sea. All summer is gone. And for...

My life’s first objective is to be always ready to die. It’s what I strive for daily. To live and be in such a way as to be prepared to...

Day 62 ocean swim: Today is so much easier than yesterday. It’s my second day running into the sea since recovering from my injury....

My holiday has begun, and my mind is unspooling the thoughts of work to instead dwell on thoughts of time—and the good use of time—and...

It feels like we’re really rounding the corner into the new year now. I will therefore allow myself no excuses for not working and...

Yesterday, I met Angela. She’s my age, and she’s at the beach every afternoon just like me. Angela sits in a tiny blue tent with her...

Today I limbered up and ran two miles before my swim. Add to that the fact that I’ve only eaten a piece of bread and a small bowl of my...

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...

“My life is done.” What a curious thing to say at the start of the day. It’s not even 5:30 AM, yet that’s what I said. And I meant it....