☀️ The Good Life - 09/04/2023 - Foreign dad
Yumiko and I enjoyed an interesting conversation yesterday about what it’s like to be a Japanese woman married to a non-Japanese man,...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 19, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/19/2023 - Emily moves away
Yumiko and I said our goodbyes yesterday in turns. I took the day shift while Yumiko took the evening and night. We were helping our...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 18, 20232 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/18/2023 - Last night as our kid
Emily goes back to school today. Last night then was likely her last night sleeping under our roof as our “kid”, as her next home will...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 29, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 07/29/2023 - Emily’s last year of school
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...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 24, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 07/24/2023 - Emily returns
Our daughter is over the Aleutian islands now. She just purchased the Airplane WIFI, as I saw the credit card charge flash by on my...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 6, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 06/06/2023 - Life’s a stage
Parenthood now reminds me of the childhood years, in particular the school events where our kid was an actor in the play, participating...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 2, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 06/01/2023 - Candlelit years
We’ve new neighbors. A young family. There’s a small boy and a little white dog named Bunny. They radiate such energy and illumination!...
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Kurt Bell
May 23, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 05/23/2023 - Principle of Home
I stood in the ocean yesterday genuinely afraid. I was all alone. There was nobody nearby. The lifeguard towers were all empty. And very...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 18, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 12/18/2022 - The Principle of Family
I’ve added a new principal to The Good Life creed, that of Family, and the sub-principle of Catalyst. These were part and parcel of the...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 18, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 12/17/2022 - Sub-principle of family
No swim again yesterday. Duty called. And I, always, heed my duty. I think I’d have made a pretty good soldier, as I respond to duty with...
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