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Kurt Bell
Jul 28, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | The road into night
Such a long hike to get here, now. The place where I set out from is invisible beyond those distant hills, a memory of setting out from a...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 26, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | The way things are likely to be
Our personal nature is our most visible evidence that our will is never fully free: as how many forces of my personal being - my...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 24, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | The circular value of caring for one another
I took our sick dog Ollie to the doggie E.R. yesterday. The visit was a costly, though worthwhile expense, for Ollie's sake, as well as...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 23, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | Walking the shore with seashells in my hand
I have such a small and precious set of values - objectives and principles to guide my life. So very few. Each one is precious to me, as...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 19, 20203 min read
STOIC POETRY | Wiping glasses with an empty mind
It is a difficult thing to wipe my glasses while doing nothing else. My mind, my deep and inner mind, knows how to do this chore without...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 16, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | An uncomplaining camp
Emotions are a curious thing to ride upon. They jump and jostle and jolt and then rest, before picking up again and tossing all about. As...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 15, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | Such a life to live
How much more decorous a possession than honest self-reflection; though there is nothing to see in such wealth besides the owner's...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 12, 20203 min read
STOIC POETRY | Moving Emily into her new place
July 11th, 2020 was the last day our daughter lived at home with Yumiko and me. Emily has been with us a long time, since November 25th,...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 10, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | The work I do before the work I must do
All memorable events, I should say, transpire in the morning time and in morning atmosphere. -Henry David Thoreau There is a season in...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 9, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | Reading the Bible every day
Waking up early is a very good use of time; for it reminds us soon that we are still alive and provides an opportunity to bring in a full...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 8, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | A time for reinvention
I believe that Yumiko and I are as prepared for our new life together as we might hope to be. With our daughter leaving us this coming...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 7, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | Ad Aster and The Great Indifference
Yumiko and I watched a movie last night called Ad Aster, starring Brad Pitt and Tommy Lee Jones. We enjoyed the film, which is a science...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 6, 20203 min read
STOIC POETRY | My retirement mission
Next week, our daughter Emily will leave us. As a family, on Saturday, July 11th, we will spend a day moving her few things to an...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 27, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | COVID-19 and Stoic Apathy
The arrival of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an opportunity to exercise the Stoic virtue of Apathy in the face of what we cannot easily...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 25, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | A Stoic returning home
I might go out Into life, To see what is there, And then return in peace. Or, I might stay, Seeking peace; Wondering always... What there...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 30, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | The blessing of goodness
October 30, 2019 Dear Eric, Both joy and suffering can yield the same sweet harvest if we know how to winnow the chaff from the grain....
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Kurt Bell
Oct 29, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | The blessing of a good defeat
October 29, 2019 Dear Eric, I'd like to tell you the tale of my falling, and my recovery. It's a good tale. And most of us have such a...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 28, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | Old voices command small audience
October 28, 2019 Dear Eric, When we are young there are many who hear; though as we age there seem fewer to listen. There is something...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 22, 20195 min read
STOIC POETRY | Minding a sore foot
October 22, 2019 Dear Eric, Our talks back then were so full of optimism. Our youth spoke only of life, and of the optimistic promise of...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 11, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | A job well done
October 11, 2019 Dear Eric, I think we all desire to do well. And by this I mean to not just get by, but to complete our work to the...
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