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 22, 20203 min read
STOIC POETRY | Tracing consciousness
I wonder how far down the tree of life consciousness goes? Like us, dogs are clearly aware of themselves relative to the world, and can...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 20, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | Arguing with myself over free will
How best might I prove myself wrong? I have this suspicion, not quite yet a belief perhaps, that free will is an illusion. How can I...
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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 18, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | Swimming to a park bench by the sea
I swam yesterday in the sea. I swam possibly too far yesterday in the sea, as I am today quite worn and spent. I expect that this is a...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 17, 20203 min read
STOIC POETRY | The grounding of goodness
It is said that good actions are their own reward; bearing an immediate and lasting fruit of nearly tangible well-being unto at least the...
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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 13, 20203 min read
STOIC POETRY | The pain of the empty nest
Who knew becoming empty-nesters was so painful? Surely, neither Yumiko or I did. And who knew how fast the sense of absence and loss...
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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 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
Nov 4, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | To experience the cold and the dark
November 4, 2019 Dear Eric, I have noticed a new trend in my thinking and writing... I've been coming upon the theme of fire often. Not...
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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 26, 20191 min read
STOIC POETRY | My slower footsteps may not delay the orbit of the sun
How much distance do we travel when we stand still? How far and fast do we go while asleep in our beds? And how hasty our journey even...
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