Going Alone

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...

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...

Yumiko and I decided to downsize after Emily left to begin life on her own. Our own move began just two days after Emily left our home on...

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...

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...

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...

“For whilst anger is the foe of reason, it nevertheless does not arise in any place where reason cannot dwell.” -Seneca Today I...

October 15, 2019 Dear Yumiko, Without costumes, and two weeks too soon, we haunted together yesterday the scene and setting of one of our...

October 12, 2019 Dear Eric, Would you ever have not taken your own life? Though I do not believe in fate, I'm convinced you had no real...

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...

October 10, 2019 Dear Eric, You not only knew the exact place and time of your death but you indeed even walked there. You went alone. I...

October 9, 2019 Dear Eric, My home was found at last with a school and way called Stoic. You never knew this journey, I think. We both...

October 7, 2019 Dear Eric, Every genuine adventure ends in a new life. How many lives can be lived in a lifetime? One is enough...as long...

October 6, 2019 Dear Yumiko, There's investment in adventure which yields return throughout our remaining days. For me, this is...

October 5, 2019 Dear Eric, There's a place I go to work. It's way out in the desert - almost two-hundred miles from my current home by...

October 3, 2019 Dear Eric, I think you could have rested quite comfortably upon a log, or a big rock, or on the sand, or a seat at the...

October 2, 2019 Dear Eric, What is the cost of yesterday? The cost is now. What is the value of yesterday? The value is maturity - but...

September 29, 2019 Dear Eric, Your gaze never once appeared to waver. Was this due to your youth? Was that it? Was it the strength and...

September 26, 2019 Dear Eric, You, my friend, were one wont to emotion. Though normally you were riding high atop the joyful bubble of...

September 25, 2019 Dear Eric, How did you engage your mind during those final minutes of life before the lights went out for good? You...