The Good Life - 05/08/2023 - Freeway fatigue
Driving 50 miles has become an adventure, or misadventure perhaps. This is because I can no longer stay alert while driving, and must...
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Kurt Bell
May 7, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/07/2023 - Warm sea water *
Warm ocean water… The sea has suddenly warmed. And stepping in up to my ankles yesterday felt like youth found again in an old photo. I...
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Kurt Bell
May 6, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/06/2023 - Three cookies
One extra cookie… What folly. Now, I’ve been paying for it feeling sick for half a day since. But they certainly were rather large...
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Kurt Bell
May 5, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/05/2023 - Clocking out
A long day of work yesterday, which really clobbered my well being. It was only a few extra hours, but that did the trick. Long gone are...
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Kurt Bell
May 4, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/04/2023 - Literature, poetry, art
These last 24 hours! What is going on? It’s like something switched on, and my brain and body and resolve suddenly aligned like Iron...
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Kurt Bell
May 3, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/03/2023 - Best doctor ever
Yesterday afternoon was nice. I took half a day off to see my doctor, the best doctor ever. We talked about my awful panic attack a few...
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Kurt Bell
May 2, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/02/2023 - River of sky
There is an enormous river of cool air that flows constantly above where we now live. The whole sky seems always in motion, flowing from...
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Kurt Bell
May 1, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/01/2023 - Sleep apnea *
I’ve been diagnosed with sleep apnea, and must begin wearing a nasal mask at night while I sleep. I don’t mind growing old, and death...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 30, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/30/2023 - Stingray
I approached the screaming man and asked him simply, “stingray?” He nodded. My car was nearby and I offered to drive him home with his...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 29, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/29/2023 - Just time
During our evening walk together yesterday Yumiko and I discussed what we planned to bring with us to Japan. It was nothing. Truly...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 28, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/28/2023 - The house at Mochimune *
I found the most delightful home yesterday. A home for sale. It’s a little more costly than what we plan to spend, but oh, what a place!...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 27, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/27/2023 - Life in a cuckoo clock *
Yumiko was gone all day yesterday and I really sensed her absence. Working from home together in such a tiny house has formed us into...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 26, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/26/2023 - Arriving at the inn *
What a pleasant day it was this past Sunday. Our chores and shopping were done and I spent the entire day in an Adirondack chair in the...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 25, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/25/2023 - Waking up 35
I woke up today feeling thirty-five. Good sleep, pain-free joints, sharp and crisp thinking, yet, very gratefully, without the heavy...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 20, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/20/2023 - Dillsburo, Indiana
My daughter needs me today, which fact has really got me rethinking the whole Japan thing. All along, I’ve said that I won’t leave until...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 19, 20233 min read
The Good Life - 04/19/2023 - Five days of peace
Darn it. The worry is back. I had five days of peace before my sleep problems returned. And now they’re back and worse than before....
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Kurt Bell
Apr 18, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/18/2023 - Stuck in the sand *
I figured something out this morning, discovered one reason why we stay. It’s the inertia of old age, the lost momentum of youth, all...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 17, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/17/2023 - A stoic’s best friend
My small dog bit me twice yesterday. He bites me almost everyday. Yet, he seems to love me and wants to be with me always. At first his...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 16, 20233 min read
The Good Life - 04/16/2023 - Rice balls for my day
Yumiko told me she’ll make rice balls for my strolls. That was during our evening dog walk, after I told her my plan for Japan after we...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 15, 20233 min read
The Good Life - 04/15/2023 - Thoughts elsewhere *
I had an astonishing realization this morning. I’ve been feeling guilty, unappreciative might be the better word, lately for spending so...
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