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STOIC POETRY | Return to Siberia on Thursday, May 7th

May 3, 20201 min read

STOIC POETRY | Return to Siberia on Thursday, May 7th

My name is Kurt Bell. You can learn more about The Good Life in my book Going Alone. Be safe... But not too safe. #Adventure #desert...

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Kurt Bell

May 2, 20201 min read

STOIC POETRY | Editing the new book

Work on the new book is progressing slower now, since the arrival of COVID-19 and the shutdown of so much of our society's day-to-day...

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STOIC POETRY | "Population of One" A young woman living all alone in the desert of Cisco, Utah

Kurt Bell

Apr 26, 20201 min read

STOIC POETRY | "Population of One" A young woman living all alone in the desert of Cisco, Utah

I discovered a fellow desert ghost town ghost today in a woman living alone in the deserted railroad community of Cisco, Utah. I can...

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STOIC POETRY | Walking through the desert alone at night

Kurt Bell

Apr 22, 20201 min read

STOIC POETRY | Walking through the desert alone at night

A long walk alone into the dark desert with no companion, no guide, no certainty and no companions. My name is Kurt Bell. You can learn...

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STOIC POETRY | Discovering a lost desert mining structure at night

Kurt Bell

Apr 21, 20201 min read

STOIC POETRY | Discovering a lost desert mining structure at night

Several miles into the desert at night I've found the remnants and memory of a long past desert mining adventure. What ever did this man hav

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STOIC POETRY | A young man alone in the desert

Kurt Bell

Apr 18, 20201 min read

STOIC POETRY | A young man alone in the desert

I saw this young man alone in the desert some miles outside Palm Springs, California. He'd made a life for himself on his own terms -...

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STOIC POETRY | Not upsetting a frightened old woman

Kurt Bell

Apr 8, 20201 min read

STOIC POETRY | Not upsetting a frightened old woman

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

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STOIC POETRY | The right amount of silence

Kurt Bell

Apr 8, 20201 min read

STOIC POETRY | The right amount of silence

During a discussion with a coworker, I realized I had said to much. It would have been better if I had left off speaking after my point...

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Kurt Bell

Feb 27, 20201 min read

STOIC POETRY | Choosing live music

Every weekday evening - during this strange life and temporary life I now live away from my family - I typically have dinner alone at a...

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Kurt Bell

Feb 26, 20201 min read

STOIC POETRY | 20-somethings at work

Every time I see a twenty-something at my place of employment I want to ask them sincerely, "why the hell are you here??" The decade of...

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Kurt Bell

Feb 26, 20201 min read

STOIC POETRY | Deliberate steps

Looking back on the route so far, through the tangled weeds and forgotten and neglected spaces; I’ll remember fondly that I’d walked...

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STOIC POETRY | The Death of Mad Mike Hughes

Kurt Bell

Feb 25, 20202 min read

STOIC POETRY | The Death of Mad Mike Hughes

I got the news on Sunday, February 23rd, 2020 that Mike Hughes had died. "Mad Mike" was killed while piloting his latest home-made rocket...

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STOIC POETRY | Depth is a relative thing

Kurt Bell

Feb 17, 20201 min read

STOIC POETRY | Depth is a relative thing

I previously imagined that the risk of avoiding risk was shallow on the domestic side, and deep on the personal side; that those who...

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STOIC POETRY | The inward path of warmth

Kurt Bell

Jan 11, 20201 min read

STOIC POETRY | The inward path of warmth

We live best When we return from the cold And choose the inward path of warmth A life of now And a life of here And a life with others...

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STOIC POETRY | Ulysses' Ride - A will-less venture into new life

Kurt Bell

Dec 31, 20193 min read

STOIC POETRY | Ulysses' Ride - A will-less venture into new life

Exploring the livelihood and consequence of living with an awareness that free will may be a quite compelling illusion.

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STOIC POETRY | Shadow Dividend: The value of breaking our life

Kurt Bell

Dec 30, 20193 min read

STOIC POETRY | Shadow Dividend: The value of breaking our life

Sometimes the best benefit of change is what we lose rather than what we gain.

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STOIC POETRY | Bearing well the pain of gluttony

Kurt Bell

Nov 13, 20192 min read

STOIC POETRY | Bearing well the pain of gluttony

November 13, 2019 Dear Eric, I sometimes - often, in fact - indulge a little too much. The temptation is so innocent a thing...just...

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Kurt Bell

Oct 21, 20193 min read

STOIC POETRY | Try more. Fail more.

October 21, 2019 Dear Eric, The old adage of "better to burn out than to fade away" comes to mind when I think of your short life. You...

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STOIC POETRY | Henry David Thoreau visits Siberia Ghost Town

Kurt Bell

Sep 17, 20193 min read

STOIC POETRY | Henry David Thoreau visits Siberia Ghost Town

September 17, 2019 Dear Eric, I entertained myself while shaving this morning by imagining Henry David Thoreau visiting Siberia ghost...

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Kurt Bell

Sep 15, 20192 min read

STOIC POETRY | Live afraid, die afraid

September 15, 2019 Dear Eric, Were you very afraid before you died? You knew it was coming. I'd tried to talk you out of it weeks before....

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