☀️ The Good Life - 09/05/2023 - Busy woman at the beach
I sat on the sand yesterday for three hours straight, only breaking my meditation twice for a refreshing plunge in the sea. The beach was...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 2, 20232 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 09/02/2023 - The rain indoors
Rain now in the morning. I can hear it now out there in the dark. But the rain here is never really in earnest, never genuine or very...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 26, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/26/2023 - The other man at the beach
I have a new companion—of sorts. He’s a man maybe five years older than me. He looks Persian, very handsome and distinguished, like a...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 23, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/23/2023 - Summer’s ending *
After my evening swim yesterday, I sat alone on the beach watching the day fade while a warm wind blew in from the sea. A man older than...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 17, 20232 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/17/2023 - Off my game
Not on my A-game this morning. This happens sometimes, though it’s different now that I’m old. When I was young being off my game was...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 16, 20232 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/16/2023 - Better with age
The mermaid-lifeguard told me yesterday that she liked my blog post about her. She said it made her smile. I gave her the words. Maybe...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 15, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/15/2023 - “Your book arrived”
Emily came out to the garden last night to tell me “your book arrived. I put it on your desk.” “Thanks!” I said, as she went back inside....
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Kurt Bell
Aug 6, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/06/2023 - A good home for walking
I told Yumiko yesterday that I might walk across Japan; that I might just set out one day with my book and my good shoes and my new hat...
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Kurt Bell
Aug 2, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 08/02/2023 - Deliberate sailing
Every past life transition has happened without my knowing. I went from child to adult, unexpected; single, to married, to father like a...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 30, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 07/30/2023 - A long swim along the coast
A powerful day yesterday. At dawn, I went to the beach with my flippers and jumped headlong into the sea. The waves were large, and I...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 16, 20232 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 07/16/2023 - Long ocean swim
I swam for a long time in the ocean yesterday. My longest swim in years. It was early in the morning, when the air was still and the sea...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 10, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 07/10/2023 - A warm stone to sit upon
I sat in the garden all afternoon yesterday, which is something I could never do before age 59, as I was always before so energetic and...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 2, 20232 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 07/02/2023 - 2.5 Oyaji
Watching 2.5 Oyaji this morning while finishing my GLM. It’s so much fun seeing Hiko Saemon and Victor Boggio again for the first time in...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 27, 20232 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 06/27/2023 - A poem at dawn *
I always begin my day reading a poem. In this way, I’m guaranteed to finish the day better than yesterday no matter what happens. A...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 12, 20222 min read
Day 27 ocean swim
A man came up to me after my swim today and while I was toweling off in the red glow. He said, “I walk here every evening and I see you ...
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Kurt Bell
Dec 10, 20222 min read
Day 26 ocean swim
Chores and shopping are done. “I’m going to the beach, Yumiko!” ”Ok, see ya.” There’s at least another thirty minutes of light, enough...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 27, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 11/27/2022 - Dull routine
I slept in this morning and my schedule is off. I’m half an hour behind on everything I normally do, and this is more than a little...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 12, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 11/12/2022 - That guest be death
Thinking about yesterday’s challenges, I’ve recognized my error in expecting a “good” day when I’d failed to first define what “good”...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 29, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | Taking my own medicine
I made this video at Dana Point Harbor in Dana Point, California. I begin the video simply to share a little bit about the surroundings,...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 20, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | My work in America
I was asked to share about the work that I do now since returning to the United States. I decided to elaborate with the story of how the opp
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