Going Alone

Whenever I strive, I always fall short. For the fact of striving makes me miss the mark. It would be better to become educated, without...

Our personal nature is our most visible evidence that our will is never fully free: as how many forces of my personal being - my...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

October 22, 2019 Dear Eric, Our talks back then were so full of optimism. Our youth spoke only of life, and of the optimistic promise of...

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...