STOIC POETRY | The grounding of goodness
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...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 16, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | An uncomplaining camp
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...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 14, 20203 min read
STOIC POETRY | Finding a new nest
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...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 13, 20203 min read
STOIC POETRY | The pain of the empty nest
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...
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Kurt Bell
Jul 8, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | A time for reinvention
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...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 27, 20202 min read
STOIC POETRY | COVID-19 and Stoic Apathy
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...
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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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Kurt Bell
Oct 15, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | Haunting a past life
October 15, 2019 Dear Yumiko, Without costumes, and two weeks too soon, we haunted together yesterday the scene and setting of one of our...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 12, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Leaves upon the sea
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...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 11, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | A job well done
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...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 10, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | Prepared to arrive
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...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 9, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | A house called Stoic
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...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 7, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Die alive
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...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 6, 20194 min read
STOIC POETRY | Back into the woods
October 6, 2019 Dear Yumiko, There's investment in adventure which yields return throughout our remaining days. For me, this is...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 5, 20198 min read
STOIC POETRY | Winter writing
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...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 3, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | Many places to sit, nowhere to rest
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...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 2, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Sailing backwards
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...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 29, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | A gaze that is straight
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...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 26, 20193 min read
STOIC POETRY | Dining upon our emotions
September 26, 2019 Dear Eric, You, my friend, were one wont to emotion. Though normally you were riding high atop the joyful bubble of...
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Kurt Bell
Sep 25, 20192 min read
STOIC POETRY | Holding our breath
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...
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