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Kurt Bell
Nov 13, 20232 min read
Solitude by the Salton Sea: A Month of Reflection at Bombay Beach
I’m a little disappointed that I won’t be living at the edge of the Salton Sea in the middle of summer. Maybe I’ll ask AI to write it up?
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Kurt Bell
Jun 10, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | Siberia to Wonder Valley - BMW R 1150 GS Adventure motovlog
I'd left Siberia ghost town as the sun went down, departing for a four-hour motorcycle ride into the desert night; with hot wind at my...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 4, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | Camp coffee
As a student, my daughter sometimes asks me to make her "camp coffee" which she appreciates for being extra strong and a good pick me up...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 3, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | Meeting a "Desert Father"
The "Desert Fathers" once famously haunted the deserts east of Egypt, where they pursued solitude and clarity while seeking oneness and a...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 2, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | Ludlow to Siberia - BMW R 1150 GS Adventure motovlog
This video always marks the start of every new adventure in the California desert. My departure from the gas and watering station at...
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Kurt Bell
Jun 1, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | Desert wildfire - BMW R 1150 Adventure motovlog
I encountered this desert wildfire two weeks back while en route to Siberia ghost town. The fire was moving fast across the desert scrub,...
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Kurt Bell
May 31, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | BOOK READING - Going Alone - The Anxiety Hike
This is my May, 2020 book reading of Going Alone. For this month, I chose to read select portions of the chapter titled The Anxiety Hike,...
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Kurt Bell
May 30, 20201 min read
STOIC POETRY | The blessing of mortality's embrace
An impressive thing about deserts is the honesty they demand of our age, our health, and our constitution. The desert will not...
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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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Kurt Bell
Oct 30, 20185 min read
STOIC POETRY | The October Solitude
When I pulled in to Siberia I was already unsure. Unsure and uncertain of why the mystery and seclusion of this place had been seemingly...
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Kurt Bell
Oct 5, 20182 min read
STOIC POETRY | Solitude vs. Hike - Siberia Solitude
I've begun using a new term to describe my activities in the #wild which are centered more on making good use of being alone rather than...
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