The Good Life - 05/02/2023 - River of sky
There is an enormous river of cool air that flows constantly above where we now live. The whole sky seems always in motion, flowing from...
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Kurt Bell
May 1, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/01/2023 - Sleep apnea *
I’ve been diagnosed with sleep apnea, and must begin wearing a nasal mask at night while I sleep. I don’t mind growing old, and death...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 30, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/30/2023 - Stingray
I approached the screaming man and asked him simply, “stingray?” He nodded. My car was nearby and I offered to drive him home with his...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 29, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/29/2023 - Just time
During our evening walk together yesterday Yumiko and I discussed what we planned to bring with us to Japan. It was nothing. Truly...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 28, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/28/2023 - The house at Mochimune *
I found the most delightful home yesterday. A home for sale. It’s a little more costly than what we plan to spend, but oh, what a place!...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 27, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/27/2023 - Life in a cuckoo clock *
Yumiko was gone all day yesterday and I really sensed her absence. Working from home together in such a tiny house has formed us into...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 26, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/26/2023 - Arriving at the inn *
What a pleasant day it was this past Sunday. Our chores and shopping were done and I spent the entire day in an Adirondack chair in the...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 25, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/25/2023 - Waking up 35
I woke up today feeling thirty-five. Good sleep, pain-free joints, sharp and crisp thinking, yet, very gratefully, without the heavy...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 20, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/20/2023 - Dillsburo, Indiana
My daughter needs me today, which fact has really got me rethinking the whole Japan thing. All along, I’ve said that I won’t leave until...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 19, 20233 min read
The Good Life - 04/19/2023 - Five days of peace
Darn it. The worry is back. I had five days of peace before my sleep problems returned. And now they’re back and worse than before....
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Kurt Bell
Apr 18, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/18/2023 - Stuck in the sand *
I figured something out this morning, discovered one reason why we stay. It’s the inertia of old age, the lost momentum of youth, all...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 17, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/17/2023 - A stoic’s best friend
My small dog bit me twice yesterday. He bites me almost everyday. Yet, he seems to love me and wants to be with me always. At first his...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 16, 20233 min read
The Good Life - 04/16/2023 - Rice balls for my day
Yumiko told me she’ll make rice balls for my strolls. That was during our evening dog walk, after I told her my plan for Japan after we...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 15, 20233 min read
The Good Life - 04/15/2023 - Thoughts elsewhere *
I had an astonishing realization this morning. I’ve been feeling guilty, unappreciative might be the better word, lately for spending so...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 14, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/14/2023 - My neighbor’s yard
The woman next door moved her mother out of her garden this week. Her mother died in November, just after we arrived. I never met the...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 13, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/13/2023 - Two weeks of peace
It’s gone. I just realized this morning that the worry is gone. That anxiety and frustration which has haunted my nights these last few...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 12, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/12/2023 - Giving notice at work
Telling my boss yesterday that I’m leaving was something big. Yumiko is planning to do the same thing as well. It’s like throwing another...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 11, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/11/2023 - The social portals
I spend a half hour now every evening on the Discord voice channel, which has become my pleasant social routine. People come and go, a...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 10, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/10/2023 - Tempted by faith
I really was upset yesterday. All day long. It was that darn passage from Kant. The one which I shared on social media and which I...
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Kurt Bell
Apr 9, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 04/09/2023 - Old tree in the yard
Emily might visit today. Every time she comes she’s someone new. Bit by bit university life, and living away from us and on her own,...
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