Hirayama House
Address: Japanese: 〒420-0904 静岡市葵区平山269 English: 269 Hirayama, Aoi Ward, Shizuoka, 420-0904, Japan Yumiko found this home, which meets so...
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Kurt Bell
May 21, 20232 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 05/21/2023 - Wagons west
Yumiko and I talk together now the way I imagine a frontier couple might have once talked after they’d resolved to leave the east on a...
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Kurt Bell
May 20, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 05/20/2023 - Japan or America?
I had a conversation yesterday with Emily which I’d been waiting for since she was born. It was while Yumiko was cooking dinner, and...
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Kurt Bell
May 19, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 05/19/2023 - At the edge of the sea
After work yesterday I went to the beach to sit on the sand and behold… Waves, as big as a winter storm were marching up from the...
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Kurt Bell
May 18, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 05/18/2023 - Days to come
Less and less. The stress of work is slowly fading away in the same way that the stress of university began to fade in the months before...
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Kurt Bell
May 17, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 05/17/2023 - Glacier into the sea
I must type quickly this morning as I’m having my heart scanned at 6:45 and I don’t want to be late. I rather enjoy such trips to the...
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Kurt Bell
May 16, 20232 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 05/16/2023 - Beginning to fall apart *
I injured myself again yesterday. Entering the sea after work I jumped over a wave and twisted my foot. Now, I’m limping from both sides....
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Kurt Bell
May 15, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 05/15/2023 - Ten again in the sea *
Such moments! I found myself, yesterday, back in the sea of my childhood; a warm, frothing surf, pulsing with great forward energies...
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Kurt Bell
May 14, 20233 min read
☀️ The Good Life - 05/14/2023 - Empty nest
We’re moving Emily out of her university dormitory this weekend. She’ll stay home with us for a week and then she’s gone, off to Japan...
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Kurt Bell
May 13, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/13/2023 - Citizen of a larger world
Great news! Emily gets to remain both American and Japanese. The Japanese government has issued her a new passport without demanding that...
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Kurt Bell
May 12, 20233 min read
The Good Life - 05/12/2023 - American or Japanese?
It’s a milestone day for my daughter. She’s going to the Japanese consulate today to pick up her new passport. There’s a chance they’ll...
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Kurt Bell
May 11, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/11/2023 - Garden muse
Such a nice evening yesterday. After sundown, before dinner, I sat in the yard with my dog and strummed my dad’s guitar while making up...
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Kurt Bell
May 10, 20233 min read
The Good Life - 05/10/2023 - Awake at peace
I was awake again last night. But it was different. Instead of worrying over work, or fretting I wasn’t getting enough sleep, I simply...
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Kurt Bell
May 9, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/09/2023 - Setting course at sea
We’re moving our daughter out of her dormitory this weekend. Finals are done and another year of university is complete. Emily will stay...
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Kurt Bell
May 8, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/08/2023 - Freeway fatigue
Driving 50 miles has become an adventure, or misadventure perhaps. This is because I can no longer stay alert while driving, and must...
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Kurt Bell
May 7, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/07/2023 - Warm sea water *
Warm ocean water… The sea has suddenly warmed. And stepping in up to my ankles yesterday felt like youth found again in an old photo. I...
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Kurt Bell
May 6, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/06/2023 - Three cookies
One extra cookie… What folly. Now, I’ve been paying for it feeling sick for half a day since. But they certainly were rather large...
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Kurt Bell
May 5, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/05/2023 - Clocking out
A long day of work yesterday, which really clobbered my well being. It was only a few extra hours, but that did the trick. Long gone are...
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Kurt Bell
May 4, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/04/2023 - Literature, poetry, art
These last 24 hours! What is going on? It’s like something switched on, and my brain and body and resolve suddenly aligned like Iron...
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Kurt Bell
May 3, 20232 min read
The Good Life - 05/03/2023 - Best doctor ever
Yesterday afternoon was nice. I took half a day off to see my doctor, the best doctor ever. We talked about my awful panic attack a few...
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