Kurt Bell | GoingAlone 5/24

☀️ The Good Life - 07/31/2023 - Large ray

Jul 31, 20232 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/31/2023 - Large ray

I met an enormous stingray yesterday, at least three times bigger than usual. I was down at the bottom of the sea, diving under a big...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/30/2023 - A long swim along the coast

Kurt Bell

Jul 30, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/30/2023 - A long swim along the coast

A powerful day yesterday. At dawn, I went to the beach with my flippers and jumped headlong into the sea. The waves were large, and I...

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FAUX RAMBLER No. 1 SATURDAY, JULY 29, 2023.

Kurt Bell

Jul 29, 20233 min read

FAUX RAMBLER No. 1 SATURDAY, JULY 29, 2023.

On the Balance of Pleasure: An Examination into the Perils of Intemperance and the Merits of Moderation ---- In vino veritas, in aqua...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/29/2023 - Emily’s last year of school

Kurt Bell

Jul 29, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/29/2023 - Emily’s last year of school

Another semester of Emily’s school is paid for. One more to go, and then we’re done! We didn’t save enough for her college when she was...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/28/2023 - Siberia at 116

Kurt Bell

Jul 28, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/28/2023 - Siberia at 116

It was 116 degrees at Siberia ghost town yesterday. A few years back, and I’d have felt a longing to be out there. No more... I don’t...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/27/2023 - The age of discretion

Kurt Bell

Jul 27, 20232 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/27/2023 - The age of discretion

There’s an interesting sense of quiet that’s descending upon my life. Nothing much has changed. The fray at work continues—though it’s...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/26/2023 - Climbing Everest

Kurt Bell

Jul 26, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/26/2023 - Climbing Everest

I’m sleeping every night now, straight through, from the moment I rest my head on my pillow at 9:00 PM until the alarm sounds at 4:00...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/25/2023 - Reexamining our plans

Kurt Bell

Jul 25, 20234 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/25/2023 - Reexamining our plans

Emily is back from Japan, and she brought big news that she will return to Japan to live after she graduates university next spring. She...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/24/2023 - Emily returns

Kurt Bell

Jul 24, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/24/2023 - Emily returns

Our daughter is over the Aleutian islands now. She just purchased the Airplane WIFI, as I saw the credit card charge flash by on my...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/23/2023 - When I grow up

Kurt Bell

Jul 23, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/23/2023 - When I grow up

Emily’s childhood is really done. It’s taken me a bit for that fact to settle in. But, with university nearly over and her life path...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/22/2023 - Ready to die

Kurt Bell

Jul 22, 20232 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/22/2023 - Ready to die

My life’s first objective is to be always ready to die. It’s what I strive for daily. To live and be in such a way as to be prepared to...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/21/2023 - Retirement training

Kurt Bell

Jul 21, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/21/2023 - Retirement training

I took the day off work to learn how to retire. The place where I work offers classes for those at the end of their careers, in order to...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/20/2023 - Six months alone

Kurt Bell

Jul 20, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/20/2023 - Six months alone

Six months. That’s how long Yumiko and I will be apart. Yumiko will have just half a year to establish our new life in Japan before I...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/19/2023 - Relaxing more at work

Kurt Bell

Jul 19, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/19/2023 - Relaxing more at work

I’ve discovered a funny new superpower at work, a temporary, ephemeral force which has only recently emerged, and will be gone soon when...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/18/2023 - Three questions

Kurt Bell

Jul 18, 20232 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/18/2023 - Three questions

I’ve added a challenging question to my morning routine. I ask myself if I am ready to die. The complete answer depends upon three...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/17/2023 - Lost swimmer

Kurt Bell

Jul 17, 20232 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/17/2023 - Lost swimmer

In the evening last night around dinnertime, I was outside with the dogs and my guitar, watching the sun go down, and I heard several...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/16/2023 - Long ocean swim

Kurt Bell

Jul 16, 20232 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/16/2023 - Long ocean swim

I swam for a long time in the ocean yesterday. My longest swim in years. It was early in the morning, when the air was still and the sea...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/15/2023 - Reading ahead

Kurt Bell

Jul 15, 20233 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/15/2023 - Reading ahead

I listened to a podcast (link in comments) yesterday, by a thirty-something year old American man living in Shizuoka Japan, a young...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/14/2023 - Texting Emily in Japan

Kurt Bell

Jul 14, 20232 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/14/2023 - Texting Emily in Japan

It’s 5:00 AM in California and 9:00 PM tomorrow in Japan, and I’m texting now with my daughter in Kyoto, reading about her impressions of...

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☀️ The Good Life - 07/13/2023 - Old man struggling in the sea

Kurt Bell

Jul 13, 20234 min read

☀️ The Good Life - 07/13/2023 - Old man struggling in the sea

I’ve been swimming daily now in the ocean for several weeks. My body has changed, growing stronger with the muscles I use to swim, skin...

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