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Kurt Bell
Nov 29, 20222 min read
Day 19 ocean swim
When I dove into the sea just now I banged into something fishy. Not a shark of course, but a fish, maybe a stingray. I was startled, ...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 28, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 11/28/2022 - The single tick
I came up with a way to punctuate the day with completion, a way to mark each day as done through a single activity rich in decided...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 27, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 11/27/2022 - Dull routine
I slept in this morning and my schedule is off. I’m half an hour behind on everything I normally do, and this is more than a little...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 26, 20222 min read
Day eighteen ocean swim
Settling in now. Life routine has reconfigured and is becoming set, locked in in a way. It’s that way on vacation too, after a few days....
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Kurt Bell
Nov 26, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 11/26/2022 - Death of the party
I kinda blew it last night. I spoiled the fun a little at Emily’s twenty-second birthday party—happy birthday, sweetie!—after wearing...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 25, 20222 min read
Day sixteen ocean swim
My thoughts were on process today: how to best organize my days and my activities to make good use of my remaining good years. Hopefully,...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 25, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 11/25/2022 - Secret sauce
My body is giving me a break today. Fewer pains. And the brain seems more alert. It’s like driving an old car moving this body around all...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 24, 20222 min read
Day fifteen ocean swim
Happy Thanksgiving Day to my fellow Americans and USA residents. I hope that everyone has much to be thankful for. For me, I’m grateful...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 24, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 11/24/2022 - Reading my Bible in the dark
The light over my Bible went out, again. So, I’ll need to read my Bible this morning in the dark. I’m on the last chapter of Hosea,...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 24, 20222 min read
Day fourteen ocean swim
Day thirteen. I was sick the last two days, and prudence advised I stay home and not go to the sea. Damn prudence, always knowing what’s...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 23, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 11/23/2022 - Meat puppet *
It’s a slow week at work, though I’m working hard not to lessen my resolve and effort to make good use of both my work time and my free ...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 22, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 11/22/2022 - I’m no Spartan *
It was a rough day yesterday, though I did not let that prevent me from being productive at work. I’m sick. Not so sick I need a day...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 21, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 11/21/2022 - Feeling ill
I think I picked up the flu Emily had. My goodness, how illness robs us of spirit and will. Luckily, it’s a short week and I’ve already...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 21, 20222 min read
Day thirteen ocean swim
In the water earlier than usual today... Our chores are all done. We’re both well fed. And the dogs enjoyed a super long walk. Why wait...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 20, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 11/20/2022 - The sleep of youth *
Yesterday washed over me like a wave, a good wave, churning and heavy and bubbling with crashing foam. I’ve known this experience...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 20, 20221 min read
Day twelve ocean swim
The ocean is sinking into me again. Coming here daily, and jumping in, has washed something old and musty from me. Not my age—I can’t...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 19, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 11/19/2022 - With or without coffee
We’re out of coffee, but that’s alright. I’ll make a pot of tea which I won’t even sip. That’s ’cause I slept well last night (for a...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 18, 20222 min read
Day eleven ocean swim
As I left our little house Yumiko called out “I think you’re too late tonight.” She’s right. It’s always too late… Or too early… Never...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 18, 20222 min read
The Good Life - 11/18/2022 - A touch of old
I awoke feeling old today. That persistent pain in my knee. My flabby form. My failing physical constitution. And especially those...
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Kurt Bell
Nov 17, 20222 min read
Day ten ocean swim
Cold is a good word. I probably shouldn’t go in there. But what would the old me in the convalescent home want me to do? “Go in” that...
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