Going Alone

Today was my very last day as a driving instructor, which is something I’ve done off and on since 1992 and during the times Yumiko and I...

I recently bought two books on ghost towns. I have some others, too. As I read in them a bit I saw the ghost towns as a metaphor for my...

I am always on the lookout in my reading for evidence of others who have spotted and reported on the quality of nature which I found in...

Death possesses us piecemeal. We are taken slowly, day by day, hour by hour, and across every minute of our life. We start dying the...

There is this folly, Eric, by which we wait to live until death has nearly arrived. The habit begins young, when mortality seems a...

I've formed a small association of companions Eric, of whom I know you would approve. Sadly, like you, they are all dead and I must...

I met a new word today... A very interesting word, to be sure. This new vocabulary for me is indifferentia. I found this word while...

Suffering is sometimes our want of meaning, and in particular, our sense that our lives are not worthwhile, and are instead a hindrance...