Kurt BellAug 11, 20203 minSTOIC POETRY | When our finding days are doneBefore I was alive I'm pretty sure I simply did not exist. Oh sure, the stuff of which I am made was around, and the energy which courses...
Kurt BellMay 15, 20202 minSTOIC POETRY | An urgency to lifeEvery time I go to Siberia I can sense my diminishing capacity to withstand the world as it is and always will be; harsh, raw, deadly and...
Kurt BellMay 6, 20202 minSTOIC POETRY | Finding a lost desert mining camp alone at nightMy perennial desert nighttime destination is the lost and deserted desert mining camp called "Campo #1". Like Siberia ghost town, I lay...
Kurt BellApr 28, 20202 minSTOIC POETRY | COVID-19 and Stoic ApathyThe arrival of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) is an opportunity to exercise the Stoic virtue of Apathy in the face of what we cannot easily...
Kurt BellFeb 26, 20202 minSTOIC POETRY | The Death of Mad Mike HughesI got the news on Sunday, February 23rd, 2020 that Mike Hughes had died. "Mad Mike" was killed while piloting his latest home-made rocket...
Kurt BellSep 23, 20193 minSTOIC POETRY | Life in the openSeptember 23, 2019 Dear Eric, You were never one to hide... But then you were so young you perhaps had little idea what there was to hide...
Kurt BellSep 8, 20192 minSTOIC POETRY | Coming in from the coldSeptember 8, 2019 Dear Eric, I think I know why people don't want to die. It's because they know there's nothing for us after life is done.