Going Alone

I really tried not to go to the beach today. I invented a half dozen good reasons not to go. I shook my head no crossing the sand. I...

Back to work tomorrow. But, I’m ready. Eager even. As I get to do good things at my job. Hard, sure. But then I wouldn’t be needed or...

First swim of the year. Incredible winds. But nevermind. Cold water. Nevermind. Pain in my joints, damn arthritis. Nevermind. Age ...

Join me while I personalize a copy of Going Alone before sending it to a reader in New York City. Evelyn seems an upbeat, optimistic...

I sure enjoyed my hike yesterday with my nephew, Parker. I hope he will come explore with me together in Japan one day. Oh, the places...

One day left in 2022. Bring it on. I’m ready to splash through to the other side and sprint hard into whatever comes of 2023. Let’s get...

The very best thing about going alone is the being alone, and the more alone the better. It’s a cold and rainy evening, and I’ve...

Chores and shopping are done. “I’m going to the beach, Yumiko!” ”Ok, see ya.” There’s at least another thirty minutes of light, enough...

The Good Life Meditation is my daily recitation and reminder of personal objectives and principles used in pursuit of a purposeful life...

I stumbled and cut my leg open on my way to the beach. warm blood trickling down to my ankle. No biggie. The sea’ll sort this out. And so...

Yesterday’s surgery was an eye-opening experience for me on several fronts: first, tackling the onset of my own inevitable bodily...

This copy of Going Alone has an interesting journey ahead. It’s going to a twenty-something young man who chose to go alone to one of...

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...

My name is Kurt Bell. You can learn more about The Good Life in my book Going Alone. Be safe... But not too safe

I remember when I first thought up the idea of Going Alone. My family and I were living then in Japan, and I was making YouTube videos...

The principle of The Pirate Ride suggests that free will is an illusion created by our seeming sense of the options which life presents...

My daughter has begun to produce art for my book Going Alone. She came with me to the desert recently to experience firsthand the...

My daughter Emily joined me on this trip after I hired her to draw a map and various illustrations for use with the Going Alone and The...

While Emily works to enliven the wastes below the bridge, I relate the final chapter of Going Alone, which both acknowledges and...

En route to Siberia ghost town, I’ve stopped for shelter within the skeletal remains of a Route 66 gas station. The wind today is hard...