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STOIC POETRY | Siberia to Wonder Valley - BMW R 1150 GS Adventure motovlog
I'd left Siberia ghost town as the sun went down, departing for a four-hour motorcycle ride into the desert night; with hot wind at my...

Kurt Bell
Jun 10, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | THE GOOD LIFE | A Human Operating System | 05-23-20
On a windy, blustery day alone in the East Mojave Desert I stood and walked and talked and remembered and recounted and critiqued again...

Kurt Bell
Jun 9, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Completing The Feast of Offal chapter
Every chapter I write in the desert has a character and distance about it which I could not capture anywhere but within a void. There is...

Kurt Bell
Jun 7, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | BOOK READING - Going Alone - The Path of Wildness
The Path of Wildness is easy to find... It is the course of a stream, and a beast's track through the woods; leaves blown in the wind,...

Kurt Bell
Jun 6, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Camp coffee
As a student, my daughter sometimes asks me to make her "camp coffee" which she appreciates for being extra strong and a good pick me up...

Kurt Bell
Jun 4, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Meeting a "Desert Father"
The "Desert Fathers" once famously haunted the deserts east of Egypt, where they pursued solitude and clarity while seeking oneness and a...

Kurt Bell
Jun 3, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | The blessing of mortality's embrace
An impressive thing about deserts is the honesty they demand of our age, our health, and our constitution. The desert will not...

Kurt Bell
May 30, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | I did something dumb
Venturing too far and too long into the desert during midday after the Desert Killer has returned is something I know better than to do,...

Kurt Bell
May 26, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | THE GOOD LIFE | A Human Operating System | 05-08-20
I'd made the foolish mistake of venturing into the desert further than I should on a day when I should not and past the point I should...

Kurt Bell
May 25, 20201 min read


BOOK READING - Going Alone - The Anxiety Hike
In addition to writing chapters for the new book, I also use my time at Siberia ghost town to record audio chapters for my last book....

Kurt Bell
May 23, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Sighting The Great Indifference - Sea Room by Adam Nicolson
I'm not sure if it's reassuring or not to discover sightings by others of The Great Indifference in the landscapes of their exploration....

Kurt Bell
May 15, 20202 min read


STOIC POETRY | An urgency to life
Every 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 Bell
May 14, 20202 min read


STOIC POETRY | A visitor at the Siberia Writing Bridge
While at Siberia this past weekend I discovered I'd had a visitor. Someone had actually come, and had made their way from the ghost town...

Kurt Bell
May 12, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Finding a lost desert mining camp alone at night
My perennial desert nighttime destination is the lost and deserted desert mining camp called "Campo #1". Like Siberia ghost town, I lay...

Kurt Bell
May 5, 20202 min read


STOIC POETRY | My mind playing tricks on me alone in the desert at night
My anxiety rises as I walk alone though the dark desert more than a mile from Siberia and on my way into the Deep Water Wilderness....

Kurt Bell
May 4, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Return to Siberia on Thursday, May 7th
My name is Kurt Bell. You can learn more about The Good Life in my book Going Alone. Be safe... But not too safe. #Adventure #desert...

Kurt Bell
May 3, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | "Population of One" A young woman living all alone in the desert of Cisco, Utah
I discovered a fellow desert ghost town ghost today in a woman living alone in the deserted railroad community of Cisco, Utah. I can...

Kurt Bell
Apr 26, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | A Stoic returning home
I might go out Into life, To see what is there, And then return in peace. Or, I might stay, Seeking peace; Wondering always... What there...

Kurt Bell
Apr 25, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Walking through the desert alone at night
A long walk alone into the dark desert with no companion, no guide, no certainty and no companions. My name is Kurt Bell. You can learn...

Kurt Bell
Apr 22, 20201 min read


STOIC POETRY | Discovering a lost desert mining structure at night
Several miles into the desert at night I've found the remnants and memory of a long past desert mining adventure. What ever did this man hav

Kurt Bell
Apr 21, 20201 min read
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