Going Alone

I felt the panic again yesterday… It was at work, and in the exact circumstance as last Friday. I didn’t panic, but I felt it coming and...

Emily has arranged with her employer in Japan the dates for her five week Tokyo internship. Next, she needs to buy her plane tickets and...

I’ve feared Immanuel Kant all my life. Feared him like I fear Calculus, as a venue and road of inquiry I believe I am unable to follow. I...

I went to the beach to swim yesterday for the first time since before we visited Japan. It was different, warm and sweet with spring,...

Yumiko and I enjoyed some very good talks yesterday, at lunchtime, and while shopping, and when walking the dogs. The talk was over...

I experienced a panic attack at work yesterday. It was during a difficult meeting; beginning with building pressure in my chest,...

Emily dropped by last night. She brought with her the bright and optimistic energy and bustle of university life. Positivity simply...

I had such a strong and abiding life routine before Yumiko and I went to Japan, which I can’t quite regain after a mere nine days away....

Yesterday, I finished Jens Peter Jacobsen’s novel Neils Lyhne, which I promptly added to my short list of must read books. I placed the...

Yumiko and I trudged through the beach sand yesterday after work with our dogs. It was a good trudge, satisfying after a hard Monday of...

Feeling better today. Resting yesterday helped. There was good, deep diving with the book I’m reading; alone in the sunshine with my dog,...

Another bad day. I just can’t seem to get well. That’s alright. My weekend chores and shopping are done. My socializing’s done too. A...

I overextended myself yesterday and discovered my reach fell short of my intent. Such a disappointment. I let someone down in the process...

I worked a fifteen-hour day yesterday, and I really feel it. Such days were much easier once, when I was younger, and stamina was a match...

I went in to the office yesterday. It was really good. After the big morning meeting I went to work at my old desk for the rest of the...

I lost it a little bit at work yesterday. It was nothing bad, I didn’t say or do anything inappropriate or untoward; in fact what I did...

Yumiko and I walked the dogs on the beach together yesterday after work. It was a good stroll after a hard working day for us both. We...

I was thinking today how this prolonged illness is making me fall behind in the parade. Not yet. Not really. Though I feel it’s happening...

I drove over a hundred miles yesterday and only barely fell asleep once, at a traffic light, less than a mile from home. I didn’t...

Suddenly asleep… That’s what happens now when I sit in this chair. It happened just now, after recording this video and with my thumb...