Going Alone

I’ve been diagnosed with sleep apnea, and must begin wearing a nasal mask at night while I sleep. I don’t mind growing old, and death...

I approached the screaming man and asked him simply, “stingray?” He nodded. My car was nearby and I offered to drive him home with his...

During our evening walk together yesterday Yumiko and I discussed what we planned to bring with us to Japan. It was nothing. Truly...

I found the most delightful home yesterday. A home for sale. It’s a little more costly than what we plan to spend, but oh, what a place!...

Yumiko was gone all day yesterday and I really sensed her absence. Working from home together in such a tiny house has formed us into...

What a pleasant day it was this past Sunday. Our chores and shopping were done and I spent the entire day in an Adirondack chair in the...

I woke up today feeling thirty-five. Good sleep, pain-free joints, sharp and crisp thinking, yet, very gratefully, without the heavy...

My daughter needs me today, which fact has really got me rethinking the whole Japan thing. All along, I’ve said that I won’t leave until...

Darn it. The worry is back. I had five days of peace before my sleep problems returned. And now they’re back and worse than before....

I figured something out this morning, discovered one reason why we stay. It’s the inertia of old age, the lost momentum of youth, all...

Yumiko told me she’ll make rice balls for my strolls. That was during our evening dog walk, after I told her my plan for Japan after we...

I had an astonishing realization this morning. I’ve been feeling guilty, unappreciative might be the better word, lately for spending so...

The woman next door moved her mother out of her garden this week. Her mother died in November, just after we arrived. I never met the...

It’s gone. I just realized this morning that the worry is gone. That anxiety and frustration which has haunted my nights these last few...

Telling my boss yesterday that I’m leaving was something big. Yumiko is planning to do the same thing as well. It’s like throwing another...

I spend a half hour now every evening on the Discord voice channel, which has become my pleasant social routine. People come and go, a...

I really was upset yesterday. All day long. It was that darn passage from Kant. The one which I shared on social media and which I...

Emily might visit today. Every time she comes she’s someone new. Bit by bit university life, and living away from us and on her own,...

Reading Kant is for me like walking along a beach picking up lovely washed stones and seashells. There are so many scattered everywhere...

Ron is headed to Japan today. And not just for holiday. His, is a one-way airplane ticket, the very best kind. We all should have such...