Going Alone

I sat on the sand yesterday for three hours straight, only breaking my meditation twice for a refreshing plunge in the sea. The beach was...

Rain now in the morning. I can hear it now out there in the dark. But the rain here is never really in earnest, never genuine or very...

I have a new companion—of sorts. He’s a man maybe five years older than me. He looks Persian, very handsome and distinguished, like a...

After my evening swim yesterday, I sat alone on the beach watching the day fade while a warm wind blew in from the sea. A man older than...

Not on my A-game this morning. This happens sometimes, though it’s different now that I’m old. When I was young being off my game was...

The mermaid-lifeguard told me yesterday that she liked my blog post about her. She said it made her smile. I gave her the words. Maybe...

Emily came out to the garden last night to tell me “your book arrived. I put it on your desk.” “Thanks!” I said, as she went back inside....

I told Yumiko yesterday that I might walk across Japan; that I might just set out one day with my book and my good shoes and my new hat...

Every past life transition has happened without my knowing. I went from child to adult, unexpected; single, to married, to father like a...

A powerful day yesterday. At dawn, I went to the beach with my flippers and jumped headlong into the sea. The waves were large, and I...

I swam for a long time in the ocean yesterday. My longest swim in years. It was early in the morning, when the air was still and the sea...

I sat in the garden all afternoon yesterday, which is something I could never do before age 59, as I was always before so energetic and...

Watching 2.5 Oyaji this morning while finishing my GLM. It’s so much fun seeing Hiko Saemon and Victor Boggio again for the first time in...

I always begin my day reading a poem. In this way, I’m guaranteed to finish the day better than yesterday no matter what happens. A...

A man came up to me after my swim today and while I was toweling off in the red glow. He said, “I walk here every evening and I see you ...

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...

I slept in this morning and my schedule is off. I’m half an hour behind on everything I normally do, and this is more than a little...

Thinking about yesterday’s challenges, I’ve recognized my error in expecting a “good” day when I’d failed to first define what “good”...

I made this video at Dana Point Harbor in Dana Point, California. I begin the video simply to share a little bit about the surroundings,...

I was asked to share about the work that I do now since returning to the United States. I decided to elaborate with the story of how the opp