Going Alone

I thought today would be a solid day of work, but then my daughter became sick and I took the day off to help her see a doctor and bring...

A soft final hour of sleep last night. Awake, yet at peace. Not like that horror of before, those panic attacks which once wracked me....

I used my lunch break today for a swim. The midday mood at the beach is different from evening; warmer, more beachie, less foreboding...

What a difference a full, good night of rest can make. And fresh, clean sheets. No sand! And the window by my head open a few inches to...

Lately, there’s sand in our house. Lots of sand. Everywhere. On the floor. In bed. Spilling out of my hair. Deep inside my ears. This ...

Day seven: Leaving our little house I called to Yumiko in the kitchen “I’m going for a swim!” She responded, “can’t you hear that wind ...

Day six: I did the wrong thing today when a better choice was right there in sight. It’s so easy to do better in hindsight. But I’ll put...

I slept in way past the alarm. Something I rarely do. Two things happened to produce this. First, I got past a difficult and scary ...

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

Day five: Today has been a tough day. I just couldn’t square my mind into it. Troublesome thoughts all morning and into the afternoon. ...

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...

I was never very afraid of the dark, or the things which come out after the sun goes down, to wander, and slither, and creep, and fly...

I once rose late each day to meander life in search of tidbits to consume: news, gossip, politics, and the shared things of the appetites...

What effort is involved in holding a position of faith? The work is in the restraint needed to protect our belief from doubt. We strive...

I awoke today to headlines of war, and gossip, and scandal, and the rise of stocks and advertisements for soap, and a 30% chance of rain...

The price of admittance into the venue and arena of life is the effort and labor of our parents in conceiving, bearing, and bringing us...

Just every once in a while...every so often...I'll spot the Indifference between the moments of my daily life. For, while the Nothing...

Life is a little like coming awake on an island beach, naked and screaming and vulnerable and weak. The natives here do care for us, and...

"...and the very slope of the hill on which my house is placed, seemed to say, Forward!" -Henry David Thoreau I accept life as hard. I...

Whenever I strive, I always fall short. For the fact of striving makes me miss the mark. It would be better to become educated, without...