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STOIC POETRY | Giving in to fancy
August 26, 2019 Dear Eric, My suspicion that free will is an illusion is a curious specimen. You know how I don't like resting my hat on i

Kurt Bell
Aug 26, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | Seeking to forget
August 25, 2019 Dear Eric, Yesterday was Saturday. And the pool where I live - a very nice pool, more like a resort, really - was lively w

Kurt Bell
Aug 25, 20193 min read


STOIC POETRY | Decidedly moved
August 24, 2019 Dear Eric, I was away for a few days this week moving. My family and I have at last truly, finally arrived in America.

Kurt Bell
Aug 24, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | Destroyer of worlds
August 17, 2019 Dear Eric, I made something since you became done. We never once spoke of this thing during our talks at college, as I think

Kurt Bell
Aug 17, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | Going more deeply alone
August 16, 2019 Dear Eric, I'm a little intimidated at the idea of going alone without social media. So far, living untethered from the mo

Kurt Bell
Aug 16, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | The illusion of free will
August 15, 2019 Dear Eric, I think I've made up my mind regarding free will... I don't think we have it. I think free will is an illusion

Kurt Bell
Aug 15, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | Going Quiet
August 13, 2019 Dear Eric, I've gone quiet on social media... I know you don't know what that is - social media. It's the way people keep in

Kurt Bell
Aug 13, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | Exploring, not searching...
August 12, 2019 Dear Eric, I had an interesting conversation with someone yesterday - a Christian friend - who commented that he thought I

Kurt Bell
Aug 12, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | Bette Davis House
Reflecting on The Good Life after a nice summertime swim in the sea near the Bette Davis House in Laguna Beach, California. My name is...

Kurt Bell
Jul 28, 20191 min read


STOIC POETRY | My Bible study is done
Completing my formal study of the Bible.

Kurt Bell
Jul 27, 20191 min read


STOIC POETRY | Yesterday’s long desert sojourn was a new experience of indifference
Upon further investigation I keep discovering that the cold depth of nature goes further and deeper than I'd ever thought.

Kurt Bell
Jul 6, 20191 min read


STOIC POETRY | Crossing now from the place...
I wrote this to describe the feeling I get when I hike away from Siberia ghost town, towards and into the low mountains to the north.

Kurt Bell
Jul 3, 20191 min read


STOIC POETRY | My muse is blind, deaf, mute and dead
My muse is blind, deaf, mute and dead.

Kurt Bell
Jul 2, 20191 min read


STOIC POETRY | It's flattery to call my muse a corpse...
It's flattery to call my muse a corpse, as she is so much less...

Kurt Bell
Jul 1, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | I fear no social circumstance...
I fear no social circumstance
For I've been to Mt. Wildness

Kurt Bell
Jun 30, 20191 min read


STOIC POETRY | "Poor fortune borne well...
...is good fortune." -Marcus Aurelius I've struggled a bit lately with maintaining my balance through life. It's not a deep issue or...

Kurt Bell
Jun 29, 20192 min read


STOIC POETRY | Adventure dashboard
My adventure this week was fruitful in many ways, including the addition of several strange and new cryptic runes upon the windshield of...

Kurt Bell
Jun 15, 20191 min read


STOIC POETRY | Did God Have a Wife? - Book Review
Last week, I posted that I’d learned that the God of the Bible has a wife. I then received three responses from believers: One person...

Kurt Bell
Feb 12, 201968 min read


STOIC POETRY | Irrelevance begins early
A great threat to our well-being is the fact that we begin to fade long before we can sense ourselves diminishing. The process begins...

Kurt Bell
Dec 27, 20183 min read


STOIC POETRY | Empty vessel
I enjoyed an interesting talk with a friend today where we touched briefly on the differing ways in which people pace the moments of...

Kurt Bell
Dec 19, 20181 min read
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