Going Alone

I was awake again last night. But it was different. Instead of worrying over work, or fretting I wasn’t getting enough sleep, I simply...

We’re moving our daughter out of her dormitory this weekend. Finals are done and another year of university is complete. Emily will stay...

Driving 50 miles has become an adventure, or misadventure perhaps. This is because I can no longer stay alert while driving, and must...

Warm ocean water… The sea has suddenly warmed. And stepping in up to my ankles yesterday felt like youth found again in an old photo. I...

One extra cookie… What folly. Now, I’ve been paying for it feeling sick for half a day since. But they certainly were rather large...

A long day of work yesterday, which really clobbered my well being. It was only a few extra hours, but that did the trick. Long gone are...

These last 24 hours! What is going on? It’s like something switched on, and my brain and body and resolve suddenly aligned like Iron...

Yesterday afternoon was nice. I took half a day off to see my doctor, the best doctor ever. We talked about my awful panic attack a few...

There is an enormous river of cool air that flows constantly above where we now live. The whole sky seems always in motion, flowing from...

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...

My small dog bit me twice yesterday. He bites me almost everyday. Yet, he seems to love me and wants to be with me always. At first his...