Going Alone

I experienced a panic attack at work yesterday. It was during a difficult meeting; beginning with building pressure in my chest,...

Emily dropped by last night. She brought with her the bright and optimistic energy and bustle of university life. Positivity simply...

I had such a strong and abiding life routine before Yumiko and I went to Japan, which I can’t quite regain after a mere nine days away....

Yesterday, I finished Jens Peter Jacobsen’s novel Neils Lyhne, which I promptly added to my short list of must read books. I placed the...

Yumiko and I trudged through the beach sand yesterday after work with our dogs. It was a good trudge, satisfying after a hard Monday of...

Dr. Johnson’s take on the old adage of being careful about what we ask for. #SamuelJohnson#DrJohnson#Rambler The Good Life Meditation is...

Feeling better today. Resting yesterday helped. There was good, deep diving with the book I’m reading; alone in the sunshine with my dog,...

Another bad day. I just can’t seem to get well. That’s alright. My weekend chores and shopping are done. My socializing’s done too. A...

It’s 7:00 AM and time for another live book reading from Going Alone. Today, I’ll read the short chapter titled The Writing Bridge, which...

I overextended myself yesterday and discovered my reach fell short of my intent. Such a disappointment. I let someone down in the process...

Episode 137 of my podcast series Stoic Poetry deals with a category of principles titled Engagement, and explores how these five...

I worked a fifteen-hour day yesterday, and I really feel it. Such days were much easier once, when I was younger, and stamina was a match...

I went in to the office yesterday. It was really good. After the big morning meeting I went to work at my old desk for the rest of the...

I lost it a little bit at work yesterday. It was nothing bad, I didn’t say or do anything inappropriate or untoward; in fact what I did...

Yumiko and I walked the dogs on the beach together yesterday after work. It was a good stroll after a hard working day for us both. We...

I was thinking today how this prolonged illness is making me fall behind in the parade. Not yet. Not really. Though I feel it’s happening...

The Good Life Meditation is my daily recitation and reminder of personal objectives and principles used in pursuit of a purposeful life...

I drove over a hundred miles yesterday and only barely fell asleep once, at a traffic light, less than a mile from home. I didn’t...

Here’s a tiny little place that we looked at in Japan. By nearly all standards this place is too old and small and way too full of...

Yumiko and I have so far failed in our efforts to contact the owner of the one house in Japan which we’d hoped to buy. But we’ll keep...