Going Alone

Here's a bathhouse (sento 銭湯 in Japanese) located close to the airport in Shizuoka, Japan. Though closed for the last few years the...

I had an experience this morning at my local park which helped open my eyes about one of the possible reasons seniors might choose to...

I've found another old house for sale in Japan which makes a cameo appearance in one of my old softypapa videos. The video in question...

The current owner of this 96-year old traditional style Japanese farmhouse is ready to "hand over all the home and all of the rice fields...

After dinner tonight, Yumiko and I checked out this farmhouse for sale in the village of Matsuno, about eleven kilometers as the crow...

I've been watching the latest season of the Netflix series Alone. The prize is $500,000 USD for the person who can remain alone in the...

Hi everyone, My name is Kurt. I'm pleased to have a chance to say hi to you. I want to thank each of you for joining my site. Some of you...

Hi Eric, I'm glad to hear that you are finding Going Alone interesting and that you are inspired to get outdoors. Temperance is a daily...

In the spring of 2011, I was hiking alone along an abandoned trail west of the small jinja which serves the village of Nagakuma, not far...

Today was my very last day as a driving instructor, which is something I’ve done off and on since 1992 and during the times Yumiko and I...

I recently bought two books on ghost towns. I have some others, too. As I read in them a bit I saw the ghost towns as a metaphor for my...

I am always on the lookout in my reading for evidence of others who have spotted and reported on the quality of nature which I found in...

Death possesses us piecemeal. We are taken slowly, day by day, hour by hour, and across every minute of our life. We start dying the...

There is this folly, Eric, by which we wait to live until death has nearly arrived. The habit begins young, when mortality seems a...

I've formed a small association of companions Eric, of whom I know you would approve. Sadly, like you, they are all dead and I must...

I met a new word today... A very interesting word, to be sure. This new vocabulary for me is indifferentia. I found this word while...

Suffering is sometimes our want of meaning, and in particular, our sense that our lives are not worthwhile, and are instead a hindrance...

I failed to go to the desert today. Instead, I allowed my daily life to hold me close and keep me near. Perhaps though, this is not a bad...

Imagining the worst, even from events which are nearly the least. My name is Kurt Bell. You can learn more about The Good Life in my book...

Sharing the less than successful results of a second morning testing the Objective of #Audience. My name is Kurt Bell. You can learn more...