November 11, 2024   Greetings from the next step,   Almost every ache has an accompanying joy.   I am of an age where I am not totally...

They were two-thousand-year-old political yard signs.

October 21, 2024   Greetings from the brick and mortar,   It was a crowded shop, filled with intriguing things, some cluttered into...

“Solvitur ambulando”. It is a Latin phrase which means "It is solved by walking."

Sept 30, 2024   Greetings from the joining,   We are surrounded by people, almost always. Most everyone that we pass in a day, we don’t...

Sept 16, 2024   Greetings from the ambassador,   When I got back from this trip, a friend asked, “Does Germany hate us?  I know the...

Sept 9, 2024   Greetings from the tour,   There is this small town I am friends with, Ludington, nested on the edge of Lake Michigan.  I...

Sept 2, 2024   Greetings from pallette,   I’m holding on to the color of August.  That’s a little misleading since August is so many...

August 26, 2024   Greetings from the written words,   If you were searching for something in my house, say a cufflink or a safety pin or...

August 19, 2024   Greetings from the player,   I saw him in the driveway and thought it must be an older brother or something.  This boy...

August 12, 2024   Greetings from the purpose,   As I write this, coffee close to my right hand, I can still feel the mild ache in my...

August 5, 2024   Greetings from the traveler,   You might go all of your life and not know the name Lazarus Lake.  It’s not even the...

July 22, 2024   Greetings from the welcome,   I have a basket of words I’ve saved over the years.  Some I wrote down thinking I’d look up...

July 8, 2024 Greetings from the treasure, Some weeks ago, I was in the car with Finley, who at the time was on the sunrise side of two...

July 1, 2024 Greetings from the cheap seats, By the time I began seeing movies at the Palace Theater, it had lost some of its original...

June 24, 2024 Greetings from the lucky one, I’m a little confused.  This is hardly remarkable, since I have been in some version of this...

By David Smith June 17, 2024 Greetings from the meanderer, When I was a kid, it was a common thing to build a ‘fort’.  We made them out...

June 10, 2024 Greetings from the sappy one, Recently I deliberately spent thousands of dollars to get nothing.  Nothing.  The absence of...

June 3, 2024 Greetings from the bonnie banks, It is a rare delight to begin an adventure with strong expectations, only to have them...

May 13, 2024 Greetings from the threshold, A couple of days ago I stood in a tiny house crowded with people, all celebrating an event...