April 29, 2024 Greetings from where we’re headed, I love stones.  I love their shape and texture, the beauty in each, their history and...

April 22, 2024 Greetings from The Boss, My relationship with Bruce Springsteen has been a sporadic, but loyal, friendship.  There were a...

April 15, 2024 Greetings from another time, I’m in the middle of reading ‘Harlem Shuffle’, and among the excellent writing there was a...

April 1, 2024 Greetings from the recipient, One of my oldest friends sent me a picture of his brother.  It’s an ordinary thing, something...

March 18, 2024 Greetings from the celebration, “We are a part of a Mystery we do not understand, and we are grateful.”  Brian Doyle This...

February 26, 2024 Greetings from the tribe, My brother has a cheap watch, nine dollars on Amazon.  It’s a couple of years old.  It lights...

February 19,  2024 Greetings from the day after, There are aches and there are aches. The Austin marathon follows a roughly Texas-shaped...

February 5, 2024 Greetings from the recollection, This weekend I saw clusters of young people walking around our town, the girls squeezed...

January 29, 2024 Greetings from a typo, “I refuse to join any club that would have me as a member.”   Groucho Marx I thought of this when...

January 22, 2024 Greetings from the first, There is no evidence that the house existed, or the narrow lot that held it, or the...

By David Smith January 8, 2024 Greetings from the arete, I am a runner. It’s not how I introduce myself, not because I’m shy about it,...

January 1, 2024 Greetings from your biggest fan, Dear World, You were incredible last year. You might have had doubts, glancing at...

December 25, 2023 Greetings from the quiet quiet, In this sliver of time, this moment before the day begins, I inhale to tell you what...

December 11, 2023 Greetings from the gloaming, There are a few words that mean a great deal to me, all for their own reasons.  Some are...

December 4, 2023 Greetings from the witness, Perhaps, it is this: The water runs off the bark of the tree and wanders among fescue and...

November 27, 2023 Greetings from the shared, If I ran the world, which it turns out I do, literally, I would ask everyone to become a...

November 13, 2023 Greetings from the nut, If you had been walking near me during the weekend you might question my mental stability. I...

November 6, 2023 Greetings from the source, As you know, many people turn to this page for insightful commentary on the issues of major...

October 30, 2023 Greetings from the extraordinary, I was running down a narrow side street in Ellsworth, Maine. The sky was bruised,...

October 16, 2023 Greetings from the moment, If you live in a small town, or happen to wander through one, you may find the local grocery...