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...

October 9, 2023 Greetings from the progression, I was talking to God about the seasons and time and how things pass through it. I...

October 2, 2023 Greetings from the believer, It helps if you know her story. Amal is a ten-year-old girl, a refugee from Syria. She is...

September 18, 2023 Greetings from amidst, I was listening to Dmitriy talk about skiing. I felt this vibration of kinship, could almost...

September 11, 2023 Greetings from the pupil, In recent days I have stumbled slightly over the circumstances put before me. I’m not proud...

September 4, 2023 Greetings from what has been waiting, I am sitting in a small town with many names because it is filled with people...

August 21, 2023 Greetings from other people, You are a gift. It delights me to write that. For as long as I have been writing to you, my...

August 14, 2023 Greetings from my curious nature, I stood in my driveway thinking about the road I would run, seeing the shape on a map...

July 24, 2023 Greetings from the change, Kevin was an enigma to me, at first. I saw him walking around our East Village neighborhood,...

July 17, 2023 Greetings from the current sea, Abraham Lincoln stared back at me. Well, just over my right shoulder, to be accurate. He...

June 19, 2023 Greetings from the flickering images, The campground was situated around a single oval, with trailers and tents lining each...