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When a Home Becomes a House by Rick Smith

Posted on Feb 25, 2022 | 3 comments

When a Home Becomes a House by Rick Smith At first the life-changing reality wasn’t even noticeable. The subtle curse of consistency had provided a world taken for granted. After all, the family had resided in the house for 24 years. Sure, the twin girls were both grown and gone now, but they returned every year to visit with their own families. Sometimes the twins both visited at the same time and those days were always crazy...

Horning In by Rick Smith

Posted on Jan 16, 2022 | 0 comments

January 16, 2022 Horning In By Rick Smith HONK-HONK! It wasn’t the first time I’d been honked at by an impatient driver. And, maybe I could have entered the roundabout sooner. But I was a little tired after singing and playing guitar in the Carefree Gardens as part of a Carefree Spring promotion. I’d just finished loading-out my gear and was headed home. As I entered the roundabout the driver behind me...

Just My Type by Rick Smith

Posted on Nov 4, 2021 | 0 comments

Just My Type By Rick Smith It was a dream come true. Or at least it had the potential of being so. I had had no reason to suspect that my required attendance at my high school’s Fall Open House would result in such an event…but it did. As a senior and Sports Editor of our high school newspaper, I assisted in representing the Journalism department during the schools Fall Open House. Other student editors were also...

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Take Me Out to the Ballgame by Rick Smith

Posted on Jun 23, 2021 | 0 comments

March 28, 2018 By Rick Smith It wasn’t the smell of just the Asian food from the row ahead of us that was distracting. But combined with the fumes of beer-yesterday’s beer, as in hangover fumes – from the row behind us, our focus on the game gave-way temporarily to a vortex of olfactory voodoo. But wait – it’s Spring Training. Not to worry. That’s why we’re here. Closeness, intimacy, fun in...

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Amen Corner by Rick Smith

Posted on Apr 3, 2021 | 0 comments

April 24, 2019 By Rick Smit An adventure of a lifetime is something worth thinking about. There is, of course, our own lifetime adventure – we’re right in the middle of that one. But then, there are the lifetimes of others – those who came before or after us or right about the same time we did. Lifetime adventures share one thing in common: all have a beginning and an end. Individual journeys overlap, and time is...