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Crayola Confessions: Part II

RICHIE SMITH About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Search for: About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Crayola Confessions: Part II Recently, on National Crayon Day, Crayola announced the official retirement of the “Dandelion” crayon....

Cupid’s Arrow: Love Your Heart Month

RICHIE SMITH About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Search for: About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Cupid’s Arrow: Love Your Heart Month “February is American Heart Month,” an exsanguinating man tells me while we’re standing on line in the ER. “You’ve got to...

The Distillation of Dad

RICHIE SMITH About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Search for: About Writing Blog Media Links Contact The Distillation of Dad Years before he began to wither and weaken from Parkinsonism, my father told me that after he started working as a chemical engineer, he went...

Ghosts on a Path

RICHIE SMITH About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Search for: About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Ghosts on a Path There was a time when I drove to work or did something more daring like skiing down a mountain, I always saw my parents on either side of...