by Richie Smith | Nov 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
RICHIE SMITH About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Search for: About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Sol and Ida, The Chief and I It’s Sunday in a school yard. Mostly empty on a cool May day. It’s Red Hook, in Brooklyn.Ida is lounging on a bench, trying to...
by Richie Smith | Oct 31, 2020 | Covid-19, Dreams, Dreams from the Pandemic
RICHIE SMITH About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Search for: About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Animals on a Bridge (more dreams from an NYC writer, inspired by the pandemic) It’s night time and I’m driving my family. The...
by Richie Smith | Jun 15, 2020 | Covid-19
RICHIE SMITH About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Search for: About Writing Blog Media Links Contact My COVID-19 They close the gym and soon after my muscles get sore: neck and back.Then low grade fever. Low grade.One morning in fourth grade I woke up with an aching...
by Richie Smith | Apr 30, 2020 | Covid-19, Memoir
RICHIE SMITH About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Search for: About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Milano Terminus It was only fairly recently that I saw the opera, Puccini’s Tosca for the first time. It was in my home town, New York City.Near the end, Tosca’s...
by Richie Smith | Apr 18, 2020 | Covid-19, Dreams
I’m in transition, changing locations during an important part of my life. It’s between jobs. Between education. Between states. Things are closing and things are opening. Society is changing and I can’t keep up with it. In the beginning I have to give up...
