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Paco and I

RICHIE SMITH About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Search for: About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Paco and I  I had the word “outpatient,” embroidered on my jersey, though I never felt sick.He was Paco, a nickname he earned within the first week of school, an...

A Strange Kind of Swim

RICHIE SMITH About Writing Blog Media Links Contact Search for: About Writing Blog Media Links Contact A Strange Kind of Swim It’s time to swim but the class is held in a substitute pool.One of those pools with a plastic liner.  It feels artificial. Too urban...

Opening Up

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...