Category: hope and imagination
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On Mountain Biking and Trying Again
I remember lying on my back, looking up through tree branches. Leaves crunched under me, and my new mountain bike lay on top of me. It was not a promising beginning. In fact, it was a broken rib. Painful as the injury felt, I actually found it a bit comforting. This fracture gave me a…
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Waiting is…
“I feel like I’ve been doing a lot of waiting lately. Maybe you’ve felt something like that, too. For one thing, I’m waiting for the pandemic to end. I know I’m not alone in that. We’re waiting for days when friends can gather without a second thought. We’re waiting to get safely back to work…
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A Simple Word
If you were to choose a word to describe the year ahead of you, what would it be? Many of us are in the habit of looking ahead as a new year approaches. Gym membership discounts, diet plans, new year’s resolutions – there’s an assumption that it’s valuable to make choices about a new year…
About the author
Callie J. Smith writes about women who, like her, are finding themselves. Her essays and cozy fiction (contemporary and fantasy) explore everyday things like hope, creativity, and grief.
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