Laura Smith Writer

Author: mslauraasmith

  • Perché

    “Have you been writing?” Four words, and the answer a sheepish “not really.” Hence the post, a post that has no agenda, no theme, no direction. But for me the very act of writing brings me great joy, so why haven’t I been indulging? I could list my excuses here; maybe even provide you with…

  • Likely Story

    We humans have been telling stories ever since we rose from the “primordial ooze.” The caves of Lascaux in the Pyrenees Mountains hold some of the earliest examples, drawings on the cave walls, some 17,000 years old. Humans thrive on story, from reading to television to gossip, we are walking histories. We like to think…

  • The Great Blush Revealed: Adventures in Humility

    “Humility” has always been a concept that I have had a hard time grasping. What exactly does it mean? The online dictionary says that it is “the quality or condition of being humble (modest, inferior or respectful); modest opinion or estimate of one’s own importance, rank, etc.” It goes on to state the synonyms: lowliness, meekness or submissiveness. The antonym is pride.   I can go down the road to humility by being modest,…

  • God 301 Intensive

    The move is complete, I am settling into a beautiful new home and I am grateful. Most of the boxes are unpacked and I am slipping into a new routine. I look out the window at the mist sinking down onto the mountain, my Christmas tree is nestled into the bay window and a water…

  • Moving…

    I haven’t written much lately as I have been getting ready to move after Thanksgiving. It hasn’t been altogether that difficult however, because I had started the process of purging after my son left for college. My empty nest syndrome manifested in a psychotic obsessive need to get rid of everything I haven’t been using.…

  • The Light at the End of the Tunnel

    A brilliant man said today, “there is always a light at the end of every tunnel.” So many times I forget as I am experiencing strife, that I always come out of that difficulty and into the light. However I can always choose to stay in the tunnel, to stay in the darkness or the…

  • Oh no, I'm a control freak

    but I am horrible at it, in much the same way as a dog does not make a good cat, sorbet just doesn’t cut it as ice cream or mosquitoes do not make loving house pets. I love order from chaos, but I tend to control that which is not in my power to control.…

  • And they appeared, as if by magic

    Autumn has slipped in, the leaves are already changing here in the Berkshires. This morning I took to the Appalachian Trail for the first time in a few weeks, and it was like slipping into a different world. Birch leaves covered the trail, roots seemed to have sprung (my feet had forgotten where they were.)…