The Courage to Live It

Why I Haven't Been Here So Much

Well, it’s been a minute.

Oct 23 • 

Shawn Smucker

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September 2025

On Escaping the Cumulative Effect of All These Maladies

I had a dream the other night that I had somehow escaped all of these minor, pesky, getting-older ailments, recovered a 25-year-old version of myself…

Sep 26 • 

Shawn Smucker

66

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August 2025

I Can See It Now

We sit and talk together for the third night in a row and there are two college students and two high school students and two elementary students and…

Aug 22 • 

Shawn Smucker

69

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Now It Feels More Like Eternity

It’s one of those gray August days when you can just about believe in autumn again.

Aug 8 • 

Shawn Smucker

61

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July 2025

June 2025

May 2025

I Can't Stop Making Up Stories

On a Novel I'm Sharing One Week at a Time and Why

May 23 • 

Shawn Smucker

31

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Being Grumpy and Grateful All At Once

And a new project you're welcome to follow along on, if you'd like...

May 16 • 

Shawn Smucker

49

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Speaking of 50...

Speaking of 50, on Sunday evening we celebrated my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary by inviting a ton of their friends and family to meet up with us…

May 2 • 

Shawn Smucker

41

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April 2025

A Box of Ashes

The contractors saw and sand and hammer in our basement, an ongoing symphony, while I try to take a Zoom call.

Apr 16 • 

Shawn Smucker

62

9

This is Your Dream Job, Right?

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Apr 8 • 

Shawn Smucker

14

The Price of a Book

“How much does this book cost?” a customer

Apr 1 • 

Shawn Smucker

81

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