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    "Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything. Maybe it's about unbecoming everything that isn't really you so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place."  - Unknown

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    City of Rocks
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Sep 13, 2021
    • 2 min

    City of Rocks

    Patient, plodding, a green skin growing over whatever winter did to us, a return to the strange idea of continuous living despite the...
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    Radical Revisionist
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Aug 2, 2021
    • 3 min

    Radical Revisionist

    Oh no no no You just gotta let that old story go You just gotta let that good river flow into your heart It's a start Trevor Hall, “The...
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    Drum Roll Please: Yes, I've Changed
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    Drum Roll Please: Yes, I've Changed

    “People look at you strange, say you changed. Like you worked that hard to stay the same.” Jay-Z This one time at a drum journey… If I...
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    No Bad Days
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 12, 2021
    • 3 min

    No Bad Days

    I never have a bad day. And while that statement sounds like an obnoxious brag, it’s true. You might think the pandemic, separation,...
    166 views2 comments
    Half Ass Environmentalist
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 5, 2021
    • 4 min

    Half Ass Environmentalist

    “No one motorist can cause a traffic jam. But no traffic jam can exist without individual motorists. We are stuck in traffic because we...
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    Perky Pollard
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Mar 29, 2021
    • 2 min

    Perky Pollard

    Hey! Enneagram 7 here. The enthusiastic visionary. I’m supposed to be uplifting, a light bringer, an eternal optimist. Jazz Hands Jaime....
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    Delight Muscle
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Mar 22, 2021
    • 3 min

    Delight Muscle

    It didn’t take me long to learn that the discipline or practice of writing these essays occasioned a kind of delight radar. Or maybe it...
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    How I Became A Sponsored Athlete
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Mar 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    How I Became A Sponsored Athlete

    “I really think you need to do the Open this year, Mom. It would be good for you.” My son is nothing if not persistent. For the last...
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    Sitting by the Door
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Mar 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    Sitting by the Door

    Fifteen years ago I met one of my best friends, Robin, in New York City at an Irish pub. We were there with our dates who happened to be...
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    In Her Corner
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Jun 10, 2020
    • 5 min

    In Her Corner

    In Her Corner will be a space where other voices can “come home” to share their story. It will be a soft place to land where listeners gathe
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    Black Lives Matter
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Jun 3, 2020
    • 0 min

    Black Lives Matter

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    A Place of Love
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • May 27, 2020
    • 2 min

    A Place of Love

    This statement has become part of my mantra for the past month. It is a quick test to gauge my intentions. Spending more time in close proxi
    63 views0 comments
    EVERY TREE IS THE FOREST
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • May 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    EVERY TREE IS THE FOREST

    These poetic words swirled in my mind this week. Cries and protests erupt as angry citizens come to blows over the rights of individuals, an
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    It Would Not Happen To My Son
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • May 13, 2020
    • 3 min

    It Would Not Happen To My Son

    It might not happen to my son, but it happened to her son.
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    J'aime La Vie: Kathy Izard
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • May 6, 2020
    • 11 min

    J'aime La Vie: Kathy Izard

    Introduction I first learned about this month’s guest several years ago through her book, The Hundred Story Home. A good friend chose...
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    Time Traveler
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 3 min

    Time Traveler

    Traveling backwards lets me control the narrative— my take on the storyline. This very control is what I am practicing releasing on a daily
    92 views0 comments
    The Shimmer Of Didion's Light
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 22, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Shimmer Of Didion's Light

    If reading is in my inhale and writing is my exhale, I think I have been holding my breath for the past month.
    111 views1 comment
    Befriend Yourself
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 15, 2020
    • 3 min

    Befriend Yourself

    “Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.” -Eleanor Roosevelt...
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    Love Thy Neighbor
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 6, 2020
    • 3 min

    Love Thy Neighbor

    Mother Teresa said if you want to change the world, go home and love your family. Yes, let’s go home to love our family, and let’s stay home
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    J'aime La Vie: Amber Rosintoski Doty
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 4 min

    J'aime La Vie: Amber Rosintoski Doty

    Introduction When I first conceived the idea for this project, I knew it had to be her. She had to be the leading lady. She is a magic...
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