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Jaime Pollard-Smith

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...

Jaime Pollard-Smith

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

Jaime Pollard-Smith

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

Jaime Pollard-Smith

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.

Jaime Pollard-Smith

Sensoria is for Everyone!

“What starves pain, what forces it to release its grip, is speech, the voice upon which rides the story, this is what happened; this is...

Jaime Pollard-Smith

Making It Right

“She didn’t know how to fix herself….” -Bryn Chancellor, Sycamore I love the idea that we find in a book what we need to see or hear at...

Jaime Pollard-Smith

The Other Side

"We can strive for a whole that is greater than a part. When we relinquish our human instinct to blame and point an accusatory finger a

Jaime Pollard-Smith

Join the Club

How is reading a sign of a life well-lived? Discussing books involves talking about the world, life and our role as human beings. We explore

Jaime Pollard-Smith

A Pilgrimage from Pouting to Presence

"Each new person I take time to come in contact with has the potential to leave a lasting brick in the wall of me."

UNBECOMING