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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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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
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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.
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Mar 19, 2018
- 4 min
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...
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Mar 20, 2017
- 6 min
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
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Jan 23, 2017
- 5 min
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
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Jaime Pollard-Smith
- Nov 15, 2016
- 5 min
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."
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