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The Strand

“My fellow Americans…”

by Peter Schmidt on February 26, 2017

Crossroads

Vision as a miracle; roadkill as one too, maybe.

by Peter Schmidt on February 18, 2018February 18, 2018

Open Letter

“I hardly believe that I am the first to bring this to your attention, but I feel compelled by my allegiance to our university’s mission to ask: why don’t we spend more time talking about dinosaurs?”

by Peter Schmidt on April 23, 2017July 20, 2017

Living History

Amidst the empty pews and graying hair, she is proof that, while the story she tells may be hidden, it is still very much alive.

by Peter Schmidt on February 19, 2017February 19, 2017

God’s Clown

“Will Frost— “gods clown,” blue-grass harmonic player, certified mid-wife, UC Berkeley graduate and Abraham Lincoln look-alike—sits on the bench outside Small World Coffee eating a bagel with grape jelly.”

by Peter Schmidt on April 14, 2017July 20, 2017

With Our Thoughts We Make the World

Watching Werner Herzog’s Lo and Behold while reading the Dhammapada.

by Peter Schmidt on December 11, 2016

Off to the Races

“I had no time to consider their relative merits because, at that moment, Mr. Discipline barked “Begin!” and we were off to the races.”

by Peter Schmidt on April 2, 2017April 8, 2017

Ruins of Our Time

Conteplating human extinction

by Peter Schmidt on September 26, 2016

And Love of Unseen Things

A profile of a gardener on Princeton’s campus.

by Peter Schmidt on February 23, 2020February 25, 2020

#Nassau #Weekly #NassauWeekly

“We’d love to have you on our team! Don’t think of it as working for the Nass; think of it as letting the Nass work for you.”

by Peter Schmidt on April 9, 2017July 20, 2017

An Alcohol.edu Love Story

“Because the last time we parted ways
Was in the upstairs lobby of McCosh.”

by Peter Schmidt on March 5, 2017March 4, 2017

Dregs

“But with Mrs. Ashbury, Gregg was different. He showed her a care that she never seemed to reciprocate, even when she paid him.”

by Peter Schmidt on October 20, 2019October 19, 2019


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