Susan Arnout Smith

September’s theme for Word/Smith is ‘Bravery', which comes in a dazzling array of sizes. A friend sent me a photo this week I haven’t seen in about forty years. While an Alaska native, I’d grown up Outside and one day…

Isn’t it about time? Are you ready yet?  Buckle up, this issue of Word/Smith  is all about PLAY: the science., mechanics and sheer fun of it. If you haven’t subscribed yet to Word/Smith, you can press the link here. It’s…

A few words this July about Freedom, our theme for Word/Smith this month.   [caption id="attachment_939" align="alignleft" width="300"] Eugene and Marie Weschenfelder, their dog, Fritzi, and their homesteaded land, Spuhn Island[/caption] This one’s a shout-out, a lovenote, to my immigrant…

It’s June and we’ve had a difficult May, all of us.  Word/Smith this month is about Graduation.   Synthesizing what we’ve learned, and when possible, honoring our experience and celebrating the moments to come. Perhaps during the heartbreaking events of the…

First, I need to say, I send compassion to those out of work, in pain or hungry, the ones afraid they could lose their homes, or even worse, a loved one, to this terrible and awful thing.  Or already have.…

Once upon a time, in a place far away when the words ‘social distancing’ had never come into play, my husband and I attended a gathering.  The place and time isn’t important, nor is the nature of the group. I…

Our avowed aim every month is to fling some Light. Just that. A small piece, yes, but in a world with so many anxious, worried hearts, a worthy one. We were almost ready to ‘go to post’ with March’s newsletter,…

A month…? Really? A twelfth of this year has already wheeled past and vanished into snips—the tiniest of memories and moments. Our lives are small in this immense, mysterious galaxy, and yet infinitely powerful. And big. The bigness comes every…

Why not? As this year ends and a new decade begins, I want to thank those of you I know personally, and those known by me only online. Your encouragement, ideas and positive light in this world help inspire people…

I’m happy to report that I was able to play a small part as an executive producer in the production of a new documentary: James Hubbell: Between Heaven and Earth.   First, a note about James. No, he’s not connected…