PinnedKristie SchmidtSaudade**(pronounce the first d but the end sounds like the end of sausage)Aug 24, 2021Aug 24, 2021
Kristie SchmidtOnce More Unto to the Breach . . . NO Thank YouI want to proclaim, loudly and firmly and widely, that there will be no more online dating for me.Apr 28, 2023Apr 28, 2023
Kristie SchmidtYamaliI want you to know how incredible, resilient, smart, funny, kind, and brave one of my current college essay students is. I want you to know…Sep 23, 2022Sep 23, 2022
Kristie SchmidtPeninsulaThe narrow road to Ender’s Island twists and turns, weaving in and among trees at times as well as glacial grey boulders ranging in size…Sep 10, 2022Sep 10, 2022
Kristie SchmidtTwo Days After Dad Would Have Turned 92I don’t want to write about this, about how we had to install an additional air conditioner in my dad’s bedroom while he was dying because…Sep 10, 2022Sep 10, 2022
Kristie SchmidtThe MistakeI knew it was a mistake as I rode up the elevator. Upon entering, I plastered myself against its back wall as if to shore up my strength…Sep 4, 2022Sep 4, 2022
Kristie SchmidtOn Relationships and Shared Cultural References, Or Lack ThereofWhat could have been, should have been a typical courtship of a series of texts followed by a phone call or two and then a date, something…Sep 2, 20221Sep 2, 20221
Kristie SchmidtThat Time My Feet Smelled Like Popcorn“Do my feet smell like popcorn?” I recognized this ask was clearly above and beyond my assistant’s job description and might even be some…Sep 2, 2022Sep 2, 2022
Kristie SchmidtOn Toilets and IndignityI am driving home on Route 1, a two-lane road which goes from 35 mph closer to town to 55 mph along the more residential section. Between…Aug 29, 2022Aug 29, 2022