Matt SmytheMay 17, 20133 minDEAR ALASKA(fp note: since this piece was published as my submission to the TU Blogger Tour competition, I was selected by a panel of magazine edito...
Matt SmytheMay 8, 20131 minEVERYDAY. A HAIKU.live and live bigger there is no dying even when we are long dead
Matt SmytheFeb 4, 20131 min1.6 MILES FROM LAGUARDIAautomatic traffic planes whine below city sound city life even in almost single-digit daylight still busy full moving this is Friday anot...
Matt SmytheJan 30, 20132 minFUGGEDDABOUDITHi, my name is Matt and I like trade shows. True — I have not ridden an entire seasonal circuit (or two or ten) in a booth as an exhibito...
Matt SmytheJan 20, 20131 minDARK MOUNTAIN MORNINGA chalkboard on the front porch of the general store in the small Adirondack hamlet that our cabin is loosely associated with had the for...
Matt SmytheDec 2, 20121 minHUNTING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAYyesterday evening I sat where I sit now waiting for whitetails to materialize snow was falling and geese filled the graying skies s...
Matt SmytheOct 24, 20121 minIN PRAISE OF SMALL WATERThere is a constant truth in these waters. Their direction and existence an age-old story told whether one or many or none listens. I...
Matt SmytheOct 17, 20123 minOUR THOUSAND MILESI was elected and served a two-year term on the Canandaigua City Council back in 2009. My decision to run was based on my need to not onl...
Matt SmytheSep 15, 20123 minRISING IN THE DARKWe were only two full days into our 10 day trip, but I felt as though we’d been in camp for weeks. It could be the comfort and confidence...
Matt SmytheAug 27, 20121 minSINGING HAPPY BIRTHDAY IN A MISSISSIPPI JUKEIn grad school I was working on a poetry manuscript about the Mississippi Delta Blues. Two roadtrips from Virginia rolled me through Memp...
Matt SmytheAug 14, 20121 minFILM PROJECT: A DELIBERATE LIFEWe’re going back to Idaho. By “we” I mean Grant Taylor and me, plus a few others. To say that last year’s trip was a profound experience ...
Matt SmytheJul 13, 20121 minTHE TARPON AND THE DAMAGE DONE6:30 a.m. skiff running wide open and silent but for the already warm racing wind sun starting its upward creep steady growing fire and o...
Matt SmytheJun 18, 20124 minGROWING UP BRAVEA shorter version of this story originally appeared in the Summer ’12 issue of Canandaigua Magazine. I could have called someplace else h...
Matt SmytheJun 12, 20121 minON HAVING REACHED THE KEYSIslamorada, I’m here and everything about you is foreign to me. Timeless retro hotel and diner and marina signs. Languid, saronged women ...
Matt SmytheMay 29, 20121 minLET IT LANGUISH. I DON’T MUCH CARE.It was a typical Memorial Day weekend. Painting, yard work, porch-step repair, cleaning out the barn, some father-son-son fishing and, of...
Matt SmytheMay 24, 20124 minBALANCECam Smythe was many years and many miles from his small-town childhood in the woods and water of Upstate NY. The quick smile, quiet confi...
Matt SmytheMay 18, 20123 minTHE GIFT OF MEMORYMy grandma Doris passed away in ’93. I was 19 and stationed in Erlangen Germany, but happened to be on a month-long mission in the UK clo...