Byline: Peter Schmidt

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.”

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Princeton Mime Club

After thirty years, one student revives the Princeton Mime Club

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The Strand

“My fellow Americans…”

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Dregs

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

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With Our Thoughts We Make the World

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

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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?”

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#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.”

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Poor River

“Although the river and its people share the past, on this afternoon, the burden seems unevenly placed. The man whose socks are drying on the concrete can rest in peace knowing that his story has ended.”

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Solstice Day

“Even the men, titillated by the brown bags of charcoal, pocketed their lighters and followed her instructions.”

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Ruins of Our Time

Conteplating human extinction

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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.

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The Real Deal

Who said pen pals couldn’t be best friends?

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