A Rallying Cry!
A rallying cry or rallying call is something such as a word or phrase, an event, or a belief which encourages people to unite and to act...
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thekeithesmith
- Nov 12, 2023
- 2 min
Seasons of Life
It’s fall in my part of the world, and the Earth is showing off its beauty in vivid colors. There’s something exciting about the changing...
thekeithesmith
- Jul 8, 2023
- 4 min
The Wild & Unruly Path to a Dream
Me and my trusty car (The Red Rocket) have traveled more than 80K miles and 26 states together. I wonder, as I write this, if anyone...
thekeithesmith
- Oct 6, 2021
- 4 min
Storyteller Series: The Matriarch of Vega
If you’ve followed my nomadic journey for long, you’ve heard of Vega, Texas. Situated about thirty-five miles west of Amarillo, Vega is a...
thekeithesmith
- Jun 20, 2021
- 6 min
Storyteller Series: Ghost Town Adventures!
What is it about ghost towns that captures our interest and curiosity? Maybe there were famous people who once lived there, or perhaps...
thekeithesmith
- May 5, 2021
- 2 min
Dahlia DeWinters, Writer
What kind of writing do you do? I started out in 2011 as a romance writer, but since then have branched into historical fiction, horror,...
thekeithesmith
- Apr 28, 2021
- 5 min
Storyteller Series: A Messenger From Brazil
July 24, 2019. Nearly two months into my new life as a nomad writer. I left my home state of Kentucky on June 1, traveled through...
thekeithesmith
- Apr 25, 2021
- 4 min
David Stoner, Writer
What kind of writing do you do? I am primarily a fiction writer. My short stories have a wide range of topics and themes. My novel, The...
thekeithesmith
- Apr 14, 2021
- 5 min
Storyteller Series: A Stranger in a Colorado Mining Town
By the time I arrived in Creede, Colorado in July of 2019, I’d already driven more than 10k miles on my nomadic journey. Finally, I was...
thekeithesmith
- Apr 13, 2021
- 2 min
Lorenzo Vasquez III, Screenwriter
What kind of writing do you do? I’m primarily a screenwriter, but I’ve written opinion columns, essays, and short stories. I typically...
thekeithesmith
- Apr 8, 2021
- 5 min
Storyteller Series: The Santa Fe Scooby-Doo
There’s still so much of the United States I haven’t seen, but I’m grateful for the states I’ve visited. One of my favorite places has to...
thekeithesmith
- Apr 1, 2021
- 4 min
Storyteller Series: The Sopapilla Man
Back in 2019, I passed through the Texas Panhandle twice. The first time I was on my way to Colorado, where I staid in a Rocky Mountain...
thekeithesmith
- Mar 30, 2021
- 3 min
Storyteller Series: More Than Coffee
It was 6am, and I was pulling up to yet another coffee shop. This time in Tyler, Texas. I went in for coffee, preparing myself for the...
thekeithesmith
- Mar 24, 2021
- 4 min
Storyteller Series: The Santa Fe Busker
When I left my home state of Kentucky back in 2019, I hit the open road with dreams of going to places I’d never been, and seeing things...
thekeithesmith
- Mar 11, 2021
- 3 min
A Light In the Darkness
Unprecedented. Historical. New normal. We’ve heard these descriptions for the past year of our lives ad nauseam. True as they may be,...
thekeithesmith
- Jan 11, 2021
- 4 min
Truth, In the Eyes of a Child
For two days I’ve wanted to write about the feelings swirling through my heart and mind, but every time I sat down to do it I would get...
thekeithesmith
- Nov 29, 2020
- 7 min
Alone & Living In a Pandemic World: A Drifter’s Hold on Mental Health
Drifter, vagabond, nomad, rambler, and the list goes on. People living as I am are called many things. I lay claim to no particular...
thekeithesmith
- Nov 2, 2020
- 4 min
Earned Simplicity
“I want to live a simple life.” You’ve heard the phrase, and you may have even said it before, but what does it mean? What is a simple...
thekeithesmith
- Oct 13, 2020
- 3 min
Balancing the Mystical and the Material
In her book, Just Kids, Patti Smith penned these beautiful words, “The artist seeks contact with his intuitive sense of the gods, but in...
thekeithesmith
- Sep 7, 2020
- 6 min
15 Months In: Writer on the Road
It’s kind of funny. I’m a writer and I’ve written hundreds of thousands of words in the last few years, yet when I sit down to write this...
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