You Could Make This Place Beautiful

by Maggie Smith

Setting is not just where I am, it’s who I am and what I am and why. It’s not just where I live, it’s how I live.

There is joy in surprising oneself.

A scar tells a story, a very short story about pain, injury, healing—what so much great literature is about. A scar is concise communication.

This is a story about magical thinking, but magical thinking only gets you so far.