Posts by Seth Adam Smith

Our Cupcake Wedding Cake

Kim and I wanted our wedding cake to be unique (unique like our wedding announcement). Plus, I wanted the cake[…]

Seeing the Savior in Crime and Punishment

At age 27, long before he would become the titan of Russian literature, Fyodor Dostoevsky was sentenced to four years[…]

An American Founding Mother – Phillis Wheatley

Kidnapped and sold into slavery at age ten, Phillis Wheatley overcame tremendous disadvantages and became the first African American to[…]

CHOOSING Abundance

“Both abundance and lack [of abundance] exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice[…]

Temple Sealings and the Empty Jar

The Empty Jar and Temple Sealings

While my wife and I appreciated all of the many gifts, cards, and well wishes that we received at our[…]

Refinishing a Solid Oak Dining Table

I found it in our storage shed last September: a dining table of solid oak. It has been in our family[…]

Redemption in "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" and "The Scarlet Letter"

Although separated by an ocean, several decades, and completely different audiences, it is remarkable how strikingly similar Thomas Hardy’s Tess[…]

ANASAZI and WE

“You know, Seth,” my dad hesitated. “Maybe you should go to ANASAZI as a SinaguaWalker.” “What?” I said, frantically trying[…]