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Donald E. Smith Ph.D
Donald Smith is a retired high school principal and university instructor. He holds BA, MA, and PhD degrees in education. He has been married to his wife, Joy, for sixty-five years. They have two c...view moreDonald Smith is a retired high school principal and university instructor. He holds BA, MA, and PhD degrees in education. He has been married to his wife, Joy, for sixty-five years. They have two children, Kathy and Michael, five grandchildren, and seven great-grandchildren. He volunteers as a long-term care ombudsman with the Agency on Aging and works part-time as a standardized patient in local medical schools. He has traveled to fifty-two countries since 1970 as a teacher, tour guide, and voyeur. He is the author of six previous books. He has experienced far more than he understands.
This is my first attempt at writing short stories. I've been told that it might be the most difficult of genres. The entire premise of what one wants to relate must be compressed into something brief enough to be classified as being "short." Plot and characters must be developed without excessive or flowery prose.
It's, also, my first attempt at fiction. Five of my other six books were non-fiction and the other one was poetry. I call the following stories fiction, but, in reality, they are a mixture of both fact and fiction. Some are purely fiction. And, some are mostly fact with an embellishment of fiction added for texture. It's incumbent upon the reader to determine which one is which. It shouldn't matter.
Some stories are based loosely upon my career in education. Some are based upon those random slices of the lives that all of us experience. A third group defies categorization.view less