"Witty, wise, and wonderful." --SUZANNE LAURION "Dick tells it like it is, realistically presenting life's issues with which we are all confronted and in doing so helps us deal with reality, adding a touch of grace and humor." --L. BARRY PHELPS, Assoc. Professor Emeritus The Pennsylvania State University "Dick's writings touch spots that have been dormant for so long, we forgot we had them." --EILEEN DUNKLE "The first pieces I read when our community's monthly newsletter and Writer's Quarterly come out are Dick's contributions. I never know whether I'll meet Dick the poet, the essayist, the philosopher, the humorist, the storyteller or a combination of these. What I do know is that I will find a relevant message for my life even when delivered in jest.

The same is true for his recent books, Once upon a Christmas and Life after Eighty. As I read his works, I feel as though I'm in the middle of a conversation with a friend, and I look forward to the insight as well as the joy the conversation will provide." --Susan R. Moore "Dick Smith's simple approach to subjects that are generally familiar to me has a great way of keeping things in perspective. His words make me more appreciative of my own life and values over the past eighty-five years." --Bill Moore "All of those who share bittersweet memories of joys long past will find ourselves reveling in Dick Smith's refulgent poetry." --Jo Williams "The prose and poetry of Dick Smith warms the heart and nourishes the soul. His words are a joy to read and reread.

" --Robert Leonard "Dick tells it like it is, realistically presenting life's issues with which we are all confronted and in doing so helps us deal with reality, adding a touch of grace and humor." --L. Barry Phelps, Assoc. Professor Emeritus, The Pennsylvania State University "Dick Smith, friend, neighbor and keen observer of things human. With his word processor, a pallet of everyday words and in Normal Rockwell style, he magically paints the every day things of life and how we humans react to them. In his poems, stories and observations, everyone can discover their friends, family and themselves." --Matty Matheson, Bradenton, Fl.