Patti Smith

We go on in an hour. Just saying hello and sending good energy to all. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com/subscribe

Well I’m too beat to pack. I will set the alarm early. Here’s a few pictures. Have good dreams everyone. I will see you from New York…. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com...

Good morning everyone. Hello from rainy San Francisco. I fell asleep as I was preparing to post this. I’m not going to look at it as it might be wretched. You asked me not to delete so here it is. Now I must stumble into the rain with an umbrella of course and find morning coffee!! See you soon. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free...

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On my way to Town Hall. Sending a smile and a wave. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com/subscribe

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Hello everyone, Happy to be back, just saying hello and figuring the future. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com/subscribe

Hello everyone, We flew from Oslo to Paris. From light snow to light rain. We played the Olympia last night. One can sense the ghosts of Piaf and Jim Morrison there. I am resting today, a bit tired but our jobs have been great, or rather the people have been great. I will be returning to New York soon. I will be signing all your pre-orders in the U.S. as promised. I’m supposed to receive my first...

Hello everyone, I had a technical difficulty so I am resending. Here are a few pictures with many good wishes. I will see you soon…. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com/su...

Hello everyone, I wanted to send a few catch up photos from Dublin. The first days were filled with wind and rain, and a wild storm which I greatly appreciated, as I have a fondness for storms. The full moon was also approaching so there was a collision of several natural factors that caused me to pace about like an old mama wolf. Then a shift to mild wind over the Irish Sea. I read a new translat...

I had no idea there was a child’d drawing of the Liberty Bell at the bottom of the box. What a wonderful surprise. Happy to share the happy moment of discovery with you all. Take care, see you tomorrow…… This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscr...

Hello everybody, Well that was a bit convoluted. I think it’s because I feel weird when I seem to be doing a book commercial but then again it may be useful for some of you. I am also still on a terrible sleep schedule. But I just got back Sunday. New York was a traffic and security mess because of the United Nations Summit. Although it took some time convincing security I needed to see my dentist...

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The Drunken BoatAs I was going down impassive rivers,I no longer felt myself guided by haulers! Yelping redskins had taken them as targets,And had nailed them naked to colored stakes. I was indifferent to all crews,The bearer of Flemish wheat or English cottons,When with my haulers this uproar stopped,The Rivers let me go where I wanted. Into the furious lashing of the tides,More heedless than chi...

Hello everyone, My guitar is out of tune, the strings are dead and it hurt to play, my voice is hoarse, yet the air quality today is very good and I feel lucky to be alive. This offering, however flawed, delivered in late afternoon with a heavy heart, is for the hostages, the children, the land polluted by bombs, the Palestinian people, and the journalists, a lifeline to truth, who died in a make-...

Good evening everyone. While I was downloading the video I accidentally dozed off. So I guess it’s time to brush my teeth wash my face and turn in. All blessings upon the suffering, all hopes for the innocent. May everyone have a good night and wake with positive energy. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith...

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Below is the awning of the historic Caffe Greco. May it survive!! The book is Divided Soul, The Life of Gogol by Henri Troyat. Happy August to all. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith....

Yesterday I had a brief stop in beautiful Florence. Beneath the Medici Chapels there is a small, once hidden space once occupied by Michelangelo. After viewing his massive works it is interesting to imagine him occupying for a time such limited space. Apparently he was hiding from authorities during a particularly tumultuous political time in the region. The walls of his self imposed prison are co...

Below are a few sights in the beautiful city of Prague. More to come from our German tour. I have many pictures to send as well as all good wishes…..As promised here is the new entrance to my international website: pattismith-fugalfox.de/ This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd lik...

A few pictures and a smile…. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com/subscribe

We need to clarify Alice. Good thing this post is for free. This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com/subscribe

The small clay ball is actually called the Sphere of Generosity. Spheres of Generosity…… This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com/subscribe

Hello everyone, It was heartening to hear from so many of you in my last post. I really loved hearing where you were writing from, connecting with so many unexpected places. Today I reported on the happy woes of the writer. I suspect many of you are writers, secretly or openly, so I thought it good to share a source of potential misery for of all writers. I am now going to take a long walk, which...

Saying hello from Nw York City. Where are you? This Substack is reader-supported. To receive new posts and support the work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit pattismith.substack.com/subscribe