Charles
Petersmith.

Half Moon Bay, CA · est. 1980-something

  Screenwriter  ·  Playwright  ·  Filmmaker  ·  NASA  ·  Facebook  ·  Half Moon Bay  ·  Beekeeper  ·  Surfer  ·  Screenwriter  ·  Playwright  ·  Filmmaker  ·  NASA  ·  Facebook  ·  Half Moon Bay  ·  Beekeeper  ·  Surfer  ·  

Essays

Memoir2,081 DaysFrom Facebook orientation to the last day — what 5.7 years inside the machine actually felt like.
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EssayThe Year of ListeningGot laid off, lost friends, made new ones. Best year yet.
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EssayThe Year of KindnessTwo axes: more types of people, more deeply.
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MeditationFogRiding at night with a box of bees under one arm.
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Humor37 is WeirdOne of the ladies in the pool is staring at me with a strange look on her face.
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CraftA Meditation on PopcornFive minutes of full attention to the simplest of crafts.
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Screenplays & Plays

TV Series · Drama · Season 1 Complete

Do Not Go Gentle

A country musician chases the last song that matters while his marriage quietly falls apart.

Ten episodes. Set in Nashville and on the road. About the cost of obsession, the weight of tenderness, and what it means to stay.

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From the pilot

"He nods at Charlie, keeps playing. The band eases in to join him. It's not perfect, but it's starting to sound like more of a band."

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Videos

Iceland, February

7 min · 2024

Japan, Slowly

5 min · 2023

Pacific Coast, Home

8 min · 2023

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About

I spent years building big things, obsessed with moving fast — Facebook, NASA. Eventually I started asking what all that speed was in service of.

This page is about something else. I write, make films of my family's travels, keep bees, raise chickens, surf. The work here is about noticing — slowly, honestly, on purpose.