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

EssayThe Year of PlayTaking play seriously through a hard year — and watching his kids invent their own games.
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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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MemoirThe Year of KindnessTwo axes: kind to more forms of life, and 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 / Crime · Season 1

Blink

A gifted street magician scraping by in Vancouver is recruited by a mysterious woman with darker uses for her sleight of hand.

The pilot, "Han Shot First," plus a full season. About talent, family, misdirection, and the pull of a life you're not allowed to ask questions about.

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From the pilot

"I like you, but either way we will not be friends. This is business. Good night."

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Videos

Summer '26 — BC Roadtrip

2026

Summer '25

2025

Summer '24 — BC + Alberta

2024

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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.