by Charlene Adams | Jan 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
It was a transition year. You know, the first Christmas, when you get underpants in your stocking instead of twenty-five feet of emulsified corn syrup, rolled up with a fun fruity name? Toys and trinkets no longer have the power to wake you at 4:00 in the...
by Charlene Adams | Dec 10, 2019 | Uncategorized
The local hardware store, now that’s where you’ll find a deal on Christmas trees. Sure! You’re flying blind on the whole first thing to look for is a straight trunk routine. And maybe a gap or three in the belly of the tree, but hey…show of hands from those...
by Charlene Adams | Oct 30, 2019 | Uncategorized
She stood at the edge of the jagged cement slab. The edges were chewed and chipped and stacked in giant Jenga fashion, teetering on the brink of collapse. Nine o’clock in the morning had never felt so overwhelming and exposed. Her eyes, wide with knowing and blank...
by Charlene Adams | Oct 5, 2019 | Uncategorized
Spicy cinnamon scents of the season nearly shame us into draping our being and abode in orange, brown, and moody maroon. Nervous breezes tease the leaves taunting them to hold tight while they still have a chance. What is it about October that keeps...
by Charlene Adams | Sep 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
She looked…well, perhaps a little undone, in the opinion of most. Her hair tousled and haphazardly hand-smoothed away from her thin face. No theme or reasoning just a take-it-or-leave-it style. Loose-fitting, loud patterned pants struggled with the paired...
by Charlene Adams | Jun 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
What’s that – do I have a favorite child? Well sure! Depending on the day, deed or just because, I convince each one of my four children, in a cross-your-heart-don’t-tell-the others sort of way, that he or she is forever my favorite. Short lived and worth...
