Cheryl Charles

I have a mouse scream. It’s not one of those cute girly ones like in the movies or the cartoons.

I am an unabashed gadget lover.  I’m not sure why, but silly little inventions that are supposed to make common

Are you aware that almost 95 percent of demonstrations for the Black Lives Matter movement have been peaceful? If you

I’m probably seventh or eighth generation American. My 97-year-old mother’s grandfather — which means he was my great-grandfather — was

Yesterday we put our daughter on a plane, heading back to the midwest for her final year of college. She

For all you non-mask-wearing, don’t-tread-on-me, patriotism-not-tyranny Karens, Kens, Beckys, Chads, and maybe an occasional Tyrone or Tamika (although I haven’t

We are now halfway through 2020. What started out as a sad political exercise in obfuscation and obstruction (known nostalgically

In case you missed it, another black man was shot and killed by police last week. This time, video evidence

When I was about 8½ months pregnant with my now college-aged daughter, I remember one day looking in the mirror,

The kitchen trash can in my house is filled up and has to be taken out to the barrels every

As we sit pondering this pandemic, we’re all looking for something to compare it to, something that has happened before

Way back in the 20th century, there was a movie called “I was a Teenage Frankenstein.” Coming only five months

By now we’ve all discovered who the real MVPs in our society are, have we not? If you’re parents with

I’ve been listening, for a couple of months at least, to Whitney Houston and Kygo’s cover of Steve Winwood’s “Higher