Charles: We can’t be satisfied with crumbs By Cheryl Charles | April 21, 2021 5:43 PM A large portion of the American citizenry exhaled in relief after former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was found guilty
Charles: My love-hate relationship By Cheryl Charles | April 7, 2021 8:10 PM A week or so ago, my husband and I found ourselves both at home on a day off together, with
Cheryl Charles: Appreciating a friend I never met By Cheryl Charles | March 28, 2021 7:37 PM This past Friday night, minutes after we had put the Saturday morning edition to bed, I got a notification from
Cheryl Charles: Appreciating a friend I never met By Cheryl Charles | March 28, 2021 2:07 PM This past Friday night, minutes after we had put the Saturday morning edition to bed, I got a notification from
Charles: This normal isn’t worth returning to By Cheryl Charles | March 24, 2021 7:36 PM When I was single, and volunteering at a children’s daycare center, I came across a book called Alexander and the
We’re more than just these 28 days By Cheryl Charles | February 24, 2021 6:51 PM Black History Month is coming to a close. This is that time of the year when we celebrate the Black
Service with a side of surliness By Cheryl Charles | February 12, 2021 4:59 PM A few days ago, I stopped in at the U.S. post office branch along Route 1A in Revere near the
Charles: We didn’t know what we didn’t know By Cheryl Charles | February 10, 2021 6:18 PM Last year about this time, my beau and I (married going on 23 years then) headed to New York for
What pronouns do you use? By Cheryl Charles | January 27, 2021 3:51 PM “You should add your pronouns to your Twitter profile,” my Generation Z daughter advised me a few months ago. She
Charles: Call those calls for unity what they are: Disingenuous By Cheryl Charles | January 13, 2021 8:43 PM Years ago, in the not-distant-enough past, schools used to deal with the problem of bullying thusly: They would call both
Charles: What to keep and what to throw away By Cheryl Charles | December 31, 2020 5:11 PM OK, I’ll admit it. I tend to hold onto stuff. I’m not quite the hoarder my husband accuses me of
To vax or not to vax. Should this be a question? By Cheryl Charles | December 16, 2020 6:30 PM Let me start out by saying I’m not an anti-vaxxer. I had chicken pox as a kid, so I recently
It’s beginning to look a lot like … By Cheryl Charles | December 2, 2020 9:30 PM Christmas isn’t going to sneak up on me this year. In fact, it’s not going to sneak up on any
Charles: Maybe it’s time to change perspective? By Cheryl Charles | November 18, 2020 6:18 PM Last Christmas, when my husband, daughter and I traveled to my hometown to celebrate with my side of the family,
The end of an abusive relationship By Cheryl Charles | November 8, 2020 9:29 PM This is a relationship problem Some of us, way too many of us, have been in relationships like this
Charles: This is a relationship problem By Cheryl Charles | November 7, 2020 5:23 PM Some of us, way too many of us, have been in relationships like this before. Sometimes it’s because of our
Charles: Eek, it’s that time of the year again By Cheryl Charles | October 21, 2020 5:21 PM I have a mouse scream. It’s not one of those cute girly ones like in the movies or the cartoons.
Charles: Trump is a cautionary tale By Cheryl Charles | October 7, 2020 8:59 PM I’ve often said, and I may have even said it in this space in the past, if you can’t be
Charles: Inspecting gadgetry By Cheryl Charles | September 23, 2020 6:13 PM I am an unabashed gadget lover. I’m not sure why, but silly little inventions that are supposed to make common
Cheryl Charles: When turnabout isn’t fair play By Cheryl Charles | September 20, 2020 9:07 PM Those of us who have been parents of young children, or even if we’ve been blessed with being pre-schooler adjacent,