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The Cocoa Farm
Syncopated rhythms played together to create the perfect beat on the tin roof. Orchestrated by the rain, these rhythms dissolved into dissonance as the rain got heavier. These sounds grew louder until it no longer sounded like rain but like a car whose engine refuses to start. The beat was then enhanced by sounds of thunder and flashes of lighting. Ashanti curled into her bed, soaking the warmth of her cotton cloth. The piercing feeling of the springs in her bed overshadowed the least bit of comfort her cloth was giving her.
By Naana Yawson3 years ago in Families
Junk Treasure
Walking down the textured hall, located off the service doors of his local mall. Jeremiah approaches the Lost and Found. Keeping to himself, as one of the workers passes, he spies the giant steel blue bin. The mother-load of discarded items from the entire mall. The last stop on a long road of the bygone. Lost, broken, unwanted and forgotten objects languish before the dump.
By Georgianna Panopoulos3 years ago in Families
Sawdust, Oil and Love
Growing up, I always had strong feelings about my father’s workshop. Dad made magical things happen in his workshop – from turning the rusted shell of an old car filled with trash into a shiny red (and fast) 1957 Alfa Romeo Guiletta that earned me the nickname of Speed Racer in High School, to turning scrap wood into heirloom quality mid-century furniture scattered throughout our house. It is a source of great pride to wander through my house and point out the things my dad made. My favorite thing, though, is the bookshelf he built in junior high woodshop class.
By Kathleen Higgins3 years ago in Families
Lost Fortune
Robert sat quietly at the outdoor cafe scanning the New York Times and sipping on the best cappuccino in lower Manhattan. At least that was his opinion, he knew more than one of his Italian friends that would disagree with him. lifting his head from his reading, he folded the Times, discretely tucking a small black notebook between its pages, he leaned back in his chair, he closed his eyes. Taking in a deep breath; he felt relaxed. It had been a while since he was able to get out of the lab to clear his mind. And no better place for that than the city he grew up in, thousands of miles from New Mexico.
By Teddee Cuomo3 years ago in Families
The Heiress of Cherith Manor
During the mid day, a winter storm rolled in with freezing rain an a mix of sleet and snow. The old Cherith manor stood off in the distance of the country side of Oakland Main. With the marble stone structure being cracked with mold growing along the walls with vines snaking up the sides with its woodsy stems swirling through the small spaces of the cracks. Charles Cherith glanced up to his wall clock, he stood from his burgundy arm chair and walked over to the stain glass window. With green fallen leaves cascading down while the rain beat down heavily against the glass with pat, pat, pat sounds.
By Jana Mccraw3 years ago in Families
The Secret
It wasn’t until the thunder clapped that she realized it’d been raining. Her drenched face wasn’t solely due to the tears that escaped her eyes as she stared down the newly occupied hole in the ground. Life would no longer be the same now that her soulmate was gone. His sudden inexplainable and rapidly progressing illness shook the foundation of the family and caused administrative crisis for their business. Yet she silently sighed relief knowing that she had urged her husband to complete his last will and testament in the past months so all was not lost. She slightly shifted her feet as the moistened ground began to give way to her weight, the mud now making its way into her shiny patent leather Louboutins. This was probably a good time to head back to the car she thought, to find some semblance of shelter, heat and repose. Each step away from the grave felt like moving in slow motion, weighted and sustained. Leaving her life-long partner in his final resting place meant she now had to face the world alone, but then again, where were her children?
By Danielle Joseph3 years ago in Families