by Stephanie | Jun 24, 2022 | 44 Cherry Street
Gorgeous water color painting by Joyce Black-Woerz Lorraine and Mac were in a good place. (her place…) She had resigned herself to being with a guy who was probably cheating on her and who left her house a mess, but was at least free-spirited. He was happy to...
by Stephanie | Jun 17, 2022 | 44 Cherry Street
Fictional account of life at 44 Cherry Street in Black Mountain 3×4′ landscape view from Black Mountain by Ann Watcher Recently Lorraine caught a glimpse of herself in the hall mirror of her apartment at 44 Cherry Street, and was horrified by her looks....
by Stephanie | May 26, 2022 | 44 Cherry Street
Cute vintage Peewee Herman doll. It is now mute, however. Lorraine was not big on holidays. She had never had children and saw most holidays as a push to spend money on other people, and in her opinion, most of the people in her life didn’t deserve a present. Besides,...
by Stephanie | May 21, 2022 | 44 Cherry Street
Mac, Lorraine’s live-in boyfriend, had disappeared. Maybe he was out there (doing his so-called job) selling used magazines, but more than likely, he was hiking somewhere in Montreat with a woman he had picked up somewhere. He’d be back, surely, when he got hungry. ...
by Stephanie | May 13, 2022 | 44 Cherry Street
1917 Smith Corona Typewriter Needs some love! $50 44 Cherry Street is a fictional account of some fictional characters who live in Black Mountain. Lorraine is the only remaining resident of the four-plex after Covid and the landlord’s upgrading of the building led to...
by Stephanie | May 6, 2022 | Newsletter
Something strange happened yesterday as I was driving to work. A song by Aaron Burdette came on the radio and when he sang the line, “I wish I could go back and do it again without the stress…just the happiness,” tears started running down my face. I don’t think...
