Lorraine Takes a  Hard Look

Lorraine Takes a Hard Look

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. ...
Lorraine and Mac at Home

Lorraine and Mac at Home

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...
So, Is Lorraine a Hot Tamale?

So, Is Lorraine a Hot Tamale?

Find out at 44 Cherry Street Some last minute Easter gifts are here Mainstage Productions Click above for tickets and information for Humans! There has been so much going on in the past few weeks! I have been working hard with Julie to set up the new space at Marquee,...
Romance and Trees Bloom on Cherry Street

Romance and Trees Bloom on Cherry Street

The following is the latest chapter of 44 Cherry Street, a fictional story based in Black Mountain. To read earlier chapters of this story, log on to the website, chifferobehomeandgarden.com and click on 44 Cherry Street. To catch you up: Lorraine is a longtime...
Bells Are Ringing…Somewhere

Bells Are Ringing…Somewhere

This is for real! The weather is warmer and Abby’s chickens are busy laying. Come in and get a dozen fresh, organic free range beauties, just $5 Mac was ready to leave Black Mt. Pres. He believed he had come up empty this time. There was no hen here in this...
New Face on Cherry Street

New Face on Cherry Street

44 Cherry Street: Fiction Mac Buchanan sat in the last pew at Black Mountain Pres looking beatific. He was ostensibly moved by the sermon by the pastor, Mary Katherine Robinson, but he had his mind occupied by other things. Mac had the chiseled features of a...