A Sweet Bedtime Story

ByCharlene L. Amsden 2020/10/292020/10/29

When she started chemo, He bought two new 800 thread count Egyptian cotton bed sheet sets. They fit very snugly on their mattress. She no longer has the strength required to get the fitted sheet onto or off of the bed without assistance.

He also bought her fancy chocolates.

Tonight after dinner, She decided to enjoy the sheets, the chocolates, and her newest novel all at the same time.

Hawaiian weather often makes eating chocolate an adventure. Especially lovely chocolate bonbons with exploding liquid centers.

While changing the sheets, He strongly suggested she not eat bonbons in bed again. Alas.

memoir | novel

Make It Beta

ByCharlene L. Amsden 2020/08/252020/08/28

Currently, beta readers are checking my first book for continuity errors and plot holes. Apparently they want better writing and are picky about their coffee, too.

He Said/She Said | memoir

It Is Well With My Bowl

ByCharlene L. Amsden 2020/09/062020/09/15

She: “Please pass the salad dressing?” He: “OK … Dang!” She: “What dang?” He: “Something else we can’t use because we have town water.” She: “I like town water. Or do you really wish to go back to flushing the toilet with a bucket?” He: “Not I. But it means we can’t use the salad dressing. Read.” She: “‘Shake well.’” He: “Exactly! We don’t have a well. And if you think I’m going…

writing

55 Flash Fiction ~ Skip It

ByCharlene L. Amsden 2020/08/232020/09/15

After Jack’s family moved from Australia to America, Jack came home within an hour of being left in his first grade classroom. “These yanks are mental,” he said. “I ain’t no sheila and I’m not going back!” “Whatever happened?” His mum asked. “Teacher says I gotta skip to the loo!” ~*~ In memory of G-Man’s 55…

He Said/She Said | memoir

Chiefs & Peons

ByCharlene L. Amsden 2020/08/282020/09/06

She: “Did you know that handkerchiefs are coming back into vogue?” He: “No …” She: “And … never mind, I can’t tell you.” He: “Can’t tell me what?” She: “About the cool colors they come in now. You’d be appalled.” He: “Probably. But I’m going to find out sooner or later, so …” She: “Purple,…

He Said/She Said | memoir

The Island of Doctor Quilldancer

ByCharlene L. Amsden 2020/09/272020/09/27

She: “Hey! I thought you were the mad scientist around here!” He: “Ah, no. Place where I work frowns on the bwa-ha-ha stuff. Bad for fundraising.” She: “So I’ve got to do it?!?” He: “The fundraising? No, we’ve got experts to … oi! Put .. the .. lab .. coat .. down! Do I wish to know where this is coming from?” She: “The island!” He: “The one we live on?” She: “Not this island! That island! The one…

memoir

Smooth, Smoothy, Smoothiest

ByCharlene L. Amsden 2023/03/20

Those words do not describe me. I have been making smoothies for myself on and off for months. I have also been making horrible smoothy messes on and off for months. I have this exact, handy-dandy Magic Bullet Blender. It looks fool-proof, but if there’s a way, I’m the fool that will find it. I’m…

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