Charles: More musings from the pandemic
The kitchen trash can in my house is filled up and has to be taken out to the barrels every single day. The dishwasher is filled and running, every. single. day... Read more.
Charles: The parallels — and debacles — of 2 viruses
As we sit pondering this pandemic, we’re all looking for something to compare it to, something that has happened before — and ended — so we can be assured... Read more.
Charles: It’s the little things we miss
Way back in the 20th century, there was a movie called “I was a Teenage Frankenstein.” Coming only five months after “I was a Teenage Werewolf... Read more.
Charles: Observations from a social distance
By now we’ve all discovered who the real MVPs in our society are, have we not? If you’re parents with school-age children at home, chances are you p... Read more.
Charles: Fear, panic and virtual reality
I’ve been listening, for a couple of months at least, to Whitney Houston and Kygo’s cover of Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love.” It’s a poppy little tune... Read more.
Charles: No job for a woman. Again
When my daughter was in second grade, her teacher, noting her leadership qualities, said to me, “you never know, she might be our first woman president.&#... Read more.
Charles: Celebrating women with a strong sense of self
When I was growing up, way back before electricity, being selfish was one of the worst things you could be called as a female. Especially if you had siblings, y... Read more.
Charles: How about hitting reset for Valentine’s Day?
The Good Lord willing, I will be spending Valentine’s Day weekend with two of my favorite people in the whole world — the one I married, and the one I g... Read more.
Charles: That dialogue about race? First talk among yourselves
Item staff writers, Cheryl Charles and Steve Krause, won awards for commentary in the New England Newspaper & Press Association’s Better Newspaper Com... Read more.
Charles: How should we remember Kobe?
One must not speak ill of the dead. That missive has been drilled into most of us for so long, we have no clue where it came from, and who made this decision. L... Read more.