Steve Charles
Author
Yellowstone Winter 2021
“Yellowstone Winter 2021 Photo by Becky Wendt, music by Steve Charles
Summer Breeze
Wind River Chimes with bird call, recorded August 2021, Crawfordsville, IN
Faith
Faith by Steve Charles“Why are women drawnto the spiritual?”Our gay priest asksat the Wednesday NightBible Study. “Oppression,Carolyn says,“Deprived of power,“One must find another form.” Then Mary Angela,who adopted four children,whose husband of 55 yearsdied of...
Crazy Leg
I'm about 1/2 hour into Peter Mulvey’s first set, my first in-person concert since BCE (Before the Covid Era), when I realize what I’ve missed most about live music in small places. It’s not the woman behind the bar, lovely even behind her mask, though at my...
Bandelier Deer
I’m up for a morning walk among the juniper trees, the dry cool air suddenly warmed by a rising breeze as the edge of Frijoles Canyon gathers and reflects the sun’s heat. My tennis shoes are scuffing up dust into the yellow, gray, and green ankle-high brush the mule...
Maskaphobia
When the CDC started telling us to wear face masks when we went shopping, I stopped going to the grocery store. I didn't want to walk into Kroger looking like I was there to rob the place. Or scare children. Or look like I was pretending to be a doctor or a nurse, or...
Thirsty
I woke up this morning thirsty, but I didn't know for what. Drank a Diet Pepsi. The bracing burn of those bubbles on a dry drowsy throat opened my eyes a little wider but didn't slake the thirst. The rising sun was growing shadows on the dining room's striped wooden...