Jan 28, 2022
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Oct 16, 2021
Brothers April 23, 2023 It’s 5:21 p.m. on March 5. Mike’s last day. Three of us are in the bedroom. Mike is fading in and out of consciousness in the hospital bed, covered in a blanket and comforter, breathing deeply and steadily. Donny bends slightly forward in a...
Jul 13, 2021
Our grandson Olly wanted to read the book he received for Valentine’s Day, but he only made it through half a page before he mispronounced the name of the main character as “Mrs. Wimpynipple,’ which cracked up his mom, which made him laugh so hard he got up and ran...
Jul 13, 2021
Swallowtail butterfly, Columbia Park, Lafayette, Indiana, August 2021 Downy and hairy woodpecker, Crawfordsville, November 2020 Great egret, from a painting by Joseph Fettingis Sandhill cranes, Jasper-Pulaski FWA, Indiana, Fall 2008 Mark’s...
Jul 13, 2021
The “Child Within”, a Christmas song, words and music by Steve Charles, performed by DSquared (Deb Gessner on harp and vocals, Don Charles on guitar and vocals, Sean Poynter on percussion). 19 Men My brother and sister, Don Charles and Deb Gessner, have...
Jul 13, 2021
About The Generous Year My little brother, Pacific Grove University Professor Mike Charles, died of brain cancer in Forest Grove, Oregon just as Covid hit the U.S., so maybe I got a head start on the grieving that has afflicted just about everyone I know during this...
