Cherimie Crane

My perfect Christmas letter

0 / December 14, 2011 6:27 pm

By Cherimie Crane Weatherford As I rush to the mailbox in search of the red and green nuggets of holiday humor, check-ins and cheer, it occurred to me that every single person I know has had an absolutely fabulous year. [...]

We are … sorry

0 / November 17, 2011 8:24 am

By Cherimie Crane Weatherford Dear Victims of Abuse: You Are Hope There are no words to adequately express the gratitude or support I wish to send you. You have somehow restored hope for the future of humanity. Through your undeniable [...]

‘Tis the season for the Beaufort Crud

0 / November 3, 2011 7:18 am

By Backwoods Barbie For every action there is an opposite but equal reaction; every cloud has a silver lining; for the yen there is the yang, and if you eat too many cupcakes your tummy will hurt. It is the [...]

What’s in a name?

0 / October 26, 2011 11:59 pm

By Backwoods Barbie I have not been kidnapped by zombies nor did I run for the hills of New Zealand.  Topping my list of things to feel guilty about is my possibly unnoticed absence from these pages. After months of [...]

Backwoods Barbie on things NOT to say to a bride

0 / September 29, 2011 12:54 pm

By Cherimie Crane It wasn’t the stares, the whispers, or the calling of security that made me realize that sitting in the produce section of Piggly Wiggly, petting a peach and crying like Tammy Faye Baker may have been an [...]

To Little Miss Morning Person from Backwoods Barbie

0 / September 22, 2011 12:47 pm

By Cherimie Crane Often there are precursors to problematic events that can easily be detected with our glorious God given senses. One can often see a large rock rolling straight for one’s face, sometimes we can even smell the latest [...]

Golf is more than a four-letter word

0 / September 8, 2011 3:54 pm

By Cherimie Crane Climbing Mt. Fuji wasn’t really that hard; sky diving in Wyoming wasn’t really all that scary; bungee jumping in Tennessee was more stupid than exhilarating; Zorbing down a mountain in New Zealand was slightly akin to the [...]

Advice for that awkward little girl

0 / August 18, 2011 2:49 pm

By Cherimie Crane The streets are slowed by the big yellow monster; moms stifle the sniffles as they let go of that little one’s hand. Teachers full of hope and caffeine open that door to a classroom that reflects their [...]

No one will notice the Koozie still stuck to your derriere

0 / July 21, 2011 5:18 pm

By Cherimie Crane I celebrated through opening ceremony. I surrendered to the call of Saturday Sandbar. Sunday fun-day morphed with stealth speed into Motown Monday and somehow I am staring at the inevitable end to the first week of Water [...]

No one will notice the Koozie still stuck to your derriere

0 / July 21, 2011 1:33 pm

By Cherimie Crane I celebrated through opening ceremony. I surrendered to the call of Saturday Sandbar. Sunday fun-day morphed with stealth speed into Motown Monday and somehow I am staring at the inevitable end to the first week of Water [...]