Views of A Cherise

I went for a visit to downtown Atlanta today and it was an interesting journey. The first stop was Underground Atlanta but it was closed. There were no signs posted as to why, but there were railings blocking all the entrances. So, I walk down Peachtree Street to Woodward Park and wouldn't you know it there was an event going on. They had a small stage with a loud DJ and he was kicking out the jams. I walked through the crowd past the stage where a long set of tables were set up with food and I was able to happily grab a plate of barbecue chicken, with macaroni salad, rice, a large piece of watermelon, 3 cookies, and a bottle of water. The event was a motorcycle group sponsoring a giveaway of free food and drinks to the homeless. On the Edgewood Avenue side which was closed off by a couple of police cars, there were 2 huge barrels cut in half containing racks full of chicken being smoked by a couple of big muscular men. There was enough there to feed an army. The

A Detroit Road Trip My friend Mona and I decided to drive to Detroit in her husband’s black Camaro.   She was married to my Cousin Ronnie whom she was mad at on this particular day, she never said why.   Anyway, my boyfriend, Tommy, had been ignoring me for the past few days as well.   I suspect that he was seeing another woman.   So, we needed something to do to take our minds off our men.   Even though it was late November and an ice storm had been predicted to come in that weekend, we chose to drive to Detroit anyway.     I drove first because we had decided that I'd drive up and she'd drive back.   The Camaro was in pretty good shape for a change.   That wasn't usually the case considering my cousin, it was one of the reasons why we took the chance.   He had just replaced the tires and had had it tuned up so we figured it was a safe bet.   Neither one of us had any plans or anything, we just wanted something to do outside of just sitting around Kalama

I'd given up destroying candy on my Android phone 6 months ago so I found myself playing a new game from Google Play called Toy Blast, developed by Peak Games.  I played it so much that I scored unlimited lives for 24 hours.  Which meant of course that I had to continue playing for as long as possible.  I played it so much that I actually won the tournament and scored 250 gold coins on top of the 60 that I already had.  I played it so much that when I meditated, I would see the blocks drop inside my head and I had trouble clearing my mind.  Once I won the tournament, I woke up and wondered, "Why am I playing this game so much?" The answer was simple, I didn't know how to begin this new life of writing, and I was afraid - very afraid. I'd already done it though.   I'd saved enough money to be able to pay my rent for 3 months along with providing for myself food, laundry, transportation, and anything else I'd need to sustain myself.   I took th