Tag: Makeup

Fourth of July marching band with the author, Liz Charlotte Grant, front and center , wearing a half-smile and high ponytail.

“Chlorinated” * Personal Essay * Liz Charlotte Grant

aromatica poetica July 1, 2019

I. Chlorine (KLOHR-een): Cl on the table of elements, in the halogen family; extremely reactive, strips color from whatever it touches, heavier than air; discovered by Carl Wilhelm Scheele in 1774 when he poured hydrochloric acid over pyrolusite (which resembles a lava rock) and, surprise, a yellow-green gas smoke evaporated, filling Scheele’s nostrils with the bright-white smell of bleach. Chlorine was put to use in the cleaning industry for deodorizing and disinfecting; also used to clean human wounds. Then it …

Two silhouetted women are face to face with a flowery tropical drink in a tiki-face glass and two straws between them. They have rainbow hair—one bobbed, one a mass of curls. By Alabaster Rhumb for a personal essay by Caitlin Hernandez.

“In the Same Place” – Personal Essay by Caitlin Hernandez

aromatica poetica June 3, 2019

*Aromatica Poetica is extremely pleased to present a personal essay about the tastes and smells and feels of young love by Caitlin Hernandez. It’s the last in our Blind Writers Project series sponsored by Awesome Foundation Disability* In a way, it all started with that trip to Safeway, to the chocolate pie mix you saw on sale. My birthday was over a month away, but you insisted on buying the easy-to-make dessert for me. “An early birthday present,” you called …