Tag: Sun

A campfire illuminates two fishing poles and a couple pairs of jeans—one on a rock, the other fallen to the ground—and is surrounded by sharp black trees that cut into the dazzling rainbow universe of stars that fill the night sky. By Alabaster Rhum.

“Unda the Stars” * Short Story * David P. Stewart

aromatica poetica June 4, 2021

*The following story of southern country love gone fishing comes from Cornbread and Lace: The Privileges of a Mississippi Farmboy, which was written by an author with both feet firmly planted in Mississippi. In David’s thought-provoking manuscript, the anguish of racism, classism, bigotry, patriarchy, war, segregation, and revisionist history are mixed with vivid stories about winged snakes, hot donuts, an old farting mule name Kate, and dinner on the ground. Thought-provoking wisdom from a loving grandmother and an African American maid …

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 …