: About Me

Cherrie lives in the SE corner of Oklahoma with her husband on a cattle ranch. At the present she is a office manager for a Real Estate Company, and attends a wonderful church, she enjoys writing whenever she has a spare moment. She graduated from Claremore High School and attended N.S.U. in Tahlequah Ok. She spent ten years working for a Police Department, five years as a Nursing Home Assistant Administrator and a lifetime of living. All of this has given depth and color to her imagination. Now she is a grandma, a "Nana" several times over and loves it. Cherrie’s own grandmother was a beautiful storyteller, and like her own grandmother Cherrie delights in spinning a yarn for her family, and it is her hope you delight in reading them to yours.

My passion is ...

passion is a spice you add to life.

I know too much about ...

that is my goal to know to much about something!

My parents always told me ...

stand tall, be kind and speak the truth

My childhood ambition ...

to be a Marine like my father

My favorite memory ...

the summers i spent on grandparents farm

Why I write ...

I write as the spirit moves me. I am compelled to put word to pen.

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

I watch a lot of Discovery, read Steven King to Nora Roberts,II love southern gospel, classical, soft jazz, country & western

My first job ...

Braum's Ice Cream, my first real job lasted 13yr's for a City PD

My best moment ...

I have been blessed with many but my favorite is the birth of my grandson

My inspiration ...

My family

Creative Writing > Flash Fiction Flash fiction: A winter walk

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The Sound of Not   I’m lost in the pervading filigree of flakes. The three-dimensional pattern of snow is laced with a touch of vertigo, leaving me with the feeling of falling. I’ve lost my way. I stand in the clearing only feet from my cabin, but the thicker the snow the worse my sense of direction.     My fingers burn in protest to the load I am carrying, but I smile to myself as I notice how warm my new boots are. I stand still for a moment to wiggle all ten toes and try to select a path where there is none. I must say happy feet are a good...

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