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MATTAWOMAN, MD Over a cup of coffee at the Latte Café coffee shop in Mattawoman yesterday, Esther Crandall announced to her neighbor and long-time friend, Marge Timbrook, that her bridge club was discussing last Tuesday night how Sheryl Graham just isn’t as thin as she used to be.
“I remember when Sheryl was just a young girl—and she was so pretty and thin… Not that I’m saying she’s fat or anything. (“Oh no!” agreed Timbrook) I’m just saying that she’s definitely put on some weight.”
Timbrook commented that she had noticed the significant weight gain, too. She noted that it was especially noticeable in Graham’s once-narrow face.
The two women then began to speculate about what, exactly, could have made the young woman gain so much weight.
Crandall lowered her voice a bit—but not enough that everyone at the tables around her couldn’t hear her. “I heard from Julia that Sheryl was going through a lot of stress at her job over at the library—not to mention her father’s bypass surgery. And it turned her to drinking. Julia said she has a real drinking problem, and her parents are thinking about sending her away to rehab.” And with that, Crandall emphatically nodded.
Timbrook added, “I was talking to Louise a while back, and she said that Sheryl’s been going through her lane at the grocery store with Oreos and candy bars and all kinds of fattening foods. ‘I know it’s not right to go talkin’ about somethin’ like that,’ she says, ‘but ya gotta wonder if she’s got some kinda problem.’ Now I don’t know about you, but I think there’s something going on with that girl.”
With that, the two women decided that they had talked long enough about Sheryl, and they chose to move on and start gossiping about someone else. So they started talking about Mr. Fredricks, the butcher, and how he’s raised his prices, and he’s robbing his customers blind.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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