Her friends saw Charlotte Waston as happy and comfortable in her recently purchased home. Marty was back from the war, employed, and brought in enough that Charlotte didn't have to enter the workforce to make ends meet. Besides, in the late forties and early fifties two income families were not common. However, Charlotte was not quite what she seemed. The picture above is indicative of her situation, a vacuum cleaner behind the chair, a bottle of beer next to it, and a proper white dress to entertain her female neighbors. One Saturday afternoon in June, Charlotte disappeared. Two weeks later she was found, sitting in a train station, crying, disheveled, and despondent. She spent the next six months being treated with the newly developed Miltown tranquilizer. Another year later Marty and Charlotte had a child and Charlotte found baby Lucille was the therapy she needed. The Watson's lived to see their grandchildren born.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Charlotte Watson
Her friends saw Charlotte Waston as happy and comfortable in her recently purchased home. Marty was back from the war, employed, and brought in enough that Charlotte didn't have to enter the workforce to make ends meet. Besides, in the late forties and early fifties two income families were not common. However, Charlotte was not quite what she seemed. The picture above is indicative of her situation, a vacuum cleaner behind the chair, a bottle of beer next to it, and a proper white dress to entertain her female neighbors. One Saturday afternoon in June, Charlotte disappeared. Two weeks later she was found, sitting in a train station, crying, disheveled, and despondent. She spent the next six months being treated with the newly developed Miltown tranquilizer. Another year later Marty and Charlotte had a child and Charlotte found baby Lucille was the therapy she needed. The Watson's lived to see their grandchildren born.
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I love these snippets.... sadly, many younger folks (they don't use that word anymore unless it is preceded with OLD) wouldn't understand much of the irony and sarcasm.
ReplyDeleteIt's strange but true. For some women, even ones who do work at a lucrative job or devote much of themselves to making beautiful boxed art--I've seen flower gardens made from a woman's collected hair, twisted and braided and tied in fabulous arrays and left as mementos--yearn for a child.
ReplyDeleteAnd there are more than enough children to go around if only some Almighty visionary could point out who belongs to whom rather than someone or some collective of people who don't care, or worse.
Hey, this site's a good as your other one. I also pick up old pics from flea markets. I then do big paintings of them. Any color ones?
ReplyDeleteFlatterland, Mostly B&W is my thing, but do have some color images. BTW, went to your site - Nice Work!
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