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Emmitt Owens

EmmittOwens

  • Friends & the Threads of Time

    Who would you like to talk to soon? 🤔 … There’s something deeply moving about the friends who drift in and out of our lives, leaving invisible threads that never quite break even when months or years pass without contact. I find myself thinking about some of those conversations I’d love to have… with high… Read more

  • Chill n’Fill #47 (Book 2, Episode 13)

    Another Night at Chill n’Fill: Monuments, Creeps, and the Gray Hoodie    It was Saturday night at Chill n’Fill, and I’d just finished rearranging the candy display according to Bob’s latest merchandising theory. Chocolate bars now lived next to energy drinks in the “depression remedies” section, while sour candies had been relocated to “aggressive emotions”… Read more

  • Most Dear but NOT Most Valuable

    What personal belongings do you hold most dear? Among all my possessions, nothing means more to me than the hard drive that holds two decades of family memories—every photo, every moment captured over the past 20 years. It’s also the repository of my entire creative life: raw and finished artwork, drawings, audio recordings, videos, and… Read more

  • Chill n’Fill #49 (Book 2, Episode 15)

    Another Night at Chill n’Fill: The Seven Deadly Sins    Bob’s newest theory involved rearranging the entire store based on the seven deadly sins. Pride products near the entrance, Wrath energy drinks by the coffee machine, and Lust items… well, Bob’s interpretation of “Lust” apparently included chocolate and romance novels he’d bought from a garage… Read more

  • Chill n’Fill #46 (Book 2, Episode 12)

    Another Night at Chill n’Fill: The Baby Lotion Theorists    It was Friday night at Chill n’Fill, and I was nearing the end of what Bob optimistically called my “probationary period” but what I recognized as “we can’t find anyone else willing to work these hours for minimum wage plus the occasional expired energy drink.”… Read more

  • Chris Henson Rants: #96 P.Diddy’s Baby Lotions

          I AM ABSOLUTELY LOSING IT OVER THIS BABY OIL COVERAGE!!! 😤😤😤 Chris Henson here, and I swear my NEWS FEED has been HIJACKED by MORE MOISTURIZER ARTICLES THAN THERE ARE POTHOLES ON HIGHWAY 31!!!   I just wanted to read about P. DIDDY’S CASE!!! THE ACTUAL CHARGES!!! SEX TRAFFICKING, RACKETEERING CONSPIRACY, AND SERIOUS CRIMINAL… Read more

  • Chill n’Fill #40 (Book 2, Episode 6)

    The Writer, The Aggravator, and The False Prophet    It was Thursday night at Chill n’Fill, and I’d just finished rearranging the energy drink display into a color gradient that would make a rainbow jealous. Bob had insisted this would “maximize the chromatic purchasing energy” of our customers, whatever that meant. At least it gave… Read more

  • Cold to Hot

    How do you feel about cold weather? Having grown up in northern Michigan, I once embraced winter’s freezing temperatures from -17 to 5 degrees. My childhood was filled with snowmobiles, ice fishing, and building snowmen and snow forts. But after moving to Alabama in 1996, I experienced the opposite climate – summers that nearly “melted… Read more

  • Chill n’Fill #44 (Book 2, Episode 10)

    Another Night at Chill n’Fill: Signs, Romance, and the Color Blue    It was Friday night at Chill n’Fill, and I’d just finished arranging the energy drinks into an elaborate pyramid that Bob insisted would “enhance their caffeinated aura.” The fluorescent lights hummed overhead, occasionally flickering in a way that made me wonder if our… Read more

  • Broken Bones & Baseball

    Have you ever broken a bone? Yes, I’ve broken a bone before. I remember the sun hanging high above the baseball diamond that fateful afternoon in eighth grade, casting shadows across center field where I stood with my mitt raised, tracking the soaring ball against the blinding sky. Time seemed to slow as the baseball… Read more