#169 on 2007’s “List of 200 Definitive Albums in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,” “Aqualung” was released in 1971. It is the first album I ever heard of theirs. I came to it from a criminal boyfriend I had at the time that broke into cars and stole their 8-track players and anything…
A2Z 2025 — Day 17 — sQuash
sQuashAs you see, I struggled to find something in the yard beginning with Q, so squash it is. The only kind and variety I’ve grown in the yard is black beauty variety zucchini. They grow quickly and are amazingly plentiful. In the hot temps you can almost see them grow before your eyes. Once they…
A2Z 2025 — Day 16 — Pine, Prickly Pear, and Peony
Pine Trees (and Pine Needles and Cones)There are two large pine trees that live near the carport that grow bigger each year. They rain pine cones and needles that are as much of a hassle as oak leaves ever were. Not only that but their roots are pushing up the part of the driveway that…
Can You Tell A Story In… #83 — Afterlife
Ah! Exuberant joy overtakes me as I sip a pineapple margarita. Life in heaven after the apocalypse isn’t so bad. Esther Chilton is the host of Can You Tell A Story In… Esther says: Can you tell a story in 20 words using the following words in it somewhere: APOCALYPSE PINEAPPLE EXUBERANT
A2Z 2025 — Day 15 — Oak and Opossum
OakIn virtually every place I have lived up until 2011, there have been huge oak trees in the yards. My grandparents’ place, where I spent a large portion of my childhood, had them, keeping the property under their benevolent shade. My childhood home had two giant ones in the back yard. Both there and at…
#FF — Haunted
PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook Haunted Henry’s penthouse gleamed atop the new condo building. It only took a few greased palms over posh lunches in back rooms to condemn and bulldoze homes to make way for the building’s construction. Nobody seemed to care other than the dozen displaced residents whose families had owned those homes…
A2Z 2025 — Day 14 — Nests
Robin Nest There used to be a robin’s nest under the top board of an old section of fencing until the board fell. I haven’t seen robin nests in the yard since then. Wren NestOut back there is a mass of wild rose bramble. One year birds (wrens) made a nest in it. …
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