Corvairs & Horny Toads Podcast

Feb 09 2025 19 ep. 27 mins 11

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My collection of short stories focuses on a fictional small town on the Texas-New Mexico border. My stories show the surprising diversity of the people of the Llano Estacado, as well as the grit and determination it takes to survive and thrive on the windblown plains.

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Season 2, Episode 8: Who's Your Daddy?

Feb 09 2025 35 mins

On liberty at the pubs and dancehalls—drinking, dancing, holding pretty girls who were less inhibited than the American girls they were used to—Trey and his fellow GIs enjoyed being free for a while from their own inhibitions. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lucindablackwood.substack.com

Season 2, Episode 7: Oil Wells, Fried Quail and Silver Dollars

Jan 26 2025 34 mins

Something bad had happened to Priscilla, something that had turned her eight-year-old world upside down. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lucindablackwood.substack.com

Season 2, Episode 6: A Christmas Surprise

Dec 29 2024 27 mins

Jerry Dale had been busy buying furniture and having drapes made for their new house while Ike put in a lawn and landscaping. Christmas had almost been an afterthought. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lucindablackwood.substack.com

Season 2, Episode 5: Chow-Chow (full story)

Dec 22 2024 45 mins

Listen to Chow-Chow—the whole short story. Parts 1 and 2 were released in earlier episodes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lucindablackwood.substack.com

Season 2, Episode 4: Chow-Chow Part 2

Dec 15 2024 25 mins

What will a person do with the good and the bad things that happen to them? Will they make their life into something sweet, spicy and tart to be relished? This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lucindablackwood.substack.com

Season 2, Episode 3: Chow-Chow Part 1

Dec 08 2024 20 mins

Mrs. Yoshida was always busy keeping her three children and her husband tended to. It seemed they inhabited a great nest, crowded together, mouths gaping, always wanting something of her. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lucindablackwood.substack.com

Season 2, Episode 2: Tot Hecheverria and The Ranch House Cafe

Nov 24 2024 24 mins

Tot could trace his lineage back to Europe, particularly the Basque country that straddled Spain and France. But it was his reputed ancestor from southern Spain who struck his fancy the most. Miguel de Cervantes. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lucindablackwood.substack.com

Season 2, Episode 1: The Courthouse Squirrels

Nov 10 2024 25 mins

The courthouse was built in the Pueblo Deco style, a riff on Art Deco that employed Pueblo and Navajo motifs. The squirrels performed rodent rituals in the shadow of a building that bore witness to the past and kept its secrets. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lucindablackwood.substack.com

Episode 11: High School Diary Mini-Episode

May 19 2024 13 mins

Listen to me read the mortifying entries from the pink leather diary I kept as a surly teenage girl. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lucindablackwood.substack.com

Episode 10: Mother's Day Mini-Episode

May 12 2024 11 mins

Last Mother’s Day, I held a memorial for my mother. A gathering of our family of friends. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit lucindablackwood.substack.com