Corvairs & Horny Toads Podcast

Lucinda Blackwood
Corvairs & Horny Toads Podcast

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. lucindablackwood.substack.com

  1. 12/29/2024

    Season 2, Episode 6: A Christmas Surprise

    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

    27 min

  2. 12/22/2024

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

    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

    45 min

  3. 12/15/2024

    Season 2, Episode 4: Chow-Chow Part 2

    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

    25 min

  4. 12/08/2024

    Season 2, Episode 3: Chow-Chow Part 1

    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

    21 min

  5. 11/24/2024

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

    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

    24 min

  6. 11/10/2024

    Season 2, Episode 1: The Courthouse Squirrels

    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

    25 min

  7. 05/19/2024

    Episode 11: High School Diary Mini-Episode

    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

    14 min

  8. 05/12/2024

    Episode 10: Mother's Day Mini-Episode

    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

    11 min
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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. lucindablackwood.substack.com

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