<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTZx8C9yGtvGOeIpr3MfeTEGtzpXSY5JIsb8gSGWoyN5aFckQ1Rn0H49leEW-ubC266UEcEqkYw_ILNWIJGWFXDGKLobIlsdK8F9CkzyHG3eXsBvhcejQFeKlQu2jO_cDAxGRKc_8BAcVjVsdeY15uvNPD1sb7tty5-aAMtkIIIDrUPuo26OH/s1400/FirstChristmasMom1400.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1400" data-original-width="1400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkTZx8C9yGtvGOeIpr3MfeTEGtzpXSY5JIsb8gSGWoyN5aFckQ1Rn0H49leEW-ubC266UEcEqkYw_ILNWIJGWFXDGKLobIlsdK8F9CkzyHG3eXsBvhcejQFeKlQu2jO_cDAxGRKc_8BAcVjVsdeY15uvNPD1sb7tty5-aAMtkIIIDrUPuo26OH/s320/FirstChristmasMom1400.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p></p><p>Hey Dude, I left you melancholy message about my crazy days before the holidays, along with a sad remembrance of my mom's last Christmas. <br /><br />QUOTE: "At least that's what I call the day after Christmas..." </p><p><a href="https://traffic.libsyn.com/vergeofthedude/VD2023_12_28.mp3">AUDIO LINK</a><br /><br />PEOPLE: Dean Whitbread, Doug Mcintyre <br /><br />PLACES: England, Henry's Tacos, Ernie's Taco House, Casa Vega, El Coyote <br /><br />THINGS: Libsyn, Subaru, Outback, Crosstrek, Faberge egg, Christmas, Christmas Eve, "It's A Wonderful Life", redemption story, Boxing Day, Redeye Radio, KFI, New Years, IBM <br /><br />SOUNDS: wind, footsteps, gravel path, the 5 Freeway, birds, Ming-Ming, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawdust_Art_Festival#History">Laguna Sawdust Cowbell Chimes </a> <br /><br />GENRE: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storytelling">storytelling</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_narrative">personal narrative</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diary">personal journal</a> <br /><br />PHOTO: "First Christmas" from an original photo, shot with my <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone_XS">iPhone XS</a> <br /><br />RECORDED: December 28, 2023 from the "The Barn" under the flight path of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood_Burbank_Airport">Bob Hope Airport</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burbank,_California">Burbank</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California">California</a> <br /><br />GEAR: Sony ICD PX370 digital voice recorder and Sony ECM CS3 "tie-clip" microphone. <br /><br />HYPE: "It's a beatnik kinda literary thing in a podcast cloak of darkness." Timothy Kimo Brien (cohost on <a href="http://podwrecked.com/">Podwrecked</a> and host of <a href="https://createartpodcast.podbean.com/">Create Art Podcast</a>) <br /><br />DISCLAIMER/WARNING: Proudly presented rough, raw and ragged. Seasoned with salty language and ideas. Not for most people's taste. Please be advised.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p>