Agnes by Tony Cochran for May 17, 2022

Buddy Holly wasn’t with them?

just when i thought collecting stamps was a weird hobby …

When I was young, a cricket made its home in my parents’ basement. It was kinda fun to hear it chirping.

One time, my father nearly stomped it, but I stopped him. “It’s our cricket!” I said. It then lived out its life peacefully.

Agnes didn’t notice the vultures flying around

♪ dead crickets are no fun, they don’t chirp for anyone…

My mom thought there was a cricket in the house when the smoke alarm was notifying us that the battery was low. :-)

“They’re dead? Jiminy Crickets!”

Could be a good time to go fishing though.. what with all that good bait.

Poor Agnes!

It’s not fun or loveable at all when you have even just one somewhere in your bedroom and you’re trying to sleep

Let them play with your pet rock.

Trout is so observant. :)

Once, back in the late 60s in Austin, TX, there was a cricket invasion. They were so thick that walking to the 7-11 was horrifying crunch fest. I worked in the state capitol. Hordes got trapped under the elevators. They died, janitorial sprayed and you couldn’t breathe in there for a week.

The crickets are coming to get you

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