1.0Floundering Artisthttps://flounderingartist.com/37-2/about-this-spaceCecelia Finleyhttps://flounderingartist.com/37-2/about-this-space/author/cejafi/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Jnr72I74OU"><a href="https://flounderingartist.com/37-2/about-this-space/29-2/">Birthdays. – 400 words</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://flounderingartist.com/37-2/about-this-space/29-2/embed/#?secret=Jnr72I74OU" width="600" height="338" title="“Birthdays. – 400 words” — Floundering Artist" data-secret="Jnr72I74OU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://flounderingartist.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://flounderingartist.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/CakeCALEB-795x1024.png7951024Birthdays. 1950 June The house wasn’t much to look at yet. The clapboard sat where one day a driveway would hold Buicks and Fords. The great oaks that would drop itchy balls making barefoot children playing kick the can yelp had not yet been planted. But the framing was ready to announce this spot as […]