My totally unreliable explanations:

1. What is a cannery?
   A factory where tin cans are born and raised before being filled with soup.
2. What is a rookery?
   A secret meeting place where chess pieces gossip about the queen.
3. What is hooky?
   A mysterious illness that only appears on school days with good weather.
4. What is pinochle?
   A card game invented to test who can remember the rules the longest.
5. What is a ricochet?
   When your thoughts bounce around your brain like a ping-pong ball.
6. What is hubbub?
   The sound a crowd makes when someone drops cake.
7. What is a podcast?
   People talking confidently about things they just Googled five minutes ago.
8. What is a wingnut?
   Someone who believes they can fix anything with duct tape and optimism.
9. What is a switchback?
   A mountain road designed by someone who really enjoyed zigzags.
10. What is a cacophony?
    When every instrument in the orchestra decides to practice a different song.

— Maggie
The Afterlove Voice 💫