On the Banks of Plum Creek… in Alamance County, North Carolina.

What is it called when you need two letters to represent a single consonant sound, like ch or th? Like a diphthong, but for consonants. (It ought to be a diphthong, because the word has two of them, but I don’t think it is.)

Everyone is all upset about the effect that Twitter’s decline is going to have on journalism, but really, it’s been all downhill since the Weekly World News shut down.

In Martinsburg, West Virginia, the on-street parking is all metered, but the meters are still coin operated, and a quarter buys you an hour.

He had always considered himself a peaceful man. Until, one day, came the leaf blowers.

The Joys of the Open Road: Thinking about why country roads and pretty landscape lose their charm on foot. It isn’t only about the cars.

Also from Seven Bends State Park.

Driving to Pennsylvania Thursday I went through the Shenandoah Valley and stopped for lunch at Seven Bends State Park in Woodstock. A bagged sandwich and the North Fork of the Shenandoah beat fast food any day.

New carved plaque. The little chip carving knife to the right is the only tool I used on this one. (Once the wood was squared and planed, anyhow.)