Banjo52

Conversation. Especially literature and language, education, football and baseball, movies, history, then and now, birds, two-lane roads. "Banjo" is a fun word, and the instrument can make fine music. But this isn't really a blog about banjos, except in the metaphorical sense of interesting sounds riding across a valley from one porch to another. Click on any photo to enlarge. Students, remember to footnote. All text and photos: © 2009-2014 Banjo52

Showing posts with label blue highways. Show all posts
Showing posts with label blue highways. Show all posts
Oct 11, 2011

"Son of Fog" by Dean Young: Is Fog a Gas?

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You science people, is fog a gas? Are you sure?  In Tipton, Indiana, you can refill your tank at the Sherrill place, a combination diner an...
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Feb 16, 2011

TIDBITS: ELKHORN CITY, KENTUCKY

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From Wikipedia, about Elkhorn City, Kentucky, hometown of country singer, Patty Loveless: "On October 16, 1882, the post office was r...
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Sep 16, 2010

SOUTHEASTERN OHIO, BACK ROADS, ROUTE NUMBERS

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Here are some buildings I liked in my recent and epic wanderings in southeastern Ohio. Also, the Amish hill country north of here, around Wo...
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Sep 5, 2010

Back Roads, Campus, Waking, Roethke

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The weekend’s not over yet. You can still hit the two-lanes for a few hours, or take a new back road home from Shangri-La. Hit some small to...
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Aug 27, 2010

MICHIGAN, LATE AUGUST

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Year after year, I’m surprised at how early autumn begins. If you can avoid the Labor Day mayhem on the roads, think about a two-lane trip s...
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May 14, 2010

Dylan Thomas, "Fern Hill." Ohio on Two-Lane Roads.

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I’m just back from a two-lane road trip to central Ohio, and spring was making an Ireland of the buckeye state. For fellow blue highwa...
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