Yesterday afternoon I had set off on Route 460 in rural Virginia, going from here to there, as one does, when I pulled off the road into this little oasis of an Exxon gas station. It was another hot, humid day in the South, and there weren’t many people about, except for this one car on the far side …

Honored that the All-Italian Repertoire Chorus of the Dante Alighieri Society chose one of my photos to announce their upcoming spring concert.

D’Addario is a US manufacturer of music instrument strings, and is especially well-known for their guitar strings. But the company has also branched out into making a variety of music instrument accessories, including clip-on tuners.

Clip-on tuners are great because you just clip it onto your …