…in Noisy Village.

Pleasant spring weather in a college town brings out the noisemakers, along with the blackbirds. Day-long, outdoor, well lubricated, audio-amplified, front yard parties at many, if not most, frats and boarding houses—even with no holiday to celebrate.
Still, it was nice to sit out on the back patio to watch the chiminea make short shrift of birch twigs and dried faggots (made last fall from excess redbud). Birch twigs snap, crackle, and pop as they incinerate. That’s a very nice sound.