Snow and Jaggers

A photojournal of scenic, forgotten, or historic places in Pennsylvania

Sunday, January 18, 2026

Oil Creek State Park: 6-Mile North Loop

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Oil Creek State Park seemed almost...majestic…from high up on the Gerard Trail, where it followed  the eastern valley wall in the winter.  O...
Monday, January 12, 2026

A Birdwatcher’s Lament

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If there’s one order of animals I kinda hate, it’s rodents. I mean, I can never get enough of porcupines, though they quickly get their fill...
Sunday, January 11, 2026

“Colonel” Edwin Drake

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This is the monument to “Colonel” Edwin Drake, who drilled the world’s first oil well near Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1859. The well still...
Saturday, January 10, 2026

The Old Family Bible—Or Maybe Not So Old…

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Until about the middle of the 20th century, most homes in the English-speaking world had a family Bible—often the old “King James Version” o...
Sunday, January 4, 2026

The Appellation Mountains or the Apple-atchan Mountains? Discuss. (Plus Link to an Insane Winter Camping Trip in the Seneca Creek Backcountry)

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Are these the “Appellation” Mountains or the “Apple-atchan” Mountains?  Traditionally, here in the northern reaches of the geographic region...
Monday, December 29, 2025

Have Yourself a Stoic Little Christmas

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Because Christmas lasts till January 6, you know...  But it's never too late to become a Stoic. I'm feeling philosophical.  A good g...
Tuesday, December 23, 2025

Oil Creek State Park under Snow

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I slipped away on a Sunday night, just after the concert described in the post below, to go up to the North Country to write a Christmas Eve...
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