“It has a straight-pipe exhaust and we mostly travel on Back Creek in Solomons, Md.,” wrote Ted. It sounds old and experienced, like its captain.”ADSusan Hale lives on Kent Island, Md., on a quiet cove off the Chesapeake that’s home to several dead-rise work boats, the favorite boat of the commercial watermen. “This differed from the local asphalt sound and meant we were headed somewhere exciting,” wrote Doug, of Alexandria, Va. Simple sounds, simple pleasures: “What’s not to love about the rumblings of an espresso machine coming alive?” wrote Mercedes Cutler of Vienna, Va. “When the rumblings subside, the treasured sounds of the milk frothing follow. “The crackling sound when the needle comes in contact with the vinyl is one of the best pure sounds to me,” he wrote.

Source: Washington Post September 28, 2020 19:29 UTC