My family find it hilarious that I have a collection of thesauri*. That just shows the narrow-minded way some people (“some” people) have. Imagine how funny it would be if they knew that I actually have a favorite thesaurus**.

But how in the hell else do you think I’d find a word like “escapement” if I wasn’t browsing around looking an actual (non-online) thesaurus for a better word for “flight” because I was thinking about that bird in the middle of the photo as well as the way the narrow ranch road stretches out on the right and a road is a way for non-winged animals to take flight.

And also, it reminds me “escarpment” which is also an excellent word.

Fort McKavett State Historical Park
Fort McKavett, Texas
photographed 4.12.2026

*That’s the funniest word I’ve typed in a long time.

*Thank you for asking. My favorite thesaurus is Roget’s 21st Century Thesaurus in Dictionary Form. Fun fact: I purchased a thesaurus in Cambridge the first time I went to England. It was my souvenir, which probably confirms a lot of things you already assumed about me.