Low in the Pecking Order Peckham Park Covered Bridge, Middlefield December 2023 Crickets. No, I didn't see any crickets when I visited this small covered bridge. Nor did I hear any. By "crickets" I mean... I've got nothin'. Just a few pictures of a 30-foot, relatively unattractive covered bridge right up … [Read more...]
Book Review: In the Blood
Bloody Good In the Blood, Charles Barber (2023) This book is so good. I don't care if you're not a non-fiction reader. You'll enjoy this book. It is as good as any mystery or thriller simply because it is a mystery and a thriller. And bonus: it all happened in Connecticut. (Well, except for the parts in Somalia … [Read more...]
Hartland: Complete!
Hartland: Complete! The Coach Stop Here is the CTMQ Guide to Hartland with my list and stories about everything I’ve done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of our towns already. … [Read more...]
Muhammad Ali Museum of Bethany
The Epiphany in Bethany Bethany (Private home) December 2022 CT museum visit #489 If you're unaware, Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Clay. The three-time world heavyweight champion, wordsmith, advocate, and showman died in 2016. I don't know how to begin this page. I don't know how to end this page. And … [Read more...]
Thompson-Osborn Preserve
Carboniferific! Thompson-Osborn Preserve, Avon Land Trust, Avon July 2024 "Hey Steve, do you get annoyed when you think you've hiked every land trust trail or all the trails in a town and then they go and add another one?" No! Especially when it's in Avon and the new trail is only 15 minutes from my … [Read more...]
Glacial Lake Hitchcock Sediment Dam
Hike Here at a Glacial Pace Glacial Lake Hitchcock Sediment Dam, Rocky Hill December 2023 I would guess that Rocky Hill is the most "forgotten" town in the Greater Harford area. It's small and I just never hear about it. Which is a shame, because of course everyone knows about Dinosaur State Park which is … [Read more...]
David K. Leff “Hidden in Plain Sight” Trail
Nothing Leff Unexplored David K. Leff "Hidden in Plain Sight" Trail, Hartland July 2024 David would love this short trail. I love this short trail. And I really love that this short trail exists in David's honor. I met David K. Leff on two occasions and on the second, we had a fairly long and winding … [Read more...]
Book Review: A Professor, A President, and a Meteor
Weston Rocks! A Professor, A President, and a Meteor, Cathryn J. Prince (2011) I was "friends" with Cathryn Prince for a year or so before meeting her in person at a book signing in 2011. 21st-century "friends." In other words, Twitter friends. A Connecticut resident and professor, Prince specializes in writing … [Read more...]
Ernest Borgnine Park
All Hail McHale Ernest Borgnine Park, Hamden June 2024 If you are over the age of, say, 40, you should know who Ernest Borgnine is. In my case, I know him firstly as Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale from McHale's Navy, the 1960's sitcom. (Thanks, Granndad!) Younger folks may know him from Airwolf and movie … [Read more...]
Milo Coe Monument
Say it Ain't Coe Milo Coe Monument, Hartland Certainly not every monument and memorial gets a place on this website. I choose based on those that have extra historic merit, have some superlative attached, or are otherwise unique. The Milo Coe roadside monument, mere yards from the Massachusetts border, along a … [Read more...]
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