Hunting and Pecking for a Trail Peckham Park, Middlefield January 2026 This page exists to simply tell you that this page shouldn't exist. When I compile lists, I rely on other sources. When it comes to trailed town properties, that source is often the town. And many towns either ignore their trailed … [Read more...]
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Derby and Shelton Canals
Locked In Derby and Shelton Canals, Derby & Shelton January 2026 One of my son's soccer coaches used to yell "Lock it in boys, lock it in!" all the time and now I find myself using that phrase in non-athletic endeavors. Anyway, when I got down to the canals and lock in Derby and Shelton, I was "locked in" on one … [Read more...]
Evans Family Meadows
Good Times Evans Family Meadows, Bloomfield November 2026 This is a Traprock Ridge Land Conservancy property. Life is funny. I was on my 2025 CTMQ hiatus, necessitated by my career and my son's activities. I had just simply stopped doing "CTMQ stuff" for a while, and I was enjoying it. I spent several … [Read more...]
Interactive Periodic Table Mini-Museum
Your Periodic Reminder that Many Social Media Influencers Are Idiots Interactive Periodic Table Mini-Museum, Mansfield (Location) November 2025 Connecticut museum visit #551. In the new world of dystopian brain-melting stupidity that we live in where hate is a virtue and science is demonized... where measles … [Read more...]
Coe Hill Open Space
Cuckoo for Coe Hill Coe Hill Open Space, Middlefield January 2026 This is one of those "Really, dude? You really needed to find this place, walk it, photograph it, and write about it?" places. To which I answer, "Yes? Yes, yes, yes, and yes." So imagine my surprise upon settling in to quickly write … [Read more...]
Brian Dennehy Bridge
Life of Brian Brian Dennehy Bridge, Derby January 2026 There's nothing quite like the feeling of going to a place to take a few pictures for the purposes of this website and stumbling upon something else that deserves its own page here on CTMQ. I live for these moments. When I went to snap a few … [Read more...]
Harvey Preserve
I Imagined Seeing a Rabbit Harvey Preserve, Chaplin December 2025 This is a Joshua's Trust property. If you don't get the rabbit reference(s), just ignore it. They don't mean anything. I enjoy hiking in the winter. I really do. No bugs, not sweat in the eyes, fewer ticks... but even I, an avowed winter lover, … [Read more...]
Israel: Gveenah
Who Cut the Gveenah? CT Food Tour of the World at Gveenah, West Hartford December 2025 I'm going to drop some West Hartford blasphemy: I've never really liked Black Bamboo that much. I like Black Bamboo's commitment to vegetarianism and by all accounts they are a good business, but I just don't understand the … [Read more...]
Heritage Bridge Trail
Run To The Hills Heritage Bridge Trail, Farmington November 2025 Sometimes my titles are groan-inducing puns. Sometimes they're downright clever if I do say so myself. Sometimes they're niche. And sometimes they're very, very niche. This page's would be pretty niche. And I'm just going to leave it at that. … [Read more...]
Satan’s Kingdom (Bethany)
Well, That Stinks Historical/Apocryphal Satan's Kingdom (Bethany) Bethany is a rural town with a lot of horses. Parts of Bethany smell like horses. But that's better than smelling like sulphur and hellfire and brimstone. Residents should be happy that the unnamed guy from the 18th century apparently didn't wield … [Read more...]