Building Bridges Frank P. Witek Memorial Park, Derby & Ansonia December 2024 Like many things in Derby, the trails here cross over into a neighboring town. Derby is tiny. Derby cannot be contained to itself. Derby's gonna Derb. Let's hike. I guess technically Witek Park is just the Derby half of this hike. The … [Read more...]
The Ethel Walker Middle School Museum of Curiosities
"Curiouser and Curiouser!” The Ethel Walker Middle School Museum of Curiosities, Simsbury/Virtual November 2024 Connecticut museum visit #538, a somewhat difficult one for me to write about. It's not because it's an entirely online museum, it's because it involves 6th and 7th grade girls with names and faces … [Read more...]
King Philip’s Caves
King Fillup the Life Star King Philip's Caves, Simsbury November 2024 Don't do this. Seriously, local search and rescue teams are tired of dragging broken bodies from this area. So many broken bodies over the years that they have put a Life Star landing pad as close to future broken bodies as … [Read more...]
The Colebrook Store (Closed)
Colesing the Brook The Colebrook Store, Colebrook July 2024 The store closed at the end of 2024... but has closed and re-opened a few times this century. Keep me updated. Not familiar with Colebrook, Connecticut? Let me introduce you to the town's bustling center: You've got your historical society museum … [Read more...]
Wagner Woods & Hall farm
Nature Show Simsbury Land Trust's Wagner Woods, Simsbury September 2013 & November 2024 The Hall Farm parcel was added to Wagner Woods after I first published this page. I hiked the new parcel 11 years later. Wagner Woods I'll apologize up front. This is one of those pages that I put together for me and my … [Read more...]
Simsbury Free Library
Eno's Traffic Simsbury Free Library, Simsbury November 2024 Connecticut museum visit #540. Funny story: I visited this library within a week or two of visiting another unique library in New Haven. There was no question in my brain that that library can be called a museum. But this one in Simsbury? I waffled. I … [Read more...]
January 2025 Books
In descending order of most to least enjoyed. My favorite read of the month was a reread... The Stranger, Albert Camus (1942): Short, powerful novella; apparently emotionless dude in Algiera murders a nameless Arab and is condemned for it, but doesn't ever seem to emote over anything. Life is absurd and a series of … [Read more...]
Book Review: A Museum of Early American Tools
Toolin' Along A Museum of Early American Tools, Eric Sloane (1964) Connecticut museum visit #541. This is a first. 541 Connecticut museums into this decades-long project and I'm calling a book I just read a museum. Which is ridiculous. Absurd. Ludicrous. The book was written by Eric Sloane, one of … [Read more...]
Founders League Private Prep School Museums
Fahncy Founders League Private Prep School Museums, Various Towns This page is only about the 9 Connecticut schools in The Founders Athletic League. There are many other schools - boarding, prep, and public - around the state with museums. You can blame this page on my very specific, very undiagnosed, very … [Read more...]
Thimble Island Old Saybrook Brewpub (Closed)
A Thimble of Time Thimble Island Brewpub, Old Saybrook This Thimble Island location closed in January 2025. I never visited. It's tough out there, folks. While the flagship Thimble Island Brewery is still open in an office park in Branford, this attempt at a second location in Old Saybrook lasted only nine … [Read more...]