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CTMQ > Articles by: Steve

Christmas Town: Bethlehem

December 12, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

O (My) Little Town of Bethlehem A visit to Christmas Town December 2009 Crazy. Plum crazy I says. I had heard about Bethlehem from a trusted source who used to write for a local paper out this way that Bethlehem was a “very conservative, very unique” place. I had read that they celebrate their name through … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Everything Else, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Bethlehem, Christmas, Damian, town essays

Oldest Theological School in the US

December 11, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

This Old House (of God) Joseph Bellamy House Bethlehem, December 2009 The more places I go around the state (which, I can confidently say is more than pretty much more than 99% of all Nutmeggers throughout the whole of history), the more fascinating things I learn along the way. This page, for instance, wasn’t … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art, Superlatives Tagged With: Bethlehem, Damian, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Hoang

Gozzi’s Turkey Farm

December 11, 2009 by Steve 6 Comments

Max Headroom Goes to Guilford Gozzi's Neon Turkeys, Guilford November 2009 & 2013 Some pictures are from a 2013 revisit. What would compel me to get Hoang and Damian up and out the door early on a Saturday morning to drive all the way down to Guilford for what would amount to a 10 minute visitation? As you can … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Animals, Birds, Damian, Farms, Guilford, Hoang

“Angry God” Marker

December 10, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

In What State Was God in 1741? "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Marker Enfield, 11/20/2009 I'll bet God was pretty darn angry when John Edwards sinned and committed adultery with Rielle Hunter a few years ago while his wife was nearly dying of cancer. What? A different John Edwards? This rock monument … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Religion, Cemeteries, Monuments, Statuary, Greens, & Outdoor Sculpture & Art Tagged With: Enfield, Monuments and Plaques

The Longmeadow Baby Jog

December 9, 2009 by Steve 9 Comments

I Like How They Have a Border Fence Suffield/Enfield, CT/Longmeadow, MA border November 30, 2009 I made up the name of this border anomaly, but I figure I have the right to do so, since no one has bothered to do it before. And keeping with the tradition of the Southwick Jog, a much more infamous border dispute … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography Tagged With: Enfield, geo-oddities, Massachusetts, Suffield

Sports, Thrills, Cruises, Trains, Fairs, Parades, & Events

December 8, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Sports, Theme & Adventure Parks, Carousels, Cruises, Trains, Trolleys, Fairs, Parades, Festivals, & Events This page is another catch-all; a listing of a bunch stuff around Connecticut that doesn’t really fit anywhere else. It’s the rare list that I don’t realistically think I’ll actually complete for differing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Sports, Thrills, Tours, & Events Tagged With: baseball, Carousels, college football tour, cruises, Fairs and Festivals, football, hockey, Model Trains, motorsports, professional sports, resorts, skiing & snowboarding, Trains and Trolleys, wacky sports & games

Firsts, Onlies, Oldests, Largests, Longests, Mosts, Smallests, & Bests

December 6, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Connecticut's Superlatives Connecticut has an amazing array of superlatives (firsts, oldests, tallests, largest, longests, onlies, and smallests) to its credit. You'll find these all over the site in the museum reports and elsewhere. Capturing them all on this page is an impossible task, so bear with me. Some … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Superlatives Tagged With: "See Before you die" list, Dubious Claims, Firsts Onlies and Oldests, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests

Houses, Communities, Urban Legends, Lighthouses, Libraries, Schools, Businesses, & Theaters

December 6, 2009 by Steve 1 Comment

Houses, Ruins, Communities, Urban Legends, Lighthouses, Libraries, Post Offices, Schools, Companies, Businesses, Hotels, B&B's, Theaters, and Hauntings Hoo boy, this is a tough category to nail down. There’s just so much crossover with museums and superlatives and National Historic Landmarks and restaurants and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Houses, Communities, Libraries, & Businesses Tagged With: Abandoned and/or Unique Communities, Ghosties, Giant Goofy Things, Libraries, Lighthouses, Other Companies and Businesses, Private Residences, theaters, urban legends

Kent Falls

December 6, 2009 by Steve 6 Comments

These Falls are Super, Man Connecticut's Largest Waterfall, Sort of Kent Falls State Park, Kent 2019 Update: I will be revisiting Kent Falls State Park and taking better pictures in a larger format. The below from 2009 is cringey at the moment. For some reason, I've always hated the name Kent for a town. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Everything Else, Geography, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites, Superlatives Tagged With: Kent, kent falls state park, Largests Longests Mosts Smallests and Tallests, Waterfalls

Art Trail Viewpoint: Kent Falls

December 5, 2009 by Steve Leave a Comment

Kent Falls Viewpoint CT Art Trail Viewpoint Kent Falls State Park, Kent, November 2009 Here's the weird thing about this Connecticut Art Viewpoint Trail, side project of the Connecticut Art Trail: The chosen sites, while beautiful, don't all apparently directly translate to actual impressionist paintings from … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Art, Art Trail Viewpoints, Connecticut Art Trail, Kent, kent falls state park, Waterfalls

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