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CT Women’s Heritage Trail

September 20, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

This is a Broad Catergory Connecticut Women's Heritage Trail Text on this page is mostly from The Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame which oversees the Women's Heritage Trail. Last checked October 2022. The Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame is the proud founder of a statewide program, the Connecticut Women's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: CT Women's Hall of Fame, Prudence Crandall: State Heroine, Women's Heritage Trail

Connecticut Art Trail

September 20, 2008 by Steve Leave a Comment

Who Arted? Connecticut Art Trail I first published this page in 2009. The CT Art Trail has gone through many changes since then, and keeping up with it has been a challenge. As such, I can't pretend that the listing here is 100% accurate at the day and time you are reading this. (I won't list "Affiliante Members" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Cultural, Heritage, & Historic Trails Tagged With: Art, Connecticut Art Trail

Press

September 15, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

Yeah, check me out. Magazine Editors, Interviewers, etc, this is for you. [2015 Update: I reached a point around 2013 when I simply stopped keeping track of this sort of thing. Don't get me wrong, it's humbling and fun to appear in the media - and it's especially important to me when I get to talk about my son … [Read more...]

Filed Under: About, Press Tagged With: Press

The Winchester Center Kerosene Lamp Museum (Closed)

September 14, 2008 by Steve 10 Comments

Not Leaving the Light on for You Winchester Closed 2003? It is evident to me, as I visit these defunct museums, that those with a singular passion - dare I say obsession - are often the ones fallen by the wayside. And I can't think of a better example than a museum located in a very far flung place, in a town … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Closed/Gone/Former, Winchester

Mattabesett Trail: Section 5

September 10, 2008 by Steve 3 Comments

Section 5: A Fun Hike; No Bluffing Stagecoach Road - Lone Pine Trailhead (East), 6 miles August 1, 2008 Life is about decisions. Decisions like, "Can I hike 10.6 miles after work in August?" Apparently, I told myself that I could. I neglected to factor in the 35 minute drive to the trailhead and that other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, National "Stuff" Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, cockaponset state forest, Durham, Great Views, Guilford, Guilford Land Conservation Trust, Madison, Madison Land Conservation Trust, Mattabesett Trail, National Scenic Trails, New England National Scenic Trail, North Branford

63. Meigs Point Nature Center Museum

September 10, 2008 by Steve 17 Comments

The Fish Scale: Do, Re, Meigs! Madison (Google Maps Location) July 12, 2008 Update: Meigs Point has a brand new building, so a revisit is in order! If you go to Hammonasset Beach just once a year, please visit this excellent nature center. If you go several times a year as we used to do, please make it a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Animals, Beach, Birds, Damian, Hammonassett Beach State Park, Madison, Natural History, Nature Centers

Mattabesett Trail: Section 4

September 9, 2008 by Steve 1 Comment

Section 4: A Real Pistol-Paug 7 Miles, Wallingford & Durham July 2008 Routes 157/68 to Stage Coach Road Phew! It's a hot one! No, not so much the 95-degree heat that I decided was fine to hike in... but the heated local debate about the Blue Trail gun range all-too-near the Mattabesett Trail on this, my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CFPA Hikes, Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, National "Stuff", State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Blue Trails Challenge, Durham, Great Views, Mattabesett Trail, National Scenic Trails, New England National Scenic Trail, tri-mountain state park, Wallingford

52. Barnum Museum

September 9, 2008 by Steve 3 Comments

I'm a Sucker For This Museum Bridgeport (Google Maps Location) May 17, 2008 Update: On June 24, 2010, an EF-1 tornado struck the Barnum Museum. Colossal winds slammed into the historic structure compromising structural integrity of the building, contaminating the environmental and mechanical systems, shattering … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums Tagged With: Bridgeport, Dubious Claims, pt barnum

Selectman’s Stones

September 7, 2008 by Steve 2 Comments

A Man's Gotta Have Some Stones Selectman's Stones, Durham/Madison/Guilford September 1, 2008 (You can reach these stones via The Selectman's Path and other trails through the Mica Ledges Preserve as well.) There I was, in the middle of the woods, high above Madison and Guilford, along the Mattabesett Trail. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else Tagged With: Cool Rocks, Durham, Guilford, Historic Rocks, Madison, Mattabesett Trail

Damian

September 2, 2008 by Steve 23 Comments

I figured it would be prudent to write a little blurb about my son, Damian, and some of the special challenges Hoang and I face raising him. I have hinted throughout CTMQ that he's a little bit different from other kids his age which has prompted some emailed questions. "Why don't you take him to this or that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family, Smith-Magenis Syndrome, The Boys Tagged With: Damian, Family Chronicles, Smith-Magenis Syndrome

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