Harkness Memorial State Park Waterford Hark! The Harknesses left their fingerprints all over Connecticut, from their former home in Waterford to the Yale campus. Originally from Ohio, Edward S. Harkness was to become heir to a fortune initiated by his father's substantial investments in John D. Rockefeller’s … [Read more...]
New Roxbury Land Trust
The New Roxbury Land Trust Trails Union & Woodstock I'm confused. First by the "New Roxbury" name of course, since this land trust's holdings are in Union and Woodstock... many miles from western Connecticut's Roxbury. Their website does not offer an explanation for their name, but I really don't care. I care more … [Read more...]
Waterford Land Trust
Waterford Land Trust Trails Waterford If you're actually reading this - and I've a long standing thought that literally no one reads these blurby paragraphs about nothing on these types of pages that I create just to give myself more work - know that this is nearly my very last land trust introduction page that … [Read more...]
Waterford’s Town Trails
Waterford's Town Trails Waterford is one of those towns that shouldn't be its own town. It's tiny, just like its tiny neighboring New London. It was part of New London, of course, until some farmers from what is now Watertown decided they wanted to break free. And now we have two towns. And this particular … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Torrington
Everything Torrington I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Torrington CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
Book Review: Ring in the Dead
EAT It Ring in the Dead, J.A. Jance (2013) This novella is terrible. I honestly don't understand why the author, J.A. Jance, is popular and successful. Perhaps her long-form fiction is much better and these short serialized novellas just aren't her bag. I have no idea. Speaking of having no idea, you likely … [Read more...]
Sunnybrook State Park Intro
Sunnybrook State Park Torrington Sunnybrook is weird in the sense that it's a state park with a bunch of trails that are also part of the CFPA Blue Trails network as the Alain and May White Nature Trails. Sure, this is just an artifact of something or other, but it confuses my hierarchies on CTMQ. The park only … [Read more...]
GMCT: The Wood Parcel
A Place Just For Me Great Meadows Conservation Trust's Wood Parcel, Wethersfield January 2021 The Great Meadows Conservation Trust holds properties in Glastonbury, Rocky Hill, and Wethersfield. Sounds impressive. And I'm not here to denigrate the fine work these folks do, as it's as important to protect land in … [Read more...]
Lost Ruby Farm
Ruby Saturday Lost Ruby Farm, Norfolk April 2014 A few days after my younger son's third birthday, I took him and his brother out to the polar vortex of Connecticut. As my gift to him. A hike through Campbell Falls State Park to check out one of our state's finest waterfalls (that happens to be in Massachusetts), … [Read more...]
Windsor Locks Canal Trail State Park Intro
Windsor Locks Canal Trail State Park Suffield & Windsor Locks It's kind of impressive how many "Trail State Parks" we have in Connecticut. These long, serpentine state parks that travel along rivers and old railroad routes are not your typical state parks, and I enjoy their oddness. And they often come with … [Read more...]
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