Kiss and... WTH? Kissing Bridge at Mill on the River, South Windsor November 2025 I trust my readers know what "WTH" means. Even you Boomers. C'mon, now. Of course, none of you could know why I used WTH in my title. Well, it goes something like this: I go to every Connecticut covered bridge, no matter how … [Read more...]
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Frog Rock, Norwich
Supercool Frog, No Matter What They Say Route 2, Norwich April 2025 So there I was, driving my just-turned-14 son and two of his friends back from our go-karting adventure at Foxwoods. I was toodling along on Route 2 and in my peripheral vision to my left, I saw it: a painted frog rock in a yard. I said … [Read more...]
Paul Pawlak Sr. Bypass Channel & Tingue Mill Falls
I Heart This Bypass and Falls Paul Pawlak Sr. Bypass Channel & Tingue Mill Falls, Seymour February 2025 A two-for-one page! (For those of you unaware of these dustier and darker corners of this website, I visit and write about Connecticut's waterfalls and fish ladders/bypasses. For those of you who were unaware … [Read more...]
Thimble Islands Cruise
Just a Thimbleful Thimble Islands Cruise, Branford October 2025 I must apologize up front. My wife Hoang and I took the Sea Mist Thimble Islands cruise in the middle of my self-imposed (and much enjoyed) hiatus from CTMQ. As such, I didn't approach this excursion as an "assignment" for this website but instead … [Read more...]
National Humane Alliance Fountain
Derby and Horses... Not in Kentucky National Humane Alliance Fountain, Derby December 2024 There are websites dedicated to locating and writing about all the statuary and memorials and plaques in Connecticut. I love those sites! This is not one of those sites. There is one website dedicated to locating and … [Read more...]
Book Review: A Reverence for Wood
All Things Wood are Good A Reverence for Wood, Eric Sloane (1965) Look, man, I'm going to keep this review very short. If you're familiar with Eric Sloane's books, you almost surely love Eric Sloane books. If you're not, you can go read my longer review of his A Museum of Early American Tools published a year … [Read more...]
Devil’s Jump
Might as Well Jump! Jump! Devil's Jump, Derby December 2024 Here I am again... the guy slowly driving through a cemetery, past a burial service, looking for a place called Devil's Jump. Cemetery roads are notoriously maze-like, perhaps I'll just stop to ask someone directions to the place where Satan hangs … [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...]
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...]