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. (Last checked January … [Read more...]
Everything Else
Miscellanea, Curiosities and... Everything Else Welcome to the most difficult section of CTMQ to curate. It has been incorrectly titled Ephemera. It has been called Miscellanea. Then it was Curiosities. Now it's "Everything Else." The most frustrating part of this whole massive section, to me, is that there's too … [Read more...]
Modern Library’s Top 100 Novels
Just Read 2002 - 2039 or so Nerd. But I love you for it. Outside of all the regular CTMQ stuff, I have other goals. One of those goals is to read 3 Modern Library Top 100 books per year 4 Modern Library Top 100 English novels of the 20th century per year, which should have me finishing the entire list around … [Read more...]
Dog Rock
Thalia and Melpomene... Woof Dog Rock, Intersection of Hayestown and East Hayestown Roads, Danbury Tragedy and Comedy in one dog's face. Painted on a rock. So much emotion. So much paint. Way down at the extreme southern end of Candlewood Lake - Connecticut's largest lake, by the way - very near Lakeside Pub … [Read more...]
Garden of Ideas (Closed)
It Was a Good Idea While it Lasted Garden of Ideas, Ridgefield June 2017 The Garden of Ideas Closed in September 2019. Things open. Things close. That's just the way things work in America. However, when some things close, they continue on in some way. I imagine the Garden of Ideas, nestled in a corner of … [Read more...]
Pizza, A Love Story
(It's Sally's. The Answer is Sally's) Pizza, A Love Story (2019) This is a very important movie. Even though it took over a decade to complete and required some crowd-sourced funding, it is a movie that had to be made. Yes, it's a documentary about New Haven Pizza. Year after year, The Daily Meal ranks the top 100 … [Read more...]
The Canaan Conundrum
The Canaanites Canaan, North Canaan, New Canaan, East Canaan, ... and Falls Village As a non-Connecticut native, I'm not qualified to write this. Quite simply, I can't make sense of it. Then again, as an outsider, I can see the issue for what it is: stupid. Let's dispense with New Canaan off the bat, as it … [Read more...]
Worthington Pond Farm Covered Bridge
A Totally Worthington Bridge Worthington Pond Farm Covered Bridge, Somers December 2016 Shortly before I first visited this rather large and pretty covered bridge, Worthington Farm was... a farm. But at some point in the 21st century, Dan Roulier bought and developed the property into a private park of sorts. I'm … [Read more...]
Great Falls
Sometimes Great Great Falls, Canaan/Salisbury February 2017 At some point someone dubbed Great Falls - also known as Canaan Falls - "The Niagara Falls of New England." In 2015 or so, the go-to New England waterfall resource first said, "If you are unable to make it to Niagara Falls in New York this summer, this … [Read more...]
Milford Memorial Bridge & Tower
Milford Takes Nothing for Granite Milford Memorial Bridge & Tower, Milford July 2021 You've gotta love Milford. In 1888 the town said, "Hey, let's build a bridge over the Wepawaug River to commemorate... literally every possible person and thing we can." "You mean, like, one bridge to take care of all the town … [Read more...]