It Goes Both Ways Ferryboat, Betsy & Giulio Maestro Look, man, leave me alone. I'm just a grown man over here reviewing books written for three-year-olds. You got a problem with that? I was made aware of Ferryboat by a CTMQ reader who often helps me fill out lists that can never be completely filled out. … [Read more...]
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The Ice Storm (1997)
Cold The Ice Storm, 1997 My journey with The Ice Storm involves more Ice Storm than most people would ever want. I watched this movie when it was first available at Blockbuster in 1998 or so. It depressed me. Then I read the book by Rick Moody in 2019 and told myself that I was done with it. The book is brutal on … [Read more...]
NHL: Old Newgate Prison & Copper Mine
Old Newgate Prison & Copper Mine CT National Historic Landmark Newgate Road, East Granby This place has it all... 300 year old mining history, 200 year old jail stories, human rights violations, bats, terror, slave labor, interpretive center, traitors, escaped monkeys, nice views of the Farmington River … [Read more...]
First Copper Mine & Federal/State Prison in US
Old Newgate Prison & Copper Mine East Granby If you're reading this sentence and are at all interested in Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine, you should just go to the page I wrote about our visit to it. Because what you're reading now is a very truncated version of that. First Copper Mine in the … [Read more...]
Old Newgate Prison and Copper Mine
From Copper to Coppers East Granby (Google Maps location) September 1, 2018 I didn't think this page would ever happen. Soon after I began writing this website in 2006, Newgate was "closed temporarily for repairs." I thought, "good, maybe I'll sort out if it's 'Newgate," "New-Gate," or "New Gate" by the time it … [Read more...]
Jacknife (1989)
Jacked Up Jacknife, 1989 When I began putting together my list of Connecticut movies, I hadn't heard of the large majority of them. This didn't strike me as surprising, as I've never been a big movie watcher. And as far as knowing off the top of my head which movies were, like, Connecticut movies... well, I'm not … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Invisible Island
The Good Old Days The Invisible Island, Dean Marshall This book is a joy. Written in 1948, The Great Depression and WWII were behind us and the Cold War had yet to really get going, these were the halcyon days for (wealthy, white) Americans. The world was a safe place and children were allowed to venture … [Read more...]
Babb’s Beach
Lots of Babble Babb's Beach Suffield I've waited a decade to write this page. And I should probably wait at least a decade more. But here we are... on a page about a tiny strip of sand along the shore of The Congamond Lakes' Middle Pond. For Babb's Beach was once an entertainment hotbed and there are hopes … [Read more...]
Books by the Falls (Closed)
The Falls of Man Books by the Falls, Derby This place was absorbed by another business and then just sort of faded away. Nobody reads books anymore. Personally, I used to read maybe 30-35 books a year, but thanks to 2020 being the most insane timeline, I find myself staring at screens following the reality show … [Read more...]
The Hartford Gun Club
Bangin' The Hartford Gun Club Oldest Gun Club in America, East Granby & Windsor There are very few pages out of the (literally!) thousands here on CTMQ where I don't actually do the thing I'm writing about. This is one of those rare pages and I'm not even a little bit sore about it. Okay, maybe I am a … [Read more...]
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