A Prickly Situation Prickly Pear Cacti Along the Metacomet Trail October 6, 2007 This page is one of my favorite pages out of the thousands of CTMQ pages. If you know anything about me, you know that I am a skeptic in the classic sense. I like to learn stuff, and I like to learn factual stuff that goes against … [Read more...]
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243. The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
Contemporaneous Contemporaneousness Ridgefield (Google Maps location) November 9, 2012 The Aldrich is a Connecticut Art Trail site You may find it difficult to believe, but the Aldrich is probably in my top 15 or 20 favorite museums in Connecticut. For one, I’m an unabashed fan of contemporary art (usually), … [Read more...]
Site of First Christmas Tree in US… Maybe
“Fröhliche Weihnachten!" Site of First Christmas Tree in US Windsor Locks CTMQ readers know that I love my dubious superlatives. Writing about one of our country’s oldest states means that I come across a lot of them. There are so many – and so many are impossible to really, truly corroborate. But this one … [Read more...]
Wood Memorial Gingerbread House Festival
Oh Snap! Wood Memorial Library Gingerbread House Festival, South Windsor November 28, 2014 I have no idea how many gingerbread house festivals there are in Connecticut, let alone New England, but I'm still confident that this one is one of the largest around. How can I be so confident? For one, I stay on … [Read more...]
Nooks Hill Road & South Street
Just Because Nooks Hill Road & South Street “Tunnels”, Cromwell October & December 2017 These aren't a tunnels. They're not even all that interesting. But here we are... driving around Cromwell. First, I was heading towards the mighty Connecticut River on Nooks Hill Road. I’m writing this epic page simply … [Read more...]
Metacomet Trail: Section 12
Section 12: We’re Still At It! Farmington River to Hatchett Hill Rd, 2.3 miles October 7, 2017 Hello? Is this thing on? Yes? Good. It has been almost exactly SIX years since our last Metacomet Trail section hike. Yup, the last time Hoang and I hiked it was mid-October 2011. Man, time flies. Back then, … [Read more...]
Foster Family Farm
Corny Foster Family Farm, South Windsor September 24, 2017 I had never in my life done a corn maze. So I figured I should do one. "Completing" South Windsor gave me such an opportunity. I have now done a corn maze. In fact, according to the Foster Family Farm website, I've now experienced Connecticut's … [Read more...]
Book Review: Lost in Place
Among the Tribes of Fairfield County Lost in Place By Mark Salzman In late 2016, as this website turned 10 years old, I made the transformational decision to buckle down and begin “completing” towns. A year into the slight strategy pivot, I think it’s working pretty well. Working well for me, anyway. It allows … [Read more...]
Phillips Cave
I Wonder What Phillip Phillips Is Up To Phillips Cave, Bethel September 16, 2017 Phillips Cave is (of course) not a real cave and has nothing to do with the King Philip’s War from which, strangely, many cave-like things are named. No, this hollow in a cliffside in Bethel sits prominently in the Putnam … [Read more...]
Settlers Rock
That Settles It Settler’s Rock, Ridgefield August 2017 There’s just something about historic rocks. I’ve covered a few around Connecticut. I think its their stoic permanence that attracts me to them. Or that they seem to almost all contain some sort of dubious claim. Or the fact that they’re literally just … [Read more...]
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