Welp... That's Welch Bethany Land Trust, Bethany January 2021 An important piece of information you should know when setting out to hike little parcels and preserves in The New Haven County Black Hole (Bethany, Prospect, northern Woodbridge, and eastern Beacon Falls) is that there is often nowhere "official" or … [Read more...]
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CTMQ’s Guide to Glastonbury
Everything Glastonbury 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” Glastonbury CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. … [Read more...]
RWA: Maltby Lakes
I'll Drink to This Place Maltby Lakes, West Haven, New Haven, & Orange January 2021 All Regional Water Authority (RWA) properties require a purchased permit to access. In case you're curious, Maltby Lakes was my very first RWA hike, 14+ years after I began this website. The RWA properties have always been this … [Read more...]
Loomis Homestead
Loomising Large Loomis Homestead Windsor Windsor claims, with some authority, to be Connecticut's oldest town. And this house, on the campus of the Loomis Chaffee School, is the oldest house in Windsor. No, the transitive property (or whatever) doesn't work here. The oldest house still standing in Connecticut is … [Read more...]
New Haven Holocaust Memorial
First, Oldest, Most Sobering New Haven Holocaust Memorial This isn't a typical CTMQ page in that a) it contains no puns or satirical quips, b) I didn't write most of it, and c) the photography is phenomenal. Okay, c) above is not true and it could be categorized as a satirical quip. I guess I simply can't … [Read more...]
CTMQ’s Guide to Waterford
Everything Waterford 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” Waterford CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [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...]
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 (Closed)
Ruby Saturday Lost Ruby Farm, Norfolk April 2014 This farm ceased its main operations in 2023. 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 … [Read more...]
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