Goff Brook, not Brooke Goff Great Meadows Conservation Trust's Wood Parcel, Rocky Hill September 2024 Back when I walked around and then wrote about farm road trails just south of here, I said: The "Great Meadows" is very confusing. It is, as I understand it, a large swath of meadow along the Connecticut River … [Read more...]
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Dorence Atwater Monument
Terryville's Dorence Nightengale Dorence Atwater Monument, Plymouth Like most people, I had never heard of Dorence Atwater. In fact, I would have guessed that Dorence was a woman. Like a mixture of Dorothy and Florence... Dorence. Well, Dorence was not a woman. He was Plymouth's Civil War hero and in fact, … [Read more...]
Bobriwka (Private)
No Soup For Me Bobriwka, Colebrook Bobriwka is private and likes it that way. My efforts to visit for the good of this site were brusquely rebuffed. I respect that. Still, I think this place is still so interesting that I feel compelled to create a page about it. All three pictures below are from their … [Read more...]
Deer Hill Trail
Hanging on for Deer Life Colebrook Land Conservancy's Deer Hill Trail, Colebrook July 2024 Alternative title: Deer Fly Trail This trail is great. I just wanted to put that out first. Any complaints below about biting insects is simply a result of time and place; certainly not something anyone can do anything … [Read more...]
The New Cambridge Project
The New New The New Cambridge Project, Bristol July 2024 When the lights went out on Firefly Brewing in early 2023, many of us took a moment to remember what was not only one of the state's oldest (of the new wave) breweries, but one of the most consistently good ones. Mystery surrounded its abrupt closure but … [Read more...]
Hale & Rockwell Trails
This $#!+ Is Bananas, B-a-n-a-n-a-s Colebrook Land Conservancy's Hale & Rockwell Trails, Colebrook July 2024 As of this writing, the Colebrook Land Conservancy manages four trailed properties. The two on this page are combined on their website, so I'm just following suit. And it makes sense, as both are short and … [Read more...]
Peckham Park Covered Bridge
Low in the Pecking Order Peckham Park Covered Bridge, Middlefield December 2023 Crickets. No, I didn't see any crickets when I visited this small covered bridge. Nor did I hear any. By "crickets" I mean... I've got nothin'. Just a few pictures of a 30-foot, relatively unattractive covered bridge right up … [Read more...]
Book Review: In the Blood
Bloody Good In the Blood, Charles Barber (2023) This book is so good. I don't care if you're not a non-fiction reader. You'll enjoy this book. It is as good as any mystery or thriller simply because it is a mystery and a thriller. And bonus: it all happened in Connecticut. (Well, except for the parts in Somalia … [Read more...]
Hartland: Complete!
Hartland: Complete! The Coach Stop Here is the CTMQ Guide to Hartland with my list and stories about everything I’ve done there! After a decade of writing CTMQ, I decided to try to “complete” towns. In that decade of traveling and writing, I had already done a lot of stuff in many of our towns already. … [Read more...]
Muhammad Ali Museum of Bethany
The Epiphany in Bethany Bethany (Private home) December 2022 CT museum visit #489 If you're unaware, Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Clay. The three-time world heavyweight champion, wordsmith, advocate, and showman died in 2016. I don't know how to begin this page. I don't know how to end this page. And … [Read more...]
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