Union: Complete! Traveler Food and Books Here is the CTMQ Guide to Union 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...]
The Jumping Frog
Pack it up, pack it in, let me begin... The Jumping Frog, Hartford Here I am in August of 2022 writing about a used bookstore that I first visited in... I'll say... 1996. And then again many, many times in the late 1990's when it was located at the corner of Prospect and Farmington Avenues in Hartford. … [Read more...]
Howard’s Bookstore and Noelke Gallery
Howards End Howard's Bookstore and Noelke Gallery, Torrington February 2022 With used bookstores such rarities these days, I visit and write about some them on CTMQ if only because they'll likely be extinct by the time I die. Hoo boy, that was a rough lede. Sorry to bum you out. I'm sure some will … [Read more...]
Books by the Falls
The Falls of Man Books by the Falls, Derby 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 our government has become... with a half finished book by my side on too many … [Read more...]