The lesser known sport of lawn bowling, also known as flat green bowling or bowling on the green, dates to Egyptian times but the game played today was developed and formalized in Scotland in the 1800s. A “uniform code of laws” over the game was agreed to in 1848, and the Scottish Bowling Association was…
So what is so special about this old stone house? For one, it is the oldest house in Connecticut. It is also the oldest stone house in all of New England. The first settlers of Guilford, CT began construction on the Henry Whitfield House in late 1639 for Henry Whitfield, a Puritan minister who fled…
Updated March 2019 You know I’m a New England girl, and likely always will be, but I know I’m not alone when I say I am “so over” winter! Winter seems so festive through the holidays and I can’t wait for that first snowfall. Then I spend January making peace with it and attempting to…
Some Basic Asylum Hill History Asylum Hill (initially called Lords Hill), a neighborhood west of Hartford, was once farmland named after Captain Richard Lord, a prominent early settler of Hartford. In 1817 the Asylum for the Education and Instruction of Deaf and Dumb Persons was founded and its first student, Alice Cogswell, was enrolled. The…
Doormat. The word has a bit of a negative connotation, doesn’t it? No one wants to BE a doormat, which means that you allow others to walk all over you. And yet, a doormat is one of the most useful things for a home. We all need one to wipe our feet or to ensure…
Sitting at home on day three of a nasty cold, suffering from a case of the winter doldrums, has me thinking about summer and our annual vacation to Martha’s Vineyard. August can’t come soon enough at this time of year, and it’s fun to daydream about one of my favorite places on the island. Magical….
