I have visited the Mystic Seaport Museum, the nation’s leading and largest maritime museum, a number of times over my years in Connecticut, and each time I’m surprised once again at its beauty and all that it has to offer. A quick look at their website or a Google search about the museum will turn…
It has been a bucket list item of mine to view the cherry blossom trees in Washington, DC. They only bloom for a three-week window, and it is hard to predict exactly when blooming will occur so planning for travel is a challenge. I was fortunate to see them this past spring, but I was…
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…
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….
Updated March 2019 “This place means peace to my soul.” ~ Theodate Pope Riddle Working in Simsbury and Avon, CT for almost twenty years combined, I learned many different routes to and from my home in West Hartford. The most direct route was over Avon Mountain which could be treacherous in the snow and ice, so my preferred…
Portsmouth and New Castle, NH are neighboring towns on the New Hampshire coastline. New Castle has the distinction of being the easternmost town in New Hampshire, as well as one of the smallest, and is solely made up of islands. Portsmouth, on the other hand, is one of New Hampshire’s larger cities and is a…
