Last Friday, as the Peabody Museum reopened the last major component of a years-long renovation—its third floor—I felt a little like one of the many naturalists whose work has contributed to the museum, trying to observe and document my subject in a way that didn’t alter or interfere with it. What was I studying? Homo […]
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Toy Story
My mission seemed impossible: Find a novel Christmas gift that would delight and absorb my 6-year-old grandnephew (more…)
Field Day
The fall festival at Woodbridge’s Townline Farm last Sunday was one of those golden October occasions that remind us why we love the season. (more…)
Floral Grounds
Oh, to be a 7-year-old again—or so I thought on a recent blue-sky, late-summer weekday when visiting Lavender Pond Farm in Killingworth. One such munchkin, in the company of his family, couldn’t be more thrilled to be there, especially when taking a guided tour of the 25-acre outdoor attraction on the LPF Express, a solar-powered, […]
Roots and Branch
The Fair Haven Branch of the New Haven Free Public Library closes an hour earlier than usual on Saturdays. The security guard was explaining this in Spanish as I walked in, much to the disappointment of the young boy hoping to use one of the computers. Nearby, a librarian was on the phone, informing the […]
Father Time
With apologies, an overworked dad joke: Q: Who’s got the world’s best dad bod? A: The researchers with the body of dada showing how important fathers are. This Father’s Day weekend, show Dad he’s no joke. Follow his example, by… Being There At Cafe Nine, Ramones tribute act The Hymans “blast[] off like a rocket […]
Love Language
For two decades, Carol Ruggiero filled pages and pages with her thoughts and memories, evoking images of a bygone era, and now they fill Pearls from Carol, the blue-bound book her husband, Albert, devotedly assembled, published and promotes. (more…)
The Note Book
Researching family history for the publication of her parents’ love letters was interesting and fun, Hamden author Jill Snyder says. It was also healing. (more…)
Salvage Mission
As cofounder and board chair Lisa Spetrini guided me through the racks, bins, shelves, cubbies and jars of artsy, craftable salvage in North Haven’s EcoWorks—“Connecticut’s only Creative Reuse Center”—I thought of all the creative people I know and wondered, Do they know about this place? Up front, the store’s “ReBoutique” sells creations from local artists […]
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