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So how’s that food coma coming along now that Thanksgiving is over? Maybe there’s some room for food for thought… Yesterday, while driving to a destination, I listened to the radio show “Back Story” with the American History Guys (What? No American History Gals?), as they explained Thanksgiving in this country. As I listened to [...] Hi all, I was asked to pass this on to everyone. I think it’s a great idea. Check it out! The Unique Gift Holiday Fair Saturday, December 3rd, from 9AM to 4PM and Sunday December 4, from 10AM to 3PM South End Senior Center, 70 Canterbury Street, East Hartford, CT Refreshments available: Coffee, Tea, Hot [...] It’s probably because of the season, but there is an awful lot of cemetery news coming out of the New England area these days… As I said, “Tis the season”…for ghost hunting! Connecticut Ghost Seekers Investigate Local Hauntings East Hampton-Portland Patch Oct. 26, 2011 Exploring The Paranormal In New London And Beyond New [...] Here’s some recent cemetery related news around Connecticut and New England… A Chance To Learn About Historic Bristol Cemeteries The Hartford Courant Sept. 14, 2011 Bone found in Norwich church cellar linked to cemetery move in 1846 The New London Day Aug. 25, 2011 Scout’s cemetery project digs deep into Lisbon’s past The Norwich Bulletin [...] A bunch of cemetery related news recently came my way. Thought I’d share them with you. The Apple of their Eye Admirer adorns grave of Benedict Arnold’s mother (Norwich Bulletin) Maybe it’s the ghost of Bill Stanley doing this… A Lonely Little Spot Mystery and Pine Trees Shroud Gravesite of Smallpox Victim (Cape Cod Times) [...] I can go for weeks without having anything to say. Then things happen, one after the other and I have too much to comment about. So I usually don’t. But these are things that I just couldn’t ignore. Moodus is getting rowdy these days. Feel the Earth Shake Near Moodus? (NBCConnecticut) ‘Moodus Noises’ Strike [...] Hello, I’m back! For those of my readers (all two of you) wondering what happened to me for the past month or so, I haven’t gone away. I tend to hibernate during the of the worst winter season (when I’m not shoveling, that is). But it looks like the groundhogs (Punxsutawney Phil and Connecticut’s own [...] Here’s a bit of Cold War history I didn’t know about…Connecticut has old Nike missile sites. Peter Marteka wrote about them recently in the Hartford Courant. Remembering Nike Missile Sites Throughout The State Plainville’s Nike Missile Site I knew about the ones in New Jersey…they’ve been written about extensively thanks to the Weird New Jersey [...] This came across my desk recently and I plan on attending…not as a presenter, but as an observer. The subject matter is just too interesting to pass up. See you there! Cranky ========== CFP Update: Popular Culture in Early America – March 24-26, 2011 (Storrs, Conecticuit & Worcester, Massachusetts, USA) The Fourth James L. and [...] There will be a Goods and Services Benefit Auction this Friday to help Willimantic, CT’s three local history museums. The auction is for the Windham Textile & History Museum, the Connecticut Eastern Railroad Museum, and the Windham Historical Society. The Benefit Auction is Friday, Nov. 5 at: Eldridge Auction Gallery 90 South Park St. Willimantic, [...] |
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