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Books, Movies, People, & Stories

Book Review: A Reverence for Wood

All Things Wood are Good A Reverence for Wood, Eric Sloane (1965) Look, man, I’m going to keep this review

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Book Review: A Museum of Early American Tools

Toolin’ Along A Museum of Early American Tools, Eric Sloane (1964) Connecticut museum visit #541. This is a first. 541

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Book Review: Unique Eats and Eateries of Connecticut

ConnEATicut Unique Eats and Eateries of Connecticut, Mike Urban (2021) This won’t be your typical CTMQ CT Book Review. But

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The Swimmer (1968)

Into the Deep End The Swimmer, 1968 It is indeed a rare pleasure for me to watch a “Connecticut movie”

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Book Review: Connecticut Cryptids

Tales From the Cryptids Connecticut Cryptids, Patrick Scalisi & Illustrations by Valerie Ruby-Omen (2023) Never judge a book by its

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Book Review: In the Blood

Bloody Good In the Blood, Charles Barber (2023) This book is so good. I don’t care if you’re not a

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Book Review: A Professor, A President, and a Meteor

Weston Rocks! A Professor, A President, and a Meteor, Cathryn J. Prince (2011) I was “friends” with Cathryn Prince for

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Prospect: A Town of Lies

Prospecting for Truth Prospect, Connecticut: A Town of Lies You are all familiar with the Connecticut town of Prospect, right?

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Peeples (2013)

C’mon, Peeples Peeples, 2013 I pretty much watch two kinds of movies these days: Oscar Best Picture nominees and terrible

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