Wild Freakin’ Kingdom
Never saw a firefly until I was an adult and I certainly never expected to see them dancing in the middle of the city. Living on .07 acres in an urban environme...
Category: the city
My cheatin’ heart
I’ve been looking at other houses lately. The progeny’s father has been in real estate in one form or another since I met him. He was my landlord a...
Another brick in the wall?
I’m not against redevelopment. Really. I just have this odd notion that it should, in a best case scenario, directly benefit the denizens of a neighborhoo...
Eulogy for Heartburn Sunday
All my life, every Easter Sunday, I would eat the special holiday kielbasa from Wozniak’s. They only made this particular recipe for Easter and its spicy...
And so it grows
For earlier posts on this project please see here and here. Hopefully as the project is reaching the end of outside construction we won’t be woken up six ...
Take a walk on the marshy side
Exit 9 off of I91 in North Haven, Connecticut is the epitome of suburban shopping mall sprawl at its worst. I’m sure it’s great for the town coffer...
Construction update
The Star Supply project is moving along. After several months of the house shaking first from the destruction and then from the pile driving, we’re down t...
Final voyage for the Old Barge?
It’s all disassembled and packed up. New Haven’s Old Barge, possibly the last oyster barge in existence, is heading back home to New York City. It w...
A place for us?
I don’t deal well with change. I never have. I’ve lived in the same city since I was forcibly transplanted here thirty some odd years ago and have l...
Last call in New Haven
Couldn’t sleep last night. It was a bad pain night. One of those nights where I’m constantly turning over and around in bed like a chicken on a spit...