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[garseeyuh]

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I can't believe that this renovated 1957 home in Enfield, CT is under $1M. 4bds, 4ba, $795K. It has a normal living space and a surprising feature.

Just take a quick look at this side of the house: Casual sunken living room with the original stone fireplace.

Dining area outside the kitchen is probably for formal dining.

There's also a large area for in-kitchen dining. Cute cabinet.

I really like the blue cabinets, but they're just the painted outdated ones. Still, they look good.

Nice renovated bath. Interesting tub.

The secondary bedroom is a good size.

What a cute bath.

There's also a large screened porch. So, it's a pretty normal home.

So, I was definitely not expecting this. Who cares about the rest of the house? This has everything.

At night, you just climb the spiral stairs and go to the bedrooms.

In this corner is a stone family room with a fireplace.

Then, in front of the pool between the family room and kitchen, there's a dining area and doors to the screened-in porch.

Choice of hot tub or pool. Love that bridge.

And, look at how nice the kitchen is. I love the blue cabinets and brick wall. There's even a grill.

This is beautiful. Love the big exhaust hood over the cook top, too.

Cool veggie washing sink in the island.

There's a half bath down here. I like the black toilet and blue bowl sink.

And, then this is the mezzanine. I wouldn't even bother much w/living in the other house part.

Large 2.67 acre lot bordering the Connecticut River.

https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/7-Riverview-St-Enfield-CT-06082/58133123_zpid/

[lonelywretchjervistetch]

The State Birds Initiative: Connecticut (#5)

Hoo boy, it's been a minute! But hey, here we are again, after taking some extra time to figure stuff out. Welcome to the fifth official poll of the State Birds Initiative! Before the poll, though, one thing real quick. My suggestion is that you read the post below before voting in the poll below. That's especially important if you're lacking any context about the birds being presented as the new (or old) State Bird of the Nutmeg State, Connecticut. This is to be fully informed as to why these are being presented, and to make your choices appropriately. Lastly, some of these birds, you will notice, may go against some of the rules listed in the introduction post. All is explained after the jump where the explanations are, I promise you that. And apologies in advance, the spiel before the actual bird selection is...long. But with that...OK! Here's the poll!

Welcome to the Nutmeg State! A small state, mostly known for being between Boston and New York City, this is one of the foundational states of southern New England, while also having a somewhat...divided identity, we'll say. So, I grew up in CT, for part of my childhood, in both the classic upscale suburbs, and in the middle of the goddamn woods, right on the Connecticut River. For the record, the name "Nutmeg State" is based off of salesmen from the state known for peddling nutmegs. However, there's some speculation that the nutmegs sold were actually made of wood, but that's also probably from people who didn't know that nutmegs were supposed to be grated, and instead assumed they had to be cracked like walnuts. They tried, that failed, and they accused Connecticut Yankees for selling fake nutmeg as a result. So, yeah, a confusing legend at the root of the state's nickname.

You'll notice my use of the word "Yankee" there. Well, despite New York's domination of the term, it should arguably be most associated with Connecticut. "Yankee Doodle" is literally the state song; people from CT were previously and historically referred to as Yankees (which was also an epithet applied to northerners in general, to be fair); and it's actually possible the word was first used by the Dutch in reference to Connecticut settlers, according to multiple theories and historical references. But maybe most prominently, Yankee was used as a demonym for people from CT by one of its most favorite residents: Samuel Clemens, AKA Mark Twain.

Twain is, of course, Connecticut's most famous author, having written some of his most famous works while living with his family in Connecticut in his West Hartford house (which every central Connecticut middle school kid has been to at least once, I guaran-goddamn-tee it). Fun fact, though! Did you know...uh...ah, fuck it. Why keep stalling at this point? Look, as much as I love talking about Mark Twain, he was nothing to do with this post. Fact of the matter is...this was a hard one.

Look, I love Connecticut. It was the first state I remember living in, having moved there when I was a kid from the United States Virgin Islands, which I had been really looking forward to for a bunch of reasons. Admittedly (and unsurprisingly), a lot of that was because I was looking forward to seeing the birds! As a kid, I was also obsessed with birds, and I had never seen the birds in the US mainland before. It was an exciting time for me, and I honestly enjoyed growing up in CT, for the most part. I'd be there for almost 6 years of my life, and I have a lot of fond memories of the state. But, uh...ironically enough...finding State Bird nominees for Connecticut has been HARD AS HELL.

We will, of course, talk in GREAT detail about the American Robin (Turdus migratorius), as it's an important bird for more states than just Connecticut, but I'll give you a spoiler now: this is a boring choice for a State Bird. For any state. Don't get me wrong, I love robins! They're an extremely charismatic and iconic bird, and everybody has seen them at least once in their life if they live in the USA. They're also most likely an early bird (pun slightly intended) for people to encounter on a personal standpoint. Again, we'll get to them, but they're a notable entry in this list. And if one of the states kept the American Robin, I would understand. But, uh...is that state Connecticut?

OK, let's look at the state in the same vein as we have others. I'm sure this won't be the last difficult state to examine in the future of this project, so why not do the same here? Starting with habitat, Connecticut is another state placed within the Northeastern Coastal Zone, with a ton of deciduous forests dominated by oak, chestnut, hemlock, and white pine. There was a lot of clearance during early settlement and beyond, but succession has taken over in recent years to grow the forests back. The state's cut in half by the Connecticut Valley, with large floodplains dominated by maple and cottonwood, with the large Connecticut River right in the center of the valley. Finally, the Berkshires in the northwest corner of the state give us some classic New England flair with sugar maple (Acer saccharum), ash, beech, birch, oak, and hemlock trees on higher-altitude slopes, creating a hilly area that turns beautiful colors in fall. Man, I love Connecticut autumns. And the rest of the year, for that matter.

OK, what are Nutmeggers most known for, culturally and historically? It's a diverse state with a lot of mixed culture, partially as a result of its proximity to New York City. A lot of people tend to joke that Connecticut is just New York City, especially people from elsewhere in New England. And having been to NYC a lot when I was a kid, with a mom who worked there part of the week, and an aunt who lived there all of the week...yeah, fair. But Connecticut has a much more detailed culture than that. It's the home of the cotton giiiAAAAAAH, bad place to start that list. Uh, let's see, it's the home of whaliiiiiiing. Jesus. Uh...home of Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe? OK, that's better. It's a major seat of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, leading to it being a production hub for textiles, clocks, typewriters, machining, sewing machines, steam engines, aircraft, and honestly, women's rights to a certain degree. After all, it's the home of the Radium...Girls. Huh. OK, CT's history has some bumps in it, but what state's history doesn't?

As for modern Nutmeggers, they're industrious, generally well-educated, and honestly quite a bit eccentric. I've gone back to the state a few times in the last couple of years, and I forgot how honestly weird people are there. In a good way, not in the fucked-up MAGA sense of the word. It's a state whose people are unafraid to express themselves, from my experience. Probably a result of the diversity in the state, and the diverse perspectives that result. Its political atmosphere is a bit complicated, but overall pretty liberal. Which...doesn't translate super-well into birds at first blush, but hey, we'll see what we get!

OK, with that, let's jump into the selection of the birds for this list. Real talk, if anybody has a suggestion that I hadn't brought up here, send it my way! I will absolutely add another poll if there are entries I think could bear fruit. But, in the meantime, read on if you're interested in the possible choices for the State Bird of Connecticut!

American Robin (Turdus migratorius)

I think you'd be hard-pressed to find an citizen of the United States of America who hasn't seen a robin. This is, by far, one of our most iconic songbirds, and is certainly one of the most common and widespread. For some of us, they're a sign of spring. For others, they used to be a sign of spring, until global warming prompted some individuals to stick around through the winter, shifting their diet to frugivory a bit more and brightening the snow as well. They're prolific breeders with bright blue-green eggs (which are iconic in their own right), and can have up to three broods in a given season! Extremely successful and very common. And that...is a problem, for our purposes.

See, Connecticut, Michigan, and Wisconsin have the American Robin (Turdus migratorius) for their state bird, and none of them actually have a good reason for that choice. In Wisconsin, it was chosen by schoolkids because it was recognizable. That was also the reason for the Michigan Audubon Society to choose it as state bird. And Connecticut? Absolutely no goddamn idea. It's almost certainly for the same reason, but there is no real recorded reason for the choice of the American Robin as a state bird, as far as I can tell. For literally all of those states, it's a pretty bad choice by virtue of not being a good choice, at the very least. But that said...I mean, it's not the worst possible choice for a State Bird. For one state, anyway.

Robins, for the record, were named after a different robin entirely: the European Robin (Erithacus rubecula). Another red-breasted and beloved songbird, the European Robin was an immediate thought when American settlers saw the American Robin, hence why I keep saying "American". The two are so often confused in pop-culture, even Mary Poppins was guilty of it! That GIF above comes from the film, and in case you haven't realized it yet, that's an American Robin in England. Yeah. Wrong bird to use as a model for your animatronic, Disney. That has bothered me since I was a little kid, I swear to GOD. Erroneous film biogeography is one of my biggest pet peeves...but that's a separate conversation.

Back to the American Robin. Personally, I love robins of all species, and even recently did some genomics work with them (DNA extraction is fun). They're a commonly seen species, and a great entry-level bird for kids to get into birdwatching and nature. As an American icon, I genuinely think these guys should get some recognition...but I'm hard-pressed to say Connecticut needs them as a State Bird. We'll see what people think, but there's not a great case for them to get the title. To keep it...like I said, we'll see. Maybe the others won't be deemed as good a fit for the state. For now, let's move on from a popular backyard bird to a MUCH less popular one.

Blue-winged Warbler (Vermivora cyanoptera)

Here's the eBird pick for Connecticut, and for good reason! The vast majority of the Blue-winged Warbler's (Vermivora cyanoptera) breeding population is in...Wisconsin. Wait, what? Hold on...yeah, actually, Wisconsin, New York, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia all have higher shares of the population that Connecticut, with 5% overall. That's still a lot better than the American Robin's share in CT (0.2%), but still...seems like that eBird article is SEVERELY outdated, or I'm using the database wrong somehow. Either way...huh. Well, let's make an argument for the Blue-winged Warbler, anyway.

Blue-winged Warblers are a species of some conservation concern, making them automatically of interest. They're also extremely interesting to geneticists and ornithologists because of their relationship to other members of Vermivora, especially the Golden-wined Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera) and extinct Bachman's Warbler (Vermivora bachmanii), with having documented hybrid offspring with the former that's of interest for various reasons. But outside of that, they of course breed in Connecticut, and represent an interesting bird to look for and find, with a recognizable song and appearance. It's also prized by birdwatchers, and would be a good bird for any aspiring or experienced birdwatchers. It also inhabits shrubland, which is of some conservation interest to CT government and environmental officials. But other than that...not too much else.

Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis)

No. Look, I'm just gonna say this now: no. The Connecticut Warbler (Oporornis agilis) not only doesn't breed in the state (and possibly has never bred in the state), but it's pretty much not found there. Like, at all. This is not an easy warbler to get anywhere in its range in the US, but Connecticut isn't included in that distribution. "But lonelywretch," you scream at your computer screen, "why is it called the Connecticut goddamn Warbler if it isn't even from the state?" First of all, not to police your emotions, but stop screaming; way overboard for this situation. Second of all, it's called the Connecticut Warbler because its describer, ornithologist Alexander Wilson, first saw it in a fly-by during migration while in Connecticut. And...yeah, that's it. They do fly through the state very occasionally during migration, but it's definitely not a reliable bird to count on for local birders there. Honestly...bad bird for the state.

Side note here: there's a lot of talk about renaming birds that are named after people, and I agree with that in almost every case. But here's a hot take to elaborate on in another series: location-based names need to be re-examined. Not all of them are bad by any means, but the Connecticut Warbler is a great example of a bird whose name makes NO FUCKING SENSE. Rename this bird, I BEG of you. If anybody has suggestions for a renaming of this bird, throw them in notes for something! Keep in mind, Gray-headed Warbler is taken (by Myiothlypis griseiceps), so come up with somethin' else. Warranted inclusion in the list for its name, but we're gonna move on.

Osprey (Pandion halieetus)

It's at this point in the list where we get into some interesting candidates...and where I had the most trouble. But I'm fairly satisfied with what I've come up with, so let's move forward! This entry's a somewhat controversial pick for a few reasons, but an interesting one for a bunch of reasons. Now, I don't know about you, but I love Osprey (Pandion halieetus) a whole bunch. An iconic raptor, as well as a very unique one, they're a pescivorous bird found throughout the entire continent. And in Europe. And Asia. And Africa, Australia, and South America. Yeah, they're a cosmopolitan species, found in every continent except for Antarctica. That automatically should make them a bit dodgy of a choice for a State Bird, since they can be found in every state (yes, even occasionally Hawaii). So, why Connecticut?

First off, Connecticut has an intimate connection with the shore and rivers, especially the Connecticut River. Seemingly a loose reason, but the Osprey, AKA the river hawk or sea hawk (we'll get to that later) is an iconic riparian raptor, and a common sight in Connecticut. Having grown up on a river in the state, we used to see Osprey all the time, and it was awesome every time. But their commonness in the state is an important story in and of itself. And, if you know anything about Osprey at all, you know where this is headed. And Connecticut is a great example of this story.

The Osprey is one of the most iconic victims of the DDT crisis that hit the country, as well as a symbol of the environmental success story that resulted from its banning. I won't go into the full story if you haven't heard it, but the short of it is that the pesticide DDT was inadvertently ingested by fish-eating raptors, especially the Bald Eagle (Halieetus leucocephalus) and the Osprey, causing the eggs they laid to have weakened, soft shells. This caused a massive decrease in these and other species, nearly driving both into extinction. However, once environmental movements prompted by Rachel Carson and her book Silent Spring advocated for its eventual banning, the populations recovered. And in Connecticut, they've recovered A LOT.

In 1940, somewhere near 1,000 nests were recorded for Osprey between New York City and Boston. By 1970, the number in Connecticut was down...to 8. Jesus Christ, that's a hell of a crash! One of the worst in the country, in fact. However, today in Connecticut, there are 688 active nests in the state. Which, yeah, doesn't seem like the ultimate success compared to previous, but what's interesting is the rate of increase. Because in 2014, according to the Connecticut State Audubon, there were only 210. In ten years, the number of breeding ospreys known was more than tripled. That's incredible. This has quickly made the Osprey a symbol of conservation in the state, because of a massive amount of monitoring increase. There are states with more of a population, but Connecticut has a pretty good argument for having the Osprey. But that said...other states could also claim this species. Florida and Maryland definitely have claims on it for population size alone, not to mention, well...the most iconic state of all when it comes to having ospreys as a symbol. But we'll get to that one WAY later. just keep that in mind before you vote for Connecticut to have the Osprey.

Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus)

The Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus OR Astur striatus as of recent taxonomic proposals), on the other hand, is another bird of interest. The smallest hawk in the United States of America, this already seems a fitting choice for one of the smallest states in the country. It's listed as endangered in the state, immediately making it of interesting conservation focus. The reason for this status is likely because of window-strikes, which are common for the species in Connecticut, meaning that there's some public outreach needed to protect it. Protecting the forests they nest in (which are in danger) is one thing, but putting up protective window decals to help the species is another. Definitely a cause for focus.

However, there is one...minor detail that makes this a harder fight for public opinion, as well as a potentially ironic one. This is the first species we've discussed whose diet is basically exclusively birds. If you're in the Northeastern United States, and you've seen a bird get attacked and taken at your birdfeeders, it's almost certainly this guy. Which is cool, and important for the species' survival, but the average person being asked to protect a bird that kills other birds, especially birds like the American Robin, is...a palpable irony. Granted, it genuinely needs protecting, and has monitoring programs in the state, and it is a genuinely interesting raptor! But, this is a slightly harder fight to win because of that noncharismatic factor. But hey, it's a cool bird in genuine trouble in the state, it's a scrappy bird for a small state, and it's an interesting species to highlight!

American Black Duck (Anas rubripes)

This is another difficult bird to fight for, but one that needs attention, for God's sake. The American Black Duck (Anas rubripes) is a rapidly disappearing duck species, and not for the reason you think. Let's get to Connecticut representation first. It was the first bird to be used for the Connecticut Migratory Duck Stamp in 1993, the first one issued for the state. It's one of the few states in which it breeds (although it's not the primary state of focus, detracting from its candidacy). And, it's a controlled bird by Fish and Game, meaning hunting of the Black Duck is extremely limited. There is, surprisingly, a point to that statement, but I won't be elaborating here. We'll see how the vote goes, and I'll address it in the Results post.

So, why is this a potential issue? Well, Maine and New York arguably should get this bird instead, as they have a higher population. And the breeding population of this bird is incredibly important to promote, because it's disappearing. Why is it disappearing? Well, some of you may have looked at that picture and asked yourselves: "Wait...isn't that just a female Mallard?" And the answer is, no! But a lot of people think that. A lot of birds think that. Mallards think that. Which means that hybrids between Mallards and Black Ducks are incredibly high. SO high, in fact, the species is being bred and hybridized out of existence! They're so similar to Mallards on a genetic level at this point, that they'll be subsumed if their individual populations aren't preserved. So, yeah, these guys deserve some focus. Do I think they're a great Connecticut symbol? Well, to be fair, the state is regularly assumed to be either greater New York City or greater Massachusetts by outsiders. And it's not; it has its own identity that deserves to be preserved for what it is. So, yeah, maybe a good fit for Connecticut after all.

Also, it's the state in New England with the highest proportion of Black Americans (yes, even more than Massachusetts), so...I dunno, that's also something? Probably not, but as a black dude that grew up in CT, I felt the need to bring that up.

Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)

OK, sing it with me now!

Yankee Doodle went to town, a-riding on a pony; Stuck a feather in his hat, and called it "macaroni"! Yankee Doodle, give it up! Yankee Doodle Dandy, Mind the music and the step, and with the girls be handy!

Ooh, that last line aged a little rough, but Yankee Doodle! The Connecticut state anthem! Yes, really. Most Americans in the Northeast know this song, but it's got a unique resonance for Nutmeggers, seeing as it was allegedly based on the son of a Connecticut mayor! The state chose it as their song in 1978, and it's been a beloved symbol ever since. But, for the uninitiated (and probably to most school kids like I was), there is one weird word in there that needs a little explanation: macaroni.

Now, this does not, of course, reference the easy cheesy favorite of every child (and college student). No, this is a reference to an old 18th century term for a form of fashion back in the day. It's what the 2000s called "extra", or bourgeious (pronounced "bougie", of course). Basically, it's somebody who dressed WAY over the top in high-designed clothes and accessories to the point of looking...well, extra. Another applicable 2000s term would be "metrosexual", I guess. The macaroni became a satirical character in British culture, and would later become another character known as the "dandy". It's sort of a class-related satire, to be honest. In any case, the macaroni was known for over-the-top fashion, including...wigs.

So, what does literally any of this have to do with the Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)? More than you'd expect, actually. First off, the egret has a pompodour-like crest of feathers that makes it look quite like a stereotypical macaroni, in my opinion. Secondly, it does breed in Connecticut, albeit extremely rarely, sparely, and barely. Its population in the state used to be a lot greater...until people came around and starting hunting it down. Why, you ask?

Let's just go ahead and call that macaroni now, while we're at it. To be clear here, quite a lot of birds were used in millinery back in the day, but the Snowy Egret (and the Great Egret (Ardea alba), for that matter) are special. Those long white feathery plumes were heavily prized as hat decorations, enough so that the species nearly went extinct from hunting them for the hat trade. As a result of that, people began to turn their eye towards conservation of the species, and the protection of birds in general. Two women, Harriet Hemenway and Minna B. Hall, got a group of women together to protect the birds. They rallied the troops, and their organization became fairly popular. Eventually when they sought to name it, they did so after one of the most famous ornithologists in American history at the time: John James Audubon. And from there...well, you can guess.

The Audubon Society is one of the premiere bird conservation organizations in the world, and especially in the United States, and is well-known to the public sector. And it was born right here in...Massachusetts. Oh. Wait, have I jumped the gun on this one? Maybe a little, yeah. But, in my defense, the macaroni is linked to Connecticut through its state anthem, and the Snowy Egret is linked to the macaroni, as mentioned. But, OK, maybe this is a better proposal for Massachusetts, not Connecticut. But, uh...there may be another contender. Kind of.

Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)

OK, here me out on this one. Look at this picture of a classic macaroni character (on the right, for the record). Does that hairdo not kinda look like the crest of the Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor)? Like, just a little bit, at least? I dunno, I can definitely see it. But OK, outside of that, is there another reason for the Tufted Titmouse to be the State Bird of Connecticut? Well, they're extremely common, they've got some charisma to them, and they're definitely found breeding in Connecticut. But...I don't know. I think they're plenty charismatic, but I'm not sure that makes them a great contender.

Still...they should be represented somewhere, right? I mean, the species breeds entirely in the USA, even though it can be found in Canada as well. Plus, other than being very recognizable, they're also an easy bird to find and support with backyard birdfeeding. And, if you want a fun fact about them, they're prone to kleptotrichy. That means, they pluck the fur from mammals to use as insulation in their nests! Yeah! They actually pick the winter coat off of dogs, and use it for their nests! Adorable. But yeah, does this really count for a good State Bird of Connecticut? I doubt it, but I'll let you vote! And I swear to God, it better not be just because of the name that it gets votes.

There you have it. Some complex and controversial choices. I miss any that you think are a valid choice for the state? Do let me know, and I may just issue another poll if this one isn't good enough. We shall see. But, for now, I think it's time to move onto the next state. And lemme tell you, I'm real excited about that one, since...well, I live there! And I have some ideas, lemme tell you. And some people will...disagree with me. For sure. Anyway, see you next time in Boston, kid!

See you next time, and happy birding!

[akookminsupporter]

The shot of islands is not Connecticut, the river might be for the kayaking but also they didn’t have a lot of time in CT so unclear — but that coastline in the first photo is definitely not the east coast of the US so we’re for sure getting multiple locations. Maybe a summer edition and winter edition??

It isn't. According to k-jkkrs, that's in Jeju Island.

Oh, a two-part series would be ideal, but I don't think so. We should wait and see more previews of the show, but it's curious that they didn't show anything from Japan, especially Sapporo. So your idea doesn't sound so far-fetched for now.

[bardicbeetle]

character rambles - Isaac Raes

Isaac Raes definitely has a self preservation instinct.

Definitely.

Probably.

Raised by his father alone (his parents had a college fling, his mother gave up full custody and he’s met her only a handful of times) while bouncing between Vermont and Connecticut, Isaac’s world has always been fairly small. His father, his uncle, his grandmother. A handful of scattered cousins seen only every other year. Thomas and Carrie have been his best friends since kindergarten and that isn’t likely to change anytime soon.

All of that is fairly normal and easy until the year he turns nine.

When he is nine, he watches his father die. In the dirt basement in his grandmother’s house in Enfield, CT.

Isaac Raes watches a little girl—she’s seven—she’s thirty-nine—rip into his father’s throat while throwing herself at him. Stands there covered in old blood and listening to the gurgling death rattle from the body on the floor that up until ten seconds ago was his dad.

And then he watches his uncle decapitate the thing that is not a little girl with a wood axe.

And everything goes wrong after that.

The Isaac who comes back from Enfield is not the same one who left. He’s homeschooled by his uncle for the rest of elementary and middle school (can you call it homeschooling if most of it is combat training?) [he finds a CD schooling program himself and runs through every grade from 4th to 8th] {luckily Vermont’s guidelines for homeschooling are very lax}, before finally returning to public school at age 14. He’s quieter, he’s more withdrawn, he is an anxiety ridden mess who vanishes at the slightest hint of conflict. Except when he doesn’t. When he doesn’t there is trouble and blood but most of the time he vanishes, so it doesn’t become too much of a problem.

Very quickly his friendship with Tom and Carrie rekindles until they are the two people keeping him grounded in now. He and Tom date on and off throughout high school, eventually breaking things off in senior year but it’s less of a break up and more of a soft return to friendship. The three of them are nearly inseparable all through to graduation—at least up until Carrie leaves for nursing school and she and Isaac have to very firmly remind Tom he gets woozy at the idea of blood and that he cannot follow her there. So he ends up in a culinary program led by a local bakery (Which he ends up managing after a handful of years).

By the time high school is over, Isaac is just about the only one running his uncle’s store: Lamplight Books. He doesn’t mind at first, his uncle makes most of his money as a distribution point for other local bookstores around the state and their customer base is small—if dedicated. The hours have always been funny, but it suits them being open late when they are a stone’s throw from the Church Street Marketplace and there is always evening foot traffic. He doesn’t mind. His uncle needs him.

Isaac Raes would really like to get the fuck out of this state.

He’d like to go to college.

He’d like to see a little more of the world.

By the time he is 22 he has convinced himself that much of what he experienced as a child is some sort of fever dream. That yes, something bad must have happened, but whatever his 9 year old brain conjured up to cover it was not the truth.

It’s not as though his uncle ever talks about it.

There’s no reason for him to think anything else.

Until Alex Blackwood walks into his store and leaves him for dead.

And that should be the end of it.

They show up the next night and he takes his chance and stakes them.

Right?

He absolutely does not spend the next few months giving them thermoses full of his own blood—begrudgingly removed from his body by Carrie—and trying to convince himself that he’s doing this to save them. He’s doing this to save them. He—

Isaac Raes definitely has a self preservation instinct. And a functioning survival instinct.

They just aren’t going to stop him.

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[beyourselfchulanmaria]

Hello, love the blog.. Have you ever lived in a place where it snows in the winter? ❄️ Have you ever built a snowman?⛄️😁👋🌻

@thethirdman8

You're kind, Thank you. ◠‿◠

Yes, I did snowman. ⛄️ Don't you think I was a lovely snowman too. ♫ I was living in a place where it snows when I studied art (my homestay for 3 months + another 1 year on different time).

I come from a seaport city in the south of the beautiful island of Taiwan (Formosa), and Redding, Connecticut (CT.) USA is a cold countryside in the northeastern United States, so the climate of both obviously are very different in four seasons.

In my impression, the most difficult thing to adapt to at first was the changes in women's skin. I am a person who advocates nature and do not like to apply any skin care products on my face or body. However, if you live in a cold country and have to surrender to the temperature, in order to prevent your skin from getting sick and to look beautiful and please yourself, just You need to change your thinking.

In short, I love snow days but I dislike snow removal after big snows (snowstorms) whatever by snowplows or person do. it's a very hard work more than cut wood for me. lol XD (because I am not a lazy woman although if you see snows beautiful in silver world cheerfully, by the way I will have a lot of jobs on my mind waiting & preparing it to do, terrible tired!!! especially where you live the area very large… but if die as a "snow angel" not too bad. Be cool type only!!! lol)

Oh! forget to tell that my favorite thing was bonfire by the river at outdoor yard in the snow days and Sometimes there's celebrated with few friends singing, talking & drinking is a happiness moment. I like that. it's better than made a snowman. sorry, I seem talk too much again. (XD I can apply to volunteer as a storyteller in the orphanage. 🤣) -ℒan ~*

PS. Too many photos is also a disaster lol When you try to find photos from the past, your eyeballs almost fall out. Even if there are classified photo albums. XD

[ltwilliammowett]

206 years ago today (8 April 1814), the village of Pettipaug (Essex, CT) woke up to discover that 136 British sailors and marines had rowed up from the mouth of the River with the purpose of burning the vessels harbored there. Before they escaped back down the River to the safety of their larger ships anchored in Long Island Sound, they had destroyed 28 vessels – a devastating blow to local economy and national pride during the War of 1812. 

To capture this moment, the Connecticut River Museum commissioned artist Victor Mays (1927-2015) to create a painting. These are the studies for it.

[hawkeyedflame]

there's really no greater irony than the idiots who were out protesting against the relicensing of a hydroelectric dam on the CT river because "dams kill fish and ruin the environment," obstructing a bus full of people who were there to discuss replacing outdated parts of the dam with newer ones which would increase the efficiency of the hydroelectric power generation on the river, bringing more abundant green energy to the area.

you can't fucking have it both ways. you cannot simultaneously demand an end to fossil fuels and also forbid humans from altering the environment as necessary to produce cleaner energy. these people are so fucking dumb they literally don't even know what they're protesting, they literally accused the pump houses of burning fossil fuels -- they don't! that's the whole fucking point of hydroelectric! my god.

[dangerouscommiesubversive]

Fic questions: 7 and 15?

7. Any worldbuilding you’re particularly proud of?

Oh, boy, this is a fun question, I love worldbuilding. I think recently I'm most pleased with the placement of various sects and individuals in the modern USA setting of the ghost story AU:

Nie in the White Mountains of New Hampshire

Yu in Newton, Massachusetts (an expensive suburb of Boston)

Jin in Winter River, Connecticut (which is, on a meta level, the town in which Beetlejuice is set, but I also picked CT because it's very...WASP-y, and the Jin in the ghost AU are about as close to WASPs as you can get with a non-Christian, Chinese family)

Lan in New Lebanon, New York, occupying the former Shaker village that in real life is home to The Abode of the Message (although the "Lan Spiritual Purification Services" offices are in New York City, where the family also owns a house in Gramercy Park)

Jiang in Georgia, not far from Savannah

Wen in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona

Baoshan Sanren lives somewhere in Appalachia, which can't generally be pinpointed with any greater detail than "somewhere around, like, Tennessee and Kentucky"

The Mo family is in New Orleans (although please know that Mo Xuanyu is much safer in this AU than in canon)

Song Lan grew up in San Francisco

and as a general rule the remaining cultivation families that exist send their children to college at Temple University in Philadelphia

I had a lot of fun finding places for everyone to live, and I also like that this leaves a lot of the country to play with, as well as leaving open the possibility of entirely unrelated groups of exorcists and spiritual professionals working in different places. (In "Hunger (Spiritual)," for example, there's a reference to XXC and SL providing backup to some local spirit workers.)

15. What’s your favorite AU that you’ve written?

Ghost story AU! I love ghosts, I love weird urban fantasy settings, I love a good funky romance. It's a very fun AU to work with.

[thethirdman8]

Yesterday I went on a tour of the old Connecticut Valley Hospital CVH located along the Connecticut River in Middletown, CT. Here are some stills of the now closed CVH Theater.

[garseeyuh]

Team Concrete on the move, behind the scenes.

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This large 1962 Mid-century modern ranch style home in New Milford, Connecticut was very nice until I got to the family room and then it got weird. 4bds, 5ba, $1.475M + $100mo. HOA fee.

Well, this bridge in the middle of the front path is a little strange.

The entrance hall walls have a nice faux finish.

Bringing the outdoors in. Look at the size of this sunroom. It has two walls of built-in storage and display, too. Like the beams and tropical ceiling fans, too.

The large living room. What do you think of the red beams? I can't decide if they cheapen it or make it retro. I wonder if the acoustic ceiling tiles have asbestos in them. The open doors to the sunroom look beautiful from here.

The kitchen is huge, has the original cabinets, but the appliances are all updated.

This is nice, I like the original mosaic tile backsplash.

Love the corner fireplace by the kitchen.

Renovated bath with a big double shower.

Primary bedroom has faux finished walls that give it a hacienda look.

Home office with built-ins. Interesting giant bench, though.

Looks like they made a little bar area in the hallway.

Newly renovated shower room. Fancy little sink, there, but there's no room for anything, like soap.

One of the secondary bedrooms. It's a good size and has a nice mirrored closet. Okay, now wait for it... here comes the family room.

What is going on here? Sofa on a stick. Before I noticed the board, I thought it was levitating and the house was haunted.

Some nice flowers along a path.

The house is located on the banks of the Housatonic River.

Actually, it's built on a hill overlooking it.

Nice sunset.

During the winter after a snowfall.

The green of summer.

Fall, when the leaves are gone.

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After viewing Picasso’s gut-wrenching mural at The Modern, none of Finn’s poetry ever took more time or focus than “Guernica.” Since then, it grew from a maudlin poem into a seven-part dramatic monologue. #Picasso said, “The public who look at the picture must interpret the symbols as they understand them.” After much research, her goal in The Gathering was to depict the #Basque people, especially when she saw poignant correlations to the abuses in her own family who–because of the irony of time and place—had a chance to deal with their troubled lives. Guernica became more than just shared characteristics, Finn’s fears emerging in “The Despairing Woman” separated from her daughter, the trauma of a neglected relative in “The Woman in Flames, and the vulnerability of animals.

Morgan Baylog Finn cleaned houses, did makeovers, and sold biodegradable laundry soap on Cape Cod—whatever it took to earn her B.A. in creative writing from Vermont College. Her publishing credits include Crab Creek Review, Jane’s Stories, Tallgrass, poemmemoirstory, South Florida Review, Kalliope, Thema, and Castings. One piece was dramatized by Connecticut Public television in conjunction with Wood Thrush Poets and the CT Commission on the Arts to help open poetry to a wider audience.

PRAISE FOR THE GATHERING by Morgan Baylog Finn

The surreal and real meld in The Gathering, a brilliant new chapbook byMorgan Finn, who was inspired by Pablo Picasso’s iconic painting Guernica. Poems in the first part dive into the ferocity and bizarre images of Hitler’s Luftwaffe bombing attack on defenseless women, children, the elderly, even animals in the field as they fled. Then Finn draws parallels with her own family’s shifting marital dilemmas and emotional struggles. Deft and energetic, this is a poignant, engrossing read.

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In “Guernica” Morgan Finn moves deeply, mysteriously, and beautifully from Picasso’s powerful painting of death, violence, horror, and fear to vivid portraits of her own family, stories told in distinct voices, the emotional terrain intricate and complex, a weave of fear, anger, loss, and, also, endurance, empathy, and sweet freedom. A beautiful and moving work of “art.”

–Bernice Mennis, Professor Emerita of Literature and Writing, author of Holding It All (poetry); Breaking Out or Prison: a guide to consciousness, compassion, and freedom.

Morgan Baylog Finn’s poem, “Guernica,” a masterful ekphrastic on Picasso’s eponymous painting, is a stepping-off point for the rest of the finely crafted poems in this debut chapbook. Each poem is glossed with an epigraph quoting a line from that opening poem, a technique that successfully unites all 19 poems. Finn amuses us with lines like “It is never prudent to sleep lying down,” surprises us with “a grieved coloratura, / notes like snarled thread,” and disturbs us with “I yielded / till a girlhood psalm sang me, bawling, toward / light….” These are poems that make you think, laugh, cry, and drop your jaw.

–Jack Sheedy, author of the memoir Sting of the Heat Bug (Signalman Publishing, 2012) and The Wanting Place (poetry.)

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[paul-doyle]

‘What America is’: Sports world reacts to Capitol attack, historic week

Paul Doyle

CT Insider

Jan. 9, 2021

For many of the women in the WNBA, it was a dizzying 48 hours.

On Tuesday, Democrat Raphael Warnock defeated incumbent Republican Kelly Loeffler in Georgia’s U.S. Senate runoff. Players visibly and vocally supported Warnock over the conservative Loeffler, co-owner of the Atlanta Dream.

But the sense of accomplishment was tempered the next day, when a mob of Donald Trump loyalists stormed the U.S. Capitol building. At least one brandished a confederate flag.

“One breath, you want to celebrate … But then you can’t,” said Connecticut Sun veteran DeWanna Bonner. “What happened in Washington DC and all the killings (of Black Americans) ... My head is kind of all over the place.”

Bonner, a Black woman from Alabama, saw race at the center of the Capitol events. She’s not alone.

The visuals of a mostly white crowd overwhelming police to storm the legislative building contrasted with images of Black Lives Matter protesters greeted with armed forced. Activists have noted a double standard in how the groups were treated by security.

The reaction from the sports world?

“We live in two Americas,” LeBron James said.

Philadelphia 76ers coach Doc Rivers said, “Could you imagine today, if those were all Black people storming the Capitol, and what would have happened?”

The sentiments are echoed throughout Connecticut, too — from high school coaches to college athletes to the professional basketball players at Mohegan Sun.

WNBA LEADING TO CHANGE

The WNBA has long been at the front of social causes, but the league’s players raised their activism to another level while competing in the Bradenton, Fla. bubble last summer. Players spoke out after the killings of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, standing firmly behind the Black Lives Matter movement.

Loeffler, Atlanta’s co-owner since 2011, is a strong Trump supporter. In July, she expressed concern with the league’s support of BLM in a letter to league commissioner Cathy Engelbert.

The response from the players? They began wearing “Vote Warnock” shirts at games and raised money for his campaign. Players across the league donned the shirts and Warnock’s poll numbers steadily climbed.

Warnock wound up prevailing in a runoff, which helped tip the power in the Senate as Democrat Jon Ossoff defeated incumbent Republican David Perdue in Georgia’s other runoff.

“It was such a happy moment for him and for our league, as well,” Bonner said. “We did a great job of speaking out when we heard about what was going on in the race. We knew immediately who we wanted to support. Everybody wore those shirts on game days — there were some big games that week and we wanted to make sure that people saw us.

“We stand by what we believe in and it showed the powerful impact that we can make.”

Players celebrated the victory on social media. UConn’s Renee Montgomery, who played with Atlanta but opted out of the 2020 season as she focused on social justice reform, tweeted: “In 2019, I didn’t know what to call @ReverendWarnock because he was a Dr and a Pastor. Now I gotta add Senator to the list. Congrats to Dr Pastor Senator Warnock!”

James tweeted, “Think I’m gone put together an ownership group for the The Dream. Whose in?” and Montgomery responded, “I’m ready when you are.”

And it’s worth noting that James’ tweet received a long list of responses, including an emphatic “In” from former tennis great and Fairfield product James Blake. Meanwhile, Montgomery told TMZ she’s serious about an ownership bid — although there is no indication Loeffler is selling.

The WNBA is being cited for its impact on the election, but the support for Warnock — and rejection of Loeffler — is just another example of the league’s players using their platform. Independent of the Georgia race, players were leading the sports world in speaking out about racial injustice last year.

“Just more recognition for the work that they’re doing,” said Connecticut Sun vice president Amber Cox, who has worked in the league for 13 years. “If you think back to the Pride platform and the support of the LGBTQ community, the WNBA was really the first to do that. It’s been happening. But the result of being in a bubble situation where you had all the players together, allowed them to come together and it was obviously just a defining moment in our history … all things kind of culminated.

“These women are so courageous and smart and, obviously, strategic the way they go about things. It’s been wonderful to see them get the recognition for all the work that they have been doing.”

New Haven native Bria Holmes said the season was dedicated to making voices heard.

“And clearly they were heard,” she said. “Just voicing our opinion on things that haven’t been going well, I think it opened people’s eyes to a lot of things. … Women are a huge part of the world. With our voices, we can do a lot. It’s not just the men. We can continue to do great things.”

Said Bonner, “People are listening. Women’s basketball has an opportunity to be at the forefront of sports. … Last summer, we spoke up and spoke out about our true feelings. We’re outspoken. We don’t hold our tongues for anything. People are learning more about us as women, about our culture, and what we believe in, and that we’re more than just basketball players.”

Yet Bonner, an 11-year veteran, said she was shook by what she witnessed Wednesday. The joy of Warnock’s victory quickly evaporated.

“It’s a scary time,” she said. “It’s kind of like, let me make sure my family is home and safe because you never know what can happen right now. It’s just such a sad time for us, especially for Blacks in this world right now.”

Holmes said she was at a loss for words to describe how she felt Wednesday. But she does believe the “outcome would’ve been totally different” had a majority of the protesters been Black.

‘PUSHING FOR UNITY’

UConn freshman Paige Bueckers figures to have a future in the WNBA, yet she has already used her voice — she marched in her home state of Minnesota after Floyd’s death.

Asked Friday about the WNBA and the state of the country, Bueckers said she is impressed that the league and the players use their platform to spread their message.

“Everything that they do, they’re trying to make this world a better and more equal place,” Bueckers said. “That’s what we need right now — equality and justice, equal treatment for everybody regarding race. It’s just sad to see the inequalities in the world.

“If we just treated each other how we wanted to be treated, it would be a much better place. It’s just sad to see the stuff that’s going on in the world, the hate and the division that we have. The WNBA is just pushing for unity and togetherness. I just think that’s really big and what the world needs right now.”

Buecker is white, but her younger brother Drew is Black and she spoke over the summer about their conversations pertaining to his race.

“I’m scared for him,” she said over the summer. “I’m scared for myself because that’s my little brother. He’s my best friend, really. I’m really close to him. Having that fear, that one wrong judgment and his life could be on the line, it’s super scary and it’s something I want to help change.”

UConn junior Christyn Williams, another player with WNBA aspirations, expressed her support for Black Lives Matter on her social media accounts last summer.

“I’m definitely excited to be a part of the WNBA one day because they represent something bigger than themselves,” she said. “We’re people too. They show that as an example every time something happens or just in general. I think they’re doing a great job with that.”

CONNECTICUT REACTION

The events at the Capitol were jarring for athletes and coaches across the state.

Wilbur Cross basketball coach Kevin Walton conducts a weekly Zoom call with his players, his opportunity to check on his team while the season remains paused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Wednesday night, Walton asked his players about the events that unfolded at the Capitol.

“One of the players said one of the differences (from the Black Lives Matter protests) was they were treated differently because they were white, but he was reluctant to say it at first,” Walton said. “I told him you can always say what you feel. We want the kids to formulate their own opinions.”

Walton, a community activist who participated in protests after the killing of Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in May, said he was “appalled” by the way Capitol police and law enforcement reacted to the mob that stormed the legislative building.

“It sends a message that they didn’t take these white nationalists and terrorists to be as scary or as threatening as the Black Lives Matter protests,” Walton said.

Hillhouse football coach Reggie Lytle, who stayed up until 4 a.m. Thursday watching news coverage of the events, retired in 2013 as a lieutenant after a 25-year career in the state Department of Corrections.

Like Walton, he was stunned by the lack of security at the Capitol. Lytle contrasted what took place Wednesday with his own experience at the Million Man March on the National Mall in 1995. He estimates there were thousands of law enforcement at the march, “and you turn on the TV (Wednesday) and see only 500 Capitol Police?”

Lytle also said he felt “real sick” upon learning that a Capitol police officer was killed in the incident. He experienced riots during his time in the corrections department.

“To lose an officer to a beat down makes me feel I didn’t do my job,” he said. “It angers me even more to learn the President of the United States provoked this action. This invokes hate and invokes retaliation. I am old enough to know to fall to my knees and pray. This is what (Colin) Kapernick was doing.”

Lytle said he encountered racism as a member of Hillhouse’s 1985 state championship team and he sees his players faced with the same now. “Not much has changed,” he said.

His view of what happened at the Capitol?

“I’m not surprised at all,” Lytle said. “Especially since they announced they were going to do it. We have a saying: There it goes again. When we say that, in our community, we all know what that means. It’s white privilege. There’s no other way to look at it. White privilege.

“…My kids know. They could simply stand on the corner waiting for their girlfriend, and then the cops roll up and they get grilled. Meanwhile, you have people going to the Capitol and nobody’s stopping them.”

Walton, too, was not surprised.

“When President-elect (Joe) Biden comes on and says, ‘This isn’t America’ … this is exactly what America is,” Walton said. “Storming the Capitol building, acting in a violent manner, that is exactly who we are. … What bothered me the most is the people acting out were every-day people. There weren’t any billionaires out there (Wednesday). Those were people waiting for their stimulus checks, people who need Obamacare.”

This discussions between players and coaches unfolded at all levels last week.

At Quinnipiac, men’s basketball coach Baker Dunleavy said his team talked about the insurrection on Thursday.

“I think in general young people are very socially aware,” Dunleavy said. “They’re educated. They pay attention. They read. They’ve got social media at their fingertips. The players shared some of their individual thoughts and opinions.

“When we look at that day in our history, we’ll look back on a very dark day, an unfortunate and really embarrassing day in our country. We talked a little bit that there are some people out there who are similar to those we saw on camera and feel the way they feel. For a lot of people, it’s convenient for them to pretend that doesn’t exist. We have less ability to look the other way, that that sentiment isn’t something that existed just back in the 1960s.”

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