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Friday Flags: A Middlebury CT Car DealershipAs I was making a drive for an appointment this morning, I was thinking that I hadn't found a photo for this Friday Flag series. The thought that I would need to put up a pole photo with a flag wrapped around it didn't set well.At the entrance to the of...
07/18/2025
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Have We Changed with Time?The question was simple and yet maybe not so much.A quick and simple answer would be, of course, I got older:I have pains in areas I never had beforeI can't do things as well as I once didAnd of course there's that oldie but goodie: if I could change that.Well, it is all...
07/14/2025
Friday Flags: The Flag Appreciated the Event of the 4th of JulyWe spent the 4th of July listening to a full concert presented by the Hartford Symphony Orchestra at their summer venue in Simsbury, CT. The announced crowd, within the paid gates was 8,000.The concert for the July 4th Holiday is alwa...
07/11/2025
Friday Flags: A Patriotic 4th of July in Prospect CT, 2025We have a most appropriate Friday Flags, which coincides with the Birthday of our country. YAH!Our small town is mostly residential with the requisite businesses. It is the intersection of 2 state roadways, Rts 68, East & West and Rt 69, N...
07/04/2025
Friday Flags: A Union of Church and State in Prospect, CTOur spring, from what I read has been like all else, with temperature extremes, a lot of rain and intermittent winds, and even a combination of all with a 48-hour span. It was no different early in the weekend.As I was driving up one of the...
06/27/2025
The ActiveRain Points Lenders are Working for Their PublicSo many members are looking to get some positive action with their ActiveRain blogging points, and so many have an accrued volume of points and are happy to sit.Well, after sending out some feelers it appears that there is a market for a l...
06/26/2025
Outdoor Concerts that Excell: Talcott Mountain Music FestivalSummer is the season for sitting on a green space and looking up at the assemblage of musicians on the stage and appreciating their efforts.So many small towns hold a weekly night of music al-fresco where local bans get to do their thin...
06/24/2025
Friday Flags, Blowing in the Wind In Simsbury, CTOur senior golf league had an away day this week and 28 ventured to Simsbury CT to play the public course there. The layout is special as over 300 acres of what was once an orchard were donated to the town with the condition that it be used only fo...
06/20/2025
Let's Take a Page from HG Wells and Create a Super Meet-upWell, the ActiveRain Points store is offering an opportunity to turn points into dreams, but, unfortunately, I don't have enough points to make a super dream materialize, unless I pull off a little bit of magic.Well, having committed a bun...
06/19/2025
It's Father's Day and Some May Question the Decision To those of us who have children in our lives, whether they are our own, grandchildren, nieces, nephews, or students...here is something to make you chuckle.Whenever your children are out of control, you can take comfort from the thought ...
06/15/2025