Category Archives: Offbeat

They’re back!

Posted on January 2, 2015 by Ron Haines

The south Florida population of iguanas is rebounding robustly from a major Mother Nature push back at the turn of the decade. Cold spells in 2008 and 2010 killed off a lot of them and for several years I hardly … Continue reading →

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Japanese denim? When did that happen?

Posted on September 21, 2014 by Ron Haines

This advertisement caught my eye.  Japanese denim?  That’s like a Chinese Cadillac or something, isn’t it?  I decided to find out.  And discovered there is a whole lot about blue jeans I don’t know. My memories are that the popular … Continue reading →

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The alligators in Connecticut are made of plastic

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Ron Haines

Spotted today on Lower Bolton Pond, Bolton, CT.

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Made in the shade

Posted on August 29, 2014 by Ron Haines

I’ve been flying in and out of Hartford, CT, for a decade now. Oddly enough it all began about the time my daughter moved to Connecticut from Florida. From nearly day one I wondered about the cloth-covered growing fields and … Continue reading →

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A two-sheet curling club

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Ron Haines

I know about curling, of course. It’s that funny Olympic sport where grown men slide an object with a handle on it down the ice and other grown men run in front of it with brooms, sweeping like crazy. But … Continue reading →

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War Office

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Ron Haines

Approaching Lebanon, CT, on Route 87 the other day I encountered this sign: OK, I guess maybe in these times if you live in a ­­­­­­­town called Lebanon, you’d want to be prepared. Especially if you’re just down the road … Continue reading →

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Finally, a place for the bills

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Ron Haines

In addition to the standard ‘airmail’ mailbox still seen occasionally in rural areas, this residence along Bebbington Road in Eastford, CT, featured just the right spot for the ‘bills.’

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Turn right on Main Street

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Ron Haines

It makes my day when I am traveling down a rural, two-lane highway and my GPS says: ‘In eighteen miles turn right on Main Street.’ What it means is that after 18 miles of pleasant driving past farm fields and … Continue reading →

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