Random thoughts, life lessons, hopes and dreams
This has been a crazy week. It started off with jury duty, followed by a crazy day at work and then by a major winter storm. You’re not allowed to take pictures inside the courthouse. That’s OK, it’s a modern government building, so boring doors. Knowing that I wasn’t going to get back out this... Continue Reading →
Many people have shared photos of older buildings (usually churches) that stand today, surrounded by modern skyscrapers in a busy downtown area of a city. I have often commented that one of my favorite buildings is located in a similar setting. Last week, I had the opportunity to take some photos of that building. While... Continue Reading →
I recently discovered that the "back way" I was taking to avoid highway traffic jams was really an out-of-the-way-run-through-the-woods kind of shortcut. The editor wasn't surprised to hear that. She has pointed out many times that I am inclined to go what "appears to be" the faster way, but that my routes are often much... Continue Reading →
I guess this should be called “Perfection Again” because my file system alerted me to the fact that “Perfection” has been used. Oh, the irony of making a mistake while writing about perfection. In any case, this time, I think I know what I’m talking about. Some people consider the perfect morning commute to be... Continue Reading →
In late August, I discovered something very special about my adopted hometown of Hartford, Connecticut – a special connection to my hometown of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I know, it’s baseball, but this was a special feel-good moment for me. I was sitting with my best friend, looking around the newly opened Dunkin’ Donuts Stadium when something... Continue Reading →
Thursday Doors is a weekly feature allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join in on the fun by creating your own Thursday Doors post each week and then sharing it, between Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American eastern time),... Continue Reading →
This post was originally planned for late September. I moved it up in the rotation for two reasons. One, my friend Kate posted a story (I lost the link but Kate put it in a comment) about how they are tearing a historic building down in Portland, OR in order to replace it with a... Continue Reading →
Back in April, I began an exploration of the Anne Street Historic District with some buildings along the southern end of the district, a.k.a. Pearl Street. There are many stories doors in this western edge of downtown Hartford, but today’s will all come from one building. That building is St. Patrick and St. Anthony Church,... Continue Reading →
This is one of those doors posts that is hard to start and hard to end. It’s like painting the molding in your house, where the door trim leads to the baseboard and so on and so forth. This started when I was early for my haircut in Hartford and found three buses parked on... Continue Reading →
