Tag Archives: New England

Thursday Doors – Downtown Windsor

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Dan Antion

When I first started participating in Thursday Doors, what? You don’t know what Thursday Doors is. OK, let’s get this out of the way quick like a bunny: Thursday Doors is an amazing weekly blog-hop designed to placate the yearnings … Continue reading →

Posted in Connecticut, Photography, Thursday Doors | Tagged Chamber of Commerce, Library, New England, Town Green, Town Hall, Windsor | 75 Comments

Thursday Doors – Maple Street

Posted on August 11, 2016 by Dan Antion

I should begin with a quick disclaimer for Paul over at Shadow & Substance – no monsters were harmed during the research for this post. In addition to being a favorite Twilight Zone episode, and the highway exit that I … Continue reading →

Posted in Connecticut, History, Thursday Doors | Tagged Connecticut, CT, Doors, history, Maple St, New England, Somers, somersville, Textile Mills, Thursday Doors, water power, waterfall | 73 Comments

It Was Too a Motorcycle

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Dan Antion

My long-time blog buddy and longer time biker-chick, Mary, over at Mary J Melange challenged a few of us to write about cycling this month. The challenge was in retaliation response to my suggestion that this same group publish posts … Continue reading →

Posted in Awards, Friends, Writing | Tagged CB-400, Challenge, Cycling, Harley, Hawk, Honda, Motorcycle, New England, Seattle, SST, Washington | 62 Comments

Thursday Doors – American Woolen Company

Posted on June 9, 2016 by Dan Antion

In the early 1980s, before various highways had been completed / expanded, the fastest way for me to get to the MASS Pike (I-90) heading east toward Boston, was to cut diagonally across some Connecticut farmland and through the town … Continue reading →

Posted in Connecticut, History, New England Life, Thursday Doors | Tagged American Made, American Woolen, CFFC, Connecticut, Doors, facturing, history, manufacturing, New England, Stafford Springs, Textile Mills, Thursday Doors, Warren Mills, waterfall, Wool | 47 Comments

Thursday Doors – Wendy’s Doors

Posted on May 19, 2016 by Dan Antion

In the comments of the post where I featured the doors of the Captain Benjamin Allyn house, Wendy mentioned that her great-great-great…great grandfather lived in Braintree, Massachusetts back in the 1600s. I told her that, if I ever had the … Continue reading →

Posted in Friends, History, Photography, Thursday Doors | Tagged Boston, Braintree, General Sylvanus Thayer, GPS, Historic Houses, history, New England, Thayer birthplace, Thursday Doors | 68 Comments

One-Liner Wednesday – Seasons

Posted on April 27, 2016 by Dan Antion

“It’s beginning to look a lot like spring” I know, spring began over a month ago, but not here. We had spring-like temperatures in early March, days with highs in the 70s and all that stuff. Then Mother Nature decided … Continue reading →

Posted in New England Life, One Line Wed, Photography | Tagged Birds, New England, One Line Wednesday, spring | 61 Comments

Thursday Doors – B & B

Posted on April 21, 2016 by Dan Antion

I have to be honest, I don’t think of myself as a Bed and Breakfast kind of guy. I’m too much of an introvert to take a chance on sharing some part of my travel experience with basically random folks. … Continue reading →

Posted in Connecticut, New England Life, Thursday Doors | Tagged B&B, Bed Breakfast, Connecticut River Valley Inn, Doors, Glastonbury, New England, Thursday Doors | 74 Comments