Holy Land in Waterbury, CT, isn’t where you think it would be. To get there, you have to drive through narrow streets lined with three-deckers and other apartment buildings. Yet, if you persist in going to the top of Pine Hill and ignore your inner voice trying to convince you that you’re lost, you’ll be […]
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Pukwudgies at the Cole Property in Carver?
While we did, in fact, visit the Cole Property, we may taken a bit of creative license and embellished the details of our hike. We hope you enjoy our quasi-fiction tale that is more intended to be amusing than an accurate description of our experience. The Cole Property in Carver, located on the border of […]
How My Very Humiliating Moment as a Teacher Made Me Stronger
The parents were staring at me, and they were out for blood. I had proven myself as both a teacher and after school program assistant, and I had earned a secretly unwanted position as the new third-grade teacher. Oh, I had teaching experience before. That wasn’t the issue. The problem: The parents didn’t know that. […]
Exploring Ponyhenge: Eerie Toy Ponies in Lincoln, MA
Ponyhenge is a curious roadside attraction found on the backroad of Old Sudbury Road in Lincoln, MA. Two circles of toy ponies eerily encompass a small pine tree. Be careful parking on the side of the road. While driving through the backroads of MetroWest Massachusetts, we came across a startling site: about 100 toy rocking […]
A Hidden Pilgrim Tower – Myles Standish Monument State Reservation
Myles Standish Monument State Reservation is a lesser-known yet important ode to the captain of the Mayflower and military leader of Plymouth Bay Colony. Being only a few miles north of Plymouth, visiting this 116-foot tower should be on every New Englander’s bucket list. Nearby is the location of Myles Standish’s homestead. It’s a park […]
The World’s End is in Hingham, MA
World’s End contradicts the hustle and bustle of nearby Boston. This 251-acre property, owned and managed by the Trustees of the Reservations, is a great place to escape a noisy city atmosphere and relax in nature. This 251-acre property, owned by the Trustees of Reservations has miles of wide trails and acres of open fields. […]