Category: Unsolicited Advice
31
Jul
Pope Park
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you live in the West End or Downtown, here’s your challenge: spend an hour this weekend in a city park that is not named...
28
Jul
Cultural Interest Environmental Interest Frog Hollow Geology Get Outside Hartford Myth Busting Unsolicited Advice
The Life and Times of Zion Hill Cemetery
by Kerri Ana Provost
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If you see a toppled headstone, look around it. Chances are, you will see a groundhog’s hole. What often appears at a glance as human-caused...
12
Jul
Doing Its Job
by Kerri Ana Provost
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That the centerline yield signs on Park Terrace get destroyed in record time is proof that a road diet is in order. Who allows a...
30
Jun
Camp Real Hartford Commentary Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Long Reads Myth Busting Transportation Unsolicited Advice
Camp Real Hartford: Street Safety and Comfort
by Kerri Ana Provost
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We already covered the abundant danger in nature, and there isn’t much more to navigating streets safely that isn’t included in that post. Nonetheless, here...
25
Jun
Camp Real Hartford Environmental Interest Get Outside Hartford Long Reads Parks Reader Tip Rivers Unsolicited Advice
Camp Real Hartford: Abundant Danger!
by Kerri Ana Provost
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There are some people-related reasons for why not everyone feels safe outdoors, and there are others trying to change this reality from shifting who gets...
21
Jun
Access Camp Real Hartford Environmental Interest Free Fun Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods Living Long Reads Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Rivers Seasons of New England Summer Summer Unsolicited Advice
Camp Real Hartford: Looking and Not Getting Too Lost
by Kerri Ana Provost
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The other day I got a message from a friend who was going to a nearby wooded area and had been a little nervous about...
05
Jun
Activism Beyond Hartford Commentary Community Cultural Interest Food Hartford Long Reads Unsolicited Advice
A Passing/Coming Storm
by Kerri Ana Provost
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There is a painting in the Wadsworth Atheneum by Sanford Robinson Gifford titled “A Passing Storm in the Adirondacks,” but if you look at the...
26
May
Public Service Announcements
by Kerri Ana Provost
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Better than the billboards along the highway
21
May
Commentary Covid-19 Environmental Interest Free Get Outside Hartford Hartford's Neighborhoods North Meadows Nothing To Do Nowhere To Go Parks Rivers Spring Unsolicited Advice
River Views
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It is worth the trip to hear the birds, now, while the roads are quiet enough that they are not being drowned out. More litter...
13
May
Activism Beyond Hartford Commentary Covid-19 Hartford Local News Long Reads Quality of Life Reader Tip Transportation Unsolicited Advice
How To Protect Yourself and Others
by Kerri Ana Provost
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It's not your imagination that since the #StayHomeStaySafe lockdown, there has been an increase in people choosing to drive far above the posted speed limit.