After much nagging, pestering and good advice, I'm finally giving merchandising of my art a try. Marketing my own work falls outside my ...

I've been working from home for about a month, starting when the Wall Street collapse began. This past week, I was back to riding the tr...

Here's a shot of the notorious State Government shuttle van idling outside the Buckingham Parking Garage. When the Rowland Government Ce...

I've been meaning to try the Thai restaurant on Meriden Road in Wolcott for years, and last night I finally did. Yum! It was delicious!...

Condos are not universally bad. You wouldn't know it from the way people in Waterbury have been talking lately, but it's true. Local...

Last year, I went to the DOT's public hearings about their plans to rebuild the highway interchange in Waterbury, and I thought there wo...

Bonding seems to come up frequently here in Waterbury, as if it were the magic solution to many problems. I wonder how many city residents u...

This year's Downtown Draw is Saturday morning, with judging in the early afternoon. This year's theme is to tie in with The Big Read...

I've spent the past several days thinking about open space issues in Waterbury, and stumbled onto an intriguing question: how many acres...

Metro-North has finally added one train each way on the weekends for Waterbury, which means a new weekend schedule. Starting in October, we ...

I'm currently watching the state Department of Transportation's latest report on their plans for rebuilding the highway interchange ...

Here's a snapshot I took at Hamilton Park two Saturdays ago. Flocks of Canada Geese are always a sign of changing seasons.

Every so often, I get to catch a glimpse of an amazing sunrise or sunset in Waterbury. When I lived on Johnson Street, I had a great view of...

Rode my bicycle to the train this morning. I got up half an hour early to make sure I had enough time, but it turns out that bicycling to do...

Today I start using my bicycle to get around town. It's something I've been meaning to do, but until now I've let myself be lazy...

Today, in the very early morning hours, swarms of teenagers were huddled on street corners and in unused doorways, looking chilled (they nev...

It's been some months since I last heard anything about plans for a consolidated transportation center at the train station. In fact, I ...

Now that I have a yard to tend, I've suddenly noticed a new tree that is shooting up everywhere in Connecticut: the "tree of heaven...

For the past couple of months, whenever I've worked in my front yard, I've seen this one grasshopper. I'm assuming that it's...

My latest (and sixth) painting of Waterbury: Next up: Shakespeare in Library Park. Might be a while before it's done, though. Have to fo...