Hold onto summer a little longer.
The weeks between mid-July and early September have a particular quality in Connecticut: a slowing, a ripening, and a quiet awareness that the season is finite.
These are the stories worth reading before the air turns.
What are you curious about?
Home & Place looks at Connecticut through five connected lenses. Start wherever your interest happens to be.
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Where to Pick Your Own Peaches
Orchards worth the drive, and what to do with what you bring home.
Living Well · LITCHFIELD COUNTYA Late-Summer Weekend in Litchfield County
A two-day itinerary for the last warm weekends.
Market · STATEWIDE
What Connecticut's Inventory Actually Looks Like Right Now
The numbers behind what buyers and sellers are experiencing.
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Where to Pick Your Own Peaches
Orchards worth the drive, and what to do with what you bring home.
Sean Jackson · 5 min readLiving Well · LITCHFIELD COUNTYA Late-Summer Weekend in Litchfield County
A two-day itinerary for the last warm weekends.
Sean Jackson · 7 min readMarket · STATEWIDEWhat Connecticut's Inventory Actually Looks Like Right Now
The numbers behind what buyers and sellers are experiencing.
Sean Jackson · 6 min readLiving Well · STATEWIDE
Five Places for Dinner Outside
Restaurants where the patio is the point.
Sean Jackson · 5 min readLiving Well · STATEWIDE
What to Do in the Garden Before September
The late-summer tasks that set up a better fall.
Sean Jackson · 4 min readMarket · STATEWIDEWhy Some Homes Are Still Selling Quickly
What separates the homes that move from the ones that wait.
Sean Jackson · 5 min readMoving · STATEWIDE
How Do You Know When You've Outgrown Your Home?
The signs that a move is worth considering — and the ones that aren't.
Sean Jackson · 6 min readLiving Well · STATEWIDEFive Connecticut Trails Worth Taking the Long Way Home For
Routes that turn an afternoon into something you remember.
Sean Jackson · 7 min readMarket · WESTERN CTWhat $750,000 Buys Across Western Connecticut
The same budget means very different things in different towns.
Sean Jackson · 6 min readA little more summer.
A few places, rituals, and small reasons to make the most of the season before Connecticut begins to turn.
A little Connecticut, delivered occasionally.
Homes worth seeing. Places worth visiting. Things worth knowing.
Market perspective when it matters, and a few reasons to appreciate living here.
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The Home & Place Letter
Opening Note
A few thoughts from Sean on what makes this season worth paying attention to.
Place Worth Knowing
This month: a small town that surprises people who think they know the area.
At Home
A detail worth noticing — the kind of room that quietly changes how a house feels.
Market in Context
One number, properly understood, and what it might mean for you.
Something for the Weekend
A walk, a meal, or a small tradition worth adopting.