April 20, 2013byCloe Poisson The UConn women won their eighth national championship earlier this month in New Orleans when they crushed rival Notre Dame, 83-65 in the semi-final and rolled over Louisville, 93-60, in the title game. They made it look easy in the Big Easy. They were led by freshman wunderkind Breanna Stewart, affectionately known as “Stewie” who [...]
October 23, 2012byCloe Poisson “My fundamental belief is that we are all the same as human beings. We don’t need an introduction when we meet because we are mentally, physically, emotionally the same. I find this is a very helpful way of thinking. Whether I’m speaking to 1000 people or 100,000, there are no barriers between us.” The [...]
July 13, 2012byCloe Poisson In anthropological terms, photojournalists are akin to hunter-gatherers. We hunt for and gather pictures to feed the eternally hungry pages of the newspaper, not unlike a growing child, and their voraciously hungry teenage brother, the web. We are always on the prowl, even when we’re not working. We’re always searching, eyes darting from side [...]
June 7, 2012byCloe Poisson On a warm morning in May as I was getting ready to leave for work, I noticed a male Bluebird sitting atop my bird feeder. I waited inside and watched him hop from the feeder, which is next to my driveway, onto the edge of my car window near the side rearview mirror. He kept [...]
May 28, 2012byCloe Poisson This is the latest installment in an occasional series, Spirit of a Century, profiling centenarians in Connecticut. We profile Thurston Couser, of Hartford. Thurston Couser has no regrets. At 100, he is satisfied with his life and wouldn’t change a thing. “If I had a second time to go around I’d want everything the same [...]
May 11, 2012byCloe Poisson “But the wild things cried, “Oh please don’t go – we’ll eat you up – we love you so!” And Max said, “No!” The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved [...]
April 13, 2012byCloe Poisson It was my good fortune recently to be given an assignment to photograph veteran jazz pianist Emery Smith at his home in Hartford’s Blue Hills neighborhood. The assignment requested a portrait of Mr. Smith to go with a story running April 22 in the Arts section in advance of his appearance in the Baby [...]
March 9, 2012byCloe Poisson The UConn women got down to business at the XL Center Tuesday night. They brought their fighting game to defeat the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, 63-54, to win the Big East championship, their fifth consecutive title and 18th overall. After a four-loss season and coming into the tournament as the third seed (13-3, Big [...]
March 5, 2012byCloe Poisson As an aging Baby Boomer, I think about growing old a lot. As I see my youth slip farther away in the rearview mirror, I ponder the future and wonder what lies on the road ahead. I am struck by the disconnect between what I thought aging would be like and what it actually [...]
