Caitlin Smith Photos

Family Tree…

The leaves are falling and painting the landscape with color. At Rose Baker, there is a lot going on. Daily activities can be found by going to www.gloucester-ma.gov, clicking on Departments and scrolling down to the Council on Aging. You can see our newsletter or call 978-325-5812 to get on our mailing list. For events indicating registration, please stop by or call Natalia at the above phone number. Follow us on Facebook – Rose Baker Senior Center Gloucester

Special things going on:

October 5^th and 19th – 1:00 – 3:00 -Old Salties

October 15^th – 9:30 – Element Care Presentation (please register)

October 26^th – 12:00 – Coffee with Elise

October 29^th – 11:30 – Halloween Party Luncheon (please register)

October 29^th – 4:00 – 7:00 – Energy Savings Fair.  Lots of information, raffles, flu shots, pumpkin painting and pizza (please register)

*** No line dancing October 14^th or 21^st

*** Shine appointments start October 15^th.  The Open Enrollment period is October 15^th – December 7^th.  Please call 978-325-5820 to make an appointment.

Movies on Thursdays at 12:30

October 8^th – Skyfall with Daniel Craig, Javiar Bardem and Judy Dench

October 22^nd – Touch of Class with George Segal and Glenda Jackson

October 29^th – The Jerk with Steve Martin and Bernadette Peters (Begins at 1:15)

Seniors on the Go Bus – Please register

October 5^th – Topsfield Fair $10 Senior Ticket Day – Tickets at the gate.

October 19^th – J.C. Penny/Champions Pub

October 26^th – Dollar Store at Liberty Tree/Depot Diner

Start your week with some seriously good deals! 🦞🍕

🦞 $13.99 + tax Lobster Roll
Served with chips & pickles!

🍕 16” Pizzas HALF PRICE
Limit of 4

🍕 Buy any 18” Pizza and get a 2nd 18” Pizza HALF PRICE!
Limit of 2

Come hungry and take advantage of these Monday specials! 🙌

Excludes gluten free
Excludes online orders
Pizza specials cannot be combined

It was quite the night at the GHS Football game Friday night vs Winthrop (congratulations Fishermen!). In addition to the home field win, the Homecoming King Finn Schrafft and Queen Allison Pelletrino were introduced. Also, the Gloucester High Hall of Fame honorees for 2026 gathered and honored at halftime. These include Peter Asaro (07); Sally (Unis) Bertolino (03); Elizabeth (Bertolino) Aylmer (87); Betsy Day (02); Bianca Giaclone (13); Geoffrey Kennedy (11); Coach Lou McGrath; Mark Michalisin (90); Caulin Rogers (11); Josh Salah (09); and the 2000 Indoor DMR Team. Congratulations to all! A proud night for Fishermen!

Second Life…

Nell Blaine (1922-1996) described herself as “defiant in joy.” After being stricken by polio at age 38, she often put down “every color I have” on her plate glass palette. Highly regarded as a gestural colorist, Blaine persistently bridged the delicacy of intimate interiors and salient aspects of nature through Abstract Expressionism for most of the late 20^th century.

CAPE ANN COLLECTORS autumn show, “Affirmation of Life: Bold Color Fields and Kindred Spirits,” opens October 17-18, 1-5 p.m., celebrating life, color and joy – an intentional nod to Manship’s “HOCKNEY REPRODUCTION(S)” radiating intense, joyful, expressive chromatic hues. New ways of seeing, feeling and creating drove both Hockney and Blaine.

Kindred spirits with screenprint, sharpened color and graphic force, Blaine and Hockney brought inclusion and immediacy to image-making. Leaping from a dedicated sketching practice, this modern representation floods CAPE ANN COLLECTORS’ main gallery. On display are new master works by Nell Blaine and Theresa Bernstein, alongside artists William Meyerowitz, Ethel Louise Paddock, and Erma Wheeler (all 55 works on view).

Join CAPE ANN COLLECTORS’ autumn celebration of accessible defiance!

Molly, Janet and Annie

    CAPE ANN COLLECTORS

474 Washington Street, Gloucester, MA

Ann Ziergiebel, Owner                                         

Janet P. Ware, Director

Molly Anderson, Gallery Manager

Appointments welcome: 978-430-0414

capeanncollectors.com

Make game day even better with some seriously good deals!

🦞 $16.99 + tax Lobster Roll
Served with chips & pickles!

🍕 Buy any 18” Pizza and get the 2nd 18” Pizza HALF PRICE!
Limit of 2 per customer

🍕 16” Pizzas HALF PRICE!
Limit of 4 per customer

Perfect for feeding the family, the football crew, or just treating yourself this Sunday! 🙌

Excludes gluten free
Excludes online orders
Pizza specials cannot be combined

🏈 Come hungry and enjoy your Sunday with us!

This beautiful sight appeared after a brief shower Friday afternoon. Thank you FOB Susan LaRosa for sharing her view with me. Magnificent!

October 3, 2026 by Angel Wings Wellness

What if riding a horse wasn’t about perfect circles, perfect posture, or simply telling a horse what to do?

What if it was about learning to feel, listen, breathe and connect?

Holistic Natural Horsemanship offers a beautiful, non-traditional way to experience riding—one where relationship comes first.

You’ll begin by learning the language of the horse: how they communicate, how they respond to your energy and body language, and how trust is created between horse and human.

Then we bring that connection into the saddle.

Instead of relying only on reins and physical cues, you’ll discover how subtle shifts in your breath, focus, intention, energy and body can become part of the conversation.

There is something incredibly freeing about realizing you don’t have to control a horse to ride one.

You can learn to communicate with them.

And when horse and human begin moving together with understanding and trust, riding becomes something more than a lesson.

It becomes a partnership.
A conversation.
A feeling of freedom.

* Private Holistic Riding & Natural Horsemanship Sessions
* Beginners Welcome
* Relationship First
* No traditional riding experience necessary
* Private boutique farm in Ipswich, Massachusetts

Come discover a softer, more connected way to be with horses — where horse and human meet in harmony.

Visit us at PeaceLoveHorse.com call or text 978-985-4592 or stop by my shop Glosta Grooves at 12 Rogers Street Friday or Saturday 11-4 and chat in person