Day: January 8, 2012

COMING HOME

 

I was down at the Gloucester

train station the other day

and it reminded me of

the attraction for trains  lots

of us quietly enjoy.

 

When I was a boy, the train,

the Delaware & Hudson

Railroad , ran right outside of

our little summer home;

 

steam locomotives pulling

both freight and passenger cars,

on Fridays, bringing fathers

home after a  week in the City.

 

Two long, one short, one long meant

The train had passed the crossing

and would soon be braking to

give us our dads for the weekend.

 

I spied on the location

of those little dramas last

night – courtesy of Google Earth;

 

no trace of the D&H

was found: no tracks, no station,

no crossing gate,  no little

children excited and waiting.

 

Meanwhile, back in Gloucester, after

two long, one short and one long,

the commuter train from Boston

pulls into the small station

where moms and dads step down to

come home.

 

Marty Luster

 

 

Alice Gardner started a monthly Artists and Photographers Group a couple of months ago.  The group is growing and it is fun.  The first meeting of the New Year will be on January 9, 2012 from 9:00-10:30AM (and meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month) at the Pleasant Street Tea House.  This meeting will be a “Show and Tell” meeting, so join us and bring something you are working on.  The group is open to all artists, and is a great way to meet new people, see old friends, share information and stay connected with other artists, especially during the winter when we tend to become more isolated.

E.J. Lefavour

I have tears in my eyes from laughing. Guy should win a Pulitzer for this masterpiece.

http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com

Playa Del Carmen is fantastic!  The Place we are staying is great as well.  Service everywhere has been super friendly without being fake friendly.
The beaches are beautiful, there’s funky architecture, there’s a street called “Fifth” where there’s great people watching.  Very diverse mix of people walking the streets from wealthy Europeans to bohemians to hipsters to Mexican mommas lugging their babies around at 11PM.
Lots of small boutique hotels all over unlike the massive all-inclusives in Cancun.

Dance party – LCC

Hi Joey,

Thank you, as always, for your fine information and great pictures!!

We are hosting a dance party on Jan. 21 at the Lanesville Community Center. Might you post this on GMG? Thank you!!

Heat up your Winter…

January Thaw

Dance Party

Sat. January 21, 2012

7:30 – 11:00 PM

Admission by donation to the LCC

(Including for a boiler to heat our fabulous new floor!)

Music by “The Merj”

Violin powered rock ‘n roll dance band

T-shirt, raffles, door prizes

Wine & beer for sale

Pot luck munchies welcome

Lanesville Community Center

www.lanesvillecommunitycenter.org