My View of Life on the Dock
Hi Everyone,
Happy August!
This is an reminder that our meeting will be held on Monday, August 13, 9-11 at the Annie. The first 1/2 hour will be a social time. Please bring your own coffee or tea!
We will continue our custom of having everyone “check in” and share what they would like to about their work.
Newcomers are always welcome. See you then.
Alice Gardner
Eddie Vaan Shaw takes his 3-neck guitar into the crowd and sits in the lap of a blues fan. Check it out:
Tomorrow, Sunday, at noon is the dedication of the Gus Foote Park. Following the dedication, I will be giving a mini-talk about the butterfly gardens planted along the Harbor Walk. A yummy clam chowder tasting is planned, provided by the Gloucester House Restaurant. At 12:45, we’ll Walk the Walk with Mayor Kirk. The theme of Sunday’s walk is Gloucester’s maritime heritage.
Sunny skies are predicted for tomorrow–perfect weather for strolling through the gardens while listening to sea stories. I hope you’ll come join us!
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Gus Foote, now 82 years young, is a retired Gloucester City Councilman. He represented Ward 2 for more than three decades. In 2011, Gus was reappointed by Governor Deval Patrick to serve another five-year term on the Gloucester Housing Authority. Gus Foote Image Courtesy GMG 2009
Cambridge Seven Associates Gloucester Harbor Walk Team. From left to right: Peter Sollogub, Principal; Ethan Lacy, Chris Muskopf, Tim Mansfield, and Rosie Weinberg
If you’re at the Blues Fest, you just heard the best Zydeco ever performed in Gloucester — maybe the world! Watch the video and see what Dikki has to say about Gloucester.
New Orleans Blues Great Kenny Neal says this is the first festival he’s hung out at for a very long time. Usually he just shows up for his set. Watch the video and see why. And you can find out how to get a satin pillowcase with Kenny on it!
There’s still time to catch some great music at the very first Blues Festival. Sun is out. Music is HOT! Seven hours of music to go.
Here’s a bit of Henri Smith’s last song. Dikki Du and the Zydeco Krewe us up next. Still time to enjoy 7 hours of music so come on down!
Music is starting in a few minutes – come on down.
Sassy Eco Bags are uniquely designed handbags, purses and totes. Each bag has been handcrafted from discarded coffee or tea bags from area coffee houses. By rescuing these materials and reusing them, they are kept away from dumps and landfills. The materials used in each bag are durable as well as attractively functional. I hope you enjoy the bag.
Feel free to feel good about helping the Earth and looking Sassy at the same time.
This is just one that she did from one of my drawings:
I am going away for a spiritual retreat for the week, so if you are a person of faith, please keep me in your prayers! My posts in my absence are a series of photos from the street bazaar.
Here is what the artist will see from the stage – What will you see?
Come on down the gates are open!
Come
Friends Polly Hickey and Cheryl Davis have come up with a great idea – finding cast-off chairs on the side of the road, cleaning them up, and selling them at a reasonable price at the Farmer’s Market here in Gloucester on Thursdays. Their business, Upcycled Chairs, has already gained popularity at the Market. Several have been sold. Instead of being discarded in the trash, these chairs will have a new life. Very cool!
If you didn’t read Jim’s letter to the douchebag (his term not mine) who stole his tire you can read the back story here-
Posted on August 3, 2012 by Joey C
Thanks to Big Mike’s Bike Shop and Beardman McBikeshaman (I believe that’s what he said his name was) I am back to terrorizing the potholed streets of our beloved burg. It should be noted that the bike was fixed within hours and it cost me less than buying the same parts on Amazon, and I would have had to spend time putting them all together and then bolting them onto the bike. And he oiled my brakes.
I think he might have also mentioned that he’d dipped the removable components into a vat containing active cultures of the deadly ebola virus. I was kinda distracted looking at all the cool bikes and parts they had in there, but I think he said that. Or that he’d rigged the bike with semtex plastic explosive and would detonate if tampered with. Or maybe they are having a sale on helmets. Something along those lines.
Anyhow, Big Mike’s did me solid. Thanks guys.
Jim
check out Big Mike’s Bikes online here
I just shot this video of the Gloucester Blues Festival Stage being set up at STAGE FORT PARK. Sun is out. The field is dry. Gates open at 9am. Click here to see previews of today’s show.
You really don’t want to miss this show.
Wednesday night caught the Lannon and the sunset.
–Len Burgess
Fred Bodin writes-
Yesterday I closed the gallery for the 1 pm ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating the new Gloucester HarborWalk at Saint Peter’s Park, as I had contributed several of my photos to multimedia content accessed on it by QR codes. It was very hot in the sun, and I knew it would be while with so many dignitaries’ speeches. The speakers to the left of our Mayor Carloline Kirk, who’s at the podium, are looking pretty wilted – earning their money, I guess. Left to Right: Carolyn Kirk, Mayor of the City of Gloucester; Tim Murray, Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts, State Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante, HarborWalk Cambridge 7 architect, and city volunteer Lise Breen.
This is a battle between good vs evil. Nice white sandy beach in Gloucester versus the greenhead infested Crane’s Beach. Who Ya got? Get out the vote!
If you need to know where my vote is just look at the masthead from Day 1 here on GMG-
Johnny “I Rule YMCA Over 40 Basketball League” McElhenny forwarded-
Joey,
Boston.com is holding a contest for Best Beach in Massachusetts. Out of 64 beaches that started, Gloucester’s Good Harbor Beach has made it all the way to the final four.
The contest includes this description of Good Harbor: “A local favorite due to its white sand, great surf and stunning views.” ‘Xactly!
The other three finalists are nice beaches, too (if you like sharks and greenheads.)
Who ya got?
Let’s make clear to Boston.com readers what we already know: Good Harbor is the best beach in Massachusetts, hands down.
Vote here<http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/specials/summer/special/beach_bonanza_new_england/> for Good Harbor.
Voting ends today.
Need Help Deciding? Check Out My Slide Show from Good Harbor
For more information click below:
Good Morning Gloucester 