My View of Life on the Dock
Friends and family,
My brother Rick has passed away. I am trying hard to hold it together. Sorry I can’t call/talk right now. Please share the word and monitor www.richardkaloustmemorial.com for updates. Please send around because I do not have everyone’s email address.
After a lifetime of collecting, studying, admiring and climbing on rocks, I have made an exciting petrologic discovery that answers that nagging, ages old question, especially in New England: “Why do rocks seem to multiply and grow?” I have discovered that rocks, like turtles, hatch from shells. In the photos here you can see some of them in the process of emerging from their shells. Also, rocks grow, and like snakes they shed their skin as they grow. You can also see some of the more mature rocks here shedding their skin.
Rocks mate in the spring and the young hatch in the winter when the cold speeds up their metabolism, after varying lengths of gestation periods depending upon the type of rock (whether igneous, sedimentary, or metamorphic), ranging from 10 to 100 years. That is why we have more rocks in New England than Florida, for example, where it is warmer year round. Of course there are rocks everywhere because we had an ice age about 20,000 years ago, which resulted in an explosive birth rate of rock populations around the globe. Since that time however, the warmer climates have lost and not been able to replace their rock populations, which are now mostly sand, while we in the Northeast always have plenty of fresh new rocks to move around, and build stonewalls, foundations and gardens with. Cape Ann seems to have the ideal climate for rock propegation and growth.
E.J. Lefavour
Round Two with Hippeastrum
‘Orange Sovereign’ has given us a second stalk, and it too, is laden with gorgeous, satiny buds.
Bulb-buying tip: Upon seeing the second stalk, a friend visiting our home last week remarked that the amaryllis she purchases at the supermarket typically only have a few flowerheads and rarely a second stalk. I recommend purchasing Hippeastrum (amaryllis) bulbs in the fall, through local nurseries and bulb suppliers. Select the plumpest and firmest bulb available. The supermarket bulbs are usually boxed and pre-packaged, which doesn’t allow the opportunity to inspect the bulb. Both Corliss Bros. and Wolf Hill carry a great selection of Hippeastrum bulbs.
Allen Estes hosts gimmesound artists of the week Wool & Grant tonight on Local Music Seen at 6:30pm on Cape Ann TV Channel 12.
And after the show, you’ve got your choice of 6 excellent artists in your favorite Gloucester venues. See the full lineup here. So go downtown and live it up!
Visit this link to see the charming video and hear the sweet
music of Paul’s lovely ballad, “Christmas In Gloucester”…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLllOTVbU7A
Dave says,
Well, this could be the best show we’ve ever put on. Somehow, world-famous Gordon “Sax” Beadle has been kind enough to grace our stage. This is a once- a-year (or less) event. Gordie is the wildest, gooiest sub-atomic purveyor of the frantic r&b style that we all know and love. The last time he was here, I had to get my fillings replaced. This guy is guaranteed to melt the elastic in your shorts. You snooze, you lose.
But wait! There’s more! At no extra cost to anyone, I’m throwing in Mr. Mark Earley, tenor and barium saxist xtroidinaire. Mark and Gordie are gonna play foozeball with their axes all night long! Pinning them down wherever possible will be that diaphanous drummmbler and Serutan® spokesmodel Mr. Edd Scheer. Of course, Mr. Greg T. and myself will be there offering first aid to anyone who needs it. Come early and stay late.
And for you folks in the joint replacement crowd, don’t forget next Monday there’s a free show at The Rose Baker Senior Center. From 1 till 3, the Good Old Salty Jazz Band performs your favorite hits from the 1920’s and 1930’s. Come dance to the boogie beat. You can even request a polka!
Check it out! >http://youtu.be/jdOMxcj_feg
Formidable
Every month, a group of clergy from the region meet to discuss various issues of interest to all people of faith and the community in general (such as the Grace Center day shelter for the homeless). I was unaware of the time of the meeting yesterday, but I ran into it by a fortuitous coincidence, and asked someone to take a group photo with my iPhone. I think it’s great we have this kind of ecumenical / interfaith communication, and I hope to get more involved in it myself.
Those in attendance were, from left to right (titles like “Rev.” omitted, because I’m not sure who likes which title, or who wants none at all):
I don’t think people really know the level of crazy I’m dealing with over here.
Patty Knaggs has a great informative interview with Karen Ristuben about the East Gloucester Cultural District on her blog. Click the link below to check it out.
Yep, you got that right, Snoop Maddie Mad has a brandy new blog. Older Sister Bean started hers when she was four so now it’s Snoop Mad’s turn.
All photos on her blog taken by her unless otherwise noted and all titles and captions her words as well.
The humble beginnings from my little maniac.
Here’s the link www.snoopmaddiemad.wordpress.com
There’s a whole new community chilling area at Last Stop Variety in the heart of God’s Country, East Gloucester. Check out the photos today and video tomorrow for more info.
All Profits to Cancer Research. Get a team together, have a ton of fun and do some good. Wins all the way around.
I will be sponsoring a team from GMG. Any other restaurant or business who sponsors a team you can bet I will see to it that your business gets way more publicity than that $100 sponsorship fee will cost from the crazy amount of coverage I’ll be giving this awesome event!
Like this- Jeremy Goldberg from Cape Ann Brewing already donated a keg to the beer tent for the participants! Boom! Jeremy Goldberg and Cape Ann Brewing is getting a mention in every press release leading up to the event. How bout that?
So Crossfit Cape Ann how bout you guys? You gonna get a team together? All you yogi and holistic joints that want some play here on GMG, you want to get your name out there to the 25-35,000 people a day we reach? Here’s your chance.
Think about it this way, 5 team members each kick in $20 each, each get killer TShirts and open bar throughout the tourney in the players area -no brainer baby! I’d get a team together just for the open bar FFS!
You don’t need to be sponsored by a business you can get a team together yourself. Funny team names are encouraged!
So get in on the fun, drum up some awareness for your organization and help with the fight against the suck that is cancer.
The Bean, Snoop Maddie Mad and I conduct three different Interviews…simultaneously…with each other.
It’s all part of their training to be the next generation of media moguls in their father’s footsteps, Ha! 🙂
Here you go, three different perspectives of the same interview.
Filmed at Oakes Cove, Rocky Neck, November 7, 2011. “Count on Me” by Bruno Mars, from the album Doo-Wops and Hooligans.
Oakes Cove is a small, protected cove located on the southwestern side of Rocky Neck within Gloucester’s Inner Harbor. The “best friends” were unaware they were being filmed. I loved that they were so familiar with the ledge that they knew the exact location of the perfect perch for watching the setting sun together.
Total length 6 minutes, 20 seconds.
All through January. Check It Out!
Good Morning Gloucester 