My View of Life on the Dock
*What a tremendous value.
I suppose I should add that the mistake was mine for not checking to see how much they were charging. If they can get $1.81 for a bottle of water and there are enough people like me who are too stupid to check the price then it’s not their fault, it’s mine.
*This is sarcasm
It’s impossible to visit Marine Railways and not find something interesting to photograph. I also ran into “Sweet Shots and Secret Spots” Violet, Corey, Dahlia and Bogie.
E.J. Lefavour
I searched the web and was unable to get a clear shot of who was modeling for The Building Center of Gloucester but I was able to get the unedited versions of the other two.
Thanks to Ed for sending in his photos, which he captions “Homies Looking for Joey!”
I think we have an embarrassment of riches in the Gloucester Homie photo request and should make this request again in another six months–I imagine we’ll see a brand new batch of gorgeous Homie photos. Thanks so much to everyone for participating!
http://www.jalapenosgloucester.com/
JALAPENOS …TONIGHT..1/15 WE PRESENT TO YOU THE GREAT JB AMERO! PLEASE COME AND JOIN WOLF,D MATTACKS AND I.
Dave Brown
Hello everyone!
Wednesday, January 16th
Special Guest: SARAH SLIFER!
Dear Joey,
If you’ve ever found an injured bird on Cape Ann and tried to find a place to bring it, you know Jodi Swenson, the founder of the Cape Ann Wild Bird Rescue Center.http://www.valentine-design.com/Birds/
It sounds like a fancy place but in reality, it’s just her rented home that she shares with the many birds that she rehabilitates. She funds the center mostly with the proceeds she makes from repairing fine china. She is now facing the possibility of losing this rented facility due to foreclosure. People close to Jodi, including me, have decided not to wait and have been circulating an online petition addressing the State Government on all levels. It would be great if Bank Of America came to the rescue. WIth an advertising budget well over a billion dollars per year, BoA can afford to not only GIVE her the title, free and clear, but offer to fund her operation with a supporting grant. If we can offer BoA the press coverage that would warrant such an expense, we believe it would be in their best interest to do just that.
That’s why we are contacting you today. What would live on Cape Ann be like without all the birds that fill the sky with sound and sights of their ever present beauty. Please help us help Jodi help these little feathered friends.
Thank you
Please sign and share this petition. This rescue center is a critical part of Cape Ann and Jodi Swenson has committed her life and personal resources to saving thousands of injured and orphaned birds, one bird at a time. Each bird she saves, multiplies in 5 years to an additional 1,000 birds when factoring their offsprings offspring and taking into consideration that about half would survive. The number of birds that she has helped over the years is staggering. Let’s help her continue helping wildlife on Cape Ann
Here is the link to the petition.
http://www.signon.org/dashboard.html
Thank you,
Steven J Restmeyer
Hello Joey
This morning’s 1/11/13 predawn sky looking towards Addison Gilbert Hospital from Rust Island was awesome. Mary Page
Ann Grassetti Submits-
Photos From Valerie Marino-
Technology expert hired to help Gloucester’s library stay abreast of 21st-century library trends Freyja Sanger, a librarian and technology expert who helped the Tewksbury Public Library develop its first website for mobile devices, has joined the Sawyer Free Library as its first assistant library director since 2007.
Sanger fills a position left vacant by budget cuts six years ago that led to its decertification by the Massachusetts Board of Library Commissioners. Since then the library has had to repeatedly seek waivers to continue in a program that lets Gloucester residents borrow from other libraries.
Sanger’s hiring is part of the library’s efforts to offer Gloucester residents 21 st-century technology, including access to e-books via tablets, e-readers and mobile phones. Sanger comes to Gloucester from being a reference librarian at the Tewksbury Public Library. She previously worked at the Rockland Memorial Library and Berkshire Athenaeum, the public library in Pittsfield.
As Head Reference Librarian in Tewksbury, Sanger helped develop a mobile website for the library that let library patrons search the library catalog, download e-books and perform other functions from their smartphones and tablets.
“We’re excited about Freyja joining us,” library director Carol Gray said, “both for her technology skills and her ability to help oversee day-to-day operations in what we believe to be the busiest public building in the city aside from the schools.” Nearly 18,000 Gloucester residents hold library cards, and more than 500 people use the Sawyer Free Library on average each day.
Scott Memhard, who succeeded Joan Ciolino this month as president of the library’s board of directors, said Sanger’s hiring was made possible by additional funding in the city budget this fiscal year, initiated by Mayor Carolyn Kirk and enhanced by further action by the City Council.
“These moves bring the library closer to no longer having to seek waivers to gain our state
certification,” Memhard said.
Audrey’s Flower Shop Reminder…
ONE MONTH UNTIL VALENTINE’s DAY. Its not too early to place your order now. 978-283-2171. Seriously. Then you are D-O-N-E! No pressure, no forgetting, and no standing in a line out the door with the crabby Audrey’s staff. PLUS… you are guaranteed to get what you ordered….not what we have left. Don’t find yourself in the DOGHOUSE on the most romantic day of the year.
CAPE ANN ANIMAL AID’S 10TH ANNUAL WINTER BALL
Tickets are on sale now for Cape Ann Animal Aid’s 10th Annual Winter Ball happening February 9th, 2013 from 7pm-11pm at Cruiseport Gloucester. The event will raise funds for the medical care of homeless cats and dogs at Cape Ann Animal Aid’s Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter and features a silent auction, live auction, raffles, music, dinner, and a cash bar. To order tickets call 978-283-6055 x23 or visit www.CapeAnnAnimalAid.com for a printable ticket order form.
O’Maley Happenings
What a treasure. If you haven’t been you’re missing out on a great adventure outdoors in your own back yard.
Craig Writes-
When someone tries to explain to you fashion, after you make the comment “I just don’t get fashion shows” show them this shit.
Db submits-
I found this post on a bird watching site I follow:
Hi,
I was birding in Gloucester yesterday when I encountered a woman at Eastern Point who had been swept off the jetty by a big wave. She’d made her way back onto the shelf alongside the jetty, and I was able to get her from there to safety, but it’s a useful reminder that many of the places we bird can be dangerous, and this jetty is one of them. In particular, it’s always a good idea to pay attention to the tides before you venture close to the water, especially in winter.
JF McCoy
Friday, Dec. 21, 2012
Happy New Year! The Massachusetts Cultural Council has reviewed the Downtown Gloucester cultural district application and let us know January 7, 2013 that we have “been moved to the next stage of the application process which is an MCC site visit”. We are sharing this good news and readying for the site visit at the end of February! The MCC will spend a day downtown in roundtable discussions, big walk around touring all-over, lunch, fun stops. Let’s do this Downtown!
Please Email: dgcdinfo@gmail.com (or judith@nii.net subject line DGCD) for info or to participate.
About the Downtown Gloucester Cultural District committee:
A volunteer- based steering committee made up of neighbors, stakeholders, property owners, business representatives, arts and culture representatives –committed to the establishment of a downtown cultural district designation from the Massachusetts Cultural Council by 2013. The DGCD will foster links between economic development and the arts, and will support the downtown Gloucester community. The Co-chairs: Judith Hoglander (Chair CFTA) and Robert Whitmarsh (Downtown Development and Historical Commissions)
Visit Website: Downtown Gloucester Cultural District website:
Visit DGCD news/updates: http://culturaldistrict.zapd.net/
Was very impressed how the captain was able to back this ship into the Marina, I have a hard enough time backing into a space on Main Street. Here is some information on this huge ship, by the late Peter Prybot, February 7, 2007 from the Gloucester Daily Times.
At an impressive 164-by-40-by-14 feet, the Western Venture is a European design combination of mid-water trawler/purse. The vessel’s refrigerated seawater tanks can hold over a million pounds of fish at a temperature of 32 degrees. Its twin 1,500 horse power diesels give it the power to fish just about any depth, and its main trawl winches, which each hold over seven tons of 11/4-inch diameter towing wire and can lift a dead weight of 90,000 pounds apiece, can haul up big catches from the depths.
Ever notice how kids are always thinking and talking about the future? That’s because their heads are pointed that way (toward the future, that is). Makes sense, since most of their life is ahead of them. Having their heads all pointed toward the future shapes their view of life — and the way they put 2 and 2 together.
Here’s just one example:
It’s 1985 and my oldest is 3. Being exceedingly proud of herself for having just learned our phone number, she wants show off by calling Mom from a play-date. Great idea. She asks to use the neighbor’s phone and calls home, excited to dial the number herself and thrilled when Mom answers. A few days later, we’re at home and she has a question for Mom. “Well she’s out doing errands now, so we’ll have to wait until she gets home,” I explain. “Why don’t I just call her?” she replies as she picks up the phone and dials our number, which gives her a busy signal. “What’s wrong with the phone? Why doesn’t Mom answer?”
At three years old, she’s predicting the future we’ve grown accustomed to today, where kids can call their moms any time they want regardless of where Mom is. Whether or not this is a good thing is highly debatable, but that’s for another post.
While kids are unwittingly predicting the future, many of their grandparents’ heads seem to be pointed toward the past. “When I was your age …”
It happens to all of us as we age. Once we get to the point where the bulk of our life feels like it’s in the past, we’re tempted to look back more often than we look forward — and that shapes our view of life.
Here are three examples of Gloucester people with heads pointed toward the future. The Wilkins Noise takes over hosting Open Jamm at the Rhumb Line tonight and J.B. Amero takes Dan King’s seat tomorrow, joining Dave Brown, Dave Mattacks & Wolf Ginandes at Jalapenos. Live music in Gloucester continues (see schedule here) even though we will all miss our friend Dan King, who flies out to make his mark on L.A. tomorrow, head squarely pointed toward his future. Bon Voyage, Dan. Come back soon!
Here’s a video of one of Dan’s songs we’ve all come to know and love
Now just because we have a peek at the past, doesn’t mean we have to keep our heads pointed in that direction . . .
From Carol Pallazolla at the State Fish Pier Sunday Morning
Good Morning Gloucester 