My View of Life on the Dock
Walt Kolenda Auctioneer
There will be everything from art & antiques to household merchandise. The auction takes place at the Charles Jones Hall in Magnolia, at 1 Lexington ave. 6:00pm. Preview from 4:00pm-6:00pm
For more details go to www.capeannauction.com
On Friday evening I went to Rockport for the (amazing) concert by “What Time Is It Mr. Fox?” and the Rockport High School Madrigal Choir at the Shalin Liu center. Here are a few photos I snapped with my phone to try to capture some of the magic.
Beach Shack #2
By Lisa Courtney
Anthony Marks submits-
Hi Joey
This flag pole was moved from the Sutherland home on Essex Ave. and
erected at Maritime Gloucester. It was donated by the Sutherland
family.
Could this photo have been taken from Patty Poore’s front yard?
Museum Offers Early Childhood Program
The Cape Ann Museum invites children and families to Young at Art on select Wednesdays this summer. Young at Art is a program for 3 to 5 year olds accompanied by an adult. Visit the Museum from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. for a story, a gallery or house exploration, and an art project. On Wednesday June 5th, learn more about children’s book author and illustrator, and Folly Cove Designer, Virginia Lee Burton. This program is free for members or with museum admission. Reservations are required. Please call Liza Browning 978-283-0455 ext.16 or email lizabrowning@capeannmuseum.org.
The Cape Ann Museum is located at 27 Pleasant Street in Gloucester. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The museum is closed during the month of February, on Mondays, and major holidays. Admission is $10.00 adults, $8.00 Cape Ann residents, seniors, students. Children under 12 and Museum members are free. The second Saturday of the month is Family Free Day. The Museum is wheelchair accessible. For more information please call: (978) 283-0455. Additional information can be found online at www.capeannmuseum.org.
Cape Ann Museum’s Saturday Showcase presents Stories and Songs with Daisy Nell.
The Cape Ann Museum invites families to a performance by musician, singer, and author Daisy Nell. On Saturday, June 8 at 11:00 a.m. Daisy Nell, author of Rocky at the Dockside and Stowaway Mouse, will read her stories and lead a sing-along with her husband and musical partner Captain Stan Collinson. This is a free family event. After the performance examine photographs from the Museum Archives related to music and musicians on Cape Ann and visit the Activity Center to create your own multi-media Rocky the parrot and schooner.
Introduced in September 2005, Saturday Showcase is designed to bring parents and children into the Museum to share enriching experiences. The focus is on the visual and performing arts, with strong ties to Cape Ann. Painters, musicians, dancers, and storytellers are among the artists who have presented programs. Funding to support the Saturday Showcase series has been provided by The Goldhirsh Foundation.
Hey Gloucester dancers!
A small but dedicated group of people has been working to re-establish regular contra dancing on Cape Ann. Because of a generous donation of space from the First Baptist Church on GLoucester Ave, dances will be held on Sunday evenings, June 9 and 23rd. The evenings will begin with pot luck (table ready please, we don’t have stoves for our use) from 5-6:30. Dancing will follow from 7-10:00. Wellknown caller Cammy Kaynor, who has been teaching and calling dances for 35 years, will call the dances, and musicians of all levels are invited to join the musician’s jam. Sheet music will be provided. A free will offering will be taken to pay the janitor.
Contra dancing is a form of traditional dance usually done in lines or circles and occasional squares. All dances will be taught and all ages are welcome. Contra dancing is great excercise, and a great intergenerational activity. Please join us for fun-filled social event!
Caroline Haines
GloucesterCast Podcast With Guest Ron Gilson and Host Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 6/1/13
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Topics Include: Summer In Gloucester,The First Upscale Breakfast joint In Gloucester, the Makings of The Union Hill Coffee Shop, Au Beaujolais, Relationship Between Restaurant Patrons and Servers, Flags On The Boulevard, Differences Between Generations Honoring Veterans, Paul Frontiero Sr, Death Row Sub, Death Row Meal.
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“If you can’t sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It’s the worry that gets you, not the loss of sleep.”
Dale Carnegie (1888-1955)
Born into poverty in rural Missouri, Carnegie managed to get through the state teachers college, but got his first jobs selling correspondence courses, then soap and bacon. After an unsuccessful stint as an actor he began teaching public speaking through the YMCA and published a book on the subject for businessmen in 1926. His second book ten years later, How to Win Friends and Influence People, made him an international celebrity, sold millions of copies and was translated into dozens of languages. It is still in print and still relevant today. Millions of people have taken the Dale Carnegie Training to improve their self-confidence, reduce their stress, and learn better communication skills. Carnegie’s ideas on leadership are widely taught in business schools and form the basis of many self-improvement courses. He also observed: “People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.”
Hi Joey,
The moment you doubt whether you can fly, you cease for ever to be able to do it.
Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid
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What an amazing day for the Ribbon Cutting at the Ocean Alliance Paint Factory location. This robot actually flies above the whales and collects the liquid that comes out of the whale’s blow-hole very cool.
Last week was crazy fun. Tons of FOBs showed up for our Gallery opening and first mug up of the season.
Well EJ is doing it again. We want to see you. Whether you are and old school FOB or if you are a lurker that occasionally reads the blog. We want youto come on down to our Gallery on Madfish Wharf and tip back some coffee and swap stories. GMG is nothing without the GMG communty and if you are reading this then you ARE part of that community!
9AM Sunday Madfish Wharf, Rocky Neck- Be There!
Don’t make us come find you! Come see us!
I got to spend a very special morning with Ann Kennedy on Tuesday, toward the end of her and Bob’s month-long annual visit to their beloved Gloucester. We met early for a delicious and hearty breakfast at Sailor Stan’s, then went for a nice long walk out Eastern Point, to the spot I now call Evelyn’s Point, beyond the Retreat House and Brace Cove. We encountered many beautiful and fun things along our journey, including a mother duck with her ducklings (she had to be babysitting, as they couldn’t all have been her’s) and two turtles sunning on a rock in Niles Pond, plus a dreadful and vicious bullfrog that Ann attempted unsuccessfully to capture and bring to Joey. This has become one of my favorite spots to walk to and it was nice to be able to share it with Ann, who had never been there. The trails through the woods are soft and peaceful. At one point we were forced to stop and turn back because of a large uprooted tree that made the path we were on unpassable. It was a special time with a special FOB and friend, and I look forward to a repeat when they return next year.
Congratulations to Ann and Bob who just celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary.
E.J. Lefavour
It’s June First so if you take walks and are observant it is likely you will come upon a large leathery object laying at the side of the road or in your garden or making your dog excited. Congratulations, you have come upon a female snapping turtle who is slowly making her way uphill. Her brain is telling her she has to go up, then down just a little bit before she stops to scrape a hole and drop a bunch of ping pong ball eggs in the hole. She then crawls back to the pond and you won’t see her again for another year.
Rule 1: leave her be.
Rule 2: stay away. If you insist on taking a photo, stay well clear of the end that does not have a tail. That end has a set of jaws that can snap out and take a finger off with one crunch. Your dog should be smart enough to know that also includes dog noses but if she is a dumb dog, keep your dog away. A smart dog knows that a snapper has quite a long neck and can reach out just a little bit further than where a dumb dog puts her nose.
The turtle does not need saving. Just leave it. Snapping turtles are not endangered, every single pond in Massachusetts has one. They are only endangered by a well meaning person who wants to throw a blanket over it and put her back in the pond. That just upsets the turtle and she will have to return because she has these ping pong balls that need to go somewhere. If for some insane reason you think you have to move the turtle do not pick her up by her tail. You likely just dislocated her vertebrae and you may as well take her home and throw her in the soup pot.
If you have a neighbor who catches them and eats turtle soup and eats the eggs raw with a little soy sauce and chili, don’t freak out. Try one, you might like it. I’ll try anything once but that is one delicacy that is not on my bucket list.
The Gloucester Fleet
The “Lydia & Maya”
Tears of Rust
Good Morning Gloucester 