Irving Johnson and the Yankee
Month: September 2013
Pet of the Week- Tuqui
Hello! My name is Tuqui, I am a happy and outgoing girl. I love spending time with people and going for walks. I think I am part retriever and Boxer. As an adult rescue, I am looking for a home with more of an adult slant, like one with children heading into their teens. I am a large dog and I weight about 55 pounds. I am at the Cape Ann Animal Aid, located at the Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter in Gloucester. Check our website at: CapeAnnAnimalAid.com
Do you know we have a “Wish List” and some of the items on it are:
Wet food for cats and dogs, Stainless steel cat litter pans, Stainless steel & ceramic pet dishes Cat cleaning wipes, ‘Like new’ towels and blankets, durable plastic dog toys, rope toys, paper towels bleach, garbage bags (all sizes) and dishwasher tabs and soap are just a few of the items we need.
My only item on my own “Wish List” is a family to love me just like my Cape Ann Animal Aid family does!
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Chickity Check It!- Ben Railton’s Take On G-Town
Hi Joey,
Hope your September has been a good one so far! I’ve been checking out GMG for a while now, ever since it beat out my blog for the Best of Boston blogging award (not bitter, you deserved it!); but I had a chance to link to and talk about your blog on my own for the first time for today’s post, part of a series on stories and histories inspired by a visit to Gloucester. Here’s the link:
September 19, 2013: Gloucester Stories: What’s Next
and I’d certainly love to hear any of your takes or thoughts on the week’s topics or any other aspects of Gloucester, past and present. Take care, and keep up the good work,
Ben
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Community Photos 9/20/13
Susan LaRosa Submits-
Lowell Peabody Submits-
Not sure how we missed this before but Donna had a special seat for the Fish Box Derby…
Cruise Ship Yorktown At Cruiseport Gloucester, photos from Anthony Marks
A few Harvest Moon pics from Old Granite Pier last night from Rick Isaacs
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Community Stuff 9/20/13
Hi Joey,
We are hoping you would be willing to help spread the word about the Cape Ann YMCA’s Taste of Cape Ann event coming up on October 3. We would like to let the community know about this event so they can experience a wonderful evening of all the best food and wine from around the Cape Ann Community while helping the Y in its effort to help teens throughout Cape Ann – 100% of the proceeds directly impact the Y’s Teen Leadership Development programs through the Y’s Teen Centers in Gloucester and Rockport.
More than 25 local restaurants and vendors come together in one night of support for the YMCA
Beverly, September 18, 2013 – The Taste of Cape Ann brings together twenty-five local restaurants and vendors to celebrate an evening of food and fundraising for the Cape Ann YMCA. Join the Cape Ann community on Thursday, October 3 at 6:00pm for this great event and support the Y. Help the Y help our kids! Enjoy sumptuous tastings of the best food and wine in Cape Ann.
Through the generous support of the Cape Ann community spearheaded by Beauport Financial, Tom Davis CPA and Robert Stewart, P.C. – 100% of the proceeds directly impact the Y’s Teen Leadership Development programs through the Y’s Teen Centers in Gloucester and Rockport.
Building upon a strong history of success with service-learning initiative and building the Leaders of Tomorrow, our Y will be once-again bringing local teens to Nicaragua in February and New Orleans in April. Also, we’ve added another option for April vacation – a trip to Navajo Nation in Arizona. On all of these excursions, as with our local efforts in the community, teens work side-by-side with adult Y Staff and Volunteers, upholding our motto of “Working Together for a Stronger Community”.
The Cape Ann Y has a long history of being at the forefront of youth work with teens in the Cape Ann community and strives to empower the next generation of leaders by giving them the tools to succeed. Through service learning opportunities, leadership clubs and drop-in Teen Centers where everyone is welcome, the Y is creating an inviting and inspiring atmosphere for young adults to thrive.
Executive Director of the Cape Ann Y and Teen Camp Services, Rick Doucette, says, “Having the support of the Cape Ann restaurant, food and beverage and wine community at this event each year helps us raise the funds necessary to deliver top-notch teen programming for the kids in Cape Ann. Providing leadership-development programming is the cornerstone of our mission-driven work and a way for teens to go be engaged and active in the community and beyond.”
Taste of Cape Ann
Thursday, October 3, 6:00 pm
Cruiseport Gloucester 6 Rowe Square Gloucester
Tickets: $25
Fall Educational Program
The Gloucester Writers Center is proud to announce its fall line-up of educational programs. Join us for our Mug Up series as well as classes by Ann McArdle and M. Lynda Robinson. Participants can now register for classes online. For more information, visit http://gloucesterwriters.org/events/category/classes/upcoming/
Mug Up!
The Mug Up Workshop Series is a mini-semester meeting on Saturday mornings from 9-11. Sharpen your pencil and join us as we focus on a variety of subjects.
Saturday, September 21 Reading Like a Writer- Ann McArdle
Saturday, October 5 Haibun- Martha Morgan
Saturday, October 26
The Art of Exercising: Stephen Jonas’s Exercises for Ear- Joseph Torra
Saturday, November 9
Public Relations 101 for Independent Artists, Writers and Small Businesses
Ariane Doud
Saturday, November 16- Investigation and Imagination- James Cook and Dave Rich
Also this fall:
Elements of Story – Thursdays, October 3- November 7 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Ann McArdle
Proprioception Explored Wednesdays, October 9 and November 13 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Kate Tarlow Morgan
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Live Reporting: Fenway Park
Almost a no hitter for Lackey, but were still up 1-3 in the top of the 8th!
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The Grind- An Hour At Captain Joe and Sons Compressed 9/19/13
Offloading Boats At Captain Joe and Sons Lobster Company. Celebrating 60 Years In Business This Year.
The beginning and end of this video are regular speed. Middle part sped up.
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Local Christina Russo Submits Her Elephant Orphanage In Zambia Story
Joey/GMG –
I recently wrote a story for National Geographic about an elephant orphanage in Zambia. It may be of interest to readers of GMG — particularly those who pay attention to the poaching crisis currently taking place in Africa (tens of thousands of elephants slaughtered every year for ivory).
all best,
CR
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Felice Leonardo “Leo” Buscaglia Quote of The Week From Greg Bover
September 19, 2013
“Don’t brood. Get on with living and loving. You don’t have forever.”
Felice Leonardo “Leo” Buscaglia (1924-1998)
A California native born to an Italian immigrant family, Buscaglia spent much of his childhood in Italy, returning to the United States for his education, which culminated in three degrees from USC including a PhD. After joining the faculty, he was motivated to begin offering a class on love following the suicide of a favorite student. He wrote more than a dozen books on how to connect with other humans. His arresting lecturing style caught the attention of producers at PBS who made him a celebrity speaker, often featured during pledge drives, and a sought after counselor. Five of his books were on the New York Times best seller list simultaneously. Another similar piece of his advice: “Don’t spend your precious time asking ‘Why isn’t the world a better place?’ It will only be time wasted. The question to ask is ‘How can I make it better?’ To that there is an answer.”
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One More Time
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Fun Fish Box Derby
Sunday, September 15, 2013
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Blackfish Benefit for Ocean Alliance
“Blackfish” Screening Benefit for Ocean Alliance
On Sunday September 29th at 6:30 Cape Ann Community Cinema will be hosting a one-night-only screening of the film “Blackfish” to benefit Ocean Alliance. We’ve been hearing the buzz about this film for months and are very excited to have it in Gloucester. More a psychological thriller than a documentary, it tells the story of the killer whale Tilikum whose actions in captivity resulted in the deaths of several people and it raises the question of whether these ocean-roaming hunters should be held in tanks for our entertainment. Ocean Alliance CEO Iain Kerr will be speaking briefly before the film and answering questions afterwards. Tickets can be purchased here – http://capeanncinema.wordpress.com/advance-tickets/
See you there!
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Buh Bye Fishermen. It was nice knowing you. Now Push Over.
@Joey_C: And so it begins. Privitzing oceans RT @DeepwaterWind: Historic day @SecretaryJewell today to sign nation’s 1st federal offshore wind lease.
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Today: September 19th, It Be Talk Like a Pirate Day
The record shows that eleven years ago today the first Talk Like a Pirate Day occurred.
And it was 121 years ago today in 1892, on the front page of the Gloucester Daily Times, the North Shore paper of record, reported that the last words of James Merry when he be gored by a bull in Dogtown the day before were, “Arrgh!” and “Arrrgh?”
Coincidence? Or did the madness begin in the Curtis pasture with Patrick Nugent’s bull on yonder drumlin in 1892?
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Video: Good Harbor Beach Sunrise
Good Harbor Beach, with Great Blue Heron and mini time-lapse sunrise towards the end.
Oftentimes I see herons, gulls, and crows fishing peaceably together at daybreak. Not this morning! The heron vigorously defends its territory, while the crow has a reputation for stealing what others catch, and both are very hungry. Look for the heron eating an eel at about @1 minute 40 seconds.
No borrowed music in this mini film; the sound of crickets, shorebirds, surf, and train whistle make a song of their own, and I really wanted the heron’s loud quarking heard. Creating these mini films helps to organize B-roll for my Monarch film and the next daybreak video is the foggy morning sunrise with the whimbrels.
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What does Jesse Colin Young have to do with Saturday’s block party?
I know, this is really out of left field, but here goes: In 1974 I discovered the re-release of “Soul of a City Boy” by Jesse Colin Young that had been released for the first time ten years earlier, but didn’t sell then. This LP was recorded in a single 4 hour session at A&R Studios in NYC. Just Young (22 at the time) and his guitar. It remains one of my favorite albums. There’s something haunting, almost mesmerizing about his voice and guitar on this record with six of his originals and 5 covers. One of my favorites of his covers is “Rye Whisky” — and that just happens to be the featured liquor for Saturday’s final Ryan & Wood Cocktail Contest. Back in 1974, when you got a new album, you put it on the stereo, sat on the floor and stared at the cover while it played. Nobody does that anymore. But here’s the next best thing: Watch this video of “Rye Whisky” by Jesse Colin Young. Mostly you’ll just see the Soul of a City Boy cover. Did anybody else do this? Remember what it was like to immerse yourself in your newest purchase from the record store?
This Block Party features some excellent music (details by stage here; details by time here). Be sure to check out Alexandra Valenti (here’s a recent post about this endearing, young, rising star). By the time she’s 22, she might be as good as Jesse Colin Young was.
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More Fun City- Roll Out The Barrel- Captain Joe and Sons 3:45AM
What were you doing this morning at 3:45AM? I mean where would you rather be than down the stinky wharf rolling out the stinky barrels to the stinky trailer of herring at 3:45AM.
I’m thinking of starting up a little side business for adventure travelers that would want to come visit Gloucester from all over the country. I’ll charge them a nominal fee to help lug the barrels out and offload the bait trailer. It’s a whole experience thing. Once in a lifetime opportunity. Get up early and fill your nostils with that pungent aroma of salted herring. Ahhhhh, just take it all in……
Music- “Bad Dream” By The Twees
Here we are preparing for a trailer load of barrels of herring. The empty barrels need to leave the building to go back to the herring plant For the next load’s filling which you see in the second video-
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Shootin’ A Moon This Post Rated PG-13
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09/18/2013
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Feds Visit, and are Family
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Good evening, Joey!–Linda Rae Castagna Writes In
We have just enjoyed 8 great days in Rockport/Gloucester and loved every moment. We just completed our last evening by dining for the first time at DUCKWORTH’S BISTROT on East Main Street, and thoroughly enjoyed every moment, especially trying 1/2 dinner’s x 4. Your lobster, from CAPTAIN JOE and SONS, was featured in the risotto, tender and juicy. The staff couldn’t have been kinder or more eager to help us. And because we were 1st timers in the restaurant, we ended up with a seat right in front of the window. Going to tell her we’re new next time too!
On the way to our car we found Beth underneath piles of recycled sails in AGAIN and AGAIN, happily sewing the latest tote bag. That’s a fun store!
As always it is worth it to make the long drive from Milford, New Jersey to Gloucester. We simply never tire of your homeport. Linda and Rob Castagna
Linda Rae Castagna
Good Morning Gloucester 