My View of Life on the Dock
The Cleaves House, where photographer Charles H. Cleaves lived, is in the center of the photo. The view can be seen from the top of what is now called Pasture Road. Our Spring Thaw is just around the corner. I’m going to turn over my vegetable garden this spring if I have to do it on my hands and knees.
Bruce had been a regular on GMG from the early days even though he lived in Canada, and visited every summer. Always friendly and upbeat he loved GMG and Our City. In the picture below you can see Bruce with the original GMG Bumper Sticker back in May 2009, a year and a couple months after GMG started and Bruce was already hooked.
Posted on May 30, 2009 by Joey C
Bruce Bonham From Ontario Represents!, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Daughter Jacquelyn writes-
Just wanted to send a big thank you to Good Morning Gloucester, My father Bruce Bonham who passed suddenly on March 3/15 was truly a fan. My parents spent many years vacationing in Gloucester ” Rocky Neck ” and my dad always wanted me to see his favorite spot. I was fortunate enough to join my parents on trips to this special place. My father loved this so much he said he felt he was home.
Good Morning Gloucester was a regular routine for my dad with his morning coffee.
I want to thank all the people of Gloucester, Mona and her husband at Rocky Neck Accommodations, thanks for making our stays special and of course the boat rides. Thanks to Brenda who conversed a lot with my dad. Thanks to the Rudder who always found us a table. Thanks to you Joey for of course Good Morning Gloucester, and the Lobsta!!. To Nights On the Neck for making us feel welcome, and to Town of Gloucester for the same.
Thanks again for making this my fathers very special place
Bruce Bonham obits St Catharines Standard Newspaper St. Catharines, Ontario Canada
Yours Truly
Jacquelyn and Louise Bonham
2010
Hi Joey,
Thought I’d send you this holiday greeting from St. Catharines, Ontario, CANADA!!
Thank God for GMG! Keeps us informed about the greatest place on earth.
All the best to you and your family,
Bruce and Louise Bonham
ps – see you at the dock in May — if all goes as planned!
Hi Joey,
You may recall I was at the ‘dock’ last Tuesday (Sep. 21).
Since 2004, we’ve stayed at Mona Faherty’s Rocky Neck Accommodations.
Since I’m now retired, we’re trying to make the trip from St.
Catharines, Ontario (near Niagara Falls).
Obviously, we love the area. And we love GMG!
Thought I’d send you three pictures I took during our last visit, if
they’re any use to your web site.
See you next May, if all goes as planned!
Bruce and Louise Bonham
2012
Hi Joey,
A warm greeting from Canada!
We wish you and all your thousands of blog viewers a healthy holiday season.
Hope to see you in the spring. Especially eager for a Gloucester and Rocky Neck appearance since having to miss 2012’s visit.
Take care,
Bruce & Louise Bonham
St. Catharines, Ontario
2013
Hi Joey,
All the best of the season to you, yours and your many blog viewers!
See you in the spring.
Bruce Louise Bonham
St. Catharines, Ontario
Thank you Bruce and Jackie. It was always my pleasure when you guys came to visit. Your dad is a special man and we will miss his warm smile every time he was around!
So, if you’re on Facebook, you may already have learned this yesterday, but for those of you who aren’t…here’s the good news!
Burgers! But sliders! Plain, cheese (Hoffman cheddar), cheese and thin sliced caramelized onions and cheese, pickles,lettuce and tomato. All burgers served on a buttered grilled potato roll. Also we have have the option of a special proprietary Top Dog sauce for the Sliders.
Check out Top Dog’s Famous hot dog menu below to get in the mood for Opening Day (around Mid April) and to wet your appetite until the new menu is released!
There’s something pretty phenomenal about walking down Bearskin Neck and grabbing a hot dog and some chili cheese fries on a summer afternoon and sitting by the water’s edge.
March Gloucester History Sharing Program
Come see images of old Gloucester and share your own memories during these monthly presentations presented by Beth Welin at the Rose Baker Senior Center.
On Monday, March 23, 1-2pm, the program will be “Downtown Gloucester”. How has our downtown changed? See images of former businesses and street views as we stroll down Main Street and the downtown. Sponsored by the Phyllis A Marine Association. Supported by the Awesome Gloucester Foundation. For more information go to the Phyllis A Marine Association website at www.phyllis-a.org.
Gloucester Rotary Club’s Night at the Races. Night at the Races is a fund raiser on April 10th, at The Cruiseport, in Gloucester. All proceeds will go to the support the activities of the Gloucester Rotary Club.
Applauding Ringling Bros. decision to retire its circus elephants. The 13 traveling Asian elephants will be sent to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Center for Elephant Conservation in central Florida.
Wishing the most creative man in my life “Creative Director” of all things Sista Felicia, and owner of Cape Ann Giclee
The guys emerge from the St. Peter’s Club.
Don’t you just love that line? It’s the chorus of this MTV smash hit by Martha Davis and the Motels.
You can see her and the band LIVE, just down the road at Beverly’s Larcom Theatre on April 22 during what is shaping up to be 80s week, with the Smithereens performing there on April 25.
Tickets just went on sale to the public today and they’re selling fast, so you might want to get them (RIGHT HERE) before it’s too late. Here’s what the critics say:
“…arguably the most charismatic female performer in rock.” – Robert Hilburn, The Los Angeles Times
“Martha Davis, of the Motels, was still strong in voice and admirably delivered hits like ‘Only The Lonely’ and ‘Suddenly Last Summer.'” – Hollywood Reporter (about recent Hollywood Bowl Concert)
And here’s another of her top 10 hits, “Only The Lonely”:
click photo for music info
Winter Landscape Photographs taken at Good Harbor Beach during January-March 2015
With a total of 108.6 inches, last night at 7pm 2014-2015 became Boston’s snowiest winter since snowfall records started being kept in 1872.
Gloucester smashed her record awhile back. I think we are currently at around 125 to 126 inches. Does anyone know Gloucester’s official total?
https://instagram.com/p/0QRXJQjymV/
Read more about record snowfall in today’s Globe.
Image courtesy Boston Globe
The title of this post should be your warning that if you don’t want to hear me gloat….read no further.
Ok. There. We got rid of them. The rest of you can buckle in for a minute…or two.
Joey likes to tell me that the majority of my posts are about drinking….or things related to drinking. One of Joey’s good friends teased me a couple of weeks ago that all I do is write about sushi and my boys eating sushi. Neither of them are far off, I suppose.
So, today I’m going to write about one of my boys…his amazing hockey team championship (which was cause for a few drinks afterwards)…and I’ll even mention that when asked what he wanted to eat for dinner on Friday to gear up for two giant Championship games…he said “sushi.”
Seriously though. I almost can’t even believe how crazy proud I’ve been of Thatcher this hockey season. He’s worked hard, had some amazing games, and had a bit of a slump. He has scored hat tricks, chased the puck, passed the puck, and done his far share of stopping the puck. He has celebrated his teammates’ successes with minimal showboating and he has accepted constructive criticism humbly.
More importantly than just Thatcher…the entire team has grown, learned, improved, and rallied. Equally as fun…many of the parents have laughed, cheered, and bonded. As a family we’ve made some friends this season that we hope we’ll continue to play and cheer with for many, many years to come.
Thatcher started the Learn to Skate program with Cape Ann Youth Hockey when he was just under 3 1/2 years old. He pushed the milk crate, cried a few times, and was soon off and skating. For three full seasons he then participated in the CAYH Cross Ice Program. He learned skills, met some great friends, and grew to love playing more each year. It didn’t take long at all for us to realize that hockey was to continue being a part of our lives for a long, long time.
During those three years I often joked with friends who were parents of slightly older children. “When do they actually start playing games?” I mean, don’t get me wrong, practices, drills, and mini scrimmages were cute and all, but after 4 full years I was ready to cheer during a full-fledged game.
This year….was that year.
This year’s hockey season started waaaay back in October…and ended yesterday. The team started off slowly with a couple of wins, a tie, and then three losses in a row. And then….something happened. Something clicked. And, forgive me….but, the winning started. This amazing little team of 7 and 8 year-olds started to become somewhat unstoppable. To say that it was fun to watch is an insane understatement. PLEASE don’t get me wrong….losses would have been fun to watch too…and I swear I still would have been crazy proud of that little team…but, to watch their success play out weekend after weekend as they hugged, high-fived, laughed, and celebrated gave me giddy goosebumps. I tear up each and every time I watch Thatcher score. Seriously, each and every time. I’m tough on Thatch…I expect a lot of him when it comes to manners, participation, hard work, politeness…pretty much you name it. That having been said, there is something about watching him skate so effortlessly and observing him be a part of a team….while we sit back and watch from afar that leaves me in awe. It is never lost on me, and forgive me for throwing it out there…but it’s a big part of why I’m ridiculously emotional about him right now…that several doctors recommended that I end my pregnancy with Thatcher. There are quiet moments that happen almost daily when I think, Thank God. This weekend, for whatever reason, I thought that every second that I watched him play. Thank God.
I love what he has gained from playing hockey. I adore the player and the teammate that he has become. I am thankful to all of those within the CAYH organization…especially this year’s coaches.
As the Cape Ann Mite Hybrid team went undefeated from November 16th, all through December, past January, into February, and unbelievably all the way to the end of the season this March, I saw changes in Thatcher that crept up on me and caught me off guard. While I was so eager for him to play those “real” games….I wasn’t prepared for how grown-up he’d seem out there on the ice….not needing me for a second. Like all parents, I’m an integral part of every other single aspect of Thatcher’s life. But hockey…is all him….and his teammates and coaches (one of which happens to be my husband).
So, the regular season wrapped up with Cape Ann in 1st place. With a first round bye, the play-offs only consisted of two make-it-or-break-it games for this little engine that could.
And…they could.
A 6-0 Shutout Win for rockstar goalie Luke Holmes (coined Luuuuuke-There-It-Is) by his teammates…who probably don’t even know that song…solidified the team’s journey to the Championship game yesterday at the Haverhill Valley Forum.
I am by no means a sports reporter so I won’t try to regale you with the details, but let’s just say that the game started with Cape Ann down 0-3 pretty quick into the first period and, wrong or not, dread started to creep into my spine. While we did eventually settle in and start to score, there was never a time during the game…and until maybe the very last minute….that there was any relief.
A final score of 8-7 led to some tears, an explosion of cheers, some tackling of a goalie who had another phenomenal game, and some deep, deep sighs of relief. Would it have been ok if they lost? Of course. Would be still have celebrated a tremendous season? You betcha. But… Am I secretly, almost ashamedly, beyond proud of those little skaters because of their Championship Season? I’d be lying if I said “no”.
I laugh even as I write this…because he’s 7 and it was a Mite Championship…but, I just can’t help myself but to feel so proud. I have taught students who are now playing college sports on scholarship, I have friends whose children are winning State Championships, I even graduated with a classmate whose son plays in the NBA. I rode in two World Series Rolling Rally Parades and stood on the field with all of the members of the winning Red Sox teams game after game. Gosh knows all of their parents felt proud. But yet…right now…while my little champion carries on, I can’t imagine how a parent could ever feel more proud.
Congratulations Cape Ann Mite Hybrids and Valley League Champions! You should all be incredibly, incredibly proud.
Uber has partnered with the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and will be in town looking for partner drivers!
Click here to get signed up and start making money
. To fill you in (if you didn’t know), Uber is a mobile app that seamlessly connects riders with drivers at the push of a button. The technology has taken-off in over 260 cities across the globe (it’s HUGE in Boston!) allowing residents to travel around their communities quickly and efficiently. Driving with Uber is perfect for a those looking for seasonal/temporary work or for folks who need an entrepreneurial full-time opportunity. You can work whenever you want at the push of a button (you’re the boss!) and no previous experience as a driver is necessary.
Uber’s driver partners come from all occupational walks of life ranging from traditional driving and transportation industries to service and creative industries. If you are a designer, artist, entrepreneur, fisherman, or in between jobs and need flexibility, you should try driving with Uber to supplement your income. Partners in Boston are making up to $35/hour ($6400/month in fares) and checks are deposited into their bank accounts weekly.
With the summer demand just around the corner, there will be huge opportunities to make some more money during our summer festivals!
Here are some pretty cool videos to see how people use Uber as a great way to keep their income rolling:
– Uber Partners for Every lifestyle
– Uber Partner Musician
Interested? Here is some basic information about being a partner driver:
What You Need to Get Started:
✓ 4-door vehicle (2000 or newer)
✓ Valid driver’s license and personal auto insurance
✓ Vehicle registration
✓ You’re at least 21 years old
Start the application today!
If you are interested, start the application process here: t.uber.com/GMGloucester
If you have any follow-up questions, please visit us in person at The Hive on Tuesday 3/17 or contact partnersboston@uber.com . The more you to today, the sooner you will be on the road making a difference and earning income!
Meet the team:
The Uber team from Boston will be holding an onboarding/information session on Tuesday 3/17 from 6p-9p at The Hive at 11 Pleasant St in Gloucester to explain the economic opportunities for the residents of Cape Ann.
Almond Macaroon Cookie Recipe is highlighted in my cookbook, “Gifts Of Gold In A Sicilian Kitchen With Sista Felicia; Harvest”
Keeping mom very busy this week!
Click read more for my Step-by-Step Cuccidtta Cookie Recipe Continue reading “Sista Felicia’s Confections for Tonight’s “Novena Coffee Time””
GMG FOB Dan Connell forwards the following photo and meesage:
This came to me from a former student [Beth] at Simons College who works for the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative in Cambridge:
Just wanted to let you know it seems that Cape Ann is recruiting globally. I met this guy in the village of Soloti in northern Uganda a few days ago. 🙂
GMG FOB Tom Philbrook submits ~ ZIP-A-DEE-DOO-DAH — Spring — at long last !!! The Vernal Equinox finally takes place on Friday, March 20th at 6:45 pm. Wishing you all a warm, sweet, colorful and joy-packed Spring. We sure deserve it.
Good Morning Gloucester 