In the late 80’s ‪#‎judwilson‬, ‪#‎Kenriaf‬ and ‪#‎HenryFerrini‬ went to NYC to interview Simon Geller for their film “Radio Fishtown.” Soon after Simon left town,  fate stepped in. One day Simon’s landlord was dumping all of Geller’s Program tapes into a dumpster. Henry happened by. The landlord gave the tapes Henry where they sat in his wet cellar for decades. Fast forward 26 years, last June Ferrini got a call from Ken Philpot from Ohio. Long story short. If you were a Simon Geller fan or just like to listen to uninterrupted Classical Music Go to www.wvca.com This is the GWC’s Valentine to the City of Gloucester. Enjoy.

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This painting is of The Transfiguration of Jesus. The Catholic Church celebrates Transfiguration Sunday on the second Sunday of Lent (February 21 this year), whereas the Methodists (and possibly other Protestant denominations) celebrated it on the Sunday before Ash Wednesday (February 7 this year).

The Transfiguration of Christ is one of the five milestones in Jesus’ life and ministry, along with His Baptism, Crucifixion, Resurrection and Ascension. With the manifestation in the event of Elijah, Moses and the audible voice of God, Jesus, in that instant, is shown to be the bridge between God and man, the fulfillment of the Prophets (represented by Elijah) and the fulfillment of the Law (represented by Moses). His three closest disciples are there to witness the event for a most important reason. Jesus will soon be leaving them, and up to that point, they had not yet fully grasped who He was. Witnessing and experiencing this event would sear His identity as their Messiah and the Son of God into their beings, and prepare them for what was to come.

There is no way for an artist to paint, or even to describe in words, the Light that would have emanated from Jesus, so I had to settle for stark light and dark on the faces and clothing of Elijah and Moses, and have them turn away from Jesus because of the brightness.

Scriptural references:

2 Peter 1:16-18 (Eyewitness of Christ’s Glory)

For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.  For when he received honor and glory from God the Father and the voice was borne to him by the Majestic Glory, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased,” we heard this voice borne from heaven, for we were with him on the holy mountain.

Matthew 17:1-8

After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James and John the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light. Just then there appeared before them Moses and Elijah, talking with Jesus. Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you wish, I will put up three shelters—one for you, one for Moses and one for Elijah.”
While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased. Listen to him!”
When the disciples heard this, they fell facedown to the ground, terrified. But Jesus came and touched them. “Get up,” he said. “Don’t be afraid.” When they looked up, they saw no one except Jesus.

E.J. Lefavour

www.hobbithousestudio.com

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 Dried Fava Beans! A sign that the Feast Of St. Joseph is around the corner! 

This morning while doing my weekly shop at Scalafini Bakery I picked up a giant bag of dried Fava Beans for this years  St. Joseph Pasta! Owner Frank said they just came in this week! Stop by Scalafini Bakery on Washington Street, Gloucester before they sellout!  $4.99 lb Don’t forget to them Sista Felicia Sent you in! 

Return to Marienstadt, everyone’s favorite hometown!

Dear Readers,
It’s been too long since I sent a newsletter but it has been a busy winter and I think you will enjoy what I have to tell you. First, I need to make an apology for the Winter Warmth Contest. Due to an unforeseen software glitch, the contest never began. However, even though winter is nearly over, and it has been a very mild winter here in New England, the contest will happen. And the good thing is, I’ve added to the prizes! Three new cowls in stunning colors will be offered when I get the software issues worked out. Believe me, even if you have to wait until next year, you’ll love wearing these hats and cowls!
And, there are two new releases in the very popular Marienstadt Stories series. The first one is a digital Omnibus edition of The Bucktail Cap in the Trunk: More Secrets of Marienstadt. It contains all 13 stories originally released in three volumes and you save 33% over buying them separately. In these stories you will revisit the Pennsylvania Dutch town of Marienstadt and learn more about its residents. Included are The Memory Quilt of Lacey Mulhearn, about one of the town’s first Irish settlers and what happened when he decided to take a wife. In the title story, The Bucktail Cap in the Trunk, we meet the four Fritz brothers who fought in the Civil War in the 42nd Pennsylvania Regiment, the famous Bucktails.
The fourth book in the series is also available in digital or paperback. This sequel to The Christmas Daughter continues the story of the Wilde family. In The Legend, Boone’s brother Kit returns to Marienstadt to ask for his brother’s help in tracking down a fabulous Friesian stallion taken from Kit’s stables. Along the way they encounter Durga’s Dogs, a motorcycle club committed to rescuing fight dogs. Bestselling author Kiana Davenport calls The Legend “a riveting and haunting story.”
I hope all of you are getting lots of reading done and I hope you’ll let me know what you think of these stories. It’s only a few weeks until Spring!
Thanks for reading,
Kathleen
P.S. Are you looking ahead to summer reading? Marienstadt isn’t the only place to visit! May I suggest a trip to Boston’s Beacon Hill where mystery abounds. The Beacon Hill Chronicles series now has four volumes available in digital or paperback. Or, if a mysterious island filled with art, romance and rumors of madness and murder, why not try Depraved Heart: A Novel. There’s plenty of mystery for all!

“Sometimes people let the same problem make them miserable for years when they could just say, ‘So what.’ That’s one of my favorite things to say, ‘So what.’”

Andy Warhol (1928 – 1987)

A Pittsburg native, born to parents who had immigrated from what is now Slovakia, Warhol was the dominant figure in the Pop Art movement of the sixties through the eighties. Trained at the Carnegie Institute in commercial art, he brought a finely honed artistic sense and keen observational skills to advertising art, underappreciated in post-war America. In the early sixties, Warhol began to exhibit art based on iconic American images such as Campbell Soup cans and Coke bottles, as well as celebrity images of Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and others. As his own fame grew he used it as a comment on the society around him, it was he who coined the phrase “fifteen minutes of fame.” In 1968 he was shot by a disgruntled member of the Factory, his New York studio and hang-out, which added to the serious health problems he had suffered since boyhood, but survived another twenty years branching out into films and music, most famously managing and producing The Velvet Underground. Warhol’s diptych “Silver Car Crash” sold at a 2013 Sotheby’s auction for $105 million, a record for his work.

Greg Bover

The original post in this series, about Gorton’s abandoning consumers, was shared on the GMG Facebook page.  That led to a post by a British reader calling attention to this gem.

https://dawesindoors.wordpress.com/2015/05/05/batter-tatter-fish-whats-up-for-the-sheffield-fishcake/

This is out of order for Easter, but Paul Morrison, wanted to see Adam and Eve with no bellybuttons, and since the story of mankind in the Bible starts with them, here they are.

Whether you are an evolutionist or a creationist, the message of this story is the same.  I personally don’t think one belief necessarily excludes the other. They both start with creation, whether a single cell organism that evolves into man (which you have to admit is amazing) or a full blown man created from dust (which is equally amazing).  It is the message conveyed by the story that is important.

For general information, there are five styles of writing (narrative, poetry, parable, epistle or letter style, and prophesy) used throughout the 66 books of the Bible, written by 40 different authors over the course of 1,600 years. While I personally believe everything in the Bible to be the inspired Word of God, a fair amount of it is allegorical, metaphorical, figurative, and NOT meant to be taken literally. If it were, for example, there would be a whole bunch of self-blinded and maimed people in the world (Mark 9:43-47: If your hand causes you to stumble, cut it off …. And if your foot causes you to stumble, cut it off … And if your eye causes you to stumble, gouge it out;”). It takes much study, common sense and discernment to comprehend this amazing book, which reveals more with each reading. It is not War and Peace, Alice in Wonderland, or Harry Potter; it is a living, multilayered book that never stops opening up new levels of awareness in those who take the time to plunge its depths.

Long before Moses was given the law by God on Mount Sinai, God had set down rules for the ultimate safety, wellbeing and happiness of man, just as any loving parent does. In the Garden of Eden, it was simple: “You may freely eat of every tree of the garden; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall die.” Simple. Everything Adam and Eve could need or want was provided them. By going against the word of God and eating of the forbidden fruit, they sinned (which in Hebrew means “to miss”, unconsciousness, or forgetfulness), separated themselves from their state of unity and oneness with God, and death became a part of the human experience.  Pandora’s box was opened by Eve, and the rest of the book up through Revelation, is God’s attempt to encourage us back into the state of right relationship with Him that we were created to be in; back to the remembrance and desire for that glorious, perfect state of being.

Scriptural Reference: Genesis 3:1-13

“Now the serpent was more cunning than any other wild creature that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God say, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?” And the woman said to the serpent, “We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden; but God said, ‘You shall not eat of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'” But the serpent said to the woman, “You will not die. For God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil.” So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate.” “Then the eyes of both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together and made themselves aprons.

And they heard the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the cool of the day, and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. But the Lord God called to the man, and said to him, “Where are you?” And he said, “I heard the sound of thee in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.” He said, “Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?” The man said, “The woman whom thou gave to be with me, she gave me fruit of the tree, and I ate.” Then the Lord God said to the woman, “What is this that you have done?” The woman said, “The serpent beguiled me, and I ate.

So begins “the devil made me do it”, selfishness, pride, deception, blaming others, not taking responsibility for our own actions, not doing what is in our own best interest, and thinking we know best.

E.J. Lefavour

http://www.hobbithousestudio.com