Having had a bonus day off on Wednesday, Thatcher and I took a trek to Lexington to meet my dad at Wilson Farm to pick up some yummy extras for our Thanksgiving meal.  I’ve been meaning to check out Wilson Farm for quite a while now and will certainly have to head back on a day when the crowd isn’t so large.  Thanksgiving Eve found the farm super crowded with Thanksgivingers grabbing last minutes fixings, fully prepared dinners, and everything in between!

We grabbed some stuffed mushrooms, cranberry sauce, gravy, nuts, and gorgeous flowers.  It was well worth the ride just to poke around and I look forward to going back as Christmas carols play and holiday cheer is in the air.

READ MORE ABOUT WILSON FARM HERE

My passion is family history.  Hand in hand with that obsession, goes a compelling interest in cemeteries.  I know not everyone understands this but Gloucester is blessed with some very interesting cemetery stories.  Beechbrook Cemetery is such a story.

Beechbrook Cemetery is located on Essex Ave in West Gloucester.  It was established in 1878 and is owned by the City.  The minute I entered it the first time, I was awed by the peace.  I was especially intrigued by the Fisherman’s Rest Last Port of Call memorial.  I find it comforting in its arrangement as a ship at dock surrounded by gentle waves, as represented by the uniform headstones.  John Hays Hammond Sr. established this section for indigent fishermen and sailors according to The Modern Cemetery Vol 21 as found on Google Books.

Joseph Garland in his book The Gloucester Guide stated it much better than I am able: “Row upon row of simple headstones answer to the roll of Gloucester’s men of the sea who lived to died ashore.  Anchors from the fishing vessels are buried with them, their white shanks the sentinel corner posts where the graveled walks meet.”

Beechbrook Cemetery also has a section devoted to veterans, recently upgraded by Zachary Schultz as an Eagle Scout project.

The cemetery also contains special monuments and areas devoted to the Elks, veterans of the Spanish American War and the Moose.

It’s a beautiful peaceful place, well taken care of (thank you Gloucester!) and perhaps you’ll make a visit just to enjoy the peace.

Link to Purchase- Link To GMG Store

There will not be another sale on the Calendars so if you want the best holiday gift you can possibly get for that Gloucester Lover/GMG fan in your life- the time to act is RIGHT NOW.  People loved them last year as they are so easy to buy to have on hand to pass out as teachers gifts, stocking stuffers, secret Santa gifts and more.  It’s the perfect price point and the more you buy the more you save.

Sale For GMG Calendars Will Start Now and Run through Midnight Tonight (Friday).

Here’s The Deal and It Will Not Repeat After Today-
Buy Three Calendars and I automatically add a Lg, XL or Sm New Logo GMG T Shirt To your Order. Buy Four Calendars and Get a Free Calendar. Buy Five Calendar and Get a Sixth Calendar Free and A GMG T Shirt.

Link to Purchase- Link To GMG Store

Link to Purchase- Link To GMG Store

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Echo Dot (2nd Generation) – Black

If you have a niece or nephew or someone that you need a super cool- super hip gift I’m telling you, at $30 this is an absolute no-brainer and it will be incredibly appreciated.  I bought three at this price to go with the Larger  Echo Plus we have in the kitchen.  The functions it performs are wayyyyy too many to list.  we use it to communicate with each other- upstairs to downstairs or I can check in from work and talk to everyone in the living room, Ask it the time, turn up the lights, ask what the weather is, ask when your favorite sports team plays next, ask it to tell jokes, play jeopardy, play music.   It’s a speaker that you ask it to play pusic and it plays it, it’s a communication device, it’s a TOTAL NO-BRAINER AT $30!

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Echo Dot (2nd Generation) – Black

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Happy Thanksgiving to Joey and Kate and the entire GMG community. GMG is certainly high on the list of the many things that I am grateful for.

This article appeared in the Boston Herald Nov 28 1903 and mentions many familiar Amero names from Gloucester history.   The patriarch Cyril Amero apparently arrived in Gloucester with his family sometime before the 1900 census and many of their descendants have lived in the area ever since.

What a blessing so many family members could be together to celebrate Thanksgiving! I wish the same for you and yours.

Link to Purchase- Link To GMG Store

There will not be another sale on the Calendars so if you want the best holiday gift you can possibly get for that Gloucester Lover/GMG fan in your life- the time to act is RIGHT NOW.  People loved them last year as they are so easy to buy to have on hand to pass out as teachers gifts, stocking stuffers, secret Santa gifts and more.  It’s the perfect price point and the more you buy the more you save.

Sale For GMG Calendars Will Start Now and Run through Midnight of Black Friday.

Here’s The Deal and It Will Not Repeat After Black Friday-
Buy Three Calendars and I automatically add a Lg, XL or Sm New Logo GMG T Shirt To your Order. Buy Four Calendars and Get a Free Calendar. Buy Five Calendar and Get a Sixth Calendar Free and A GMG T Shirt.

Link to Purchase- Link To GMG Store

Link to Purchase- Link To GMG Store

Link to Purchase- Link To GMG Store

Thanks Richard!

Nutella Cheesecake

Past Years-

A TRADITION OF THANKS… RICHARD BARESSI COMES THROUGH WITH A BEAUTIFUL CASSATA CAKE FOR THANKSGIVING!