Day: December 3, 2020

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Publish Your Book!

Real World Lessons from Local Authors
A group of local authors associated with the Gloucester Writers Center will present a workshop on how to publish your own work using the free Amazon online publishing tools. The free workshop is this Saturday, Dec. 5, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. We’ll walk you through the process, step by step. Anyone can make a book. Photographers. Bakers with recipes to immortalize! Poets. Artists. Even writers! Maybe some of you just completed your novel-in-a-month using the NaNoWriMo challenge and you want to publish your Great American Novel!

Here’s the link you’ll need to join on Saturday: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81166834308#success.

This event is presented by Literary Cape Ann and the Business of Writing group. 

Coffee Gift Baskets from Breakwater Roasters 

Taste the difference fresh, locally roasted coffee makes 

Coffee Sampler Gift Baskets $25 Plus every basket purchased during Ladies’ Night will come with a bonus $10 Gift Card to TAJ It’s like two gifts in one! 
Breakwater Roasters & TAJ are located at 3 Duncan Street in Gloucester All our coffee beans are roasted right on site. 

Fogbound….

This is the first year the bridge is not lit with lights.  It’s a tradition.  I wonder why?  It is such a joy.
Jan8 Barberry Heights Road

As you know, the tradition of installing and lighting a Christmas tree at Kent Circle was continued this year, thanks to extraordinary arrangements made due to the pandemic. Due to border closures, the tree had to be shipped from Halifax to Portland ME then picked up there by Ringo Tarr and his crew. The Boston Globe covered the event here. https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/11/28/metro/virtual-tree-lightings-symbol-covid-19s-impact-this-years-holiday-season/?outputType=amp

And it is beautiful.

It did get a bit battered in the winds and rain this week, but it still standing proud. Seems symbolic of the times. The Kent Circle Tree Lighting Committee is seeking help from the community to help pay for the expenses incurred in this monumental effort. A GoFundMe page has been started with a goal of $2000 and you can donate here if you choose. If you prefer to send your donation directly, please send it to Kent Circle Tree Lighting Committee 18 Timberview Dr. Gloucester MA 01930. You can follow the tree on Facebook at the Kent Circle Tree Lighting page here. It just did my heart good to see this tradition continue despite all the difficulties. I LOVE seeing the lights on the circle and would like to sincerely thank all involved in the major effort.

The Happy Hookers of Cape Ann, a local group of SLUTS (stressed out ladies unwinding together-during a pandemic!), are making their debut on Main Street during Ladies Night 2020.  They are crocheting and selling cozy handmade ‘warrior shawls’ and blankets in an effort to raise funds toward food insecurity in Gloucester.  Let’s shop locally, help donate locally, these make great holiday gifts.  You can find these creations on Main St. at Mermaid’s Tale (foto with Lourie Killian, owner), The Dress Code (foto with Barbara, owner) as well as Design of Mine (thank you Melissa). They are also in Magnolia at Arts Abound (thank you Sue) and The Magnolia Shoppe (thank you Betty, Magnolia Historical Society).  Much thanks to our local shops for supporting the cause and keeping the Hookers happy!  Contact the Happy Hookers of Cape Ann at crcav@msn.com if you’d like to place an order.  We will do custom designed colors of your choice.  Stay safe and Happy Holidays!