Author: Marty Luster
I'm Marty Luster, a retired attorney and politician. In 2010 my wife, mother-in-law, dog and I relocated from Central NY to Gloucester. I hope my photographs and poetry(?) reflect my love for this place and her people.
My picture-poem posts can be seen at http://matchedpairs.wordpress.com and selected black and white images can be found at http://slicesoflifeimages.wordpress.com
Follow The Yellow Brick Road
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Low Overhead
Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth. ~Diane Ackerman
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Fish On Fridays
The Fish on Fridays series is a collaboration between Gloucester photographers Kathy Chapman and Marty Luster. Look for various aspects of Gloucester’s centuries-old fishing industry highlighted here on Fridays.
This week Kathy visited Steve Connolly Seafoods’ Boston processing plant and talked with seafood buyer Robert Chandler as Alberto Santos shows us how a swordfish is boned out. Chandler says this is the best time of the year for swordfish steaks because the fish are fattening up now, for their swim to the Caribbean, where they over winter. Higher fat content makes for a better taste. And, the summer shacks are closed for the season, pushing prices down.
Last summer the sword boat Iron Lady (pictured) was repainted at the Gloucester Marine Railway. Although Gloucester no longer hosts a swordfish fleet, sword fishing still takes place on longliners out of Boston and New Bedford.
Video and color photographs© Kathy Chapman 2013
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B+W photo © Marty Luster 2013
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Chillin’ Out
Falon Gong practitioners engage in qigong exercise on Constitution Mall in Philadelphia.
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Off Island
USS New Jersey at Camden.
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Good Morning Jones Creek
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Late Afternoon
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Lift Off
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Bottoms Up
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Fish on Fridays
The Fish on Fridays series is a collaboration between Gloucester photographers Kathy Chapman and Marty Luster. Look for various aspects of Gloucester’s centuries-old fishing industry highlighted here on Fridays.
Kathy and Marty continue this week with their interest in shellfish and a look at scallops harvested in waters off Cape Cod and sold at Intershell to local restaurants in Gloucester. Nico from Short and Main demonstrates preparing his Live Scallop Crudo. http://shortandmain.com
Photos © Kathy Chapman and Marty Luster 2013
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The Way
The way is not in the sky. The way is in the heart.
Buddha
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Harvey Gamage Casts Off
Harvey Gamage with her crew of professional sea-goers and students leaves the Harriet Webster Wharf at Maritime Gloucester.
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Aloft on Roseway
Roseway is at Gloucester Marine Railways for maintenance, including this trip up the mast.
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Back on The Boulevard
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Beach Ballerina
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Sunrise Dip
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Fish on Fridays
The Fish on Fridays series is a collaboration between Gloucester photographers Kathy Chapman and Marty Luster. Look for various aspects of Gloucester’s centuries-old fishing industry highlighted here on Fridays.
Last night and this morning Kathy and Marty photographed the clam flats in Essex where most of the local clams are caught and then sold at Gloucester’s Intershell http://intershell.biz/.
The 4 feet below and above normal tides during this full moon was a great situation for the clammers. Because razor clams like the shoreline they were easier to catch in this “minus” tide.
Both whelks and conchs are carnivorous gastropods. They eat horseshoe crabs and are a by-catch of the lobster traps and dredging cages used for surf clams.
Photos © Kathy Chapman 2013
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Video © Marty Luster 2013
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One More Time
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Introducing The Old Folks Novice Acoustic Jam
Good Morning Gloucester 
