My View of Life on the Dock
11:30AM. Tide surge – area coastal flooding in typical spots.
Cars lightly backed up heading on to Nautilus for Atlantic/back shore drive
p.s. If you’re heading to CVS and Stop & Sho,p use the Charlie’s entrance.
7:30 AM | 8:50 AM | 9:30 AM | 10:30 AM
—sorry can’t get video to load– internet keeps dropping-–
Tide light touched Long Beach seawall 8:15
Gloucester, Ma.
Before daybreak January 17, 2022 Massachusetts, the MEMA Massachusetts power outage map shows under 5000 out as this wind whipping–and warm here–storm continues, and the morning reports come in. Brownouts by me. Tally about doubled in 30 minutes.
MEMA phone here: mema.mapsonline.net/phone.html
MEMA desktop here
photos: chasing rainbows blustery, sunny Saturday January 15, 2022
winter walk Long Beach 1/9/2022
Pink
hint of the partial sunrise rainbow behind the cottages
Little pink houses
photos- views Long Beach Gloucester-Rockport. 9AM- with temperature hovering 32 mix snow and rain
Message from GPS:
Dear Gloucester Public Schools Families and Staff,
Due to the weather forecast, all Gloucester public schools will be closed tomorrow. All before and after school activities are cancelled for tomorrow.ย
School administrative offices will also be closed tomorrow due to the storm.ย
Please be safe and enjoy the snow day.ย
Thank you,ย
Ben Lummis
photo: c ryan. GHS, June 2021
Merry Christmas.
“C” is for Christmas. Long Beach, Dec. 25, 2021
GIFs 2021
Gloucester, Massachusetts Christmas GIFs 2021
Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives Map 2021 edition features about 200 decorated residential homes with Christmas light displays in Gloucester, Massachusetts.
Updated as of 12/11/2021.
photos: c. ryan. December 2021
Yahir Collado is a high school student who resides and works in Gloucester, Massachusetts. He is currently working on filming basketball and hockey for the year, and writing articles on sports.
His rare compilations can be found here, Instagram YahirMedia. Be patient! Compilations require seasoning, as in coverage of sports teams’ season, photography, writing, filmmaking, curating and editing. The whole package.
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excerpt from review of “Colin in Black and White” directed by Ava DuVernay:
“…The drama then transitions to Kaepernick talking about his idol, Allen Iverson. At a young age Kaepernick wanted to have cornrows like Iverson but after many people compared him to a โthug,โ and called him โunprofessional,โ he deferred. In the show, Kaepernick expressed that cornrows represented the culture in his blood and that it was unfair how he was profiled.
An extensive part of the drama depicts Kaepernickโs choice between football and baseball. Kaepernick was talented and gifted in many sports but his best sport could have arguably been…”ย
Yahir Collado. GHS Gillnetter. Colin Kaepernick Releases Eye-opening Drama Series. 2021, Nov. 23. Film available on Netflix.
Past work includes The Postseason
Current and upcoming articles on GHS Gillnetter.
“I find fun in recording memories that years from now will create a conversation.”
Yahir Collado, 2021
GMG reader and creative homeowner of the JOY Christmas lights storyland on Elizabeth Road shares some happy breaking news:
“WE’RE ALL DECKED OUT! On Tuesday the 21st we will be doing hot chocolate and candy canes, and also have the Xmas band out here at 6*! Attached is the Jambalaya Horns flyer for December 21. Everyone here on Elizabeth Road is super excited for this!”
Elena Dimaio, December 2021
She shared some pictures of her seasonal storyland with GMG:
Oh, Elena! I know your home and street. I’ve taken a few snapshots :), and made a GIF for you. I call yours the JOY house on Elizabeth. Thanks for writing GMG!
Readers, if you enjoy Christmas lights and holiday cheer, the ‘Enchanting Elizabeth Street’ block both sides is a visit not to miss. The street is lovely and sparkling, easy for strolling, and now caroling, too? PURE FUN. Keep in mind, because it’s a dead end, drivers might consider dropping off passengers, parking on Marina or in the Shaw’s parking lot and catching up. Why rush and jam a good thing jam?
Elizabeth Road and Reynard Street are fan favorites year in year out and featured on the Mad Merry Highlights Tour list here: Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives map
ON December 21, the band starts on merry Marina Drive, sparkling bright this season.
Check out Jambalaya Horns on Facebook. Jambalaya Holiday Caroling 2021- Week 2 schedule. Jambalaya Horns scheduled some great stops and is surely coming to a Gloucester neighborhood near you. Band is up for it if weather is above freezing and no rain. Check start times – can be 15 minutes or so behind. Elizabeth to Reynard might be a jog.
Wednesday December 15
Friday December 17
Saturday December 18
Tuesday December 21st
**Virtual tip jar** Venmo@JHorns or JambalayaHorns
Night | Day 2021 photo: Magical time. Gloucester, Mass., lobster trap tree with ornaments (individual buoys hand-painted by children from the community)
It’s Cape Ann YMCA showtime at Ames Hall in Salem matinee time. Good luck to the cast and crew! Heidi Dallin adds a small reminder: “The tickets for the 2021 Holiday Delights are closed to the public. Friends and family only. Stay tuned for holiday scenes from Holiday Delights later this week!”
photo caption: Cape Ann YMCA of the North Shore Theater Company on location at Ames Hall in Salem. Dress Rehearsal! And the Actors Perspective!
photo caption: A neat and organized backstage
photo caption: The March sisters living room waiting for Little Women Jo, Meg, Amy and Beth!
Families love the North Shore Theater Company at the Cape Ann YMCA.
Contact Heidi Dallin | Cape Ann YMCA (P) 978-283-0470 (E) dallinh@northshoreymca.org
Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives Map 2021 edition now features about 200 decorated residential homes with Christmas light displays in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Updated as of 12/11/2021
Trends so far? Can you spot a snowman in the photos? Yes, yes you can! In Gloucester, Massachusetts, 2021 is showing super strong as the “Year of the Snowman”. More and more are popping up each day, all sizes and varied media. What a fun seasonal seek & find, countdown treat, or bedtime routine sweet repeat.
Climb Harrison Avenue and enjoy the creative inspiration on every block. The resurfaced paving is a plus. On warm winter nights, this stretch and offshoots would be a great park & walk.
(Scroll down to see photos. Pinch and zoom or double click depending upon your phone/desktop. On mine I double click and then have to select “Full size”)
Wrapped trees are big this year, too. A Thurston Point twinkling annual reminds me of New York’s landmark Tavern on the Green, circa 1970s Warner Leroy Crystal Room reno. Little “Tavern on the Riverine” in Gloucester is inspiring a few more wrapped Thurston trunks in 2021. Who knows? Perhaps a Thurston trunk trail may become a neighborhood seasonal thing.
All over the map. Every neighborhood. Go!
100+ **new photos** added to the map include:
Concord Street; Eastern Avenue-Rt. 127; Essex Avenue-Rt. 133 and streets off of Essex Ave; Kent Circle; Harrison Ave. and surrounding streets; Hartz; Long Beach Road; Lupine Ln.; Main Street; Magnolia, various; Marina Drive; Mt. Pleasant Ave; Rockport Road; Thurston Point area; Washington Street; Western Ave-Stacy Boulevard; Witham area
To see the first 100+ #GloucesterMA 2021 house photos already posted 12/5/2021 on GMG click HERE
Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives 2021 map
The map is great in the embed mode because when you scroll down, each house photo(s) pop up, with a big arrow that directs you to that one point. From a desktop, hovering or right clicking the house icons reveal the photos for each pinpoint. For those who prefer a paper copy –which doubles as a seek and find sheet–click on the three vertical dots and then select “print” (horizontal mode best) from pull down menu. You can also google search Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives Good Morning Gloucester.
5th year Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives #GloucesterMA map
Running out of beach today
photos about an hour before high tide 11/6/2021
Gloucester is big on winter lights charm and New England architecture. Many neighborhoods join in together, glittering, and have for years. Every year is unique. Scroll down to see the first batch of photos for the 2021 map – as of December 4, 2021. More homes and neighborhoods will be added, so be sure to check back. This first week in December is twinkling less than last year at this same time. (By December 29, 2020, more than 250 illuminated homes were mapped.) Weather impacts planning and displays. Perhaps the mighty wind storms October 24th and 27th and November 11, 12, & 19 may have waylaid some early trimming prep. Could it be the supply chain clog?
Trends so far? 2021 is looking like “The Year of the Snowman”, which by the way is an easy & cheery Ispy addition for Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives. A Mandalorian holding a baby Grogu was new to the list of lawn inflatables.
How lovely to see Temple Ahavat Achim Lobster Trap Menorah back again!
#GloucesterMA house photos Dec. 4, 2021: C. Ryan
Before the lighting ceremony and hand-painted buoy ornaments. Town wreaths and banners were installed even earlier. 2021 lobster trap tree lighting ceremony is scheduled for Dec. 11th ** new date** Due to the forecast, the event will move to Sunday, Dec. 12th.
Bring on the ladders! Before Thanksgiving- some photos November 18th, 2021.
Mighty effort: the Blue Christmas and Red Trim dazzlers on Reynard were surprisingly bare November 18, 2021. Now they’re all decked out, too.
Open Door food pantry drive drop
This is the 5th year of Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives. Here’s the 2020 map for comparison. More than 250+ homes were illuminated and over 100,000 map views were tallied in just a couple of weeks!
Notes about the maps: The maps are great in the embed mode because when you scroll down, each house photo(s) pop up, with a big arrow that directs you to that one point. From a desktop, hovering or right clicking the house icons reveal the photos for each pinpoint. For those who prefer a paper copy –which doubles as a seek and find sheet–click on the three vertical dots and then select “print” (horizontal mode best) from pull down menu. You can also google search Holiday Lights and Cocoa Drives Good Morning Gloucester.
Cape Ann Symphony special holiday pops concerts TODAY | TOMORROW
Concern has been expressed that, while audience members will be required to wear masks and show proof of vaccination or negative tests, no assurance has been given regarding the musicians and choristers on stage.
Please be advised that all the musicians and chorus members have been fully vaccinated.
Also, all will be wearing masks, except for those playing wind instruments since they need to be able to play their horns, trumpets, clarinets, oboes, etc.
While at this time it is unrealistic to require that young people be vaccinated, masks will be required.See you at the concerts!
Cape Ann Symphony
| Tickets | 978 281 0543 |
 | TODAY Saturday. Nov. 27, 2pm. Dolan Performing Arts Center.134 High St., Ipswich. | | | TOMORROW Saturday, Nov. 27, 7:30pm, Sunday Nov. 28, 2pm Manchester Essex RMHS, 36 Lincoln St., Manchester. |
photos: Gloucester Harbor
photo (click to enlarge) Long Beach Gloucester & Rockport, MA
Good Morning Gloucester 