No words – just a picture worth 1,000 words.
E.J. Lefavour
Author: God's Morning
I pray you are blessed, built up in your faith and Christian walk, and become an interactive participant in God's Morning. We are here as Christ's body, supporting and building each other up in all righteousness, in His name, awaiting His soon return. Maranatha!
As the Numbers Came in at the Kirk Residence
Very exciting and fun to be there to watch Mayor Kirk’s expression as each call came in from the polling stations.
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Fall Leaves
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It’s Right Around the Corner
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How Many Do You See?
This was a large flock of unidentified birds flying out to sea past Eastern Point. I counted 400, until I lost my place and didn’t want to go back and start over again. Anyone with nothing better to do want to try counting them? And does anyone have any idea what they might be?
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Magnificent Eastern Point Fall Day
I can’t express how much I love living here. Gloucester is just too beautiful for words. So here are a few photos to make the point.
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YOU. ARE. BEAUTIFUL Opening Reception & Panel Discussion
You are invited to two special events at The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck this weekend related to the You. Are. Beautiful. photography exhibition. On Saturday, November 2 from 4-6 PM, please attend the opening reception. View the work with friends and enjoy complimentary wine and snacks. If you don’t have dinner plans, consider drinks and dinner at Short & Main restaurant at 36 Main Street in Gloucester. 10% of your food and drink tab will be donated to charities selected by the artist: America’s Fund for wounded vets and Pathways for Children in Gloucester.
On Sunday, November 3 from 3-4 PM, Thi Linh Wernau will moderate a panel discussion with Cape Ann fine art photographers, including Paul Cary Goldberg, Judith Monteferrante, Anne Rearick and Eoin Vincent. The talk will explore topics on beauty in art and the democratization of photography. There will also be time for audience questions.
The You. Are. Beautiful. show includes one final event next week, Friday, November 8 from 7-9 PM. The evening will include an artist talk, short film and veterans voices. The “Veterans Voices” portion of this event will include a sharing of art and stories. Speakers include two Gloucester residents and Korean War veterans, A. Austin Dorr and Bradley Smith, founder of the Patron’s Museum. Johnathan Lamirande of New Hampshire, will speak about his good friend and Marine, LCpl Michael Geary, who sacrificed his life in Afghanistan. Finally, a wounded warrior and amputee, Retired E-5 Sergeant U.S. Army, Andy Kingsley of Gardner, MA, will speak about his experience and never giving up.
You. Are. Beautiful. features 30 photographs by Thi Linh Wernau. Filled with grit, grace and gravity, the work celebrates the human spirit and beauty in all people. You can view more of the artist’s work on her site at: http://ThiLinh.pixpasites.com.
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Halloween at the Cultural Center
Halloween night from 5:30 until the treats are gone. The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street.
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Poo Pourri
This has to be the funniest, most clever commercial I have ever seen. Some people think their poo doesn’t stink, but most people’s do. I just want to know what prairie dogging it is.
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This Doesn’t Shuck
The view outside my window. What did I ever do to deserve this – and to have such great neighbors, friends and amazing community to live in! I am truly blessed, as are we all who live here.
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Joey’s Birthday Mug Up
Although it was a great surprise birthday mug up for Joey, he still ended up having to shovel fish before he could join in the fun.
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Prepare for Holiday Season Shopping and Fun on Rocky Neck
Whether you are looking to shop locally for unique, affordable gifts for friends, family and co-workers, or just want to feast your eyes and have some holiday fun, don’t miss the Rocky Neck Holiday Art & Fine Crafts Festival starting the end of November and running through December at the beautiful Cultural Center at Rocky Neck, 6 Wonson Street. Free admission and plenty of free parking this time of year. And did I mention, we throw great parties on Rocky Neck.
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Hillary Clinton in Gloucester Today
Did you know that Hillary and Bill Clinton were in Gloucester today. We didn’t see Bill, but Hillary came to the women’s breakfast in support of Carolyn Kirk at Castle Manor Inn this morning, along with her entourage of secret service gals. It was very impressive.
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Something Strange Going On Here
I went for a walk with Brenda Malloy out beyond the Retreat House to the place we call “Evelyn’s Point”, where Evelyn Howe died. During the walk we encountered some very strange things that neither of us had ever seen before. From a distance, the tidal pool looked like it was ringed with dried salt, but on closer inspection, it was some kind of white fiberous stuff. We also found pure white crab and lobster shells. And then there was the large cityscape looking thing on the horizon again, different from what I saw the other day – larger and more defined, and definitely not a cloud formation. Charlie Carroll said he thought what I saw the other day was a mirage. I don’t know what this is. Does anyone have any ideas, or have you seen any of these things before? I think we’re being invaded by UFO’s.
UPDATE: I think I’ve discovered what the UFO is. It is actually an IFO (identified floating object), the Excelerate Northeast Gateway Floating LNG Terminal, which you normally can’t see from here unless the visibility conditions are just right, or maybe as Charlie Carroll said, we are seeing its mirage. We sailed past it last summer on Tom Robinson-Cox’s Triad, and the thing was masssive.
The Excelerate Northeast Gateway deepwater port is a ship that is three football fields long, a football field wide, with its own helicopter landing pad, and carries enough natural gas to heat 21,000 average New England homes for a year. It cost $250 million, weighs 200 million pounds, and is powered by 36,000 horsepower worth of engines that drive the ship and warm liquid gas to vapor — and can also produce electricity equivalent to the demand of 11,000 homes.
Northeast Gateway is said to be as environmentally friendly and have the minimum environmental footprint possible, through technologies that recover waste heat, function like a catalytic converter removing pollutants from exhaust, and virtually eliminate the need for using sea water in the vaporization process.
I still wonder what is causing those white crab and lobster shells and very sickly looking tidal pool.
Here is a great photo of the Excelerate taken by Donna Ardizzoni from Manchester, all lit up and more clearly visible as what it is.
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Rocky Neck Show Features You. Are. Beautiful. Photographs
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck is presenting a solo exhibition of 30 photographs by Thi Linh Wernau, a Rockport-based artist and photographer. The work is from Wernau’s project “You. Are. Beautiful.,” featuring portraits which celebrate the human spirit and beauty in all people. The show opens on October 24 and runs through November 11. It will feature four events during the three-week period.
Stop in this weekend, Saturday-Sunday, October 26-27 from 2-4 PM, for the photobooth event. You can have your polaroid portrait taken by the artist, and your voice can become part of the project. You will receive one polaroid portrait to take home and one image will be added to the polaroid installation in the gallery.
“You. Are. Beautiful.” depicts portraits of everyday people with grit, grace and gravity. A wounded Marine and amputee, a stage-three breast cancer survivor or a skater are all celebrated for their own beauty and spirit. Wernau created this body of work from her travels photographing strangers and a few people she knew. The artist asked all of them to complete the statement, “I am beautiful because…” Moved by the power of a simple phrase, Wernau also included the phrase “you are beautiful” into each person’s set of portraits. Wernau’s primary mission with this project is “to spread love and kindness.”
Don’t miss these other upcoming events:
SAT, NOV 2 OPENING RECEPTION 4-6 PM
Enjoy wine, light appetizers and good company. There will also be an after-party at Short & Main in Gloucester, with 10% of food and drinks donated to charity.
SUN, NOV 3 PANEL DISCUSSION 3-4 PM
Listen to a talk with Cape Ann fine-art photographers, including Paul Cary Goldberg, Judith Monteferrante and Anne Rearick. The panel will also include a special guest artist, Joseph Geary, who was also photographed by the artist for this project.
FRI, NOV 8 FILM, ARTIST TALK AND VETERANS VOICES 7-9 PM
Watch the artist’s film and listen to her talk. Celebrate Veterans Day weekend with art and stories from local vets.
The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck is located at 6 Wonson Street in Gloucester. Fall gallery hours are 12 – 4 pm, Thursday – Sunday. Visit www.rockyneckartcolony.org or www.facebook.com/ThiLinhPhotography for more information.
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Fall on Niles Pond
Niles Pond is beautiful any time of year, but is particularly lovely in the fall with the swans gracing it.
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New Addition to Boston Skyline?
I don’t know what this was – strange cloud formation, LNG tanker explosion, skyscrapers erected overnight in Quincy, a giant sea serpent – but it created a very different look to the horizon this morning from Eastern Point.
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Homie Wannabee
What’s that they say about birds of a feather…
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Gloucester Represents at the United Nations
Here’s Ocean Alliance CEO Iain Kerr representing at the United Nations where he is speaking today about ocean pollution for World Energy Day.
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Revolutionary Snake Ensemble at the Cultural Center
This band was really something, and everyone had a great time dancing to them – and with them.
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Good Morning Gloucester 