Author: Fredrik Bodin

Today is my last day of Radiation Oncology at the Lahey Hospital in Peabody, and I get to ring the ship’s bell at the completion of the program. It was a long daily (12x) trek from Rockport for treatment, made all the more pleasant by my (now) great friend Rocky, who took this photo. I’ll miss talking to the young man after my morning pickup, about our lives, current news, and future fishing/clamming trips. He’ a truly outstanding young man.

I’m back in the gallery this Saturday, April 11th, from 11:00 am until 4:30 pm. There will be another batch of shelves and tables to give away. Here, Chris Williams of Lexicon Gallery in Magnolia makes his getaway with some useful office furniture.

My doctors investigated the pain in my upper legs, and ordered up my first MRI, a story unto itself. Presently, I’m receiving radiation therapy every day for two weeks at the Lahey Medical in Peablody. Thank you, Easter Bunny, for helping me look forward and lifting my spirits.

Got Cancer? If not, you’ll probably get it, or a family member or someone else you know will. Last night, I watched a PBC documentary by Ken Burns about the disease. You gotta watch it! It starts at 9 pm on channel 2 (702 HD) and airs for 2 hours. I learned a lot about my problem, its history, and cures. Tonight is part 2 of 3. Now I feel like I can understand my doctor better and speak intelligently to others with the disease. Definitely worth the watch.

The Cleaves House, where photographer Charles H. Cleaves lived, is in the center of the photo. The view can be seen from the top of what is now called Pasture Road. Our Spring Thaw is just around the corner. I’m going to turn over my vegetable garden this spring if I have to do it on my hands and knees.

This is what Stacy Boulevard and the Fisherman at the Wheel statue will look like when I take my next long walk. Photo by Alice M. Curtis, circa 1940.

Built in 1929 in Essex at the Story shipyard, the 87.9’ long motorized dragger Babe Sears was 87.9′ long and speeded along at 9.5 knots. Here she’s tied up at Gorton’s Wharf in Gloucester in March of 1945.

These shovelers are working on a snow bank along Washington Street in the Riverdale neighborhood of Gloucester. The sun and warmer weather we’ll have next week will make a small dent in our snow cover. I remember snow still on the ground in April after the Blizzard of 1978.

A friend sent me this 1857 2.5″ x 3.5″  admission ticket for a shareholder’s meeting in Gloucester. I’m thinking that the “Gloucester House Hall” is the old Town Hall on Washington Street (now the VFW). What a “Lebee” and the “List of Cash” are a mystery to me. Any thoughts?