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Show me Yours and I’ll Show you Mine!

A call to Artists!

Deb Clarke shares her paint box with us. If there are any painters out there that would like to share their Paint box photos with us please email with a Photo and info like: the paints, brushes, easel etc.. Also include anything you’d like to share. Such as; Your website, facebook page, exhibits etc. Email me at Frontiero@hotmail.com

From Deb Clarke;

A lazy start to the day after the huge feast at La Tragliate last night. Up for breakfast on the sunny terrace- cappuccino, croissants, grapefruit juice and sun!

The huge yachts look like small sailboats from our high perch above to Mediterranean. It’s 400 steps down from our room to the beach. You can stuff yourself with pizza at the bottom on the beach and by the time you work your way back up to the room you’re ready to eat again, lol.

The plan is to hop in the car and discover a few new Amalfi Coast cities. We get going around 11:30 AM and hit the first town of Praiano. Praiano is just south of Positano with stunning views back toward The Positano Bay. Praiaino is much more laid back than Positano but still very much a tourist place with lots of Hotels and Inns. We ate lunch at La Brace. Pretty sure it was a family operation with the father as your host, daughter as your server and son in the kitchen (total guess but that was how the dynamic between them seemed). The food was very good. A little on the expensive side but friendly service from the father and very good food with a gorgeous view of Positano. I’d return.

One of the most entertaining things about Italy is watching the way Italians talk to each other. We all know Italians talk with their hands and wear their emotions on their sleeves but the very best is watching this whole dynamic play out on cell phones when the person on the receiving end of the phone call can’t even see the caller but the hands are flying around like an overworked aircraft signalman on crack and their facial expressions tell the entire story without understanding a lick of the language.

Driving the Amalfi is exhilarating and terrifying at the same time. Hairpin turns and the most dramatic vistas I’ve ever witnessed. The thing is if we are to live to talk about it the driver (me) has to keep their eyes on he road. Made for a nice ride for the Mrs though. By the time the driving is done for the day you are ready for a good stiff drink to take the edge off for sure.

After lunch and walking around Praiano we head for their south to Amalfi. Amalfi is where the large cruise ships pull in. Definitely geared toward tourists with a bustling center and piers. There is a large space for buses to pull in and walk across the street to the shops, cares and restaurants. The piers are beautiful. Everything all along the Amalfi is very clean, people are friendly and you feel very safe. We have a cappuccino bounce in and out of a few shops, take a walk down the pier and head back to the car for the 45 minute or so drive back to Positano.

L. Dexter Woodman Scholarship Tournament was played at Bass Rocks Monday May 14^th 2012

Twenty six teams participated, making it a successful scholarship fundraiser.

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“A horse is the projection of peoples’ dreams about themselves – strong, powerful, beautiful – and it has the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.”  ~Pam Brown

. . . the same can be said about a visit to Rocky Neck, so let the games begin.

Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery at 77 Rocky Neck, G3 on Madfish Wharf will be reopening for the season on May 15^th, and will be open Wednesday through Saturday from noon to 9:00pm and Sunday from 9:00am-9:00pm.

The first guest artist show of the 2012 season, titled Spirit of the West featuring photography and paintings by Judith Monteferrante and Roger Salisbury, will run May 15^th-June 7, with an opening reception on Saturday, May 26^th from 7:00-9:00pm   This evening will also be the grand reopening celebration for Khan Studio, as well as the opening reception for the Best of Rocky Neck Members Show at the Rocky Neck Gallery, 53 Rocky Neck from 5:30-8:00pm. 

 On Sunday, May 27^th, the weekly Mug Up tradition will resume.  Every Sunday morning from 9:00-11:00, Khan Studio and the Good Morning Gloucester Gallery hosts a fun and always well attended Mug Up coffee hour.  The gallery provides coffee and deviled eggs.  Everyone is welcome and invited to bring along some Mug Up fare to share.  Wear a cowboy hat and bring along your horse if you have one, and come enjoy meeting new and old friends, and your favorite Good Morning Gloucester contributors and FOB’s.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

             Ten individuals have been chosen to receive the Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church’s “Gloucester Citizenship Awards” for 2012, for the contributions they make to their community and their neighbors through volunteer efforts, carried out quietly and persistently, without thought of remuneration or recognition.

            The seven women and three men were selected by the church’s Social Justice Committee from more than 40 nominations submitted by members of the congregation and the public.

            The awards will be presented at a public ceremony at the church on Sunday, May 20, starting at 7:00 p.m. 

            The Gloucester Citizenship Awards were begun in 2006 as part of the celebration of the bicentennial of the iconic Universalist Meetinghouse, the oldest standing church in Gloucester and home of the first Universalist church in America.  The congregation is a member of the Unitarian Universalist Association.

            The awards have been continued as a way this congregation can recognize contributions to the community that actions embody the best of the spirit that guides Unitarian Universalism: open-hearted giving to others, solely for what those gifts mean, for no pay, and often with no public notice.

            This year’s ceremony is being made possible in part through sponsorship by the Cape Ann Savings Bank, the First National Bank of Ipswich, and the Rockport National Bank.  We thank them for their generous support.

            The public is invited to attend. Along with the recipients and their families and friends, scores of friends of the church also are also being invited to help celebrate the good works that these people do.  Dress is informal.

            The women and men who will be honored this year are:

Patti Amaral – A founder of the Clean City Initiative, constant and relentless coordination of  citywide cleanup days, and longtime leader of the Gloucester Clean City Commission  and instigator of that commission’s Carry In/Carry Out policy at city beaches.

Marie Blanding – For her management in the 1980s of an urgent effort to preserve the tower of the Universalist Meeting House, saving one of the city’s most important historic buildings for the enjoyment of others for generations to come, and for many other community contributions.

Barbara Kaplan – A constant force for justice on Cape Ann through the Essex County Community Organization, an essential supporter in the founding of the “Chill Zone” program serving at-risk youth in Gloucester, and an unflagging advocate on behalf of affordable housing in our community.

Lucille LePage – A true friend to many in ways almost too numerous to express, including visits to those who may be lonely or need a lift, a willingness to do errands for those who cannot do so for themselves, and always, a supportive voice ready to offer a thoughtful observation that can improve their lives.

John John Nicastro – For the formation and management of the JJ Nicastro Foundation, which provides support to college-bound students, young athletes, and promising actresses and actors; for financial help that enables young men and women to take part in school sports, and numerous other contributions to the community.

Micaela O’Connor – For exemplary service to fellow students at Gloucester High School through her active peer support for fellow students in the classroom, and for her leadership in Students Against Destructive Decisions, the GHS Gay/Straight Alliance, and other organizations,

Margaret “Peg” O’Malley – As founder and leader of Partners for Addison Gilbert Hospital, an unflinching force for preserving essential health care services for Cape Ann residents. For 16 years, as the health care landscape has undergone wrenching changes, Peg and Partners have “kept the heat on” to ensure that Gloucester’s hospital would not forget its purpose and its roots.

John Prybot – For selfless dedication to helping others – through his work with various health programs, in Pride Stride, and at Action, Inc.; for ensuring that papers of the poet Charles Olson would be preserved for use of all; from his position at the Sawyer Free Library, the extraordinary help he offers Spanish-speakers in Gloucester – and much, much more.

Bob Quinn – With persistent dedication, Bob for more than a decade has been taping events in Gloucester for broadcast on Cape Ann Cable Television. the Gloucester Lyceum and the Gloucester Museum to public board meetings, his service is invaluable to those unable to attend in person and provides an important archive for the future.

Maud Warren – Through her leadership in the Cape Ann Interfaith Commission, Maud has worked to alleviate homelessness, hunger and isolation – including through the founding of Harvest Meals and, separately, a program that delivers sandwiches daily to others in need.

http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com Do you get it?

From My Window

From my window I see the canvas on the easel

ready for the artist to spread her vibrant hues throughout

the day, bringing life to the gray-dawned morning

and color to the lightly sketched scene that sprawls  before me.

Throughout the morning she works on the greens and yellows

of the trees across the river, bursting with young spring

life and the promise of a full summer of cool shade

and comforting shelter from sudden soaking showers.

Next, she takes her brush to the foreground to highlight

the new delicate leaves of the closer trees that hint

of the color they will wear when the air turns cool

in autumn, as a newborn’s dependency foretells old age.

Finally, as the day wears on and the tide floods the flats,

the artist applies her blues to the sky and the river,

covering the brown mud and shrinking the island,

like a child who hasn’t learned to color within the lines.

Marty Luster

Don’t freak out if he doesn’t answer your communications for the next two weeks.

Please hold off on submitting community stuff announcements til then.

Thank you.

The blog will be updated every hour on the hour fro 6AM-8PM just like always even in my absence due to our crackerjack team of GMG contributors and pre-scheduling on my part to bring you your Gloucester and Cape Ann Fix!
This will be pasted to the top of the blog and new posts will appear directly underneath this one for the folks who apparently may be missing the numerous announcements of my absence.
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Have a great couple of weeks friends 🙂