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1/22/2012 Good Harbor

 

 

Maryellen Borge Writes-

Sorry for the
late notice; but would you be able to post a notice to wives and daughters
of fishermen.  The gentleman’s name is Shane (Shooter). He said he is from
the history channel.  He has been filming in Gloucester, about the fishing
industry, history, issues going on…  He has asked me to gather up
wives, daughters…of fishermen – past / present – to tell their stories.
He will be at the Lone Gull tomorrow, Wednesday Feb 1 at 10:00 am to film.
I will have coffee and pastries.  Thank you.

Tom writes-

The final stage of reconstruction of the large pier at Maritime Gloucester at 23 Harbor Loop has begun. The main pier already offers extraordinary views of Gloucester Harbor.  Completion of the project, scheduled for late winter, will enhance public access and improve Maritime Gloucester’s capacity to host visitors, students and vessels for events and special programs. The pier will be named in honor of Harriet Webster, the longstanding executive director of Maritime Gloucester, who passed away this past summer.

This project involves removing and replacing approximately 62 piles and demolishing and reconstructing approximately 4,600 square feet of pier. Folks can also track the crane activity on our harbor webcam, on your website, if they can’t make it over to the site.
The Maritime Gloucester pier is publicly accessible during the day and is used day and night by the organization for educational programming, boating activities and member events. A schedule of summer events and programming will soon be available, and we welcome ideas for music, educational programming and events on the pier. The Schooner Ardelle, built by Harold Burnham, will also be berthed at the pier and available for educational field trips and charter sails.

The mission of Maritime Gloucester is to inspire students and visitors to value marine science, our maritime heritage and environmental stewardship through hands-on education and experiences.

For more information about Maritime Gloucester contact Tom Balf at 978-281-0470 or tbalf@gloucestermaritimecenter.org

This beautifully captured photo of flying geese was taken by Charlie Carroll of Gloucester. Charlie uses a Canon 60D and a Canon G-12.  He attended several Art Schools in Boston, ending up at the Museum School, concentrating solely on drawing, for the first 7 years and then moved onto Etching, Engraving and Stone Lithography for the last 2 years of formal schooling. Over the years he has shown at and has work in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, the DeCordiva, The Danforth, City of Boston Permanent Print Collection, The Republic of Ireland Permanent Collection and the Vatican Permanent Collection, as well as many Public and Private Collections.  About a year ago his work was included in the Permanent Collection of the Cape Ann Museum and is featured in the Rule of Four exhibit at the Cape Ann Museum through Spring 2012.   A couple of years ago he started concentrating solely on photography and became obsessed with it. To see more of Charlie’s photography, visit http://seasquared.viewbook.com/

E.J. Lefavour

01/22/2012

 

Fan Says He’ll Give Up Game-Winning Football In Exchange For Donations To Scholarship Fund

January 25, 2012|By AMANDA FALCONE, afalcone@courant.com, The Hartford Courant

Terry Oder says he’s willing to give the Patriots their football back.

If, he said Wednesday, Patriots fans can help him raise $50,000 for a scholarship fund before the Super Bowl on Feb. 5.

And if the football team wants to make a contribution, he said he’d accept.

"I’m not asking for any money from the Patriots," Oder said Wednesday, "but if they offered, I would take it."

Oder was in the stands for the AFC Championship Game Sunday when Baltimore Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff’s field goal attempt went wide left, sending the Pats to the Super Bowl. Oder, watching the game with some of his childhood friends, grabbed the errant ball.

It was a heart-warming end to a bittersweet story. Oder, a physician with a Hartford medical group, said he brought his buddies to the game for some fun after weeks of sadness associated with the death of one of their friends, who had died unexpectedly from a heart infection. The scholarship fund is for his friend Aran Patrican’s 1-year-old son.

Click here for the rest of the story

Thanks Ed Sawicki  for forwarding the story

Coming Saturday Febuary 11 — 2nd Annual Blue Shutters Beachside Chili Cook Off!

The Blue Shutters Beachside Inn will hold its 2nd annual Chili Cook Off on Saturday February 11 for guests of the inn.  Guests get a 25% discount if they bring a pot of chili for the competition.  Our judges will choose a winner that Saturday evening, and the chili champion gets a gift certificate for a free return visit!  Last year, our second and third place winners got prizes too, courtesy of guest judges from Topside Grill and Cape Ann Brewing Company (we’ve invited these judges back this year).  If you’d like to come and stay a night or two and just taste the chili, that’s OK too.  We think this could be a great way to spice up your Valentines Weekend (Valentine’s Day is just a few days later).  While we’ll be enjoying chili on Saturday night, there will be time for a cocktail by our fireplace after a romantic lunch or dinner downtown — or just a quiet walk on the beach with with your valentine.  Call (978-283-1198) or email (info@blueshuttersbeachside.com) for details — and to reserve a spot.

Tony & Patty Sapienza, Ed & AnnMarie Comer

Blue Shutters Beachside Inn

January 26, 2012
"The whole modern world has divided itself into Conservatives and Progressives. The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of the Conservatives is to prevent the mistakes from being corrected.

G. K. Chesterton 1874-1936

Often called “The Prince of Paradox,” Chesterton wrote 80 books, several hundred poems, 200 short stories, 4000 essays and several plays. His 1905 biography of Charles Dickens is often credited for reviving interest in Dickens’ then largely overlooked work. Though they differed strongly in their respective world views, George Bernard Shaw described him as a man of colossal genius. His life-long study of religion and theology culminated in his 1922 conversion to Roman Catholicism. Diverse writers and thinkers including Mohandas Gandhi, Ingmar Bergman, Jorge Luis Borges, Neil Gaiman and Hilaire Belloc cited Chesterton as an influence on their work.

Greg Bover (Plus ca change…..)

Rhythm of the Tide

 

There are places, like the Goose Cove Causeway, where

the tide rushes into the cove, sounding like a

marathon runner sucking air during the

last kick before reaching the finish line.

 

The water foams and the buoys bend and the

tidal current rips under the bridge with just

a brief pause at slack to catch its breath before

reversing direction and roaring out.

 

Viewing the tide at such places can be

exhilarating and fascinating, but

I prefer to do my tide watching at the

calm pools and rivulets of Jones Creek.

 

In peaceful weather, through the afternoon into

the evening, I stand there listening to the

serene, quiet breath of the earth as the pool

gently rises and falls – a giant liquid Buddha.

 

It’s easy, in times such as those, to become

part of the pool, like the mist that sometimes forms

on the surface on a cool, still evening and

stays attached as the breath goes in and out.

 

My body is the body of the earth;

the rhythm of the tide governs my breath and the

flow of the creek, pumped by the heart of the ocean,

nourishes me and cleanses me.

 

I will stare, listen and I will breathe with the tide

and receive renewed life blood from its flow

and be one with this wondrous world until

the tide runs no more and the creek  is finally dry.

 

Marty Luster

On one of those rare days this winter when it has been cold enough for ice on Niles Pond.  Haven’t we been lucky so far this winter.

E.J. Lefavour

Another great moment from the Art Haven buoy auction on Friday night! The business management class at Gloucester High School, under the direction of Kathy O’Reilly, started a company this fall in which they sold Gloucester pride sweatshirts and even sold stock in their company. They pay all of the typical expenses of a company, and when they dissolved their company at the end of the semester, they voted to give all the money to Art Haven!!  Here’s a picture of the awesome sweatshirts they made and sold:

What a great way for kids to learn about the basics of business and giving back to your community at the same time. Love it!

The Infamous “Blaze”

I Have two women in my life who have helped me through some hard times lately. The first is my Beautiful Wife Cathy. Who many know as a great Nurse at the Seacoast Nursing home. And “Blaze” my girlfriend of 3 years.

She almost took down GMG one day. Not on purpose she was just smelling all the rotten fish Joey has hanging around the office. Here’s a few photos My son Paul took of her. Pauls’s best Friend found these Photos on his Camera.

Heidi Dallin Writes-

Hi Joey,
Winter Youth Programs start at Gloucester Stage on February 3. Expanded classes in Acting, Singing and the Art of Observation!
Hope you can include this in GMG to help get word to parents.
Thanks