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The 2012 Dogtown and Babson Boulders Complete Collection calendars are in and now available at Dogtown Book Shop and Willow Rest.  Those of you who purchased them online, thank you and they are on their way to you now.  Gloucester’s Finest Kind calendars are also available at Dogtown Book and Willow Rest.  Both calendars can still also be ordered online at http://www.khanstudiointernational.com/dogtown%20and%20babson%20boulders%20calendar%202012.htm and http://www.khanstudiointernational.com/gloucester%20fisherman%20calendar.htm.  Give the gift that will make them think of you every day of the year.

E.J. Lefavour

www.khanstudiointernational.com

That “Rabbit rabbit” is a common British superstition, also practiced by people here. The most common modern version states that a person should say “rabbit, rabbit, white rabbit”, “rabbit, rabbit, rabbit”, “rabbits, rabbits, rabbits”, “rabbit, rabbit” or simply “white rabbits” upon waking on the first day of each new month, and on doing so will receive good luck for the duration of that month. In the United States, the tradition is especially common in Nantucket, Cape Cod other towns within Massachusetts and throughout Vermont, notably in Middlebury and Chester.

Did you say Rabbit, Rabbit this morning?  If not, you missed your opportunity for December; however, the next Rabbit, Rabbit day will be New Year’s Day, and if you say Rabbit, Rabbit on the first day of the new year, you get the good luck for the whole year.  So set yourself a reminder for Rabbit, Rabbit Day, Sunday, January 1, 2012 and go for the year of good luck. 

E.J. Lefavour

“Glenn” AKA SwimDad Sends us the Perfect Xmas Gift for your Lady Friend!

Thanks Glenn for the Heads up!

What you see are not see thru skirts. They are actually
prints on the skirts to make it look as if the panties are visible.
They are the current rage in Japan!

There are so many Creative People in this World!

Photos from Dee Noble.

CAPE ANN MUSEUM WINTER TOUR SCHEDULE

The Cape Ann Museum is pleased to present their guided tour schedule for December and January. Cape Ann Museum docents are trained in teaching the public about the Museum’s art, history and material culture collections. Docent led Highlights of the Collection tours will be offered every Friday at 11:00 a.m.; Saturday at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.; and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. Refreshments will be served on Friday mornings as part of the tour. Tours are free with Museum admission. Please visit http://www.capeannmuseum.org for further details.

The Cape Ann Museum is located at 27 Pleasant Street in Gloucester. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Sundays from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Museum is closed during the month of February, on Mondays, and on major holidays. Admission is $8.00 adults, $6.00 Cape Ann residents, seniors and students. Children under 12 and Museum members are free. The Museum is wheelchair accessible. For more information please call: (978) 283-0455. Additional information can be found online at http://www.capeannmuseum.org.

Beeman School Holiday Fair

SEACOAST NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER ‘S HO-HO HOTLINE

This holiday season, children of Cape Ann have a direct line to Santa’s workshop through SEACOAST NURSING AND REHABILITATION CENTER’S HO-HO HOTLINE. From December 19 through December 23, from 3-5 pm., children’s calls will be answered by Santa, Mrs. Claus or one of their elves.

While Santa, Mrs. Claus and their helpers won’t make any promises to the children, they will listen to the children’s wishes and encourage them to be on their very best behavior. The phone number for Seacoast’s Ho-Ho Hotline is 978-283-1515.

Thanks to Christine Orlando for forwarding this-

Dec. 1st- The 33rd Annual  Ladies Night

Stores will be opened late, many offering special offers and free refreshments.

With every purchase receive a free entry to the One Winner take all $1,100.00 Shopping Spree given by forty three businesses.

Dec. 3rd- A Visit With Santa

Sponsored by Kids Unlimited and Hosted by Cape Ann Savings Bank, 109 Main Street

Santa Will Listen to the Kids Wish List

Get a sweet treat from Santa

Girl Scout Troop #73495 celebrating their 100th year, will be Caroling and giving hand made crafts to the kids

Free Photos with Santa – two 5×7

Free Refreshments will be served

All kids are invited to share this day with Santa and his Elves

Dec 8th- The 33rd Annual Men’s Night

Store will be opened late, many offering special offers and free refreshments.

With every purchase receive a free entry to the One Winner take all $1,100.00 Shopping Spree given by forty three businesses.

Dec 10th- Middle Street Walk

Programs and events in celebration of Gloucester’s Historic District  All of the events are free and open to the public.  Programs for the day’s events will be available at City Hall and the Cape Ann Museum that morning.

Visit Historic Houses, Churches, the Sawyer Free Library and the Cape Ann Museum.

Ride the CATA Trolley from 11:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M. with a Holiday Serenade starting at City Hall.

Enjoy  musical concerts, dance performances, kid’s activities, tours and much more!

At City Hall, see a short preview of “The Annie’s” Lobstah Crocka Ballet at 11:00 A.M. and view gingerbread houses.

At the Sawyer Free Library, attend the SeArts Holiday Wearable Arts Show Sale 9-5 P.M.

Finish the day at the Lobster Pot Tree Lighting at Court House Square ( outside the police station) decorated with lobster buoys painted by kids at Art Haven at 5 P.M.  Immediately following the Winner of the $1,100.00 Downtown Shopping Spree will be drawn.  Plenty of time before Christmas to be spent or given as Christmas Gifts.  Please join us for the drawing and all of our Downtown Events.

Update: Stop by the Rocky Neck Art Colony’s winter show on Ladies Night (tomorrow, Thursday, December 1), enjoy some wine and chocolate and enter your name to win a free gift.

Put your name and contact info into our hat between 6 and 8pm and you may win one these great gifts:

A handmade mug by potter Marty Morgan

A set of Lilliputian Landscape greeting cards by Judy Robinson-Cox

Set of Gloucester Docks photo cards by Michael Oleksiw

Three hand-painted greeting cards, suitable for framing by painter Elynn Kröger (pick-up at her gallery on Rocky Neck)

A Cape Ann calendar by Vicki Diez-Canseco

A 2012 Dogtown and Babson Boulders complete collection calendar by EJ

Holiday ornament by Judith Bly

One winner will be drawn every twenty minutes.

E.J. Lefavour

Peace & Democracy in Pakistan

What are the prospects and why does it matter?

Relations between the United States and Pakistan are at an all-time low, following a series of incidents involving U.S. and NATO forces either inside Pakistan or along its border with Afghanistan, even as Pakistan itself has been convulsed by a rash of antigovernment bombings and assassinations and as the Obama administration prepares to draw down U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Can Pakistan move towards peace, democracy and stability under such conditions, and why should this matter to Americans?

Beena Sarwar is a leading Pakistani journalist, artist and democracy, human rights and peace advocate. An initiator of the Pakistani Campaign for Democracy and a former Harvard Nieman Fellow, she is currently working with the Jang Group in Pakistan, and she maintains a political blog titled Journeys to Democracy (http://beenasarwar.wordpress.com].

Sarwar has worked for newspapers in Karachi and Lahore and was the founding editor of the Pakistan weekly "News on Sunday."  She has also written extensively for the InterPress News Service, and has made several film and television documentaries. She has degrees in Art and Literature from Brown University (1986) and in Television Documentary from London University (2001). Sarwar was a Nieman Foundation Fellow at Harvard in 2006 and a Fellow at the Carr Center for Human Rights Policy (Harvard Kennedy School) in 2007.

For more information, go to the Forum’s Web site at www.capeannforum.org

Trinity Congregational Church, 70 Middle Street, Gloucester, holds their Christmas by the Sea Fair and Luncheon on December 3 from 9am to 2pm.
There will be a variety of handmade crafts, fresh holiday foods, Christmas white elephant, jewelry, and “cookie walk”, pictures with Santa, and fresh greens and wreaths. The silent auction will feature gift certificates donated by local businesses and restaurants and other special surprise items. The luncheon is home-made fish chowder and hot dogs and will be served from 11:30 – 1:00.
The Trinity Thrift Shop, next door, will be open with white elephant and clothing buys. 
Proceeds support community and church projects. 

Tom Halsted writes-

Anybody know the origins of this massive timber on Good Harbor Beach, unearthed when the last storm scoured away more sand than usual near the high tide mark?
A shipwreck? If so, what ship?