
Morning At The Dock!

My View of Life on the Dock


Dinner Specials Each Week!
Wednesday, September 18… 7pm start
Your Guest Host: JOHN ROCKWELL!

Well… it’s Nashville, then Chicago for me this week. Luckily, the talented John Rockwell is able to step in as guest host, bringing all his wonderful entertainment skills (and guest Robert Brown) along with him. Thank you, John! I’m sure it’ll be a blast for everyone as I look forward to seeing you all next week. ~ Fly
Dinner with great music!
*Each week features a special, invited musical guest
The Rhumb Line Kitchen…..features Morgan Forsythe! Dishes are better than ever before!
Plus a fine, affordable wine menu!
Upcoming…
Tony Frontiero
10/2 John Rockwell
10/9 Lynne Taylor
Visit: http://www.therhumbline.com/
Looking forward…..to seeing you there 🙂

https://www.berklee.edu/people/jamie-lynn-hart
https://www.bigtakeoverband.com/
This year’s music festival is in loving memory of Brian Tarr
Please join us for the September artists and writers Cape Ann Reads reception 6-8pm September 19th, 2019 on the main floor at Sawyer Free Library. The event will feature Claire Wyzenbeek, the Invited Artist for the Gloucester venue. Wyzenbeek will kick off the opening with a brief overview of her work, especially the beautiful and enigmatic Water and Lunar series on view for this exhibition.


CLAIRE WYZENBEEK
Cape Ann Reads Invited Artist
Selections from Lunar and Water series
New paintings 2018-19
“Water is the wellspring of life. Living near the sea in Gloucester, where the moon calls the tides to rise and fall, where my garden is parched or flooded by the rain, I feel the water is everywhere around and within me.
Our bodies and feelings are fluid. The elation of floating in a calm bay, the release of tears flowing in grief, the vaporous clouds pregnant with rain all appear in my work as symbols of multiple experiences. Rising Tides and Beneath are about climate change, but also about emotions and relationships. The Rain paintings were responses to the sorrows of loss. My figures and landscapes reflect life’s juxtapositions of love and suffering, awe and anguish, that flow through our internal and external worlds.”- Claire Wyzenbeek
Claire Wyzenbeek is the invited artist for the Gloucester venue of the “Once Upon a Contest” travel exhibition presented by the four libraries of Cape Ann. Wyzenbeek wrote and illustrated an original children’s picture book, Henrietta’s Moon Egg, a distinguished Cape Ann Reads Gulliver book. Wyzenbeek works in a variety of media with a current focus on building up layers of acrylic wash. She maintains two studios; one at her residence in Gloucester and a second in Beverly where she teaches art classes.
Next week at the library, Wyznebeek will bring her award-winning children’s book Henrietta’s Moon Egg to a special Story time with Christy, Director of Children’s Services, September 25, 2019.

1623 Studios and Gloucester resident John J. Ronan have announced the 30th season of the television series, The Writer’s Block with John J. Ronan. The award-winning production is one of the oldest, continuously-running public access shows in New England and a winner of First Prize for an Educational Program at the New England Cable Television Association.
The anniversary season starts with a celebration of the student-poet winners of this spring’s Poetry Without Paper contest, sponsored by the Gloucester Lyceum! Students from elementary, middle, and high school read and discuss their poems. The program airs Thursday, October 43, 2018, at 8:00 p.m., channel 12, and will be repeated week later. The entire year will feature a special line up and finish in spring, 2020, with a live program.
John Ronan, producer and host of The Writer’s Block, is a former Gloucester Poet Laureate and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow in poetry. His most recent book, Taking the Train of Singularity South from Midtown, appeared in 2017. (theRonan.org)
“1623 Studios is a dynamic force for culture on the Cape and we are proud of The Writer’s Block record,” Ronan declares. “This 30th year is a real milestone, a long run in any market, at any level. This will be a year to remember!”
For more information, send an S.A.S.E. to: The Writer’s Block with John J. Ronan
Box 5524, Gloucester, MA 01930
Check out this awesome shot thanks to “Wicked Rick”. It isn’t a huge tuna, but it is still a fantastic catch….with the camera that is. This playful humpback was happy to take a closer look at their boat.

On the water, in the trees, on firm ground….Glosta folks hard at work.






As the leaves begin to fall and the beach days dwindle here on Cape Ann, there are still plenty of activities to do, and sites to see, as we remain seaside this autumn. Check out our bucket list of things to do on, and around, Cape Ann this fall!
Farmers Markets
Farmers Markets are the best way to get an idea of the seasonal, local culture, and a taste of the bites and brews here on Cape Ann. Lucky for us, there are multiple Farmers Markets in our neighborhood. Be sure to check out the Cape Ann Farmers Market at Stage Fort Park onThursdays 3:00pm-6:30pmuntil October 10th (walking distance), and theRockport Farmers MarketonSaturdays 9:00am-1:00pmuntil October 19th! As the harvest arrives on Cape Ann, popular autumn crops include; apples, squash, turnips, pears, sweet potatoes, beets, sunflowers, pumpkins along with those mouth-watering apple and pumpkin…
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Fall is Vata season…think dry, cold, light, rough, sharp and mobil. Similar to the weather and it is a time when many show signs of Vata aggravation keeping us busy at Ayurveda Wellness Healing, LLC!
Signs of Imbalance include:
Anxiety, nervousness, loneliness, fear, restlessness, giddiness and confusion. The excess vata in the mind can also leave you feeling like you can’t calm down or on edge. Your mind may race, have interrupted sleep, forgetfulness and lack of grounding. It left unchecked, it can lead to insomnia and depression to name a few.
Physical signs include:
Twitches, tics, tremors, spasms, dry skin, constipation, bloating, gas, dry hard stools. You may dislike wind and cold and not tolerate loud noise.
A few tips:
Eat:
Warm, whole, freshly cooked foods.
Add a generous amount of high-quality oils or ghee when cooking.
Avoid:
Dry and light foods (popcorn, crackers)
Raw food
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Its almost here, the 6th Annual Arts Festival in the Shipyard, get your art submissions in soon! The forecast is looking good for a picture perfect day at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum. Lots to see and do along with the art show and sale.
Find more details here : https://www.essexshipbuilding.org/details-of-next-events


Restorative Yoga Class Starts Thursday, September 26th, 11:30-12:30 at MAGMA (right after Nia class that runs from 10:15-11:15am)Restorative Yoga is a relaxing and nurturing practice that allows the body and mind to relax and well, restore. All you need to do is sit or lie on a mat with your body supported by bolsters, blocks and blankets. I do all the work. No energy or expertise required for you. The benefits of the practice include better sleep, less anxiety, gentle stretching of the body especially the chest and shoulders, etc.
Linda was was trained in level I Rest. Yoga in the Judith Lasater tradition by Ann Biasetti in Saratoga Springs. She will soon and be attending a level II training session in the spring of 2020 to allow for more poses and therapeutic possibilities.
Here is a link to a nice description of what Restorative Yoga is.
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A recent study described in Biology Letters has revealed the story of the migration of the Common Green Darner (Anax janius). Watching Green Darners along the shores of Cape Ann today I was reminded of the following article published this winter in Science News, written by Susan Milius.
By Susan Milius
The monarch butterfly isn’t the only insect flying up and down North America in a mind-boggling annual migration. Tests show a big, shimmering dragonfly takes at least three generations to make one year’s migratory loop.
Ecologist Michael Hallworth and his colleagues pieced together the migration of the common green darner, described December 19 in Biology Letters, using data on forms of hydrogen in the insects’ wings, plus records of first arrivals spotted by citizen scientists.
The study reveals that a first generation of insects emerges in the southern United States, Mexico and the Caribbean from about February to May and migrates north. Some of those Anax junius reach New England and the upper Midwest as early as March, says Hallworth, of the Smithsonian Migratory Bird Center headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Those spring migrant darners lay eggs in ponds and other quiet waters in the north and eventually die in the region. This new generation migrates south from about July until late October, though they have never seen where they’re heading. Some of these darners fly south in the same year their parents arrived and some the next year, after overwintering as nymphs.
A third generation emerges around November and lives entirely in the south during winter. It’s their offspring that start the cycle again by swarming northward as temperatures warm in the spring. With a wingspan as wide as a hand, they devote their whole lives to flying hundreds of kilometers to repeat a journey their great-grandparents made.
READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE HERE
Mass migration
At least three generations make up the annual migration of common green darner dragonflies. The first generation emerges in the southern United States, Mexico and the Caribbean starting around February and flies north. There, those insects lay eggs and die, giving rise to second generation that migrates south until late October. (Some in that second generation don’t fly south until the next year, after overwintering as nymphs.) A third generation, hatched in the south, overwinters there before laying eggs that will start the entire process over again. These maps show the emergence origins of adult insects (gray is zero; red is many) captured at sampling locations (black dots).
There is more progress on the rebuilding on The Magnolia Pier. The pilings are getting closer to the shore and the curve of the pier is obvious.

This Art Show is always fun at a great venue.

Join us at Hammond Castle Museum for a very special live feed and interactive program with scientists from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and Marine Imaging Technologieswho have been exploring the shipwreck SS Portland, which sank in a gale in 1898 in waters now part of Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary. Explore the shipwrecks lying on the seafloor of NOAA’s Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary in Massachusetts Bay. This live interaction will connect you to the expedition scientists who study the communities of marine life that make shipwrecks their home. Additionally, you will learn the stories behind the Frank A. Palmer and Louise B. Crary shipwrecks by visiting them on the seafloor. This program will focus on the biological and archaeological significance of shipwrecks in one of America’s underwater treasures.
Joining us on-site for the interactive discussion will be Martin Klein. Known as “The Father of Side Scan Sonar,” Klein’s sonars have been used around the world to help find many famous shipwrecks including the Titanic. In conjunction with this program, Hammond Castle Museumwill have on display Hammond’s early work on echo guided torpedoes and Seleno, Hammond’s robotic dog. Hammond’s development of applications for sound technology for the US Navy earned him the title of the “Father of Radio Control.”
Maritime Gloucester is host to Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary Northern Gateway and hosts a permanent exhibit which is open to the public at 23 Harbor Loop, Gloucester. For more information, please visit www.maritimegloucester.org.
Doors open at 6:30. Live feed begins promptly at 7p.m.
This is a free event.