My View of Life on the Dock
We discovered Sandy Point on our trip to Parker River Wildlife Refuge recently by following the Parker River road all the way out to the end. It is certainly an interesting place to visit! It’s small and littered with driftwood and other washed up paraphernalia, but has a “peaceful easy feeling”.
T launches MBTA.com/Weekend for upcoming weekend work
New page consolidates major work into one, concise location
On November 9, 2018, the MBTA announced the launch of MBTA.com/Weekend, a customer-focused webpage that details major weekend rail service changes in one, simplified format. With infrastructure investments underway across the system, the page is an attempt to simplify trip-planning throughout all of the various construction projects.
This new page is for customers who use the T differently on weekends than they do on weekdays, and who might be unaware of weekend diversions in places that they’re less familiar with. The content is intended to inform customers of planned service disruptions on the T’s subway and light-rail systems, as well as on the commuter rail network.
“Rebuilding the T starts with making investments in our core infrastructure. We acknowledge that our targeted plan to invest in track, signals, and power will cause some disruptions, but the end result will be major improvements in our ability to deliver a safe and reliable service our customers can depend on,” said MBTA General Manager Luis Manuel Ramírez. “For our customers whose weekend travel takes them on lines they don’t use every day, MBTA.com/Weekend offers a clear and concise answer to the question of what do I need to know?”
As the MBTA continues to execute on its five-year, $8 billion capital investment plan, these investments will inevitably cause some changes to regularly scheduled service. The T’s five-year CIP places heavy emphasis on making core system upgrades to areas such as track, signals, and power systems. Given the nature of this work, and to maximize the amount of time required to make these investments, the T schedules much of this work overnight and on weekends.
“While we understand service disruptions can be inconvenient to our customers, we need to strike the right balance between accelerating system investments and continuing to move our customers when they need us the most,” said MBTA Deputy General Manager Jeffrey Gonneville. “Weekend work allows us the longest window of time to advance these key investments which could not otherwise move forward without disrupting regular service during periods of high ridership.”
MBTA.com/Weekend will be updated on a weekly basis and will provide details of the work underway, the location, service alternatives during weekend diversions, and an estimate of the work’s duration. For larger-scale projects, the site will also provide deeper context of a particular project’s scope, timeframe, and the ultimate benefits T customers will experience.
Thank you for riding the T.
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Join the Sargent House Museum to celebrate Middle Street Harvest Festival!
Where: The Sargent House Museum, 49 Middle Street, Gloucester
When: Saturday, November 17, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Come in from the cold to enjoy the hospitality of the Sargent House. Enjoy cider and donuts in the 1782 home of Judith Sargent Murray, a pioneering advocate of women’s rights. Explore the first floor of this historic Georgian mansion, preserved with the help of Judith’s great-great nephew, the artist John Singer Sargent. Open to all; FREE admission and treats.
The Fishermen roll over Wayland in drenching rain. At halftime the all stars from all the fall sport programs are introduced…
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Our friend and neighbor Pilar Davis, who is a creative writing middle school student, wrote the following poem for a “Where I Live” assignment. Many thanks to Pilar for sharing her beautiful, beautiful poem ❤
I am from strings of lights
From incense and craft materials
I am from warm colors
From Ikea furniture and flower boxes
I am from hugs and kisses
I am from Thanksgivings together,
From cinnamon buns on Christmas morning
From salty hair and sandy feet
From sailboats and sunsets
I am from the treehouse in the huge maple tree
From wood and splinters
From bare feet and scrapes
From the ocean
From friends who are siblings
From a neighborhood of friends and family who love and trust
From camping in the summer and sledding in the winter
I am from Lemonade stands and quarry mornings
From running from house to house
From ”play ‘till you can’t anymore”
I am from please and thank you
From cozy rainy days with popcorn and hot chocolate
I am from “Lisa’s chocolate chip cookies” and “Grandma Davis pasta salad”
From boats and adventure
I am from art
I am from happiness and laughter
From singing my heart out and passion
From the big swing in the backyard
From fires in the fire pit
I am from beautiful and peaceful East Gloucester
The photo of Pilar was taken several years ago. She’s more grown up now, but remains the same beautiful person, inside and out.
Kathleen Adams writes,
Music from the Misty Isles
Tuesday, November 13, 7:30pm
Gore Place, 52 Gore St., Waltham, MA
O’Carolan Etcetera (Adrienne Howard, Cindy McIntire & Dick Luecke) and singer Michael O’Leary draw from three centuries of Anglo-Celtic instrumental music and song: English dance tunes that Jane Austen would have known; Irish jigs and Scottish airs; reels that set toes a-tapping. Laments, lullabies and love songs from across the Misty Isles.
$15 general admission, $12 members, $10 students with ID. Info & tickets:
https://goreplace.org/event/carriage-house-concerts-misty-isles/
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Small world.
For the size of Gloucester, no matter where we go, people know it, visited it, love it and some now live here in Florida.
Come on down and check out all the great gifts.
Will this step by the #1 flavored e-cigarette company, Juul, have an impact? Beloved kid flavors will be brought back to market when a vigorous id system is in place at point of sale. That regulation will target age, but will it ultimately make a dent in sales to minors if those flavors are reintroduced?
Gloucester adopted the ban on sale of flavored e-cigarettes to minors in May 2018. Middle and high school kids find them. They pool money and buy from older friends and contacts. Some of the sellers are upcharging and making money. One can smell the sweet stench in stadium stands and public bathrooms across the country. 2018 slang is ‘get rips’, though that shelf life is probably dated as I write this post. Beyond the significant and scary health consequences, building maintenance takes a hit. These products are wreaking havoc on facilities in public buildings (ask your schools) – pods are a new winner topping any “what not to flush down toilet” lists.
Juul’s annoucement covered in today’s news https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/health/juul-ecigarettes-vaping-teenagers.html
“WASHINGTON — Facing mounting government pressure and a public backlash over the epidemic of teenage vaping, Juul Labs announced on Tuesday that it would stop selling most of its flavored e-cigarette pods in retail stores and would discontinue its social media promotions. The decision by the San Francisco-based company, which has more than 70 percent of the e-cigarette market share in the United States, was made as the Food and Drug Administration moved forward with a plan to ban sales of flavored e-cigarettes in convenience stores and gas stations. The agency was expected to announce its formal plan, which also included stepping up the requirements for age verification of online sales of flavored e-cigarette products, later this week.
In recent months, the F.D.A. has mounted an increasingly aggressive campaign against the major manufacturers of vaping products that appeal to youths, focusing particularly on Juul. The company’s sleek product resembles a flash-drive and has been sold in flavors like creme and mango, leading public health officials to criticize the company and others for appearing to market directly to teenagers who are especially vulnerable to nicotine addiction.”
The first time I read about the surge at schools was in an Oct 2017 Gillnetter article by graduate Caroline Enos. Here’s a link to a follow up she wrote explaining the ban (May 2018):
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I’ve been hearing a lot of “I have enough work for the next 3 years, I don’t need to be online” from people. And I understand that many of you have been in business for years and have never needed a website or even thought about having an instagram. But how many of you have had a job fall through when circumstances change? How much time have you spent scrambling to line up work? Having an online presence is crucial for your business today. The time to set up your site in not when you need the work, the time to establish yourself online is when you have the time to do it right.
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The 1929 painting, Chop Suey, by Edward Hopper, sold for $91,875,000 (including auction and buyer premiums) on November 13, 2018. It was the premiere lot at Christie’s November sale of American art, and provided quite a return for the heirs dispensing the Barney A. Ebsworth marquee collection. A native of St. Louis, Ebsworth made his fortune in the travel industry (Royal Cruise Lines). He maintained ties with museums across the country because of his stellar collection. Reportedly, Ebsworth promised to gift the painting to the Seattle Art Museum about 2007 and contradicted those statements in later years. Even if it’s spelled out directly, wills and contracts can be broken.
The hammer price for Chop Suey was 85 million net which fell squarely within its presale auction estimate range of 70 million to 100 million. The buyer is unknown. There was a bidding war, and initial rumors suggest it was acquired for a public collection.
Hopper’s prices have raced since 2000. Hopper’s former record at auction was 40.5 million- also at Christie’s– for East Wind Over Weehawken, a 1934 oil painting sold on November 26, 2013. That sale toppled Hopper’s prior record of $26.9 million (for Hotel Window).
Just ten years ago, one of Hopper’s large Gloucester houses drawings, Prospect Street Gloucester, 1928/1929, sold for 2 million from yet another Christie’s sale. Hopper’s 1934 oil painting Sun on Prospect Street has been part of the Cincinnati Art Museum collection as a result of the Edwin and Virginia Irwin Memorial since 1959.
At 8.4 million, Cape Ann Granite was a savvy purchase from the sales last spring.
Beauport’s iconic Volkswagen Beach Buses, our Hippie buses as they were called when I was first learning to drive, exude Peace and Love….. if I were naming the darling duo that’s what I would call them.
I stop and snap a photo of them each and every time I see them parked at the Beauport.
Good Morning Gloucester 