My View of Life on the Dock
A quiet walk on Coffin’s Beach this beautiful morning put me in the mood to again share a snippet of Walt Whitman’s haunting chant.
Walt was born on May 31, 1819 and died on March 26, 1892. Among his greatest poems is Out of The Cradle Endlessly Rocking. The first stanza is 24 lines long and consists of a single grammatically correct sentence. I have attempted to capture the mood and content of that stanza in this short (5 minute) video.
Does anyone else see in the cloud someone lying down? Even though it was rainy the clouds and the blue sky made for a pretty sight.
Good day kids:
Let us try this again.
This week’s clean up will be at Grapevine.
We can meet on the East Main Street side
When: Saturday, May 26, 2018
Time: 08:00 – 09:00
Where: East Main and Grapevine Avenue
Please bring gloves and pickers if you have them.
Thank you all.
All sales directly support the artists and no admission fee will be charged for the public.
There will be live music entertainment, light refreshments, cash bar, and complimentary valet and self parking. Also, the Beauport Boutique will be holding an all-day 15% off sale on merchandise!
If you’re joining us that evening, consider stopping by our 1606 Restaurant & Bar Music Series afterwards for live music by Brick Park Duo from 6 to 9PM.
Cape Ann Artists – are you interested in being a part of the show? Contact the Beauport Boutique at 978-282-0008 (option 4) between 9am-9pm.
The Rocky Neck Art Colony kicks off the season with its first Summer Artist Show at Gallery 53 entitled Celebrating Rocky Neck, an exhibition of the artists and galleries on Rocky Neck. The show runs from May 25 until June 12, 2018. Featured are some of the most beloved and esteemed artists in the Rocky Neck Art Colony including Judythe Meagher, Ruth Mordecai, Elynn Kröger, Brenda Malloy, Rokhaya Waring, Regina Piantedosi, Lisa Carlson, Stephen LaPierre, Sallie Strand and many more. The public is invited to attend a grand Opening Party on Saturday, May 26 from 6 to 8 pm that features creative artist-made munchies and a selection of alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.
Housed in a historic waterfront building at 53 Rocky Neck Avenue, Gallery 53 is conveniently located between the Studio and Rudder Restaurants at 53 Rocky Neck Ave in Gloucester, MA. Artists are selected for their creativity, technical skill, and distinctive style. The gallery provides the community with thought-provoking Summer Artist Series (SAS) shows and a place to purchase affordable locally-made art. Paintings, jewelry, pottery, wood, glass, mixed-media, hand-pulled prints, and photography are creatively displayed.
Gloucester public schools have stellar community partners and locales
Mass Audubon Eastern Point Wildlife Sanctuary
Two+ centuries of naturalists in Gloucester is quite a legacy. Here’s a partial list from Robbins to Cramer and Smith to Smith–there have been notable champions most every decade.
organizations such as Gloucester Civic and Garden Club, Essex County Greenbelt, Mass Audubon, Ocean Alliance, Martime Gloucester, UMASS Marine Station…
Gloucester Avenue Neighborhood Clean Up
The Clean City Commission is excited to partner with Cape Ann Lanes for a neighborhood cleanup on Gloucester Ave on Saturday, June 9th! Join us from 9-11 for a cleanup, followed by free pizza and a round of bowling, courtesy of Cape Ann Lanes. This will be a great family-friendly event! Trash bags and gloves will be provided.
Additional details can be found at https://www.facebook.com/events/156639135189671/
Have you ever hosted your own yard sale and had a very slow turnout?
Would you like to clean out your basement, shed, garage, and closets….without the hassle of advertising and planning your own yard sale?
Would you like to be a part of a multi-vendor yard sale in a great location to increase your odds of selling your loot and making some money?
JOIN HARBORLIGHT’S COMMUNITY YARD SALE!
PRIME Yard Sale location at 243 Essex Street in Beverly!
All are welcome! For a $20 participation fee, simply RSVP so we hold you a spot, pack up your items, and set up your space here on campus.
Crafters and artisans welcome as well!
Harborlight is hosting our first ever Community Yard Sale. To make the event even more fun, we’ll have some live music, family yoga on the lawn, and some yard games and children’s activities like bocce ball, corn hole, and more.
Please RSVP to participate to Nichole at nschrafft@harborlight.net
It’s beautiful, but it’s not Glosta.
Lake Erie sunset
We recently visited our daughter who lives in Erie PA. I spent most of my childhood on the shores of Lake Erie, where my dad settled after he left Gloucester following college. I had wondered if living on Lake Erie helped my dad remember his hometown. There are many similar sights since they are both coastal communities.
Presque Isle Lighthouse
When my son-in-law teased us about staying at the hotel on the lakefront, he said “You just have to see the water, don’t you?” And we agreed. But I responded “True, but I do miss the salt air.” Erie is nice enough, but it’s not Glosta.
Another sight you might see in Gloucester.
Hi Joey
My mother, Irene Shaker, wanted me to send information to you on my uncle who passed away last month. She would like for you to share it on your site, Good Morning Gloucester. She enjoys your blog and reads it faithfully. Below is a paragraph on my uncle as well as a photo. Please let me know if you need anything else.
Thanks you.
Elaine Parisi
Thursday will be one month since Alfred Ina passed away, leaving a terrible void in the Ina family. Al grew up in Magnolia and was a 1955 graduate of Gloucester High School. He attended Miami University and began his career as a hair stylist in New York City, eventually opening a shop in Magnolia next to his mother’s elegant boutique, Ina’s of Magnolia on Lexington Avenue. Al enjoyed his clients from all over Cape Ann. He eventually retired to West Palm Beach until moving to Columbus, Ohio last year to be near family.
Through the lens of Ayurveda, our heart is the launching pad of all body/physical and mind/mental sensations. Our thoughts stimulate a physical emotional response releasing bodily chemicals and hormones into our bloodstream. Our body sends signals back to the mind, which responds. Thoughts in turn affect the physical body. It is a loop that continuously repeats itself.
Ayurveda Wellness Healing, LLC encourages you to slow down, think before you react and work on your breathing, slow it down, as this will give you time to be mindful for your own health.
Remember: We become our thoughts and you are in the drivers seat.
“Blockage is disease/Flow is health”
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The Cape Ann Reads inaugural reception celebrating original children’s picture books by local artists and writers was held at City Hall in Gloucester, Massachusetts, January 27, 2018. Linda Bosselman of Sawyer Free Library was the official photographer for the packed event and she captured all its positive energy and people. An upcoming group exhibition featuring these participants will travel to the four Cape Ann communities. As you can see from the celebration pictures, the touring exhibition and its related receptions and readings will be worth a visit! Cape Ann Reads is an initiative by the four public libraries of Cape Ann.
The Cape Ann Reads reception and awards ceremony opened in style – thanks to the red-ribbon cutting courtesy of the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce and Ken Riehl.
City Hall is a gorgeous venue for an art fair. Linda photographed all the local artists and writers at their individual picture book display booths. Effort was high. Kind friends manned booths for participants who were unable to attend: Ashley was there for Steven Kennedy and Victoria Petway, and Sinikka Nogelo represented Gail and James Seavey.
Awards ceremony program began with a warm welcome of support for the arts from Mayor Romeo Theken and opening remarks by the Library Directors and special dignitaries
Deliberations were held at Cape Ann Museum and Beauport Hotel.
Cape Ann Reads convened a nine member selection panel that included representatives from each of the public libraries: Justine Vitale Gloucester Lyceum & Sawyer Free Public Library; Carol Bender, former Children’s and Teen Librarian, Rockport Public Library (now at Manchester); Kate Strong Stadt, former Head of Youth Services, Manchester-By-The-Sea Public Library; Ann Cowman, Young Adult Librarian, Manchester-By-The-Sea Public Library; and April Wanner, Assistant Librarian at the TOHP Burnham Library, Essex. Joining these talented library staff members were three artists and award winning children’s book author-illustrators: Pat Lowery Collins; Giles Laroche; and Anna Vojtech. Bob Ritchie proprietor of Dogtown Book Shop provided another crucial area of book world expertise. Cape Ann Reads is grateful for their time and considerable talents to help the participants and the process.
Each library and the Cape Ann Museum designated one child representative for the second jury — a thoughtful panel of children: Eli Porter, Alycia Hogan Lopez, John Recroft, Lucas Rodi, and Josie West. They put in tremendous effort to read every entry, prepare notes, and come together for discussion. They were tasked with close reading and instructions to let us know any books that were favorites or that they wanted to compliment. Several came to assist the event as junior staff.
Just another spectacular Cape Ann sunrise 🙂
Thank you to Mayor Sefatia and the DPW for the fantastic signs, which are now posted at each and every entrance to the beach, from the Good Harbor Beach Inn entrance to the back marsh entrance, and all the boardwalks in between. The signs are just so tremendously helpful for monitoring the Piping Plovers! Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Continued from May 15th GMG post: Follow the red from March 28th to April 10th
From the log of SERENDIPITY, April 10, 1961
El Morro is abeam and we are having a better day than Sir Francis Drake who was driven away from the fortress in 1595 with a cannon shot through his cabin. For us it has been 13-1/2 days from Nassau, sailing 819 NM at an average of 2-1/2 kt. Only after we reach the murky harbor water do we lose sight of the three pilot fish that have been our companions for 13 days. Three buckets hold components of our engine, which sputtered its last in Nassau Harbor.
Al Bezanson
Good Morning Gloucester 