Beautiful Fish: Alewife -By Al Bezanson

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ALEWIFE; GASPEREAU; SAWBELLY; KYAK; BRANCH HERRING; FRESH-WATER HERRING; GRAYBACK

The alewife, like the shad and the salmon makes its growth in the sea, but enters fresh water streams to spawn. This “anadromous” habit, as it is called, forced itself on the attention of the early settlers on our coasts. In the words of an eyewitness, “experience hath taught them at New Plymouth that in April there is a fish much like a herring that comes up into the small brooks to spawn, and when the water is not knee deep they will presse up through your hands, yea, thow you beat at them with cudgels, and in such abundance as is incredible.”  And they are no less persevering in their struggles upstream today. Numbers of them are to be seen in many streams, any spring, alternately swimming ahead; resting in the eddy behind some irregularity of the bottom; then moving ahead again, between one’s feet if one happens to be standing in midstream. And they are much more successful than the shad in surmounting fishways of suitable design.

From Fishes of the Gulf of Maine by Bigelow and Schroeder (1953) online courtesy of MBL/WHOIhttp://www.gma.org/fogm/Pomolobus_pseudoharengus.htm

 

This Saturday, March 31st ,  help out with the alewife count right here in Little River.

 

Last Chance for Sista Felicia’s Easter Cookies!

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Last Chance for “ Sista Felicia’s Kitchen Easter Cookies”! After Filling all orders this is what is Left!

Currently Available For Sale! For Sale! Private Message Orders Only! One 3D Edible Sugar Cookie Bunny Basket Arrangement, Four 3D Chick Sugar Cookie Gift Sets, 4 Sugar Cookie Easter Egg W/Bunny Cookie Gift Sets, and Sicilian Traditional “Cannateddi” Large Bunny Cookies with Hard Boiled Egg Currently Available!!!

To Order:Email Sistafeliciaskitchen@gmail.com

Pier 23 Kitchen is looking to add cooks, dishwashers, servers and food runners to its team

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Pier 23 Kitchen is looking to add cooks, dishwashers, servers and food runners to its team. Pier 23 Kitchen is open year round and has opportunities as they continue to grow. Full time and part time available. Weekends and night availability will be given priority. Come grow with Cape Ann’s newest and best restaurant! Please email us at pier23kitchen@gmail.com or inquire within at 23 East Main Street, Gloucester, MA.
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Best regards,
Nicholas & Dimitrios Markos
Pier 23 Kitchen
23 East Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
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7 Central restaurant & pub Manchester by the Sea 2018 Menu

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7 Central , 7 Central St., Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA 978.526.7494

Entertainment and Special events information — like kids under 10 (1 per adult) eat free every day and SUNDAY BRUNCH from 11am to 2pm.  “On the 1st and 3rdSundays of the month, the popular CELTIC SESSION delivers Cape Ann’s finest Irish Music upstairs in the 7UP Room. 5 to 8pm. This is always a popular evening, so reservations are suggested.”

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Almost Magnolia Farmers Market Time

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Starting June 25, 2018 running through August 27, 2018

Times: 4:00 – 6:30

Lexington Avenue, Magnolia Gloucester, MA 01930

Reiki Training- 1st Degree Shoden

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Promoting Optimal Wellness for Mind, Body and Spirit

Let Your Reiki Journey Begin Here on Cape Ann – 

First Degree/Shoden (Beginning Teaching) – Two Day, 15-hour training.**

When: Saturday and Sunday. August 28th and 29th.

Where: Gloucester MA.

No pre-requisite necessary. Come with an open-mind and an open-heart!

 Contact Us for Details – 978-283-4258 or Email: info@dreamtimewellness.com

Usui Reiki Ryoho – the Japanese Healing Art/Method that originated in 1922 with Founder USUI Mikao Sensei of Japan. Komyo Reiki System – “Hands-on. Nothing More.” A Keep It Simple traditional system of reiki as taught by Buddhist monk INAMOTO Hyakuten Sensei, based on Japanese aesthetics – Less is More.

Learn Reiki (ray-kee) in this traditional apprentice-style training. Class is offered in a beautiful, peaceful setting on Cape Ann and includes instruction, discussion, practice, meditation, attunements (reiju,) manual, ongoing mentoring and more. Learn  the history of Reiki Ryoho…

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Chinese Space Station; Size of School Bus to Crash at Halibut Point 10AM Easter Sunday

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Saturday night we should have a Space Station Crash party at Lat 42. Because of the flight path of Tiangong-1, the Space Station which is as large as a regular sized School Bus and Saturday night is included in the 16-hour window of the tumbling fireball’s reentry.
Why Lat 42? Because Lat 42 goes straight through Cape Ann and the Space Station hangs out at that latitude more often than anywhere on earth except for south latitude 42 which is Tasmania. Those devils are throwing a party. So should we.

The exact most northerly position for tumbling school bus is 42.7 north. That is the grout pile centered inside Halibut Point. It will fly straight west to east over the Point 90 minutes before returning to explode over the park spreading flaming debris over miles. 10 AM Easter Sunday is the epicenter of the impact window.

UP TO DATE EDITS FOLLOW THE PHOTO.

Tumbling Flight path of Tiangong-1 Space Station spends a lot of time at latitude 42.7

[edit] It has been pointed out that the Restaurant is called Lat 43. I will be starting a petition next week to force them to change the name to Lat 42 since Gloucester is latitude 42.6 North. Rounding up is no excuse. Move your restaurant to Isle of Shoals if you want to call yourself Lat 43.

[edit Frid 6:15 PM) 41 hours left. The window has tightened up to eleven hours.

[edit] Update Mar31 8AM. Cape Ann is now out of the range of possible crash sites. Gilette Stadium, Cape Cod, Camp David, and Florida still has a chance of Heavenly Palace falling out of the sky in an inferno of space debris.

Spring Cleanse at Treetop Yoga Studio

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Join Amanda and Caitlin for Treetop’s Spring Clean Up:
21 days of Clean Eating, Movement, and Mindfulness
Find yourself heading towards the warmer weather feeling lighter and brighter, as you work to eliminate inflammatory and harmful foods from the diet, move and utilize your body and mind to push out stress and welcome the change of seasons. Mindfully connect to the process, unearth and thaw yourself from any deep winter freeze that might be lingering.
Four In-Person Meetings to Hold You Accountable, Get You Moving, and Share Your Journey of Connecting Mind, Body, and Spirit.
Meeting Dates:
Monday, April 2- 7:30-8:30pm 
Sunday, April 8th- 7:30-8:30pm
Sunday, April 15th- 7:30-8:30pm
Monday, April 23- 7:30-8:30pm
We will meet on April 2, a week prior to kick-off, to set up a prep-plan, and use that week to clean out our pantries and mentally prepare for . The next three meetings will include 30-40 minutes of…

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This right here is why I’ll never understand people that go on safaris. #crazypeople

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SEAL SUCCESSFULLY RETURNS TO THE WATER, ALL ON ITS OWN!

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Walking along a sandy beach this morning I looked up to see in the distance a Harbor Seal hauled out at the water’s edge. I took a few photos, and then slowly walked backwards, towards the wrack line, in the opposite direction of the seal. After about half an hour, the seal fishtailed down to the water and was quickly lost in the surf.

This is the second Harbor Seal in two days that I have seen resting on the beach. The sea has been rough and tides lower than usual, but for whatever reason this apparently healthy seal was hauled out on the sand, the very most important thing we humans can do to help the seals is to keep your distance.