FREE WEBINAR TODAY!!!: Practical steps for Low-Carbon Living
Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living
a League of Women Voters webinar and open conversation hosted by the Green Community Task Force
Tuesday, February 27 at 4:00 PM in the Rockport Town Hall conference room (lower level)
4:00 to 5:00 video connection to speaker John Rogers at the Union of Concerned Scientists
5:00 to 5:30 open conversation about applying these (or other) practical steps on Cape Ann
It’s today FEB 27TH, 4:00pm-5:00pm. To register click this link below.
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8mi-UunYQb6zv5e3PF_gDA
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Cultural Festival. Free fun for families.
If you have young kids who enjoy learning about cultures from around the world, this is a fantastic free event!
Saturday, March 3rd 9:00-12:30 at Harborlight Montessori in Beverly.
We welcome you to Harborlight to experience our second annual Cultural Festival. Journey through our halls on a trip through Spain, Peru, Hungary, England, Mexico, China, Nigeria, Japan, Ireland, Morocco, Portugal, and America. Also make a stop along the way to learn Sign Language. Begin in our library where guests will enjoy music and stories from around the world. Grab your passport and begin your adventure! Have your passport stamped while enjoying art, crafts, recipes, and activities from a variety of cultures. The morning will end with live entertainment. A group of youth performers from the Chinese Folk Art Workshop will perform a traditional dragon dance, a Diablo yo-yo performance, and leave time for hands-on demonstrations. Some of Harborlight’s own faculty and parents, Harborlight Sevillanas, will perform the Flamenco, and Harborlight students will sing international songs.
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One Small Thread in History’s Tapestry
Did you get the flu this year? All the flu-news brought to mind the flu epidemic of 1918, one hundred years later. This global pandemic killed 50 MILLION people, largely healthy young adults from age 20-50. You could feel fine in the morning and be dead by midnight. So I wasn’t surprised to find a family connection to this crisis as a result of my recent Gloucester research. Sadly, this is a particularly tragic story.
William Bentley is a first cousin of mine, William being the grandson of Captain John Bentley.
You will note he married Blanche Wagner. As children, Blanche and her sister Margaret survived a horrific fire that killed two of their siblings. Tragically, you also notice that Margaret also died in the flu epidemic just one day after William died, leaving behind four young children including a 2 month old baby.
Very tragic story all the way around. Flu related news was all over the papers in this time period, in Gloucester and around the world. Sometimes we don’t consider that our families participated in the history of our country or world, but this is one small thread in the tapestry of world history.
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After Olympic Curling we Anticipate Bocce Season
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GOOD MORNING SLEEPYHEAD! SNOWY OWL HEDWIG WEEKEND UPDATE -By Kim Smith
Good Morning Sleepyhead! Actually, afternoon, for you and I. Snowies hunt during the long day light hours of the Arctic summer, but here on Cape Ann, Hedwig awakens every afternoon to begin a night of hunting, returning to her roost at daybreak.
She spends a good deal of time grooming before take off–cleaning her feet, pulling her front feathers through her beak, washing overall, and fluffing out her feathers. Oftentimes she’ll spit up one, two, and even three pellets. Moments before take off she poops, and then off she goes.
A Snowy Owl’s beak and mouth look small, covered in feathers as they are, until you see it wide open. The size of a pellet that is regurgitated from her mouth can be as large as a rat. The beak is covered in small bristles to help detect nearby objects. Snowy Owls have tiny ears and owl’s ears are often asymmetrically set on their head, all the better to hear sound from different angles.
Hedwig was observed everyday this past week in rain, fog, snow, and sun. She’s feasting well on Cape Ann fare!
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Beautiful Fish: American Dory -By Al Bezanson
Size— The largest four specimens yet seen measured 18¼ and 18½ inches; 19 inches, weighing 3 pounds; and 20 inches, weighing 4½ pounds and 24 inches, weighing 7 pounds
General range— Outer part of the continental shelf from the latitude of Chesapeake Bay to the vicinity of Sable Island, Nova Scotia, and perhaps to the Laurentian Channel that separates the Nova Scotian Banks from the Newfoundland Banks. It reaches the inner parts of the Gulf of Maine now and then as a stray.
From Fishes of the Gulf of Maine by Bigelow and Schroeder, 1953
Online courtesy of MBL/WHOI http://www.gma.org/fogm/Zenopsis_ocellata.htm
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Almost Alone
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These cuties over at Marshalls Farm Stand
As we wait for Marshalls Farm Stand to open for the season, love going to visits the Alpacas. They are adorable and very friendly.
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Music Around Town ~ February 26 to March 4, 2018
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Eastern Coyote (Coywolf) Ecology & Behavior Talk Tonight 7:00PM
The City of Gloucester Animal Advisory Committee is hosting an informative presentation on the Coywolf tonight, 7:00-8:30PM in The Cultural Center at Rocky Neck. Dr. Jonathan Way is an expert on the habits of the Coywolf.
Go to this website here to find out why he has suggested a new name, canis oriens, for the animal that is living with us on Cape Ann.
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Vesper Stamper reading and book signing Thursday March 1
David West shares news of an amazing and multi talented author/illustrator coming to Gordon this week for a public reading and book signing
Vesper Stamper – http://www.vesperillustration.com/
@vesperillustration
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In the Woods
Walking in Ravenswoods i heard sounds when I turned and this is what i saw,, probably not a good idea to walk around up there at night.
This is my version of portrait photography my niece was a good sport of going with an idea I️ had and rocked the shoot.. 
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Gloucester Smiles-843
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Try Hockey For Free
On March 3rd @ 4pm at Talbot Rink, CAYH is hosting a Try Hockey for Free Event as part of Hockey Weekend Across America.
Pre-registration is required via the link below.
Local children age 4-9 who have beginner skating skills and who have not tried hockey are encouraged come to experience hockey for the first time. We will have some equipment available to borrow.
Free hockey jerseys and hockey sticks to registered participants (while they last).
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Blowing in the Wind
Today’s post is a result of a request from FOB Paula Ryan O’Brien, who found the weather vanes around Gloucester to be as varied as they are numerous. We either don’t have as many weather vanes at home or I just haven’t noticed them, but Paula made a good point to “look up” and check out Glosta Vanes. And this is some of what we found:
The variety and artistry of these seem to speak to the personalities of the property owners. Though I realize wind direction is vital information for fishermen and boaters, it appears to me most of these vanes are more decorative than informative. I’m pretty sure my own roof would be sporting one if I had a roof available around here.
And, of course, (because it’s me and I can’t help myself) there’s an interesting history to the use of weather vanes throughout history that you might find interesting here. Before you scoff, did YOU know their use dates back to Ancient Greece???? I’m imagining Socrates studying a vane for wind direction. Or maybe he just liked the way it looked atop the Parthenon.
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Avocado Egg Boats Made In The Airfryer
Avocado Egg Boats Made In The Airfryer By My Love @kfoley41 Shout out to @kileybeth for the inspiration. Prepped the bacon first 350/ten minutes and then the avocado/egg another round 350 degrees /10 minutes. Didn’t have to heat up the huge oven. Cleaned up with a quick wipe down. Simple/easy/great results. The Airfryer Is A Gamechanger
Here’s the link to read reviews and purchase the airfryer on Amazon – http://amzn.to/2ooH80D
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GHS SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM – APPLY NOW!!
ATTENTION Gloucester High School Students (and Parents):
Applications for 2018 summer jobs are now being accepted!
Apply for a GHS summer internship for July and August. Get a jump on your friends and nail down a summer job. THERE ARE ONLY 20 OPEN SLOTS, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO REVIEWING YOUR APPLICATION ASAP!
As part of this internship you will:
- Be matched with a local company where you will gain important workplace skills
- Be paid minimum wage or a stipend
- Start to build a solid resume for college and future endeavors
Internship highlights:
- Open to students in 9th through 12th grades
- Interviews will be conducted starting in March and we will let you know if you are accepted into the program
- Employee orientation will be held in June
- A 2.5 hour workplace skills workshop each Wednesday at GHS during the weeks of July 9th- August 17th, and an…
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GloucesterCast 267 With Kerry McKenna, Paula Curley, Pat and Jimmy Dalpiaz, Melissa Cox, Paul Morrison, Hannah and Craig Kimberley, Charlene Delaney, Kim Smith and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 2/25/18
GloucesterCast 267 With Kerry McKenna, Paula Curley, Pat and Jimmy Dalpiaz, Melissa Cox, Bill Cox, Paul Morrison, Hannah and Craig Kimberley, Charlene Delaney, Kim Smith and Joey Ciaramitaro Taped 2/25/18
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Free Tickets To Cape Ann Community Cinema – Share this post on Facebook for a chance to win two free tickets to Cape Ann Community Cinema, The Cinema Listings are always stickied in the GMG Calendar at the top of the blog or you can click here to go directly to the website
Lyon-Waugh Auto Group and Hometown Ace Hardware and Needy Meds Are Hiring Click The Respective Links For More Info
Senior Care Meals On Wheels Looking for Volunteers www.seniorcareinc.org
To sign up a senior- 978-281-1750
Melissa Cox Challenges Paul (I’m a Whackjob) Morrison
Hannah Kimberley In The Improper Bostonian- Mopsey Strange Kennedy “Feminist Imprints”
Buy Hanna’s Annie Peck Smith Book On Amazon or at The Bookstore of Gloucester
Grant Circle Never Again Rally
Duckworths Bisto Dinner Was Ridiculous.- Three Favorite Meals That were Next Level memorable- Tonno Pok Chop, Feather and Wedge Scallops, Duckworth’s Friday Night,
Second Glance is worth a first look :Link here
Willow Rest is the bomb diggity..
Tonnos bar apps on Thurs also the place to be from 4-6 PM!
Air Fryer- Total No-Brainer. Airfryer panko encrusted scallops
College Basketball coaches getting wiretapped and huge takedown of NCAA college hoops while they can’t investigate kids saying they are going to shoot up a school.
Oscars Coming Up- Sunday March 4th- Go To Our Local Theaters To Catch Up
Wicked Tuna New Season Starts March 11th
Kim has two conservation lectures coming up April 12th, April 24th.
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Duckworth’s Bistro Was Over The Top
Thanks Catherine Ryan, we got to use the Birthday present.
I hadn’t been for over three years.
There’s three meals in the past two years I remember as savoring every single bite.
This one, the pork chop at Tonno and the scallops at Feather and Wedge.
Good Morning Gloucester 