
Actually, it looks like the Boston skyline is shaking and preparing to collapse with the bit of double exposure that happened on the buildings.
E.J. Lefavour
My View of Life on the Dock

Actually, it looks like the Boston skyline is shaking and preparing to collapse with the bit of double exposure that happened on the buildings.
E.J. Lefavour


Monday, June 13 ā Tuesday, June 21 2016
7:00 p.m.Ā American Legion HallĀ
Friday, half-day, Ā June 17th 2016
You can see the scheduleĀ posted at Cafe Sicilia and other businesses downtown. You can see an exhibit of and order a coffee table book, St. Peter’s Fiesta Through The Years,Ā to helpĀ preserve this tradition.
Wednesday, June 22 – Sunday, June 26 2016
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Food. Itās literally whatās for dinner, breakfast, or lunch. It can be a lifestyle or even a moral or ethical choice. What should the fat, sugar, or sodium content be? Is it organic, conventionally raised, or genetically modified? So many choices, so many things to think about, so many possible dilemmas. Generally, though, when we think about food, writing doesnāt enter the picture beyond reading the words listed in recipes or employed in a review of the latest difficult-to-get-reservations-for restaurant.
Thatās not the case for this workshop. Yes, it will involve food, but the focus will be on funneling our experience of food through writing. Weāll begin by gathering at the GWC and then going to opening day at the Gloucester Farmersā Market, where weāll talkā¦
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A couple weeks ago I received this mysterious postcard in the mail with no return address, email or phone. Ā I drove by one morning before work and didn’t notice any “birdhouse” looking dwelling because I think I was looking for a shed size house since the note said “large”. Ā Since I love a good mystery I went back again tonight with back-up (husband Neil).

AND…there it was. Ā Just an adorable little box on a post! Ā (No, not a shed…I’m a little slow about the obvious lol!) Ā The LittleFreeLibrary.org is a unique personal community exchange of books where you can “Take a book – Return a Book”. Ā You don’t have to return the book you took, you are just asked to bring back a book to replace the one you took. Ā I love this idea, and when I went to the website I found an awesome world map where you can find one of 36000 LittleFreeLibrariesĀ worldwide! Ā I was thinking how fun it would be for a family with kids to venture out over the summer and see how many they can find! Ā Our LittleFreeLibrary is perfectly situated at 954 Washington Street, so you can stop and grab a book to take to the beach if you like (but don’t forget to bring one back!).


They have titles for all ages…


My favorite part of my visit (other than the amazing smelling Lilac bushes) was that they put a guest book inside for you to sign and make suggestions or comments!

How it all started:
The People Who Started the Movement
In the beginningā2009āTodd Bol of Hudson, Wisconsin, built a model of a one room schoolhouse. It was a tribute to his mother; she was a teacher who loved to read. He filled it with books and put it on a post in his front yard. His neighbors and friends loved it. He built several more and gave them away. Each one had a sign that said FREE BOOKS. Rick Brooks of UW-Madison saw Bolās do-it-yourself project while they were discussing potential social enterprises. Together, the two saw opportunities to achieve a variety of goals for the common good. Each brought different skills to the effort. Bol was a creative artisan experienced with innovative enterprise models; Brooks was a youth and community development educator with a background in social marketing. They were inspired by many different ideas:
*Andrew Carnegieās support of 2,509 free public libraries around the turn of the 19th to 20th century.
*The heroic achievements of Miss Lutie Stearns, a librarian who brought books to nearly 1400 locations in Wisconsin through ātraveling little librariesā between 1895 and 1914.
*āTake a book, leave a bookā collections in coffee shops and public spaces.
*Neighborhood kiosks, TimeBanking and community gift-sharing networks
*Grassroots empowerment movements in Sri Lanka, India and other countries worldwide.
Check out the website LittleFreeLibrary.Org to see the whole story or to start your own LittleFreeLibrary!
As is often my go-to on rainy weekend days, I headed to the pool at Cape Ann’s Marina Resort yesterday. Ā You have heard me say this before, but it is a total score if you are a parent of a Ā young child…especially ones that can swim confidently on their own.
We were there for a little over four hours, the kids swam, we ate lunch, and hung out with friends.
We always have great, easy, inexpensive fun there and that has only become better with their new and improved menu by the pool AND the great renovations outside! Ā Today I ordered the strawberry summer salad, the boys had the chicken tenders with the world’s BEST honey mustard, and we shared the cheese trio plate with havarti, manchego, and brie….and mango slaw + pita chips.
I love hanging out with the boys, but I can’t wait to go back hit the raw bar, have some yummy drinks, hear some music, and sit by the water with some friends too.
A place where non-profit Cape Ann organizations can post press releases directly and then those press releases will be reposted to http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com . This is not an advertising space for businesses, fitness or wellness organizations, or music listings.
The web address will be http://www.capeanncommunity.com
To have your community organization news posted here, contact Joey C who will grant access for you to post directly.
Come down the dock and do your part to capture that water from your roof to use when the water bans come! There are six total and when theyāre gone, theyāre gone!
Captain Joe and Sons
95 East Main St
Gloucester MA
Image ~ May 31, 2016 ~ modpodge16
Come see a day in the life of an Eastern Point Day School student! We are having an Open Classroom this Wednesday, June 1st! 9:30 am to 11:30!
Meet our teachers, experience our curriculum and ask our kids why they love their school.
8 Farrington Ave. Kitty corner to Niles beach!
Call with questions 978. 283.1700 or email us anytime: info@easternpointdayschool.org

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Have you met your soul?
Ayurveda Wellness Healing encourages you stop, breathe and listenā¦as getting to the level of the soul is the key to all forms of healing.
Take the time to do what makes you happy ā identify just one thing and make it a priority. Keep a journal and write down how things around you and in you start to change.
āBlockage is disease/Flow is healthā š
info@ayurvedawellnesshealing.com
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Mew, mew,Ā mew coming from the trees overhead–my husband asks–“Are those catbirds making that dying cat sound.” Yes, honey, and we’re going to be hearing a great dealĀ more of that cat call with this sweet Gray Catbird nest!
DiscoveredĀ amidst theĀ holly bush branches while giving the shrub a good pruning, the female was seen building the nest, with her mate supplying bits of straw and twigs for the nesting materials. The Gray Catbird is a frequent visitor to gardens. I swear, the day we planted blueberry bushesĀ is the day the Catbirds began to callĀ our garden their home. If you want Catbirds nesting in your garden, plant the foods they love, which include shadbush, holy, winterberry, and both high and low bush blueberries. And too if we don’t have any fruit ripening inĀ the garden, I’ll place a bowl out on a table with berries from our frig (chopped into small bits), not only attracting Catbirds, but also Cardinals, Robins, and many of our other fine feathered friends.
One pretty blue Catbird egg–onĀ average,Ā the female will lay four. Hopefully more are yet to come.
InĀ remembering many, and in honorĀ of all our veterans, we wish youĀ a peaceful Memorial Day.
OriginallyĀ posted May 27, 2013
In Flanders Fields
In Flanders fields the poppies grow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.
We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
To read about the origins of In Flanders FieldsĀ see the following from theĀ Arlington National CemeteryĀ website.
Great story by Hattie Bernstein in the Globe today gives a shout out to Walter McGrath in Gloucester.

“If you go to a cemetery on Memorial Day, you’ll see flowers and flags planted everywhere and a lot more visitors than usual.
What won’t be obvious on this holiday dedicated to military veterans who died fighting in wars are the efforts of Northborough’s Beth Finch McCarthy, 53, Gloucester’s Walter McGrath, 83, and Jordan Hurley, 15, who lives in Middleborough.
The three are among an uncounted battalion of volunteers across the region who share a common pursuit: maintaining their communities and ensuring that those buried there aren’t forgotten.
McGrath, a retired engineer with a long list of interests…
Continue reading “Boston Globe features Walter McGrath’s work at Gloucester’s Cove Hill Cemetery”


yet at best all we can do is copy, rearrangeĀ orĀ attempt to mimic the unfathomable creation of our incomparable Creator, while remaining utterly incapable of creating a thing on our own.
E.J. Lefavour