My View of Life on the Dock
Wanna go for a walk in Burnham Field, this is what you get (see poop shoe pic below). I want to thank all the lazy inconsiderate people who let their dogs take dumps all along the new paths and don’t bother picking it up. The walkways are literally littered with dog feces. This is a disgrace and makes one wonder if people don’t respect the places where they live do they respect anything.
Upset resident,
Alex
Marine Forecast :
Wed NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 3 ft. A chance of snow showers.
Wed Night N winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Scattered snow showers. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.
Pod Cast Weather :
http://www.spreaker.com:80/episode/5485846
Hourly Forecast :
Dear Joey:
GHS Girls Basketball will be hosting a Restaurant Fundraiser this month at Jalapenos. Would you be willing to post this on “Good Morning Gloucester” so we can invite the community to join us?
Hello Joey,
We have an event that we are hosting in Salem on April 10th and 11th at the Hawthorne Hotel and we were hoping you could help us get the word out. Is there anything you can do to help? Thanks for your time.
Marc Arvilla
Founder- Mass Ghost Hunters Paranormal Society
Hi Joey,
Please put on GMG – The Writer’s Block (Cape Ann TV) with John Ronan will feature Barbara Boudreau in an interview about her novel “The Frenchman.” channel 12 at 8:00 p.m., Thursday, January 15. Also at 2:00 a.m. for those on the second shift. Also Friday, January 16 at 9:00 a.m.
Great read. You won’t be able to put it down!
B
Barbara Boudreau
Author of “The Frenchman”
bbboudreau@ymail.com
@bbboudreau
http://www.amazon.com/Frenchman-Barbara-Boudreau-ebook/dp/B00DEEXWDQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1391360126&sr=8-1&keywords=the+Frenchman
Candlemas Celebration at St. Johns Episcopal Church
Children’s Candlemas Celebration at St. John’s
Interested in what’s happening in the children and youth program at St. John’s?
St. John’s Episcopal Church school will be offering workshops related to Candlemas. For two Sundays, (February 1st and February 8th) all children are invited to take part in this celebration by learning how to make beeswax candles and participate in the feast of the Presentation of the Lord at the Temple (40 days after his birth). The first Sunday (10:15 – 11:15am), participants will learn the story of Simeon and Anna (Luke 2:22 – 40) as they make their candles. The following Sunday (10:15 – 11:15am), children will complete their candles; learn the song of Simeon and help lead the Procession of Candlemas with their lighted candles, as part of the church service. The procession will end with the children arriving in the church, joining their parents. This is a two-session commitment celebrating Candlemas and a great way to check out the children’s program at St. John’s. Just show up and enjoy this celebration!
All children ages 3- 18 (of any denomination) are invited to participate and celebrate.
Hi, Joey,
Wonder if you would post the following notice in Good Morning Gloucester. I know your readers include the people we are looking for to join us in historic preservation efforts.
The Gloucester Historical Commission (GHC) seeks prospective members and alternates. Its mission is to preserve, protect and develop public awareness of Gloucester’s historical assets.
The GHC has up to seven members (all volunteers), each appointed by the Mayor for a 3-year term. We need Gloucester residents with special interest, competence, knowledge, or professional background in history, architecture and architectural history, planning, prehistoric and historic archaeology, anthropology, preservation and conservation, landscape architecture, cultural geography, or property law.
Our meetings, which are open to the public, are held the last Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. in the City Hall third floor conference room. The next meeting is January 26.
For more information contact co-chairman David Rhinelander at davidrx@aol.com or Mary Ellen Lepionka at me.lepionka@Verizon.net.
Thanks very much,
Mary Ellen
Mary Ellen Lepionka
17 Hammond St.
Herring Gull Smith’s Cove Gloucester
You’ve all heard the Gary Backstrom Band, right? (If not, you’re missing out on one of Gloucester’s most exciting musical ensembles.) Be sure to catch these guys when they open for John Cafferty and the Beaver Brown Band on Saturday, January 31 right down the road at Beverly’s Larcom Theatre. Good seats are still available RIGHT HERE. Some of the best available seats are in the balcony GET THEM HERE.
Gary’s got quite an impressive bio (see here) having opened for the Allman Brothers, Derek Trucks and Los Lobos among many others.
Besides being one of the area’s top guitar players, Gary is also a very talented singer/songwriter. Here are a couple of videos of the band at Harbor Loop with special guest Carlos Menezes Jr. on Sax (great solos in the 2nd video):
I saw this sweater and matching pants (jammies, I’m thinking…but, I’m really not sure) during my one trip to the mall during the holiday season.
They reminded me of something, but I couldn’t quite put my finger on it. Since then, every once in a while, it has nagged at me. I’d get this tiny little sliver of a flashback…almost grab it….and then POOF…it’d be gone again.
Until last night.
Victory!
I awoke from a sound sleep with a strange song in my head. Foggy…I went back to sleep. In the morning, I found myself humming it again…and then, not much later…I finally had it!
I had figured out the song. But, why? Why was I suddenly singing a song from some whackadoodle show from my youth?
The Great Space Coaster! What?!
There’s No Gnu Like Gary Gnu!
Seriously? I watched this stuff? I was a pretty active kid…Did I really have this kind of free time on my hands?
And then…. I found these images.
And now I can sleep.
Do you think the designer of the pants and sweater clocked some time watching this same show back in the day? You never know when inspiration will strike….or how long it will stay dormant in your psyche, evidently.
Marine Forecast :
Tue N winds 15 to 20 kt with gusts up to 30 kt. Seas 4 to 7 ft. Light freezing spray likely.
Tue Night N winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt… Diminishing to 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 3 to 5 ft. Scattered snow showers.
Pod Cast Weather :
http://www.spreaker.com:80/episode/5479248
Hourly Forecast :
Niles Pond Ducks
This week, with the exception of Thursday, I have pre-scheduled my posts with a series of photos from last Sunday’s early morning walk as I am not sure how easy it will be to post from California. I am hoping to fill my time with additional posts from LA, if doable. Liv reports it may be in the seventies this week!
With a rare unscheduled morning suddenly before me and the boys off for a game of pond hockey, I put Marlin on his leash, grabbed a cup of coffee, and took off for a brisk walk around town.
It has been way too long since I’ve been able to find time to do that and it was exactly the dose of medicine that I needed yesterday. I don’t often forget why I love living in Rockport, but this is the time of year that I don’t necessarily find the time to actually enjoy it….or appreciate it. Early yesterday, for 90 fantastic minutes, Marlin and I played Who are the People in Your Neighborhood while walking past Old Garden Beach, down Atlantic, through town, up and down Bearskin Neck, to Front Beach, into Mill Pond Park, past the frozen pond, by the cemetery, down Hale Street, through town again, and back home….seeing friends and familiar faces along the way.
Along the way, Marlin was kind enough to let me wrestle my phone out of my pocket once in a while to snap a photo. He isn’t keen on slowing down much…but, tolerated my pitstops. He was most appreciative of the stops that allowed him to stalk birds. He, unlike me, doesn’t have an affinity for front doors…but would take those opportunities for a quick pee.
There’s something magical about this town…no matter how cliche that sounds… and I’m so happy to have had the chance to reconnect.
9.30am: CATA Dial-a-Ride bus picks me up at home to go to Addison Gilbert Hospital.
10:00am: Have an echocardiogram made, to check for heart valve abnormalities.
11:00am: In oncology clinic, get injection for my bones, and have a teaching session about upcoming chemotherapy treatment.
12:30pm: Eat lunch in hospital cafeteria, read, and people watch. The food is good there and inexpensive.
2:15pm: Walk down to the AGH sports medicine and rehab department for specific exercises for gait and balance.
3:00pm: Call Dial-a-Ride for ride home to Rockport.
3:30pm: Hit the couch and watch CNN.
Don’t let anyone tell you that being sick is like a vacation. I’m busier that when I was healthy!
Marine Forecast :
Mon SW winds 5 to 10 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt in the morning. Seas 2 to 3 ft. Snow…rain and sleet. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.
Mon Night NW winds 10 to 15 kt. Gusts up to 20 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 4 ft. A chance of snow. Vsby 1 to 3 nm.
Pod Cast Weather :
http://www.spreaker.com:80/episode/5473555
Hourly Forecast :
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