My View of Life on the Dock
Ellis Paul has won 15 Boston Music awards, released 19 CDs, and earned loyal fans around the world with his meticulously written songs and compelling live shows. Paul has written songs for numerous TV shows as well as Hollywood films such as the Farrelly Brothers movies “Me, Myself & Irene”, “Hall Pass”, and “Shallow Hal”. Martyn Joseph headlines festivals in Europe and is known for his dynamic performances and his ability to speak to the soul with his expressive and poignant lyrics.
Paul M. You should get ready to rename your boat the “Blue Frog”.
I smelled burning rubber somewhere on the waterfront yesterday.
Eric writes-
Taken 9/1/2014 at Beacon Marine Basin. The painter is Peter Tysver.
Hi Joey,
Anyone figure out what happened to the family of swans we saw on Henry’s Pond this spring? They had 4 little ones.
Nat
(or maybe I don’t really want to know)?
Joey
Thought you might like to share this. I was expecting a Pot O’Gold when I reached my place but no such luck.
Bing McGilvray
Thought this was a different shot of the Eagle, climbing the rigging before parade of sail.
Thanks,
Vicki Gamage
Hi Joey,
Thought your readers might enjoy this photo taken out our window from our home on eden road in Rockport last night.
Sandy Simon
Studio Restaurant on Rocky Neck around 6 p.m.
Trish Castraberti
Roseway, hauled, with Highlander Sea (ex-Pilot), both built in the 20’s in Essex. Fifty years ago they were working together for the Boston Pilots from Long Wharf. One or the other was usually seen off Nahant jogging under trysail, year ‘round.
Al Bezanson
Marine Forecast :
Today E winds 10 to 15 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
Tonight NE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft. Patchy drizzle.
Pod Cast Weather :
http://www.spreaker.com:80/episode/4943910
Beach Forecast :
Cool / 60°s
Sunny / UV INDEX 8
Water Temp 70°
Winds ENE 10-15mph
Hourly Forecast:
CALVO WOODCARVING SCHOOL still has openings in the fall class schedule.
We offer five-day, three-day, weekly and weekend woodcarving classes.
I also have room in my forging woodcarving tools workshop in October as well.
Call for more information 978-283-0231 or check the website: www.davidcalvo.com
Gloucester U – Year Two!
A FREE and Exciting After-School Program Being Offered at Gloucester High School.
It’s year two of Gloucester U and we are excited to offer more quality programs to our GHS student’s after-school.
This school year we will have (3) 10- week sessions with courses offered one day a week from 2:15 to 5:00. The first session, beginning on September 15th, includes working with Back Yard Growers at Gloucester Farm (our zero waste, greenhouse initiative) courses in Art, Career and College Readiness, Anime and Website Design, Calligraphy, and more…
Funded by a Federal 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant and administered by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Gloucester U has been developed and designed to offer more learning opportunities for our high school students. The goal of the grant funded program is to assist our students in improving academic performance and ignite a desire in him or her to be successful in the future and to become 21st century navigators.
Instructed by teachers and professionals in our community, the high-quality, hands-on series of courses are designed for small groups of students and offer the opportunity to heighten their achievement, skills in critical thinking and strengthen links between peers, our community, home and school.
For program and course specifics, and to register, go to
www.gloucesteru.weebly.com
DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 12TH.
We look forward to seeing you after school!
Contact:
Samantha Whitney – Program Coordinator
swhitney@gloucester.k12.ma.us
978.281.9872 Ext. 12222
Stressed Out? Tight and sore? A self-care routine that includes yoga and massage can help you find your way out of pain and stress so you can enjoy what you love!
Saltwater Massage Studio has teamed up with Yoga Joy to give you just that!
Left to right, front: Nina Groppo and Kathy Pratl; back: Jane Beddus and Catherine Gunn
This past weekend filming continued on the Feast of Saint Joseph Community Film Project. Nina and Frank Groppo serve the most wonderful homemade limoncello during the Feast and we decided back in March to include limoncello-making in the story of how Saint Joseph’s special day is celebrated in Gloucester. Nina, Kathy, Catherine, and Jane not only graciously agreed to allow filming, but also included me in the preparations and you’ll see what fun we had in the forthcoming film!
While at the Groppo’s garden you can’t help but notice their amazing crop of cucuzza (pronounced ku-koz-za, also goo-gootz), hanging from their handmade arbor. Cucuzza is an Italian squash that from what I understand, in English, means something like “super long squash.” A single squash can grow ten inches in one day!
For our first of several limoncello-making days, Nina created a beautiful lunch. She served cucuzza soup, made from both the fruit and the leaves. It was fabulous and delicious and like no other soup I had sampled before. She also baked wonderfully fresh hake filets and prepared a lovely tomato salad, with heirloom tomatoes from her garden.
Nina described how she hand pollinates the fruit ~ Each plant produces male and female flowers. She explains that it is easy to identify the female flowers as they have a small swollen fruit (ovary) on the stem, just behind the flowers. She plucks the male flowers off the vine and gently brushes together the male’s anther and female’s stigma, the flower’s reproduction parts, which insures good pollination. By removing the male flowers from the vine, you are not eliminating any potential fruit because the male flowers don’t bear fruit.
I have been planning an arbor for my garden patio for sometime and after seeing and tasting the Groppo’s fabulous cucuzza, I am not waiting any longer to build one!
Thank you dear Nina, Kathy, Catherine, and Jane for your continuing help with the Saint Joseph Film Project!
As previously reported on GMG here a mysterious old shipwreck has been discovered on Coffins Beach. On September 8, a team headed by Victor Mastone of the Massachusetts Board of Underwater Archaelogical Resources returned to the site. They were aided in their efforts by Harold Burnham, 11th generation boatbuilder of Essex and builder and skipper of the pinky schooner Ardelle.
Working during this month’s astronomical low tide, the team excavated the hull remains and found a number of interesting artifacts. Ballast stones were removed from the depths of the approximately 40 foot vessel. Much to the surprise of the team, some of the ballast were coral fragments, indicating that the boat had spent some time in the tropics.
Among other team members, Harold speculated that the boat might be as old as 240 years, placing its construction during the Revolutionary War era.
The site will be left to nature over the winter and the investigation will resume in the spring.
Vic Mastone reminds us,”While there is really nothing to take, most people do not realize that the site is protected by state law. It is my hope people respect the site and completely refrain from removing any of it or otherwise disturb or damage the site when they visit.”
Vic Mastone, State Archaeologist.
Harold Burnham and team member.
The colors of the sky from our kitchen window were so gorgeous BJ & I jump in the car and quickly drove down the street to capture the end of the sunset… The colors in the sky changed so fast it was amazing!
RD says something smells tasty. Little does she know, it’s duck on the menu.
Shows how little Mr Morrison cares for poor RD. When a few scraps of fabric is too much to ask for.
Duck fricassee anyone?
What a wonderful evening.
Only a few VIP tickets left for John Sebastian at Gloucester’s UU Meetinghouse (GET VIP TICKETS HERE). VIP gets you in the first 5 rows, plus exclusive early entry and a Celebrate Gloucester Commemorative VIP Laminate.
As of now, there are plenty of standard seats left, but they’re going fast too, so you might not want to wait until the last minute. Get tickets NOW so you can relax, vote in tomorrow’s primary and enjoy the rest of the week with one less worry on your mind.
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USCG Eagle Arrives in Gloucester Harbor
With Marine Scanner Chatter
08/29/2014
Good Morning Gloucester 