My View of Life on the Dock
While taping the GloucesterCast with new Chamber CEO Ken Riehl he told me the voting is wide open and so easy to do- no email address involved, all you have to do is go to the Chamber website and vote-
I’ll make it super easy for you click this link (see that you don’t even have to Google the Chamber website) and vote for your favorite.
My Deepest Thanks to Everyone * * *
Marsh Milkweed Packets: 36 Marsh Milkweed 1 Ounce Quantity: 21 Common Milkweed Packets: 74 Common Milkweed 1 Ounce Quantity: 11 Pink New England Asters: 58 Purple New England Asters: 44
Below are several GMG posts with lots more information about the Cape Ann Milkweed Project. For more posts, type in the search word milkweed or Monarch Butterfly.
ORDER YOUR MILKWEED SEEDS TODAY!
Cape Ann Milkweed Project Continues ~ Plant Milkweed Seeds to Save the Monarchs
Setting the Table for a Regal Butterfly Comeback, With Milkweed
Frenchman’s Pier
How sublime it would be to have lived here as a child;
to amble out on Frenchman’s Pier to cast a line,
or, in the early morning, hear the tide softly
brush the marsh grass of the Little River’s gentle shores.
Oh, what it would have been like to take my skiff
to explore Susan Point and Stanwood Point
and keep going beyond Biskie Head into the
Annisquam – and from there – from there, anywhere!
A place where I could steer a course in a summer breeze
that never ends and see foreign lands and
mountains and magical islands, all while on
my back, gazing up from Frenchman’s Pier.
© Marty Luster 2012
Encore, first posted July 22, 2012.
I’ll be taking a short break from daily posts. See you soon.
Marty
Come by Rocky Neck Saturday or Sunday morning for a great Sailor Stan’s breakfast. Now open weekends at 7:30am.
If you’re there later and see my open flag (I will not be open at 7:30!), stop up and see Hobbit House Studio (right behind Sailor Stan’s at 1 Wonson Street, through the purple door and up the stairs).
E.J. Lefavour
Jon Butcher will be featured on “Local Music Seen with Allen Estes” today at 6:30 pm, Channel 12 Cape Ann T.V. and will be aired over the next 2 weeks! You don’t want to miss the show Jon has a BIG announcement.
hey folks, i will be subbing for Fly Amero at the Rhumb Line here in Gloucester Weednesday nite…8pm on…singers/songwriters welcome to come by and sit in…a “musical love fest” if you will.see you then,allen
The Rhumb Line
40 Railroad Ave.
Gloucester, MA
Introducing my friend (and soon to be yours), The Incredible Dancing Skate. If you’ve never been to the Seacoast Science Center in Rye, NH and need another reason to get yourself up there….well, here it is. This guy…or girl (because how the hell would I know….although I’m sure someone is going to tell me) makes me laugh every time we see it. Is it possible that it has knees and ankles??
Other than that, I have no words. Happy Hump Day.
Check out the Seacoast Science Center
from, Michael Foley;
“This piece is called “The Birth of Industry”, is 13″ Tall and is done in Danby Marble and Black Granite. It will also be debuted on Sunday April 6th at the Rockport Art Association.”
https://www.facebook.com/michaelfoley01930
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AnnMarie Cody Oliveria Writes~Life was so much simpler before Pinterest….
Bunny Topiary
Supplies
Styrofoam Foam: 9” x 5” cone
Marshmallows PEEPS: 20 – 22 blue; 18 purple; 10 green; and 3 yellow
Low temp glue gun or toothpicks
Step-by-Step
1 using glue gun, secure Styrofoam cone to pedestal dish, candleholder, or decorative plate
2 fasten Peeps, bunnies around cone in rows, starting at the bottom, using toothpicks or cool temperature glue gun
Sista Felicia~ Love this Easter centerpiece! Thank you for sharing your photo with the GMG community.
Marine Forecast ….
Wed NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt. Seas 2 to 4 ft.
Wed Night NW winds 10 to 15 kt with gusts up to 20 kt… Becoming W 5 to 10 kt after midnight. Seas 2 to 3 ft.
Today Mostly sunny with highs in the lower 50’s .. North West winds 15-20mph… Tonight mostly clear lows in the 30’s to lower 40’s with a light North West Wind around 10 mph …
Hourly Forecast…
Seeking Picture of Rosie Balboa-
Joey,
I’m hoping you can help me locate a picture of Rosie (Crud) Balboa, who was a local visual fixture who lived by The Tavern and was usually seen down the blvd. in the 70’s. Recently I did this portrait of Floyd Morris, The Clam Digger who use to sell clams door to door all around Cape Ann when I was a kid in the 60’s. I’m a life long local artist and this is a project I’m working on. Any help will be greatly appreciated. I’m offering a free print of Floyd or Rosie ( once I’m done) to anyone who can find me a picture of the subject. Currently the picture of Floyd can be found at local art & toy store, Island Art and Hobby, on Main St. in downtown Gloucester. There’s a wonderful wall there where local artist can show pieces of their art for sale at low prices under &250.. framed.
Sincerely, James Oliver
WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE A SPONSOR AND HAVE A TABLE AT THE FAIR? DEADLINE IS APRIL 25
Athletic & academia fitness fair!
In Memory of alphonse “Al” Swekla
Saturday, May 17, 2014 ~ 10-2pm
Held at The Gloucester High School Field House During The Boston Red Sox World Series Trophy Tour!
· Sponsor name on printed materials, including event flyers distributed & posted in area
· Recognition during opening ceremonies at event
· Sponsor name/logo included in our event sponsor program booklet –Top Quarter Page Ad location
· Premium space provided at fair site, for your sponsor table or booth
· Sponsor name included in press releases submitted to the media
· Table/booth set up at fair to promote your business
· Sponsor name on printed materials, including event flyers distributed & posted in area
Payment Information
q Please accept my enclosed check, made out to AGH Citizens Fund
Please return to: AGH Citizens Fund, Inc.
P.O. Box 1495
Gloucester, MA 01930
q Credit Card payments can be made securely through our online site via PayPal. Visitwww.aghcitizensfund.org
Presented by the Addison Gilbert Hospital Citizen’s Fund www.aghcitizensfund.org
All proceeds go towards our vision for Addison Gilbert Hospital, for the existence of a full service hospital with the availability of acute services on site 24/7.
UP TO 3,000 PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED TO TURN OUT TO THIS EVENT, SO PLAN ACCORDINGLY!
Lee Swekla
EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT!!
5:30-8:00 May 2, 2014
Ages 3+
Pizza and juice served for dinner!
$10 per child
Contact Gymazing! to sign up
Note: No shows will be charged $10 per child
978-525-6111 May 9, 2014
Just got the notice that they want us on Stitcher. You can listen on our show page here on any device and if your car has Stitcher Radio built in you can listen to us there too!
You can tell anyone to just search “GloucesterCast” in the Stitcher search box if you don’t have access to our show link.
Please give a listen and rating, once we get 5 or more ratings we get better listing placement on the Stitcher page. Thanks to our awesome GMG community. Woot!
If you don’t know what Stitcher is-
Chickity Check It!!!!!
The Menu and Website-
The Body on the Rocks is a page-turning collection of superbly written classic detective stories, set in Gloucester. Very, very proud of my husband!!! One of my favorite passages, found on page 227:
“There are many different ways human being scream.
At the amusement park you hear the shrill cries of rollercoaster riders who, with arms held high not in surrender to the enemy but as expressions of death-defying hubris, giddily anticipate the breakneck plunge down the first big hill. In movie theaters you hear the excited shrieks of patrons who have paid to be scared half to death by the maniac on the screen. There are the squeals of delight from children who tear open Christmas presents to find that Santa has brought that coveted toy. And there are angry howls of sports fans who somehow expect that the nearsighted referee who is far out in the middle of the playing field, surrounded by thousands of the screamers’ fellows, will somehow hear and be affected by each one’s individual complaint.
Of the many varieties of excited utterances made by people, the scream of genuine terror is singular and unmistakable. It penetrates to the core and demands a response.”
The Body on the Rocks is available at The Bookstore of Gloucester and The Book Shop of Beverly Farms, as well as Amazon.com (paperback and Kindle).
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Tom also did the painting for the cover, painted at the rocks at Brace Cove in 2005.
From the press release ~ The Body on the Rocks presents twelve thrilling stories featuring detective Chris Mark. Set in the rugged port city of Gloucester, Massachusetts, each story offers human drama, passion, intrigue, and a glimpse into the complicated life of an Iraq War vet who only wants to help people solve their toughest problems. This fast-paced collection is perfect for a day at the beach or an evening by the fireplace, and will keep you turning the pages long past your bedtime.
Tom is a freelance ghostwriter and editor, and the editor of Renaissance Magazine, America’s leading national magazine devoted to contemporary renaissance faires and culture. Visit his website here.
Tom Hauck is a writer living in Gloucester, Massachusetts. His first novel, Pistonhead, tells the gritty story of a guitar player in a rock band who faces a life crisis. Lucas Manson, his second novel, is a literary horror thriller that pits agent Mark Dylan against a charismatic evangelist who is the leader of a bloodthirsty hominid species.
His third novel, Avita Doesn’t Love You (Whiskey Creek Press, October 2014),is an international thriller that traces the moral and physical challenges faced by agent Kevin Lone as he battles an implacable global enemy. Continue reading “The Body on the Rocks ~ A New Detective Thriller by Tom Hauck (My Husband)!”
Good Morning Gloucester 