Jack London’s Sea Wolf?
So I’m Going Through The Blogroll in the Right Hand Column and…
So I’m going through the GMG Blogroll (a list of links) in the right hand column of the blog (for those who subscribe and get the email version go to www.goodmorninggloucester.com and you can see what I’m talking about) and I start clicking through the list of links.
I hadn’t gone through the list for a while but what I found was that a huge number of the blogs that I link to in the GMG Blogroll either haven’t been updated in over a year or don’t even exist any more.
What a lot of people don’t realize is that it doesn’t matter how fantastic the content you create, there are a bazillion other websites out there that you are competing for eyeballs with. Many people think you can just create a website, register a domain and then magically a million people know about your blog and are anxious to find you. Well for probably 99.5% of people who start blogs my guess is that after pouring your heart and soul into it for a while and if it doesn’t pick up steam you look at your stats and it could be disheartening and you lose the drive to update it. Thud. End of story.
This isn’t to discourage anyone from starting a blog, but rather to celebrate the ones who have been doing it for a while and have kept at it.
This brings me to my buddy Bowsprite who I discovered back in the first months of creating GMG. How I found her and Marty’s son Brian and Bowsprite’s buddy Tugster was through a search for like minded bloggers who were blogging about industrial boats. They were all located in NY.
Monkeyfist (seated and facing away) Bowsprite and Tugster Visit Gloucester
Posted on November 17, 2009 by Joey C
Our Marty Luster actually moved here after a two or three day visit to Gloucester with his blogging son Brian (Marty wasn’t a part of GMG yet) whose blog A Movable Bridge hasn’t been updated in far too long.
But Bowsprite has kept at it.
My dream is to have her up here and take over one of the months at the Goettemann residency on Rocky neck so she could illustrate Gloucester’s industrial ships and share her deep love for Industrial waterfronts with us. I’ve even written on her behalf to the selection committee but it hasn’t happened yet. Maybe some day.
Anyway, Kudos To Bowsprite for keeping at it. You really ought to check out here site, her stories and her illustrations. She’s one of my favs and an incredibly kind soul.
Check out her waterbog here-
Bowsprite: A New York Harbor Sketchbook
and this from here visit to the dock to take a dip in Gloucester Harbor-
Bowsprite’s November Gloucester Harbor Swim 11/16/09
Posted on November 16, 2009 by Joey C
Bowsprite is an artist and blogger from the sixth borough in NY. Check out her incredible nautical illustrations by clicking this text
Who drives up from New Yawk to jump in Gloucester’s inner harbor for a leisurely swim in mid-November? Bowsprite, that’s who.
Related:
All It Takes Is One Visit Posted November 29, 2009 by Joey C
Welcome To Gloucester Marty! Posted on May 14, 2010 by Joey C
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Friday March 7th , 2014 Cape Ann Weather …
Marine Forecast….
Fri: SE winds 5 to 10 kt. Seas around 2 ft.
Fri Night: E winds around 5 kt…becoming N around 5 kt after midnight. Seas around 2 ft.
Video Forecast …..
This concerns me!
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Community Stuff 3/7/14
Ever wonder what O’Maley looks like during the day?
Ever wonder what O’Maley looks like during the day? Are you curious about what an Innovation school is? What is the STEM lab?
All those answers and more can be discovered during the O’Maley Innovation Middle School tours. Tours are planned for March 26th, April 16th from 8 – 9 a.m.
The tour begins and ends in the O’Maley library with coffee and pastries with Principal Debra Lucey. Guidance counselors and students will conduct the tours of selected classrooms, the O’Maley STEM suite, cafeteria and auditorium.
If you are interested in attending, please call 978-281-9850 to reserve your space.
The North Shore Players is delighted to let you know about our upcoming production of the acclaimed musical ANYTHING GOES.
Starring: Stephanie Angelini, Mark Angelini, Dan McDuffie, Alex Mangos and many other talented local players from all over the North Shore
Five performances only!
§ Saturday March 22 7:30 pm
§ Sunday March 23 2:30 pm
§ Friday, March 28 7:30 pm
§ Saturday March 29 7:30 pm
§ Sunday, March 30 2:30 pm
Groups of 10 or more: Please all for discounted prices
Tickets can be ordered online, by phone or purchased at show time
To order by phone please call: 978-750-4842 or 978-335-5605
To order on line visit www.NorthShorePlayers.org
Hogan Regional Center Auditorium
6 Hathorn Circle Danvers, MA 01923
The North Shore Players is a non-profit community theatre group dedicated to the performing arts and is now celebrating its 54th full year! We have had over 35 years involvement with the Hogan Regional Center in Danvers, MA, including free performances and entertainment for its residents. The North Shore Players is a unique community theater with a deep heritage of high quality, family oriented productions. Established as a non-profit organization in 1975, we welcome all people of all ages who enjoy all phases of community theatre, both in appearing on-stage as well as working behind the scenes. Membership is open to all.
For the past 27 years, the North Shore Players has annually granted the Viola Patten Scholarship for the Performing Arts to a graduating high school senior seeking to continue education in the performing arts (theatre, music, dance), and currently attending Andover, Beverly, Danvers, Georgetown, Hamilton-Wenham Regional, Lynn Classical, Lynn English, Lynnfield, Marblehead, Masconomet, North Andover, Peabody, Reading, Salem or Swampscott High School. We also accept applications from home-schooled students residing in these communities.
Visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NorthShorePlayersDanvers
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LIVE BLOGGING: Craig has left the building!
So long Spring Training at ft. Myers. It’s been amazing!! Stay tuned for the wrap up video! Last night at the Twins.
Last drank at airport.
Ooh, spankin new JetBlue!
Glostah Bound!
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Brenda Davis’ Latest Installment of Her Before and After Photos Of Gloucester In The GMG Google+ Community Group
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Would you rather be seated next to a screaming 2 year old or hacking cough smoker?
Gorgeous Works on Paper by American Realist Painter JEFF WEAVER
SIMPLY EXQUISITE ~Don’t miss this show!
Rockport Art Association
Jeff Weaver ~ Solo Exhibit
Opening Reception
Sunday, March 16, 2014, 2-4pm
Show runs through March 27, 2014
Artist Statement
“This show of works on paper consists of drawings in charcoal, pastel, and oil, as well as watercolor.
Some were done as sketches or studies for larger works, others as finished pieces in themselves.
The use of a variety of mediums helps me to take a fresh approach to familiar subjects””
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Saturday Morning at the Sawyer Free Children’s Library
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Train to Boston
“At least when I get on the Boston train I have a good chance of landing in the South Station
And not in that part of the daily press which is reserved for victims of aviation.”
― Ogden Nash
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Marine Industry in Rocky Neck
To see more information please follow the link below:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooke_Marine
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Giuseppe’s kicks off their 7th SingerSongwriterShuffle TONIGHT!
It’s beginning to look a lot like …. spring? Well, sorta. Giuseppe’s is firing up their SingerSongwriterShuffle for the next 5 Thursdays. See some Cape Ann favorites tonight, including Allen Estes, Satch Kerans, Toni Ann Enes, Matt Minigell, Charlee Bainchini and John Jerome and get yourself in the mood for a great weekend of music — see the full weekend live music schedule here.
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The North Shore Folklore Theatre Company is thrilled announce the 4th season of our Summer Stock Theatre Club!
“Not every child is a ‘camp kid,’ but in a club, everyone belongs.”
– Henry Allen
The North Shore Folklore Theatre Company is thrilled announce the 4th season of our Summer Stock Theatre Club! Continue reading “The North Shore Folklore Theatre Company is thrilled announce the 4th season of our Summer Stock Theatre Club!”
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Cheryl Arena & Noe Socha ~ Dave Sag’s Blues Party @ The Rhumb Line Tonight 8-11…3.6.2014
Dave says,
Let’s welcome back that saucy Sympeglade of the (Mississippi) saxophonium and terroristic vocalist, Ms. Cheryl Arena. She’s got a sound big as her name. She’s just traded in her spurs and 15 gallon hat for a set of Uggs and a Sterno hand warmer. Yes, yes, she’s moved from politically insane Texass to the land of a thousand ironies here in Ma. Somehow a shoulder holster is a fashion no-no under a down vest. She’ll be riding into town this Thursday gunning for you!
Her posse consists of sidekick Noé something or other. Don’t know his last name but the numbers on his mugshot reads 019666. He’s the guitarist por favor.
Dynamo duties performed by that ultimate ululator on the skins, Mr. Ephraim Lowell. I’ll be crowding the plate. Still there at 8 p.m. to 11, when Noe bolts for the door to try to catch a ride to his next gig! See you then!
| THE RHUMB LINE BAR & RESTAURANT
40 Railroad Ave.Gloucester, MA 01930 phone: 978-283-9732 |
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Fish Shack Rockport, MA
The Fish Shack restaurant is hosting a benefit spaghetti dinner Thursday, March 6, 2014, from 4:30 to 7 p.m. to support a foundation honoring the youngest victim of last April’s Boston Marathon bombings.
All money raised will go to the Martin W. Richard Foundation, named for the 8-year-old boy who lost his life in the terrorist attack at the marathon finish line.
The timing of the dinner is also geared toward allowing visitors to go to the Annual Rockport Public School Art Show at the Rockport schools’ art museum. The dinner costs $8 for adults and $5 for kids; the art show is free.
Those interested in pre-sale tickets can contact Susan Collins at 978-546-9566. Tickets can also be purchased at the door.
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Mindy Lind-Terk Has Some Nice Things To Say
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> Hi Joey…just a thank you for your wonderful and informative website and blog. After being away from Cape Ann for 27 years this is what I came back to! Beautiful! And what a wonderful warm and artistic( Yeaa!) community that is expressed here! Mindy Lind-Terk >
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GMG FOB Dave Moore Shares A Beautiful St. Joseph Prayer Song
Huge GMG FOB Dave Moore writes~Dedication for all!
That’s great smile dedicated this to you and entire group the love and gift of sharing – Where we find solace
God Bless!
Dave & Kim
Sista Felicia ~ Dave attached a YouTube video about The Feast Of St. After watching it several times last night, I knew I had to share it with the GMG community today. Take a moment to read the beautiful story about the miraculous ways of St. Joseph’s. It brought tears to my eyes, and the Prayer of St Joseph, sung by Angelina song will be added to our St. Joseph prayer/song books this year.
Prayer of St Joseph, sung by Angelina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEgsUY7lUjw
For Story about Video and copy of The Pray Of St. Joseph written in Sicilian taken from the pages of our St. Joseph Novena Prayer book click see more Continue reading “GMG FOB Dave Moore Shares A Beautiful St. Joseph Prayer Song”
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Pet of the Week- Woof
Pleased to meet you! I am a playful and full of energy cat. I am outgoing and happy to meet new human friends.
I am staying at the Cape Ann Animal Aid, located at the Christopher Cutler Rich Animal Shelter, Four Paws Lane, Gloucester. It is a wonderful shelter here and we have many cats and dogs in need of loving homes. If you are looking for a male kitten, I hope you might consider me.
Check our website at: CapeAnnAnimalAid.com I am only five-months-old and I have a handsome shorthaired white and tiger coat. I will be medium size when I am fully grown. Oh! my name is Woof, but I am a cat – really!
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Mardi Gras Spirit Lifter
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GMG Local Outstanding Food Value Post
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This copied from the discussion on the GMG Community Group Page-
About to begin writing a new page for GMG highlighting the best local food values.
Examples: Leonardo’s currently has $6.99 lg cheese pizzas on Monday and Tuesday.
There’s some great deals available every day on http://www.udine4less.com
Destinos eat-in salad bar.
Mamie’s Kitchen $5 Fridays
I want to find the absolute best food values in town and highlight them.
To do this Ill need your help.
Please help with the list. What are some great local food deals folks can take advantage of?
I’m posting this first here to Google plus. Let’s see what we can come up with.
awesome idea!!!
The smoked salmon and smoked mackerel at Steve Connolly Seafood. I’ve got a minor addiction going now I cannot take that corner without stopping. Forget what the price is but it seems really cheap for the amount..
The ready to eat Eggplant Parm at Market Basket.
+Paul T Morrison next time you go, report back on the price if you would.
Hmm, I think that would be Happy Birthday Smoked Salmon on Friday! I will be sure to note the price.
The Shepherds’ Pie at Stones. All of my suggestions look at the bang for the buck (except I cannot remember the exact price) and the Stones Shepherd’s Pie is the humongous bowl.
Ok Paul… thanks for that tip about smoked fish…Im going this week yum!
They say they smoke it there and I believe them. I might retire my smoker if their smoked bluefish is as highly rated as their mackerel and salmon. The question on the bluefish though is where do they get bluefish this time of year?
So the best deal in town is free right? And by free I am thinking the food you get for free if it’s your birthday! I might try that on Friday. Hit as many places that have free stuff for birthday boy! Did I mention Friday is my birthday? 😉
If you know of any places that give birthday breaks send them along STAT.
Awesome…..Farm .35 wings thurs. Espresso .25 Wings if a game is on. Good Wings !! Lat43 all u can eat Sushi Mon $25, Midori lunch buffet $9,
Farm kids eat free Mon
It would smart if Restaurants would post such deals to a possible page. I know there is less of it during summer
+Rich B awesome! Thanks for the help. With help from everyone it will be an awesome list. No way I could remember them all on my own
Anyone know how much Sclafanis charges for a sandwich? That’s a great value. And the lg steak and cheese at Market Basket too.
First and last hour one dollar oysters at Short and Main, West End. I have not done this yet, maybe this weekend, sounds like a good deal if you time it right.
Doughnuts at Brothers Brew in Rockport. Homemade fresh Butternut Crunch for one dollar. It is impossible to eat more than one so that is the cheapest breakfast out there.
(If you did eat more than one you are now on a diet like me and are forbidden to go to BB because your ass cannot fit in your kayak come spring.)
It would be awesome if it was organized by days as well somehow. i.e. today is Monday and I dont want to cook, what deals are out there. I would hope the restaurants would want this. They have specials to get business, I assume. Let me know if you need any help on this.
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