My View of Life on the Dock
As Fly Amero said (in this post) to all of you who didn’t get tickets to see Allen Estes at the Larcom Theatre on October 5: “too bad for you!”. But wait … now you’ve got a second chance. Allen is playing one of Cape Ann’s best listening venues, The Old Sloop Coffeehouse on Saturday, November 2 — and he’s sharing the stage with award-winning singer/songwriter Claudia Nygaard. So don’t screw this up. Get tickets now.
Not sure? Watch these 2 videos
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Baroque pop and soul band, What Time Is It, Mr. Fox? celebrates the season with a night of songs about ghosts, witches, vampires, murder, and love.
According to the Boston Herald “time has come for Mr. Fox” and TimeOutNYC advises, “catch him as his star rises.” Mr. Fox features 3rian King on voice and guitar, Nathan Cohen on violin and trumpet, Mike Leggio on upright bass, Lori Perkins on piano, and background vocals by The Furies.
Acclaimed singer/songwriter/cellist Kristen Miller opens the night.
http://www.kristenmillermusic.com/
get tickets here > http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/483913
Since our Vernal pond is very low at this time of year we get a lot of land based and flying visitors.
Today we had two Healthy looking Coyote’s. Blaze didn’t see them until they noticed me. I got one shot off with my Galaxy phone before they took off..
While mixing I always take long rides around Cape Ann to check out the sound in the Van. I also think about lyrics and themes while walking through Ravenswood or stopping at my favorite spots including Little River and Stubby Knowles Landing. This particular track seemed to fit perfectly with the Foliage around the West side of Gloucester as I shot the Album Cover over there a couple weeks ago and then last week decided that area would make for a great simple video shoot for a Blue Sky Sundown. Hope you enjoy this fun autumn cruise around Cape Ann.
Dan King
btw, features New Orleans Michael Ward-Bergeman on Accordion
7 all together. Come down to the dock to pick em up
95 East Main St
It was quite a night for Red Sox Nation. A few more photos.
Hi Joey,
On a recent visit to the railways, I snapped this shot of a Schooner Roseway crewmember who seemed to be right at home as he sat atop one of the masts.
Enjoy!
~Bill O’Connor
North Shore Kid
That town was jumpin!
Great job all the way around! Took the trolley from the Rockport Transfer station- less than 5 minutes of a ride on the cool trolley with a super friendly attendant and driver- total no brainer rather than driving in circles in downtown Rockport trying to find a spot to park.
Thanks for the time and energy you put in to make such a fantastic day- we really appreciated it.
and for anyone that missed it- you really ought to pencil it into your calendar for next year- It’s a must-do event.
-The 2013 Harvestfest poster, designed by the very talented Darren Mason!
Water Compliance Office
50 Essex Avenue
Gloucester, MA 01930
TEL (978)281-9792
FAX(978)281-9724
CITY OF GLOUCESTER
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS
WATER COMPLIANCE OFFICE
NOTICE TO OUR WATER CUSTOMERS- OCTOBER 18, 2013
WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE
Gloucester DPW will begin filling the Plum Cove Water Storage Tank in Lanesville midday Wednesday October 23, 2013, then sample it for water quality, and bring the tank into service the following week. During the tank filling Lanesville and Annisquam residents may temporarily experience pressure fluctuations and discolored water. The DPW is currently having the Blackburn Water Tank painted and anticipates bring that tank back into service in early November.
The DPW switched the distribution system disinfectant from chloramine to chlorine on October 7, 2013, when the West Gloucester Water Treatment Plant was brought into operation. Customers may notice a slight chlorine odor. The switch was made to aid in bringing these water storage tanks back into operation most effectively. The DPW anticipates switching the distribution system disinfectant back from chlorine to chloramines in November 2013 after the Blackburn Tank painting, filling, and sampling.
Also the DPW is currently approximately half way through routine fall water distribution piping flushing program fully across the entire city. Flushing may cause a change in the direction of flow in some water mains and may cause temporary discoloration of the water as iron particles in the pipe are stirred up. If you should experience “rusty” water, running a cold water tap for a few minutes will clear your line. We also recommend that you avoid the use of chlorine bleach during this time period to prevent staining of laundry if you are experiencing “rusty” water.
If you experience persistent water quality problems, please contact the DPW at 978-281-9785 or the Office of Water Compliance at 978-281-9792, so that selective flushing can be targeted to problem areas.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Larry Durkin,
GloucesterCast 10/20/13 With Guest Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro
GloucesterCast Podcast Taped 10/20/13 With Guest Toby Pett and Host Joey Ciaramitaro
Topics Include: Red Sox Clinching and Odds That John Farrell getting Manager of the Year, Farm Bar and Grille vying for East Gloucester Spot, Smartphones on planes, GMG Caps, Passports Closed for a couple of weeks for Olive Kitteridge miniseries taping, Posts of the week including Kim Smith’s Love Letters To Gloucester and Marty Luster’s Phyllis A Video, people who email comments to GMG instead of posting their comments under the respective post.
18 October, 2013
“Kindness is always in our power, even when fondness is not.”
Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)
Dr. Johnson was the most important English literary figure of his age. He wrote plays, essays and poems including the perceptive “Vanity of Human Wishes,” but he was best known for his Dictionary of the English Language (1755), an almost incomprehensible feat of mainly solo scholarship, written in just nine years, and the first to feature examples, largely from Shakespeare, Dryden, and Milton, of the 114,000 words in a literary context. Johnson was also the subject of one of the most famous biographies ever written, the minutely detailed Life of Samuel Johnson, by James Boswell. It is from this biography and other descriptions of the tics and outbursts of the good Doctor that it is now thought that he suffered from Tourette’s syndrome, a condition not yet defined in his time. Johnson is also credited with the observation that “Patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels.”
Although ubiquitous where ever we turn, I was curious about the several different species that are often observed fishing and feeding together at dawn. The flocks of seagulls that we see on Cape Ann at this time of year are typically comprised of two species and they are the Great Black-backed Gull and the Herring Gull. In the above photo taken at daybreak (click to view larger), you can see both species; the gulls with speckled feather patterns are first year fledglings of both the Great Black-backed and Herring Gulls.
Interestingly, early in the twentieth century, both species of gulls were mostly winter visitors, neither staying to breed when the weather warmed. The first pair of breeding Herring Gulls was discovered on Martha’s Vineyard in 1912. The first pair of breeding Great Black-backed Gulls was found in Salem in 1932.
The Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) is the larger of the two, up to 30,” with a black back and wings, yellow bill distinguished by a red dot on the bottom near the tip, and pinkish legs.
The Herring Gull (Larus argentus), at 25 inches, has gray wings tipped with black, gray back, white head, pinkish legs, and yellow bill also with a red dot on the bottom near the tip.
The Ring-billed Gull (Larus delawarensis) is also a regular visitor but according to Mass Audubon, it has never successfully bred in Massachusetts. The Ring-billed at first glance looks similar to the Herring Gull but is the smallest of the three at 17″ and is also easy to distinguish as it has yellow legs and a dark gray band near the tip of its bill.
Twins!
From Water Music, T.C. Boyle
WOW!!! From worst to first! What a difference a year makes.
This band was really something, and everyone had a great time dancing to them – and with them.
E.J. Lefavour
Good Morning Gloucester 