My View of Life on the Dock
Getting things organized by Saturday so you can shop with ease and a breeze.
This sale will include
Leon on Johnny Carson:
Redbone’s career first gained momentum in the early ’70s when Bob Dylan sought him out at the Mariposa Folk Festival. Most folks were introduced to the man during his network debut on Saturday Night Live in 1976, where he showcased his indelible version of “Walkin’ Stick.” In a year typified by amplified arena rock, Redbone’s intimate, low-key delivery proved to be a jolting antonym. Since then the opportunities for this unlikely figure to impose himself on pop culture have been plentiful. He appeared as a wise, animated snowman opposite Will Ferrell in the $173 million-grossing comedy “Elf”. His duet with star Zooey Deschanel on the seasonal standard “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” served as the picture’s theme song. Over the years, Redbone has also provided TV title tunes to Mr. Belvedere and Harry and the Hendersons, and had a memorable guest role as a quixotic, guitar-wielding guardian to the character Corky on ABC’s critically acclaimed series Life Goes On. New York choreographer Eliot Feld recently created the ballets Mr. XYZ (featuring Mikhail Baryshnikov) and Paper Tiger, which were woven around Redbone’s signature songs. If there is one common element to Redbone’s diverse music it’s his mastery of his acoustic guitar. It is easy to get lost in his stage exploits (which often gravitate between vaudeville and performance art) and overlook what a truly fine player he is — fingerpicking with a ragtime bounce or jumping between chords with the grace of a hurdler. (Maybe the analogy should be with the grace of a card shark, because he makes it look so effortless it can often be deceiving.) Since then he’s played numerous talk shows, functioning as a favorite guest of Johnny Carson.
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On Sunday I had the two morning services at St. Joachim’s in Rockport. I snapped a few photos in between:
For Catholics, Easter (like Christmas) doesn’t end on the main day of celebration; it continues to be celebrated with special solemnity for 8 days, and with lesser liturgical solemnity for an entire “season” of fifty days, ending on Pentecost. So, marshmallow “peeps” and all the other Easter candy standards are still in season, if anyone’s looking for an excuse to take advantage of “post-Easter” candy sales!
Anxiously waiting for the summer and the Thomas E. Lannon sail out of Gloucester.
HELP! Now that I have your attention…my name is Phoebe. I am a sweet girl. My brother Dillon and I are at the shelter located at the Cape Ann Animal Aid, located at the Christopher Cuter Rich Animal Shelter, Four Paws Lane, Gloucester.
We had to be given up after seven years as out owner’s small child is allergic to cats.  So, we are looking for another happy home and hoping that we can be adopted together as we have never been apart. We are not allergic to people, we love them.  If you have the space in your home and heart to adopt us both, we would be jumping with you and we will have lots of fun and you will always have someone to talk to and you will always have a happy heart.
March 30, 2013
By Gail McCarthyStaff Writer
The towering wind turbines rising above Blackburn Industrial Park have already translated into revenue with the city, clearing $60,000 in the first three months, according to Mayor Carolyn Kirk.
That was just one element of information shared Thursday night by Kirk and three experts at a wind energy panel discussion that prompted more than 300 Gloucester and Rockport residents to flock to the Sawyer Free Library for a panel discussion on wind energy.
Within three months worth of performance, Kirk said this year’s revenue projection for this calendar year will be $430,000. The only reason that is below the $450,000 estimate is that in the first few months of operation, there were glitches that needed to be addressed and required the turbines to be turned off. Once the operation is in full swing, Kirk said the city will be on track to meet its savings projections.
For the entire article click here to view it at the Gloucester Daily Times website
March 31
Dog Day Afternoon on Good Harbor Beach
I counted 35!
Photo by Dimitra Lavrakas
Happy Easter to all our friends on Cape Ann. Sam & Carol Ina
Harold Burnham is getting his Pinky Schooner Ardelle ready for another exciting sailing season from Maritime Gloucester. She’s high and dry at the Maritime Gloucester Railway the oldest continuously operating marine railway in the country. –Len Burgess
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Joey,
Some pictures of Dawn Mitschele who played with Chelsea Berry at the Crowell Chapel in Manchester last Wednesday did a special show at The Landing at Seven Central in Manchester tonight. She has finished her Northeast swing and is headed across country tomorrow on her way back to San Diego. Her music is on iTunes.
Lowell
HELP WANTED!
The Magnolia Historical Society Inc. is seeking volunteers for the positions of;
Volunteers Coordinator – volunteer person needed to call other volunteers to volunteer.
Fundraising Coordinator – volunteer to be in charge of overseeing the fundraising committees.
Fundraising volunteers needed too.
Corresponding Secretary– Person to hand write thank you cards as needed.
Media Correspondent– volunteer to place MHS information in newspapers, radio and local internet based sites.
Please
email lisa@magnoliahistoricalsociety.com
or call Magnolia Historical Museum at 978-525-3311
Joohn Bassett has some nice things to say-
I very much enjoy Good Morning Gloucester, even though I have a studio in Rockport and don’t know many of the people mentioned. Thanks for this and keep it up!
John Bassett
Joe:
I created this photo montage of a recent visit of Newfoundlander to Gloucester to discuss the future of economies of harbor communities. Thought you could use it on the blog.
Paul
Their wings are my favorite in town.
Served Crispy with a variety of dipping sauces. 25 cents on Tuesdays.
Vickie S Van NessSent from my phone
At the end of a beautiful afternoon in late March.
About eight pair of Harlequin Ducks have been hanging out in Chapin’s Gully for the winter. Here are a few of them on Easter Sunday. They might be here for a few more weeks but they will be gone soon.
Where do they go? Not tired of the challenge of waves crashing on the coast for variety they spend the summer swimming in white water streams up in Canada. That’s where they have harlequin sex and hatch the next generation. the name harlequin means a clown, a buffoon. But they seem pretty stately to me and they are monogamous, no clowning around. Earlier in the winter there would be an odd number and chasing each other around asking each other for dates like teenagers but by this time of the year they are all paired up. Dabblers, they dive for a minute at a time or more. Around here I think they are eating the mussels that are packed in attached to the rocks but a crab might get nailed too.
The Most Highly Scented Lilacs
Tuesday, April 2nd, I am presenting my lecture The Fragrant Garden from 10:00am to noon for the Andover Garden Club. For more information see flyer: The Fragrant Garden.
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