Merry Christmas From Ann Kennedy

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Was so excited when the mailman brought the latest Yankee today!  A great spread on your fair town.
Merry Christmas to all and a big thank you to all GMG contributors for another year of terrific coverage of all things Cape Ann!
Grace and Peace to Gloucester,
Ann Kennedy

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Merry Christmas! – Gloucester holiday slideshow

Posted on by Matthew Green

Merry Christmas to all! May God bless you and give you joy, whatever your religious tradition and personal approach to the holiday season.

Remember:  Christmas is just beginning! Traditionally, the Christmas season lasts for more than a week (for Catholics, until the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, which falls on Jan 13 this year).  So, don’t rush to throw out those Christmas decorations!  You can still enjoy them for a while yet – at least for the famous “12 Days of Christmas” until Jan. 6!

Gloucester is a great place to spend Advent and Christmas.   Besides all the services, pageants and festivities in the religious context, there are lots of decorations and fun activities downtown.  Click on the photos below to see a slideshow of images taken during “Family and Friends’ Night” and “Men’s Night” on Main Street.

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I’ll be blogging from home in Connecticut for the next few days.

– Fr. Matthew Green

Representing GMG X 4

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Yesterday, four siblings came into the gallery. They are (l-r) Alex (Boston), Anthony (Bronx), Sarah (Boston), and Elizabeth (Raleigh, NC). They were looking for a present for their Mom, Joanne Leary, who teaches Yoga at the Rocky Neck Cultural Center and at the Glosta YMCA. They bought three maps from my MAP collection: Nahant, Peabody, and Gloucester, all from 1872. Why? Because their mother, Joanne, has lived in all three towns, and settled here. Welcome Joanne and your beautiful children! Merry Christmas and God Bless.

2012 Christmas Eve Dinner At The Casa

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Send In Your Christmas Dinner Table or Family Photos for The 2012 GMG FOB  Christmas or Kwanza or Hanukah Photo Post

Lobster Newburg

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Scallops Wrapped In Bacon

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Sista Felicia’s Cookies

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Olive Consalve

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A Guitar Players’ Christmas Poem For GMG From Jon Butcher

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey,

I humbly offer for your review this Christmas wish for my dear friends in Gloucester. Disclaimer; as you’ll discover the legacy of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow is still intact and need fear nothing from me as a poet- and I won’t be quitting my day job either !

Anyway Merry Christmas to you, your family and to everyone at GoodMorning Gloucester !

Sincerely, Jon Butcher

Butcher Block Music Publishing/ BMI

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A Guitar Players’ Christmas Poem

by Jon Butcher


Time is short
so I’ll say it simply-
Remember when we were young
all fresh-faced and pimply ?
Days were forever
possibilities limitless
We believed in stuff
even Old St Nicholas
Now we have houses
and kids of our own
mortgages and utilities
at least one iPhone
But the special times
the memories we hold
Keep us young at heart
the best remedy for feeling old
So I offer this wish
at the same time each year
Hold on to your dreams 
and be of good cheer
If Wishes were Fishes
they’d swim in the Deep
Merry Christmas to All-
now let’s all get some sleep.

Video- Lanesville Ride 4 Times Fast Filmed By Frank Ciolino

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Filmed By Frank Ciolino using the Kodak Playsport ZX3 and Kaylau nClamp.

Edited using Windows Live Movie Maker

Edmund Burke Quote of The Week

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

December 20, 2012

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”

Attributed to Edmund Burke, (1729-1797)

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Known as the Father of Conservatism, Burke, a native of Dublin and longtime Member of Parliament, was supportive of the American Revolution but condemned the French Revolution for its excesses. He wrote extensively on the role of government and was widely praised for his ability to clarify philosophical issues.

This quote, made popular by John Kennedy and attributed by him to Burke, is a good example of how difficult it can be to pin down exactly who said what several hundred years ago. According to The Quote Investigator, who often refers to The Quote Verifier by Ralph Keyes, it is likely that it may have been first pronounced in similar form by the Reverend Charles Aked, but is also attributed to Thomas Jefferson, John Stuart Mill and others. As with many of the quotable sentiments of the famous it has its roots in scripture, and expresses an ancient recognition that it is the duty of persons of good will to act, not merely to hope.

Greg Bover

Video- Una Furtiva Lagrima from Carlo Vogele

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Forwarded by FOB Charlie Carrol-

Carlo Vogele writes-

I shot this little musical film in my kitchen over a few weeks in late 2011. It is the result of my passion for beautiful sad opera songs and my interest in the tragic destiny of a fish.

It’s been in festivals this year, touring Annecy, Hiroshima, Ottawa, Telluride and more. It is also part of the 14th Animation Show of Shows. You can visit the blog for more making of pics and film info : furtivalagrimafilm.blogspot.com/

Enchanted Village Jordan’s Furniture Avon Ma. photos by Anthony Marks

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Christmas Whimsy

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Christmas Fujifilm X-E1 Multiple Exposure -2 ©Kim Smith 2012

Several weeks ago I posted several experiments taken with the new Fujifilm X-E1 multiple exposure setting. I really like this feature although I received some flack from a photographer friend informing me that double exposures can be created in Photoshop. Of course I know that, I just like the immediacy of composing in the camera and in the moment and think the feeling that is achieved is reminiscent of the accidental effects created in film photography. These photos were all shot in very low light indoors and I am looking forward to playing more with this feature outdoors on a warm sunny spring day, with butterflies and other living creatures as muses, rather than imaginative Christmas fairies!

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Christmas Fujifilm X-E1 -1 Multiple Exposure ©Kim Smith 2012

Christmas Fujifilm X-E1 Multiple Exposure -3 ©Kim Smith 2012

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Hood Heavy Cream at Stop and Shop

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 Stop and Shop Heavy Cream©Kim Smith

Yesterday while picking up cream for our holiday pies I was reminded of Joey’s post from several weeks ago, “Can this tiny thing of heavy cream really cost $3.69???,” where he pointed out the ridiculous cost of the 16 ounce Hood heavy cream from Shaws, priced at $3.69.  GMG reader Jenna commented that the Market Basket price was $2.99. Yesterday, the 16 ounce container of heavy cream at Stop and Shop was $2.39. I am glad to see these more competitive prices from both Stop and Shop and Market Basket. For the grocery items I purchase for my family, Stop and Shop’s prices are consistently the least expensive of the three chains.

Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby” Holiday Song of the Day

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“Santa Baby” was originally recorded by Eartha Kitt and Henri René and his orchestra in 1953. The song was written by Joan Javits (niece of Senator Jacob Javits) and Philip Springer. I hope you enjoy the glamor shots and vintage fashions in this video as much as do I!

Santa Baby, slip a sable under the tree, For me.
been an awful good girl, Santa baby,
so hurry down the chimney tonight.

Santa baby, a 54 convertible too,
Light blue.
I’ll wait up for you dear,
Santa baby, so hurry down the chimney tonight. Continue reading “Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby” Holiday Song of the Day” →