My View of Life on the Dock
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We attended a recent O’Maley Shamrocks Hockey game for the boys and it was a great night for our team. Taking good shots through the glass continues to be a challenge but here in the future of GHS hockey:
SATURDAY, JANUARY 20
10:00 a.m. — 5:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public
Celebrate the fish city’s recognizably salty character with local cultural institutions and businesses during the 3rd Annual Gloucester’s So Salty festival on January 20 and 21, 2024 from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm! Over 1,800 people came out last year to share their salty pride while enjoying free ice sculptures and cultural activities around Downtown Gloucester.
The Cape Ann Museum is partnering with Discover Gloucester and several area cultural institutions and businesses to offer two full days of free programming in the coldest part of the year. Inspired by the annual Salem’s So Sweet event, this two-day event will include ice sculptures, live music, salty treats, free kids’ art activities, and much more.
Specific times subject to change, check back soon for even more fun activities!
Please join us as we bid farewell to a year packed full of gatherings for one final hurrah on
Sunday, December 31st
Cape Ann YMCA
6:30-8:30pm
Expect an under-sea extravaganza featuring dazzling lights, warm beverages, delicious sweets, exciting music, and a community countdown to 2024
FEATURING:
Light Installation & Show by LuminArtz
Music by Kicked off the Bus
Cape Ann YMCA
7 Gloucester Crossing Road, Gloucester
All week the fog has enveloped the whole area.
photos: Mood between Christmas and New Year’s. 12/29/2023 after the rain, sea foam ribbons streak the ocean between GHB and Twin Lights. (No foam by the surfers.) Views from Long Beach.
Clean Cut…
Gloucester vs Barrington ~ Championship game, Cape Ann Savings Bank Tournament 12/28/2023 (Replay)
https://youtu.be/HNq-ezwddeU
We took a ride to Parker River National Wildlife Refuge a couple of days ago just to see what there is to see. We came across a hawk feasting as well as what my Merlin bird app told me was an American Bittern (apparently a somewhat rare sighting). We also saw a hawk resting atop the “Pink House”, a sight which is endangered as it’s being considered for removal.
A POEM BY BOB ALVES
She waits for those – Who cannot return
They she gave port – seasons past and once again
She looks back and leaves not without remembrance, for etched are the names – Knelt at the entrance
She is a warm blanket, providing comfort and alike
Well read, silently-still, amid promise – watching leaders voice in the lights
Though garments worn while seasons pass become frail – Life’s renewing cause, She inertly hales
For She will live long and has been taught
Comforted by garments of eld, provides not
A Nor-easter, a heartfelt sigh
The clouds forewarn, some may die
It is now We, silently watched with a grin
She waits for those – Who cannot return
They She gave port – seasons past – and once again
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Bob Alves is a graduate of Gloucester High School and Boston College. Bob’s waterfront roots go back to the early 70’s
when he worked as a dock-boy for John Cluett with his brother Dean at Bickford’s Marina in Rocky Neck. At the age of 15 Bob’s grandmother bought him the first of many boats, a “Montgomery Fish” sailboat. Now in his mid-sixties, Bob continues to be a waterfront activist and enjoys his time with his brother aboard the “Message She Gave.”
COVER PHOTO: iStock Photo donated by Terry Weber Mangos
It may have been gray day on Wednesday but the reflection at Gloucester Harbor was peaceful.
Fore ‘n’ Aft…
Good Morning Gloucester 