@PurelyBoston: Local drink-slinger @thegamingmixologist created 4 MBTA inspired mixed drinks that’ll get any Bostonian moving around town at high speed.

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Slippery when pollen: Windows open! Windows shut!

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I love the sunny days. Spring cleaning. White sheets drying on the line…whoops! Indoors, any flat surfaces coated yellow are as slippery underfoot–on tile and wood floors–as spilled baby powder or flour. The next rain may bring puddles outlined in yellow. In the meantime, what’s your dusting hack for pollen?

Hang in there to all who have allergies!

May 2023, Gloucester, MA.

A Visit To Blue Moon Farm

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I have driven by the sign along 133 a number of times, but this time my curiosity got the better of me so I pulled in to Blue Moon Farm on Choate Rd in Essex. It’s a small nursery FULL of young veggies, hanging plants, annuals (with more to come as the weather gets better) as well as very helpful and friendly staff. I chatted with owner Patti Byrne who told me many people have been asking for tomatoes but she will be offering them closer to Memorial Day weekend when they (and the soil) will be ready for them. Cindy Greely Beck was attending the check out and she mentioned that her parents follow Good Morning Gloucester from Florida, so a hearty shout out to them! Thanks for the follow! Anyhow, get to Blue Moon Farm on Choate St off 133 in Essex before the end of the seedling season. It was a delightful visit. Spring plantings offer SO MUCH HOPE.

Memoir Talk: Author Talk with Virginia McKinnon on Thursday evening, May 18

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As a part of May’s Local Memoir Series, the Sawyer Free Libraryis pleased to present Virginia McKinnonas she reads from her newly released memoir,A Fisherman’s Daughter: Growing Up Sicilian-American in the Oldest Fishing Port in America.All are invited to this special evening on Thursday, May 18, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at 21 Main Street in downtown Gloucester.

At age 93, this first-time author shares short stories of her heritage growing up in Gloucester, spanning her lifetime, including her late husband’s WWII experiences in the Asiatic Pacific. Drawing on her vivid memories from throughout her life as a child when she could hop fishing boat to fishing boat during St. Peter’s Fiesta in Gloucester Harbor to the joyful celebrations of marriage and family life, to her community and public life work as a social worker, eucharistic minister, lector, and writer, Virginia’s book documents a cultural history of…

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Waiting for Ducklings — pat morss

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There’s a continuing lull in activity as we wait for the first ducklings and other young wildlife to come out of hiding.

Lazy days for Dad as Mom is on the nest, at Niles Pond.
A Red-winged Blackbird flashes its signature wing patch.
Grackle: “What do those big birds find so interesting in the ocean? Wish I could swim.”
Catbird: “So, are you looking at my chest or my back?”
A handsome male Goldfinch in his breeding plumage.
To some, he is apparently handsome as well.
FEMALE Alert!
“I know you put a snap hook on the cage door, but I can still steal suet, one bite at a time.”
On the water, Ardelle is taking visitors out again.
The Right Whale lobstering moratorium is over, so Lady J. is putting out her traps.
For real, or training, USCG searches hours after a body was recovered off Rafe’s Chasm.

Boston’s Arts Fuse has posted Charles Giuliano’s review of Jeff Weaver at Cape Ann Museum.It’s a ravishing prequel to the blockbuster Hopper show that opens this summer.

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Dineh Tah Navajo Dancers  Presentation and Performance -Friday May 19th

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For more information link to CAM Dineh Tah’ Navajo Dancers 

Student Arts Festival at Cape Museum

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Bruce Tarr State Senator presents Official Citation from Massachusetts State Senate