But you know we’re here in Gloucester MA where anything is possible.

next thing you know they’ll be riding around on these things at night with the whole thing lit up.  Crazy right?  Nope.

I just can’t resist these high contrast, high structure cloud shots.

Peter & I will be at Minglewood Tavern for the Berklee Jazz & Roots kick-off party.  The party opens up to the public at 9 p.m. (as space allows).  The Ralph Peterson Ensemble will be on the stage.  Tomorrow they are performing in NYC so you gotta catch ‘em tonight.  They’re HOT!

There are so many animals and birds…  Love this place …. walk and walk..  lots of fun and stress can go away…

The black-and-white Common Goldeneye is one of the last ducks to migrate south in fall and it often will winter as far north as open water permits.

The eyes of a Common Goldeneye are gray-brown at hatching. They turn purple-blue, then blue, then green-blue as they age. By five months of age they have become clear pale green-yellow. The eyes will be bright yellow in adult males and pale yellow to white in females.

These Common Golden Eyes are hanging out with a couple of red breasted mergansers.

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Common_goldeneye/lifehistory/ac

E.J. Lefavour

Video here-

Regular price for Reiki Level 1 / $180, Reiki Level 2 - $220 Save $120!!!!

New Reiki masters may be in attendance so it will be an extra powerful training!

Reiki level 1 class February 4, 10am – 7pm

Reiki level 2 class February 25, 10am – 7pm

Reiki level 1 must be complete before Reiki level 2!  Contact Silvie Lockerova at 978-412-5400 or register on facebook here now!  As always, we hope you will share this newsletter with friends and family, share on facebook, and help us spread the word.  We are grateful for your continued referrals and confidence!

Yours in Service,
Dr. Nicole Andrade,  Capeannhealingcenter.com

Did you like yesterday’s stripped down vs produced versions of Zero to the 101?  Click here if you missed it.

Well, we’re doing it again today!  This time we’ve got a new song that will be featured on ABC TV’s hit comedy Happy Endings next Wednesday 2/1 at 9:30pm.  Listen to the two versions now — and check out the TV version on Wednesday.

Here’s how to do it:

1) Watch this video of Brad Byrd singing Hourglass.

2) Click on the link below the video to hear the fully produced version of Hourglass that will be on TV.

Nine venues with great music tonight (see full lineup here)

You’ve got a rare chance to check out Berklee’s Ralph Peterson Ensemble at Minglewood.  This is a private kick-off party for Berklee Jazz & Roots that will open to the public at 9pm FREE (as space allows). 

Fish buoy by Kelsey Marr

Today’s featured buoy (by request) is the pop-up fish buoy by Kelsey Marr! Bidding starts at $20 in the comments section, send us an email (arthaveninfo@gmail.com) to confirm.

However, for your entertainment, I also bring you a great assortment of artist buoys to check out If you’d like to put a bid in on any of these, you’re more than welcome to in the comments section, just make sure to send us an email also (arthaveninfo@gmail.com). And the online bidding ends at 4:00 today. THEN, you come to the auction from 5:00-8:00 at Cruiseport!

Also, keep in mind that there will be live music, lots of local food, tons of beautiful kids buoys, childrens activities and, in case you haven’t heard… A BIG ANNOUNCEMENT FROM ART HAVEN ABOUT AWESOME PLANS FOR THE YEARS TO COME!!

Joey,

Good afternoon pal—I wanted to see if you could help me post something to help my friend Matt Light out with his charity.  Matt currently plays for the New England Patriots and has a unique raffle for Super Bowl tickets and they are $2.00 each—(less with more quantity buy) and all is done on line.  The proceeds go to his charity—“the Light Foundation”.  I have helped Matt with his cause over the past two years and he is a very genuine person.  Can you please post this link and info to your tremendous site and hopefully one of our locals will win and go to the big game?

I am connecting with you because our favorite left tackle, NE Patriot Matt Light, has asked me to reach out on his behalf to see if you might be able to help promote his SuperBowl raffle.  The details are here, but in essence, the winner gets two tickets to the game, a hotel room from Friday to Monday, a signed Brady jersey, a game ball signed by the starting O-line (all of which Matt will hand-deliver post SuperBowl,) and $2000 in travel dollars for a flight/transportation:
http://www.celebritiesforcharity.org/raffle/matt-lights-big-game-in-indy-raffle/
Please let me know your thoughts on this and thanks in advance for your help.

Best,

Jamie

A long grinding year of hard core lobstering comes to an end and the boys enjoy the fruits of their labor.

It was that day today for the crew of the Degelyse.

Hello Joey. I just wanted to remind you about the Garden to Table food fair going on in Manchester-by-the-Sea at the community center this coming Saturday from 10am to 1pm. We would love it if you could come by. We are having a panel and discussion, as well as lots of vendors from various local food sources. Hope to see you there!

Just in time for Valentines, John Wonson of Blue Gate Gardens will host a flower arranging class at the Rockport Senior Center on February 8 at 1PM. The cost is just $5.00 and you will take home a flower arrangement to enjoy. Reservations required 978-546-2573

St. Ann School of Cape Ann Open Houses

St. Ann School of Cape Ann (PK-8) invites families who are interested in Catholic education to visit an open house during Catholic Schools Week. A general open house will be held on Sunday, January 29 from 12:00 to 1:30 pm. An open house for our preschool and kindergarten programs will be held on Wednesday, February 1 from 9:00 to 11:00 am.  Please see the attached flyer for more information about our preschool and kindergarten programs.

Gloucester Daily Times, June 11, 1942
ENEMY SUB SENDS TWO LOCAL …
14 Fishermen Reach Shore Safely After Craft Are Shelled
Two Gloucester fishing draggers were shelled and sunk within a half hour of each other off the New England coast Wednesday afternoon, June 3, while the crews of both vessels were endangered by machine gun bullets, shrapnel from hurtling shells and even from direct shelling by an enemy submarine, a long dull grey craft without identification marks.

All 14 men in the crews managed to reach shore after 36 hours of rowing through fog and drenching rain, with neither crew able to salvage an ounce of food.  Capt. John O. Johnson, owner-skipper of the second craft shelled, told a graphic story of the event, while Capt. Joseph Ciametaro [sic], 27 years, Washington Square, skipper of the other boat, described the machine gunning.  The only casualty was Capt. Johnson’s dog "Snooksie."

First Local Casualties
These are the first Gloucester fishermen to be sunk by subs since late summer of 1918, when the German submarines took a toll of Gloucester swordfishermen and market fishermen on Georges Bank.  News of the sinkings were learned here within two days of the tragedy.

In Capt. Ciametaro’s crew were Sam Frontiero, 45 years, 19 Mansfield Street, engineer; Tony Frontiero, 35 years, 17 Elm Street, cook; Sam Orlando, 23 years, 7 Washington Square; Dominic Montagnino, 27 years, 21 Riggs Street; William Mahoney, 49 years, 12 Locust Street; Peter Frontiero, 27 years, 42 Fort Square; James A. Sheaves, 42 years, 12 Marchant Street.

Their craft, costing some $80,000 a couple years ago when she was built, was on the fishing grounds in the late afternoon, and had already made one set, getting 1500 pounds redfish, when in steaming toward what they thought would be a better spot, Orlando on watch forward, saw the conning tower of a submarine off a distance from them.  At first, they thought she might be an American submarine on patrol, but when the raider came within 300 feet of their craft, they saw men on deck armed with machine guns, letting loose a barrage of tracer shots at their craft.

Machine Gun House
"Orlando called me on deck and when I realized they were firing at us, I knew very well she was an enemy," said Capt. Ciaramitaro.  "I ran into the pilot house to get the compass, and as I did, some of the machine gun bullets smashed away at the house.  Mahoney who was up nearby came within inches of getting killed.  They must have thought the firing would be a warning.
"Anyway, we made for the two dories aboard, and lost no time in launching them into the water.  We didn’t even bother to get our clothing or anything else and even left the compass behind.  I had planned to break the seal on the radio telephone in the engine house and notify the Coast Guard that a sub was attacking us, but the firing was too hot for us, and it would take too many precious minutes to get this done.

"Sheaves, Orlando, Montagnino and Tony Frontiero were in the first dory, while Sam Frontiero and myself made for the other.
"Within five minutes of the machine gunning, the sub crew started firing from a gun mounted on deck.  I don’t know what type it was or how big.  I know that those shells came thick and fast, and there must have been anywhere from 40 to 50 shells sent at our boat.  One of the shells must have banged into the foc’s'tle, because we saw the stove come hurtling out through a shellhole in the port side of the boat.

"The shell that did the trick was the last one, smashing into the engine room, causing an explosion, which set the boat afire.  However, it was a half hour later before she finally sunk.  We couldn’t see how good their aim was, because we were on the opposite side from where they were shelling.
"There was a lot of shrapnel from the shells flying around us, but none of us was hit.  None of the crew bothered to speak to us and we said nothing to them.  We don’t know whether they were Germans or Italians.  They certainly weren’t friends.  They were tall and slim.  There were several men on the deck of the sub.

Many Misses
Orlando and others of the crew declared there were more misses than hits as the shells screamed overhead and around them.  It looked like the battle of the Marne might have looked, they thought.  The weather was clear with visibility of at least six or seven miles, said the skipper.  The sea was fairly smooth.

As the two dories were rowing away from the craft in which they had made big money in the past couple years, they saw a short while later smoke rising in the distance and knew that the neighboring dragger had been sunk.

Fog set in on the long pull to shore.  Guided only by the direction of the wind which the skipper had sensed as he left the dragger, the reckoning proved correct and brought them to land 36 hours later.  They rowed in reliefs of two, and both dories kept together.  They had no food, but did have a small amount of water.  It was a long hard pull and when they finally made it, every man was exhausted.  They were given strong steaming coffee, bacon and eggs, and it all tasted mighty good.  Later the navy took charge of the men and took their accounts of what had happened.  They arrived about 4:30 o’clock in the morning.
Asked as to whether or not they were frightened when machine gunned, the skipper exclaimed, "Of course we were scared.  With those bullets flying all around us, there was no wonder we were scared."

"Every time they would fire a shell it would knock the boat around," the skipper added.  "The next shell would swing around the other way."  Said Peter Frontiero, "To tell you the truth, we were stunned.  The sub skipper gave us plenty of time to get off, but he did have a lot of shots fired in the pilot house.  When he let the shells go, we knew he meant business and we got going.  We are glad they never hit our dories."

. . .at Maritime Gloucester, main pier rebuild.

Irrespective of who owns the pond, let’s all please not litter, and if you do see trash left behind, clean it up, and if you can’t manage the job yourself, email the wonderfully good eggs Donna Ardizzoni and her One Hour at a Time Gang for the really tough jobs.

Niles Pond Sunrise

From the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection website: Chapter 91 comprises four basic areas of geographical jurisdiction. Any activity that takes place in one of the hot link areas listed below requires Chapter 91 authorization. The areas are:

Flowed Tidelands – Any project located in, on, over or under tidal waters seaward of the present mean high water (MHW) shoreline. Jurisdiction in this case extends seaward three miles, to the state limit of territorial jurisdiction.

Filled Tidelands – The limit on filled tidelands is: A.) Outside Designated Port Areas, the first public way or 250 feet from mean high water, whichever is farther landward and B.) Inside Designated Port Areas, the historic MHW shoreline (i.e., all filled areas).

Great Ponds – Any project located in, on, over or under the water of a great pond. A great pond is defined as any pond or lake that contained more than 10 acres in its natural state. Ponds or lakes presently larger than 10 acres are presumed to be great ponds, unless the applicant provides unequivocal evidence to the contrary. Ponds 10 or more acres in their natural state, but which are now smaller, are still considered great ponds.

Non-Tidal Rivers and Streams – Projects located in, on, over, or under any non-tidal, navigable river or stream on which public funds have been expended either upstream or downstream within the river basin, except for any portions not normally navigable during any season by any vessel. Additionally, the Connecticut River, the Merrimack River and portions of the Westfield River are within jurisdiction.

Chapter 91: An Overview and Summary ~ Read more to find out how Great Pond Status directly affects Niles Pond:

Chapter 91: An Overview and Summary

The Commonwealth’s primary tool for protection and promotion of public use of its tidelands and other waterways is Massachusetts General Law Chapter 91, the waterways licensing program. The Commonwealth formally established the program in 1866, but the philosophy behind Chapter 91 dates back to the earliest days of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, most notably in the Colonial Ordinances of 1641-1647.

The Colonial Ordinances codified the “public trust doctrine,” a legal principle that dates back nearly 2000 years, which holds that the air, the sea and the shore belong not to any one person, but rather to the public at large.

The oldest program of its kind in the nation, Chapter 91 regulates activities on both coastal and inland waterways, including construction, dredging and filling in tidelands, great ponds and certain rivers and streams.

Through Chapter 91, the Commonwealth seeks to preserve and protect the rights of the public, and to guarantee that private uses of tidelands and waterways serve a proper public purpose. While other agencies, including the Department of Environmental Management, Massachusetts Coastal Zone Management and the Division of Fisheries and Wildlife, play a role in preserving public rights in public trust lands, the Waterways Regulation Program, the section of MassDEP that oversees Chapter 91, is the primary division charged with implementing the “public trust doctrine.” Specifically, the MassDEP Waterways Regulation Program:

Preserves pedestrian access along the water’s edge for fishing, fowling and navigation and, in return for permission to develop non-water dependent projects on Commonwealth tidelands, provides facilities to enhance public use and enjoyment of the water.

Seeks to protect and extend public strolling rights, as well as public navigation rights.

Protects and promotes tidelands as a workplace for commercial fishing, shipping, passenger transportation, boat building and repair, marinas and other activities for which proximity to the water is either essential or highly advantageous.

Protects Areas of Critical Environmental Concern, ocean sanctuaries and other ecologically sensitive areas from unnecessary encroachment by fill and structures.

Protects the rights of waterfront property owners to approach their property from the water.

Encourages the development of city and town harbor plans to dovetail local waterfront land use interests with the Commonwealth’s statewide concerns.

Assures removal or repair of unsafe or hazardous structures.

More than ever, the presence of a program like Chapter 91 is vital, especially because many of the fastest growing regions of the state, such as the North Shore, South Shore and Cape Cod and the Islands, are coastal areas. In these coastal areas, Chapter 91 regulations serve to protect traditional maritime industries, such as fishing and shipping, from displacement by commercial or residential development.

So the task seemed easy enough to me.

Send my buddy Ed down to What’s Cooking to partake in the free soup and $2 sliders opening day specials for lunch.

While there this morning to get the skinny before anyone else and bring you guys the video owner Brian rambled off a whole litany of soups and chilis packed with meat.

After inhaling a couple of sliders apiece and getting to the soup portion of our lunch I start to eat the soup and lo and behold Ed goes and gets us some vegan soup.

Now for many of you, vegetarian soup may cut it.  But for working men the unwritten rule is that you obviously go for the chicken or beef or chili soup.  What working man in this day and age opts for the vegan soup?

Fail.

This is not an indictment on the quality food at What’s Cooking mind you, the sliders were fantastic.

You Have Beef Chili and Chicken Veggie w/Rice and You Go Vegan On Me?  Really Ed???

What kind of cruel devious diabolical man are you anyway?