Friday morning found the Jean Elizabeth at the Dogbar Breakwater. The lobster boat was close enough inshore for Charlotte to watch and understand what was happening and she was fascinated. Despite the numbing cold and wind, the men were hard at work. Thanks to our local Cape Ann lobstermen, we are blessed to have fresh caught lobsters throughout […]
Many, many thanks to Elizabeth Carey and Tess McColgan from Discover Gloucester for the invitation to the 38th Annual Schooner Festival press day event. It was a fantastic treat to watch the Schooner Challenge from the press boat, Blue Sky, with father son team Captain Al and first mate Ollie Fichera. Festival Schedule FESTIVAL PROGRAM […]
Our dear friend Jud Gale passed away on November 18, 2020. He was 93 and 3/4 year old. Jud lived everyday to the fullest and was an inspiration to all of we who were blessed to know him. He left behind his beautiful blended family of Gales and Gunns, along with a community of loving […]
Letter: Kennedy the clear choice August 26, 2020 To the editor: We will be voting for Joe Kennedy for senator on Sept. 1 in the Democratic primary and ask you, our Democratic and unenrolled friends, to join us! Six years ago, Ed Markey came to Gloucester to campaign for Senate. It was widely known that […]
The Mayor’s Schooner Festival Welcoming Reception was a fantastic success and wonderful fun. Maritime Gloucester’s dock was overflowing with Schooner Fest friends, well-wishers, and organizers. I think it was the most well attended ever and speaks to the growing success of Gloucester’s Schooner Festival (and to our Mayor’s charisma!). Mayor Sefatia welcomed Governor Baker, Lt. […]
This post is for Elizabeth Bish, who jogged past me while I was photographing the fishing boats in the fog. She wanted to be sure I posted the photo for her to paint. Here you go Elizabeth!
The day started with a wonderful chance meet up with Gloucester students and the Grow and Abrams-Dowd family. Thanks to both families for their kindness; I so enjoyed the train ride into town with Bo, Sarah, and Jason. We were amongst the early birds arriving on the scene and it was tremendously exciting to see […]
April 14, 2014 President Barack Obama The Honorable Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture The Honorable Sally Jewell, Secretary of the Interior Dear Mr. President, Mr. Secretary of Agriculture, and Madam Secretary of the Interior, In light of the severe decline of both the eastern and western monarch butterfly populations that has occurred since the late‐1990s, […]
Top Five Recommended Magnolias: Magnolia ‘Elizabeth’ Liv photo When Liv was attending Boston University I would often pick her up for lunch, and if the weather were fine, we’d end up at the Arnold Arboretum. After a winter of wearying shades of gray and brown, imagine our shared delight in coming upon the lovely Magnolia […]
Yesterday while visiting our daughter Liv we stopped briefly at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. We could not have come on a more perfect day to see both the magnolias and the cherry trees in the Japanese garden in full, spectacular bloom. You may recall that in a previous “Top Five Magnolias” post I mentioned that […]
Elizabeth Alexander, Gloucester, MA, wins Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Fellowship
Gloucester Daily Times ultra conservative far right editorial bias.
Liv moves to Brooklyn to study voice and opera at NYU Steinhardt graduate program.
Join author and illustrator Kim Smith on Saturday May 22nd at 11 am at the Wenham Museum where she will be presenting her latest talk, with photographs, titled “The Fragrant Path.” The Wenham Museum is offering a week-long program of special events, lectures, and presentations in conjunction with their 2010 Spring Benefit North Shore Design Show: Favorite Spaces.
Moonflowers (Ipomoea alba) and night-blooming cereus (Epiphyllum oxypetalatum), excerpt from Henry Mitchell’s “The Essential Earthman.” Cardinal climber (Ipomoea x multifida) planted for the southward migrating Ruby-throated hummingbirds.
How to control the red lily leaf beetle with an excerpt from Oh Garden of Fresh Possibilities!
Book Review of Romantic Gardens: Nature, Art, and Landscape Design, a sweeping survey of the Romantic movement in landscape design.
New Director’s Series at the Arnold Arboretum, Boston, MA.
History and culture of lilacs, French lilacs, Victor Lemoine, Leonid Kolesnikov
