tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83445062024-03-07T18:11:47.604-05:00Steve's 2 CentsLearning, sharing, and laughing about life experiencesSteve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.comBlogger4328125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-66119849209195375092023-01-02T19:20:00.003-05:002023-01-02T19:45:29.742-05:00My 3 words for 2023<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I decided to pick up the 3 word goals for 2023 after skipping it for a while.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I chose a creative setup for the three words:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://www.quietpoet.com/2023/01/ghazal-3-words-for-2023.html" target="_blank">Ghazal: 3 words for 2023</a></b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>Traveled miles to bend over, cup my hands for snow </span></span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">crusted </span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">at the driveway edge making the first </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">snowball </span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">of the season, cold and full of life</span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><span><br /></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>A wire clothes hanger straightened, same as my father taught me </span></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>to use to fish something from a hard place, was lying </span></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>on the edge of their driveway, cold and full of life</span></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><span><br /></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>You can despair when the band of clouds hides what could be </span></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>a glorious sunset, or turn and look the other way to see </span></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>a white orb in the distance, cold and full of life</span></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><span><br /></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>Just out of reach of the tree branches the white orb flies, </span></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>an almost orb at same time, whole yet not completely </span></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>revealed in this light, cold and full of life</span></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><span><br /></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>Filled the 3 bird feeders, emptying 40 lbs bag of mixed seeds </span></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>to nourish those winged by what's left </span></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>of the light this day, cold and full of life</span></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><span><br /></span></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>SHARE, LEVERAGE, & EXPAND reveal themselves </span></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>as my three guiding words for this new year providing </span></span></p></span><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span>nourishment for this day which otherwise is cold and full of life</span></span></p></span></span></blockquote><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>Why these three words?</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Share</b> is what I do on a regular basis and what I need to spend more time on is sharing more about the collaboration underway with Franklin TV & wfpr.fm. This should be the year we introduce the portal to bring about the vision of "Watch, Listen, Read."</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Leverage</b> is a repeat word but as important as ever to be as efficient as possible.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Expand</b> is the new word this year as I seek to expand ever so slightly within the realms already to help foster the leverage and enhance the sharing underway.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8c66a3e5-7fff-f40d-0349-3d7e1dfb30a6"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 18px; white-space: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>#my3words</b></span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br />You can find the last ones I choose in the archives</span> <a href="https://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2015/01/3-word-goals-mentor-leverage-exercise.html" target="_blank">https://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2015/01/3-word-goals-mentor-leverage-exercise.html</a></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">You can find more of my poetry at <a href="https://quietpoet.com" target="_blank">quietpoet.com</a></span></p><p><br /></p>Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.406187613.776818263821156 -106.5624376 70.397285936178847 -36.249937599999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-40637122771115588622022-09-15T05:00:00.004-04:002022-09-15T05:00:00.191-04:00Milestones can creep up on you<div style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-1f61b71a-7fff-1986-da68-b8b5f986c0d2"><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“If you miss the train that I am on, </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">you will know that I am gone”</span></span></p></blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">From </span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Peter, Paul and Mary from <b>500 miles</b> -> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADN1lLEp3H0" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: verdana; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADN1lLEp3H0</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span><br />
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ADN1lLEp3H0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“When I wake up, well, I know I'm gonna be</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm gonna be the man who wakes up next to you”</span></span></p></blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Another <b>500 Miles</b> performed by the Proclaimers -> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><br /></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tbNlMtqrYS0" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
<p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“My name is Robert Wilson</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I'm from Eau Claire, Wisconsin</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I've been living out of a</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Suitcase now for fourteen days…”</span></span></p></blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>3,000</b> miles by Ellis Paul -> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13AHwW076Ao" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13AHwW076Ao</span></a></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“Do you love the rain, does it make you dance</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">When you're drunk with your friends at a party?</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">What's your favorite song, does it make you smile?</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Do you think of me?”</span></span></p></blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>10,000</b> hours by Dan & Shay with Justin Bieber -> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EAliOfw_2w" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EAliOfw_2w</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><blockquote>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3EAliOfw_2w" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"></span></span></p></blockquote><p> </p><blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">“It was just after dark when the truck started down</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The hill that leads into Scranton Pennsylvania.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Carrying thirty thousand pounds of bananas”</span></span></p></blockquote><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>30,000</b> pounds of bananas by Harry Chapin -> </span><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8I-zPmTPzM" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q8I-zPmTPzM</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p>
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I had created </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">30,000 posts for Franklin Matters. <a href="https://www.franklinmatters.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.franklinmatters.org/</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I report on what happens in Franklin, providing c</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">itizen journalism with plenty of help from dozens of informers, readers, listeners, and commenters.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It results in a daily newsletter published successfully for 5,429 days </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">(and yes, that number increases each day), </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">That means an average of 5.5 posts per day covering</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"> meeting notes, sports results, press releases and a</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">ll that matters in Franklin.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It is a labor of love and care as </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">my public service effort for Franklin and I can't do it alone. 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The trip was twice rescheduled, finally happening the third time. For the first reschedule we did nothing. COVID-19 had its complete lock down at the time. We survived fearful but remained healthy. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The second time, we tried an alternative trip, and after testing, juggling arrangements, had a glorious adventure driving 1900 miles over 12 days on the Ring Road around Iceland. Glaciers, geysers, waterfalls… natural wonders of this living earth.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The third time, yes, the charm; we managed to complete a piece we couldn't do before in Iceland (the western fjords), and then got to do the cruise to Greenland. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The well captained boat traveled along the coast, down the eastern side, up the western side of Greenland, putting us ashore from an anchorage point to explore. The natives welcomed the economic gain. The villages mostly were small, their population doubling when the 130plus passengers came ashore. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They really do live in another world, primitive in many ways, more naturally balanced also by living within, and in respect of the land, and the resources it offers. There is no ownership of the land, how foreign a concept for both of us, in different ways. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">During the off hours cruising, I spent some time reading and enjoying the view. Managed to complete "<b><i>The Carbon Almanac</i></b>" on the boat. Edited by Seth Godin, it is a compendium of facts, tables, photos and more. The effort a result of over 500 folks input and collaboration. To avoid the thoroughly depressing info it contained, I picked up "<i><b>The Book of Hope, A survival guide for trying times</b></i>". A series of conversations between Douglas Abrams and Jane Goodall (yes, she of the chimps).</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A most worthy read and just what I needed. Some may be aware that I had started a series of podcast conversations to "make sense of climate" with a local activist, Ted McIntyre. And while he and I discussed various aspects of the climate roadmap, to help me make sense of the conflicting messages out there, it was still troubling. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fortunately, Jane and Douglas were able to bring me around to hope. They did so with their conversations. Very much a parallel to what I had been doing, exploring an issue at a time. The stories and anecdotes that Jane shared were plentiful, insightful, as well as entertaining, and most importantly, generating hope.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Highlight - Page xiii</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Jane - "Probably the question I am asked more often than any other is: Do you honestly believe there is hope for our world? For the future of our children and grandchildren? And I am able to answer truthfully, yes. I believe we still have a window of time during which we can start healing the harm we have inflicted on the planet— but that window is closing. If we care about the future of our children and theirs, if we care about the health of the natural world, we must get together and take action. Now— before it is too late."</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Highlight - Can Science Explain Hope? > Page 28</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Douglas writes - “Archbishop Tutu once told me that optimism can quickly turn to pessimism when the circumstances change. Hope, he explained, is a much deeper source of strength, practically unshakable. When a journalist once asked Tutu why he was optimistic, he said he was not optimistic, he was a ‘prisoner of hope,’ quoting the biblical prophet Zechariah. He said hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness."</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">''Yes,” Jane said. “Hope does not deny all the difficulty and all the danger that exists, but it is not stopped by them. There is a lot of darkness, but our actions create the light.”</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">They outline 4 reasons for hope:</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reason 1: The Amazing Human Intellect</span></span></li><li><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reason 2: The Resilience of Nature</span></span></li><li><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reason 3: The Power of Young People</span></span></li><li><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reason 4: The Indomitable Human Spirit</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">They provide wonderful anecdotes to make their points. There are 3 that </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I'll share here that touched me in a special way</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">First</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Highlight - Reason 1: The Amazing Human Intellect > Page 60</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"Indigenous cultures have always had a close connection with the natural world. There are so many wise shamans and healers among the indigenous people, so much knowledge about the benefits of living in harmony with the natural world.”</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Highlight - Reason 2: The Resilience of Nature > Page 73</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Quite often, and sometimes perhaps more intensely than others. I remember one spring day about ten years ago I stood with Inuit elders by the great ice cliff in Greenland and watched as water cascaded down and icebergs calved. The Inuit elders said that when they were young the ice there never melted, even in the summer. Yet it was late winter. They were weeping. That was when the reality of climate change hit me viscerally. And I felt pain in my heart for the plight of the polar bears as I watched rafts of ice floating where the ice sheet should have been firm and hard.”</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We recently stood at or near the same spot in Greenland.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Second</span></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the course of their conversation, Jane touted the Lord of the Rings, one of my most read and favorite works. For 10-15 of years after I first read it, I re-read the trilogy (and prequel - "The Hobbit") every year.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Highlight - Reason 4: The Indomitable Human Spirit > Page 169</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“I think it provides us with a blueprint of how we survive and turn around climate change and loss of biodiversity, poverty, racism, discrimination, greed, and corruption. The Dark Lord of Mordor and the Black Riders symbolize all the wickedness we have to fight. The fellowship of the Ring includes all those who are fighting the good fight—we have to work so hard to grow the fellowship around the world.”</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b><span style="font-family: verdana;">Third</span></b></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Highlight - Reason 4: The Indomitable Human Spirit > Page 166</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">“Here we are—Jia Haixia and Jia Wenqi.” Jane spelled the names for me and then closed her laptop and began a story she obviously loved. “They live in a small village in rural China and have been friends since they were boys. Haixia was blind in one eye at birth from a cataract and lost sight in the other eye in a factory accident, and when Wenqi was only three years old he lost both his arms when he touched a downed power line. When Haixia lost his sight completely he became really depressed and Wenqi realized that he must find something they could do that would give purpose to Haixia’s life. At that point they were in their mid-thirties. “I don’t know how long it took Wenqi to think up his plan, but he suddenly got the answer. Both had often talked about how the land around their village had become increasingly degraded since they were young. Quarrying had polluted the rivers, killing fish and other aquatic life, and industrial emissions had polluted the air. “I can just imagine Wenqi telling his friend that what they should do was plant trees. And I bet Haixia was incredulous at first—how could they do that? They didn’t have any money, and he was blind and Wenqi had no arms. Wenqi had the answer—he would be Haixia’s eyes and Haixia would be his arms. “They couldn’t afford to buy seeds or saplings, so they decided to clone from branches cut from the trees. Haixia did the cutting while Wenqui directed him to the right place. And they walk from place to place with Haixia holding on to one of Wenqui’s empty sleeves. At first it all went wrong. They were excited they managed to plant about eight hundred cuttings in the first year, but imagine how they felt when spring came and only two of them were alive. The land was simply too dry. At that point Haixia wanted to give up, but Wenqi told him that was not an option—they would just have to find a way to get water to the trees. “I don’t know how they did that—but, anyway, they did. They planted more cuttings, and this time most of them survived.” Jane said together they have now planted over ten thousand trees. At first the other villagers were skeptical, she told me, but now they help to take care of those very special trees.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If Wenqui and Haixai can accomplish something in their way, anything is possible!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So I am back from play, ready and refreshed to tackle each day anew. The work is here and remains to be done. I am empowered with more hope to tackle this work. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Let’s begin!</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gwu8hSQJtEOFT5x0mX8ZL8r9k7OD4aYcWbyL34iJk8HRMR4Aec6Eo0PrNoF5QJhxsPACcLCHeqy45sBtKtOyCAcFLtsyNafWG18FAMEi2qqWjBrE76quonS7LRBlBwnOXb-LmCPkKh_rl-VWxEbH_zXgZcNQZm9TjxboCPeoiM2ZoesGGg/s1920/PXL_20220820_185044090_exported_129380.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Among the icebergs near Disko Bay, multiple humpback whales were feeding and I caught this one as it dove" border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_gwu8hSQJtEOFT5x0mX8ZL8r9k7OD4aYcWbyL34iJk8HRMR4Aec6Eo0PrNoF5QJhxsPACcLCHeqy45sBtKtOyCAcFLtsyNafWG18FAMEi2qqWjBrE76quonS7LRBlBwnOXb-LmCPkKh_rl-VWxEbH_zXgZcNQZm9TjxboCPeoiM2ZoesGGg/w320-h180/PXL_20220820_185044090_exported_129380.jpg" title="Among the icebergs near Disko Bay, multiple humpback whales were feeding and I caught this one as it dove" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: x-small;">Among the icebergs near Disko Bay, multiple humpback whales were feeding and I caught this one as it dove</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Links</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Carbon Almanac -></span> <a href="https://thecarbonalmanac.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thecarbonalmanac.org/</a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Book of Hope - Amazon link -></span> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Book-Hope-Survival-Trying-Global/dp/1250784093" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Book-Hope-Survival-Trying-Global/dp/1250784093</a></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video of <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Jia Haixia and Jia Wenqi</span> -></span> <a href="https://youtu.be/C2cqQA_zsKY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/C2cqQA_zsKY</a></li></ul></div></span>Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.406187613.776818263821156 -106.5624376 70.397285936178847 -36.249937599999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-45999225064337929152022-07-19T07:00:00.002-04:002022-07-19T08:31:12.857-04:00My presentation on "Sharing Your Identity on Social Media" is available via YouTube (video)<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The first of my two sessions at the <span color="var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color,var(--yt-spec-text-primary))" style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"><b>Metrowest Symposium</b>: "Sharing Your Identity on Social Media" is now available for viewing via YouTube. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span color="var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color,var(--yt-spec-text-primary))" style="background-color: #f9f9f9;">Franklin TV recorded this session and each of the other breakout sessions. The format of the day called for two sessions each on four topics. While the sessions themselves covered the same topic, the Q&A in each may have been slightly different as the participants changed. The first session was recorded, the second was not.</span></span></p><p><span><span color="var(--ytd-video-primary-info-renderer-title-color,var(--yt-spec-text-primary))" style="background-color: #f9f9f9;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Video link -></span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> </span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/13pFVkq-xBY" rel="nofollow" style="font-family: georgia;" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/13pFVkq-xBY</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Presentation copy -> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"> <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jJwrncHOzm9GsZ3uARfLFgwuCZQbCDuP/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101938843903614700481&rtpof=true&sd=true" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jJwrncHOzm9GsZ3uARfLFgwuCZQbCDuP/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=101938843903614700481&rtpof=true&sd=true</a></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Audio for the keynote and introductory remarks was shared earlier -> </span> <a href="https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/05/blog-post.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.franklinmatters.org/2022/05/blog-post.html</a></p><p><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img alt="Arts & Culture Symposium" border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="800" height="160" src="https://img.evbuc.com/https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.evbuc.com%2Fimages%2F247835349%2F47686675323%2F1%2Foriginal.20220315-130900?w=800&auto=format%2Ccompress&q=75&sharp=10&rect=0%2C0%2C2160%2C1080&s=de3bf557e105a7925802d83052e3f26e" style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #33aaff; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 14.85px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; position: relative;" title="My presentation on "Sharing Your Identity on Social Media" is available via YouTube (video)" width="320" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">My presentation on "Sharing Your Identity on Social Media" is available via YouTube (video)</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/13pFVkq-xBY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe>Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.406187613.776818263821156 -106.5624376 70.397285936178847 -36.249937599999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-53187742292948973542022-07-15T05:00:00.002-04:002022-07-16T09:04:04.122-04:00From baseball to ball point pens<div style="text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-90c8b0d7-7fff-c30e-29d8-97b7feb87e8e"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Growing up my adventure in sports started with </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">baseball</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, the one round, white, stitched with red thread seams</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">At first, usually not picked until the lineups were pretty full, the message was practice</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Practice to get good enough to get picked earlier</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I played multiple positions at first because that was available, then by choice to be available</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Wherever needed, even behind the plate, fully decked out in protective gear to play on a hot day</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">And play is what I wanted, i needed to play so I could get up to hit</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Hitting was where it was happening, waiting on the pitch, </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Was it good enough to hit, or should I lay off, decisions, split second choices</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Going with the pitch when I could, making contact, becoming a regular hitter, lots of solid hits</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As i grew taller, the bigger round, orange ball, yes, </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">basketball </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was recommended</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So i learned to play that too, the same routine as when starting baseball, picked last </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Again, the message was to practice, so I did, and it was easier with a ball and a hoop even alone</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Even if the court was uneven, as long as the rim was close to standard height</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The practice was worthy and over time, I moved up the pecking order</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Getting picked earlier for my height and then for my grit</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Doing the little things, playing defense, boxing out, calling out, </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">making good passes, all the little things for team play developed a decent shot, balance, aim and follow through, hitting high percentage free throws</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Still later along in life, the other large ball, also white but mostly stitched in white threads,</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Softball</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, and not really that soft, called for an after work game with colleagues</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Able to do something different than making phone calls, pushing paper</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Slow pitch, high arc, shorter base paths, all dirt but otherwise</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Similar hitting, catching, throwing, and smart running</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Made for a good game with liquid refreshments post game</span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Later still, walking now, the running and aggressive action days are mostly behind me</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Walking is my fun, time to observe, time to think through things, time to work things out</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Preparing the storylines, crafting the writing, virtually and in real life </span></span></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Sharing on the page, the lessons learned, the trials suffered, challenges survived</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Building toward a better place, a hopeful future, finding words worthy of the time</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">That once was real and can be recalled again with the right words and phrases</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">shared with the Senior Story Hour on July 13, 2022</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><br /></span></div>Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.406187613.776818263821156 -106.5624376 70.397285936178847 -36.249937599999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-45042998089899028472021-10-05T07:00:00.016-04:002021-10-05T09:04:55.612-04:00Sherlock Foolish Music: "Oh The Pretty Bird" rewritten<span id="docs-internal-guid-91d9b522-7fff-2fed-9a3c-c7ae3af28cf9"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">I am reading “The Double Life of Bob Dylan” by Clinton Heylin </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Double-Life-Bob-Dylan-1941-1966/dp/0316535214" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/Double-Life-Bob-Dylan-1941-1966/dp/0316535214</a></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 14.6667px; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Where I found Bob did a version of Cuckoo </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">and he is not the only one - </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">149 collected or recorded versions</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> according to wikipedia </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo_(song)" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Cuckoo_(song)</span></a></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">One of the most recent versions is an enchanting song I had seen “Rising Appalachia” do in a cool video </span><a href="https://youtu.be/h6ow2Z5Jh9Y" rel="nofollow" style="text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://youtu.be/h6ow2Z5Jh9Y</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So while I am wrapped in preparation for the Franklin election season</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Candidates, interviews, questions & answers, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">ultimately leading to a vote on Nov 2</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Upon which the town government can/will move forward </span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; white-space: pre-wrap;">- how would it? It all depends on the vote and who wins</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So that was the inspiration behind this </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Imagine a nice banjo and folk guitar tune, and a better voice than mine </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">as I rework the lyrics of this old folk song ...</span><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="display: inline-block; position: relative; width: 100px;"></span></span></p></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><p>-----------</p><span id="docs-internal-guid-9af87b03-7fff-e39e-b827-0af24cb96d8b"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The candidate from Franklin talks as he walks</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">she brings good tidings written in chalk</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ignoring the flowers they make their voice clear</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The more we ignore, the more they’ll play to fear</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh the cuckoo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She’s a pretty bird</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How I wish she was mine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She never drinks whiskey</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She only drinks wine</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The voters from Franklin want answers today</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">To the key questions, what’ll the candidates say?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Storm water or fee increase, Mask or override</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The voters guide will help us decide </span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh the cuckoo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She’s a pretty bird</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How I wish she was mine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She never drinks whiskey</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She only drinks wine</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Whether young or old, the time is near</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Candidates to reveal what they hold dear</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The voters can cast their vote as they may</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">And we’ll see a new board after that day</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh the cuckoo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She’s a pretty bird</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How I wish she was mine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She never drinks whiskey</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She only drinks wine</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How each board will manifest remains to be seen</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">So let’s keep the campaign real clean</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Or we’ll need liquid spirits to provide</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Relief as we settle in for the ride</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Oh the cuckoo</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She’s a pretty bird</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">How I wish she was mine</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She never drinks whiskey</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: 13pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">She only drinks wine</span></p></span><p><br /></p><p><span face="Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #990000; font-size: 14.85px; font-style: italic;">Sherlock's Foolish Music (MADCAP Records) 2021</span></p><p> </p>
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<div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Franklin 2021 "Election Collection" -> </span><span style="font-family: georgia;"><a href="https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/07/franklin-election-collection-2021.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.franklinmatters.org/2021/07/franklin-election-collection-2021.html</a></span></div><p><br /></p></div>Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.406187613.776818263821156 -106.5624376 70.397285936178847 -36.249937599999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-19018128969836712222021-08-30T08:00:00.002-04:002021-08-30T10:39:13.697-04:00great catalysts reduce roadblocks<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Great quotes: </span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><blockquote><span style="font-family: verdana;">"<i>Because rather than asking what might convince someone to change, catalysts start with a more basic question: Why hasn’t that person changed already? What is blocking them?</i>"</span></blockquote><p></p><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And this: </span></div><div dir="auto" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><blockquote>"<i>These five ways to be a catalyst can be organized into an acronym. Catalysts reduce Reactance, ease Endowment, shrink Distance, alleviate Uncertainty, and find Corroborating Evidence. Taken together, that forms an acronym, REDUCE. Which is exactly what great catalysts do. They REDUCE roadblocks. They change minds and incite action by reducing barriers to change.</i>"</blockquote><p>Catching up (yes, I have quite a bit to do) to sharing this from Jonah Berger via Maria Shriver <a href="https://mariashriver.com/the-5-key-roadblocks-to-change/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mariashriver.com/the-5-key-roadblocks-to-change/</a></p><div style="text-align: left;">Mitch Joel has a good conversation with Jonah you can listen to here -> <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.sixpixels.com/podcast/archives/spos-740-jonah-berger-on-being-a-catalyst-for-change/&source=gmail&ust=1630420025296000&usg=AFQjCNHc3Aq1BI7dYZyUyHR-WD_DYkcrGw" href="https://www.sixpixels.com/podcast/archives/spos-740-jonah-berger-on-being-a-catalyst-for-change/" style="color: #1155cc; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" target="_blank">https://www.sixpixels.com/<wbr></wbr>podcast/archives/spos-740-<wbr></wbr>jonah-berger-on-being-a-<wbr></wbr>catalyst-for-change/</a></div></span><p style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></p></div>Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.406187613.776818263821156 -106.5624376 70.397285936178847 -36.249937599999996tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-54735473881917942102020-02-25T06:00:00.000-05:002020-02-25T06:00:09.238-05:00"hunger was not an issue of scarcity but rather a matter of logistics"<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"here in the United States, nearly 40 million people experience hunger every single year, including more than 11 million children that go to bed hungry every night. Yet, we're wasting more food than ever before -- more than 80 billion pounds a year, to be exact. The EPA estimates that food waste has more than doubled between 1970 and 2017, and now accounts for 27 percent of everything in our landfills. And as this food sits, it gradually rots and produces harmful methane gas, a leading contributor to global climate change. We have the waste of the food itself, the waste of all the money associated with producing this now-wasted food and the waste of labor with all of the above. And then there's the social inequity between people who really need food and can't get it and people who have too much and simply throw it away.<br /> <br />All of this made me realize that hunger was not an issue of scarcity but rather a matter of logistics. So in 2017, I set out to end hunger using technology. After all, food delivery apps had begun to explode on the scene, and I thought surely we can reverse-engineer this technology and get food from businesses like restaurants and grocery stores and into the hands of people in need. I believe that technology and innovation have the power to solve real problems, especially hunger. "</span></blockquote>
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<br />Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.406187641.9927806 -71.5675491 42.1813236 -71.2448261tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-62797965797691984272020-02-24T06:00:00.000-05:002020-02-24T06:00:07.548-05:00Your data: You should own it<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Throughout history, there has always been a trade-off between liberty and equality in the pursuit of prosperity. The world has constantly been going through the circle of wealth accumulation to wealth redistribution. As the tension between the haves and have-nots is breaking so many countries, it is in everyone's interest, including the large data companies, to prevent this new form of inequality. "</span></blockquote>
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Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.406187641.9927806 -71.5675491 42.1813236 -71.2448261tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-15696056942267586902020-02-22T06:00:00.000-05:002020-02-22T06:00:01.247-05:00PodCamp Western MA - student tickets available<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"<a href="https://cccnews.info/?campusnews=KA86Ji5rCgcRHg5_IUkqCEYZAAV3" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 0px !important; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fab526; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Springfield Technical Community College</a> student <b>Robyn Miller</b> likes to keep busy.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The parent of a 2-year-old child, Miller is pursuing her second degree at STCC while running her own business. What’s more, she’s organizing a major social media conference in Western Massachusetts.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Called PodCamp WesternMass, the event is sold out for the general public, but <b>students can purchase tickets for $19</b>, discounted from $59 thanks to a sponsor of the event.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The 12<span style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 0px !important; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: 0; position: relative; top: -0.5em; vertical-align: baseline;">th</span> annual PodCamp will be held at Valley Venture Mentors, 276 Bridge St., on Feb. 29, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The ticket price includes the conference, food, afterparty and panel keynote. To purchase tickets and find more information, visit <a href="https://cccnews.info/?campusnews=KA86Jmd-Cl8RHlchPVkqCgUMMz12KFsB" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background-color: transparent; box-shadow: rgb(255, 255, 255) 0px 0px 0px !important; box-sizing: inherit; color: #fab526; cursor: pointer; font-weight: 600; line-height: inherit; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">www.podcampWM.org</a>.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Miller describes PodCamp as an “unconference,” which means the schedule isn’t set until the attendees arrive.</span><span style="background-color: transparent;"> </span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“It’s based on what the particular audience wants to learn,” Miller said. “You walk in. The group gathers, and we make a schedule together. It’s an opportunity to learn about things that are trending now.”</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Read more about Robyn</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I will be at the Welcome desk for this PodCamp. This event is where I go to get up to date on what's happening in the social media world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span>Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.406187641.9927806 -71.5675491 42.1813236 -71.2448261tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-57098737392256423652020-02-13T08:19:00.000-05:002020-02-13T08:19:05.815-05:00PCWM12 - Testing<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A Message from PodCamp Western Mass:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><strong>Event Day Checklist</strong> - </span><span data-mce-style="font-size: small;">Important Information for Event Day!</span></span><br />
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<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bring a reusable bottle (water bottle fill stations on each floor)</span></span></li>
<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bring a notepad or computer to take notes on</span></span></li>
<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arrive early (8:30), because we will start promptly at 9 AM</span></span></li>
<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PodCamp encourages first time attendees to present.</span></span></li>
<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Shirt table at the venue (t-shirts were included for the first 50 to sign up. If you were one of those people, you should have recently received an email to select your sizing)</span></span></li>
<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Polaroid wall to the right of check in (our event photographer will be available at lunch to grab professional photos at the polaroid wall)</span></span></li>
<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">LIVE demos and podcasting station by Holyoke Media throughout the day</span></span></li>
<li><span data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Afterparty starts at 4:30 PM</span></span></li>
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<strong><span data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FREE Area Parking</span></span></strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Street parking along Bridge Street (Metered parking is free on the weekends)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">MGM Springfield parking is free (One MGM Way Sprinfield MA, 01103)</span></li>
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<strong><span data-mce-style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Parking Garages have fees</span></span></strong><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Taylor Street Garage (33 Taylor Street Springfield, MA 01103)(.1 miles)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Civic Center Garage (41 Harrison Ave Springfield, MA 01103)(.2 miles)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Morgan Square Lot (20 Taylor Street Springfield, MA 01103)(.2 miles)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ken’s Parking (339 Worthington Street Springfield, MA 01103)(.2 miles)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pro park (22 Bruce Landon Way Springfield, MA 01103)(.1 miles) $10</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many other local parking locations available as well</span></li>
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Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-83807290399487913392019-12-23T07:00:00.000-05:002019-12-23T09:02:40.138-05:00If it is not fun, why do you do it? <span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If it is not fun, why do you do it? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An important question for all of us to answer. Katelyn Ohashi caught a lot of folks attention with the perfect 10 in January 2019. While it was an 'overnight' sensation, as usual, it took years to prepare for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Didn't see the perfect 10? Check out the link </span><a href="https://youtu.be/4ic7RNS4Dfo" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/4ic7RNS4Dfo</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A key part of the preparation was with Miss Val, Katelyn's coach at UCLA who is the real thing. The quick summary of Miss Val's story as she retires this year.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The longer (and great version) can be found in the "Laughter Permitted" podcast by Julie Foudy and Lynn Olszowy interview with both Katelyn and Miss Val: </span><br />
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/1qShhXbjsxpmFnG27hm9eG" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://open.spotify.com/episode/1qShhXbjsxpmFnG27hm9eG</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">or on ESPN</span> <a href="http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/26092845" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.espn.com/espnradio/podcast/archive/_/id/26092845</a><br />
<br />Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.4061876000000141.9927806 -71.567549100000008 42.1813236 -71.244826100000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-64402619174853986752019-11-11T08:00:00.000-05:002019-11-11T08:42:55.368-05:00Chamber recognition as "Member of the Month"<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Catching up to a little self-promotion: "Member of the Month, Steve Sherlock, of Franklin Matters"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">"When Steve Sherlock was nominated for URCC Member of the Month, it was said that he “likes and shares all of our posts.” OK. We ask everyone to like and share our posts. But when you or I like and share a post, we are on a completely different level. When Steve likes and shares the chamber’s posts, the word REALLY gets out. The brains behind the website, Franklin Matters, Steve is a one-man digital news powerhouse for the town of Franklin. He has been sharing information to empower the voters and residents of Franklin since 2007.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Steve attends around 60 meetings each year – taking him out of his house at least one night and, sometimes, as many as three nights each week. These meetings include Town Council, School Committee, and the Finance Committee, to ‘follow the money’. He records the meetings and creates posts and podcasts for his audiences. And did we mention that this is a volunteer job?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Seems like a lot and it is, but now newspapers are cutting back more and more and the first thing on the chopping block is local coverage. So, the work Steve does is even more important now than it had been in the past. Franklin Matters has more than 4,000 people in its Facebook group; more than 2,000 Twitter followers, and an email list of over 1,000 that continues to grow. And when Steve posted recent election results, more than 20,000 people viewed the results on his site. Franklin residents count on Franklin Matters and Steve for their news because they know that they can rely on his level head and just reporting.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">And the volunteering does not stop there. For several years, Steve also volunteered for the Franklin Food Pantry, where he held the positions of chairman as well as secretary.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">In his real life day job, Steve is the Senior Director of Information Protection for John Hancock. He has held this position, which involves security and privacy, for more than four years now. We would guess that he probably logs in more than 60 meetings a year at his day job. Steve and his wife, Dolores, have lived in Franklin since 1995 where they raised their two daughters. He is a fixture in Franklin and the town is oh so lucky to have him. Not many towns or cities can say they have such a dedicated resource.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">On LinkedIn, Steve says he has a six-word resume – <i><b>Project delivered, team happy, customer elated</b></i>. We can say that about Steve not only for his day job, but also for his second job – bringing the news to the people of Franklin.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So, the next time we are watching that baseball game, binge watching our favorite shows, or reading a book, we can be grateful to people like Steve Sherlock who bring our news to us without any bias. And that is more than enough reason for Steve to be the United Regional Chamber of Commerce member of the month.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Join us in congratulating Steve. Franklin Matters has been a member of the chamber since 2008 and we are grateful that he is on board with us – liking and sharing our posts. He certainly helps us get the word out."</span></blockquote>
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This was shared from the Sep 3, 2019 newsletter<br />
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<b>Note:</b> I did retire from John Hancock as of Sep 30 and I am thoroughly enjoying retirement!<br />
<br />Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.4061876000000141.9927806 -71.567549100000008 42.1813236 -71.244826100000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-30072832229680982462019-10-01T08:00:00.000-04:002019-10-01T11:37:42.317-04:00Now in the retirement world<br />
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<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:</span></span></i><br />
<i><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, a time to reap that which is planted” </span></span></i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn!_Turn!_Turn!" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turn!_Turn!_Turn!</a></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To reap that which has been planted. Yes, Pete Seeger, I am about to. I officially retired from the corporate working world effective Monday, Sep 30, 2019. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I am fortunate to have had a long and successful corporate career. I started in February 1982 with Burroughs which became Unisys, switched to Fidelity in 1995, to Citizens Bank in 2010, and then most recently with John Hancock/Manulife (from 2015-2019).</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I did spend the better part of two years during the recession (having been let go by Fidelity) on the job hunt before landing a contract position at Citizens which then converted to a full time position.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Walking out the door on Monday was a different feeling in that it was the first time that I knew I wasn't going to be walking into another corporate office. </span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">To help celebrate I put together a 'retirement' play list that I shared with my Hancock/Manulife co-workers. <br />
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<li>Come Monday – Jimmy Buffett <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGw_hrlaOY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XKGw_hrlaOY</a></li>
<li>Homeward Bound – Paul Simon, Willie Nelson <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqAJTCk6yHc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqAJTCk6yHc</a></li>
<li>Sound of Silence – Disturbed <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9Dg-g7t2l4</a></li>
<li>Resilient – Rising Appalachia <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx17RvPMaQ8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx17RvPMaQ8</a></li>
<li>In Hell I’ll be in good company – The Dead South <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9FzVhw8_bY" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9FzVhw8_bY</a></li>
<li>Kiss Me ‘Cause I’m Gone - Ellis Paul <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe5wQEq_9Y4" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe5wQEq_9Y4</a></li>
<li>Kiss of Fire – Hugh Laurie, Gaby Moreno <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQawVOeVOoE" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQawVOeVOoE</a></li>
<li>Ring of Fire – Mingo Saldivar <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdTYelvSgOc" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdTYelvSgOc</a></li>
<li>We didn’t Start the Fire – Bully Joel <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFTLKWw542g</a></li>
<li>Born to Run – Bruce Springsteen <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA</a></li>
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<b>Bonus: (take it to 11)</b><br />
End of the Line – The Traveling Wilburys <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMVjToYOjbM" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMVjToYOjbM</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you have a song or two to suggest, please let me know</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>PS - while I am retiring from work, I will continue to spend time with Franklin Matters. <a href="https://www.franklinmatters.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.franklinmatters.org/</a></i></span><br />
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<br />Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.4061876000000141.9927806 -71.567549100000008 42.1813236 -71.244826100000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-75860478299162030442019-09-05T08:00:00.000-04:002019-09-05T08:21:51.304-04:00Rising Appalachia - Resilient (video)<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">my new 'anthem', that is, a song I turn to for inspiration - there is so much to like about this video and lyrics. I hope you enjoy!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">"I am resilient</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I trust the movement</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I negate the chaos</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Uplift the negative</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'll show up at the table</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Again and again and again</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">I'll close my mouth and learn to listen"</span></span></blockquote>
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<a href="https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8</a><br />
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<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tx17RvPMaQ8" width="560"></iframe>Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.4061876000000141.9927806 -71.567549100000008 42.1813236 -71.244826100000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-63345890566098314552018-12-02T08:00:00.000-05:002018-12-02T08:06:13.616-05:00yes, it is birthday time<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">That time of year has rolled around again. I try not to make too much of the day, it is really just one more to be grateful for waking up in this wonderfully challenging environment.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I won't do a birthday challenge with Facebook. They don't need your data. There are way too many opportunities for them to misuse it.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">If you do chose to mark my day with a donation to a worthy cause, I have several suggestions where you can make a donation.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Honor Flight </b>- the group organizes trips to the war memorials in Washington, DC. My brothers and I were fortunate to take Dad there before he passed on and it is a very worthy cause.</span><br />
<a href="https://www.honorflight.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">https://www.honorflight.org/</span></a><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Reading is Fundamental</b> - yes, learning is lifelong and reading is one of the keys to that process.</span><br />
<a href="https://secure.rif.org/page/7549/donate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">https://secure.rif.org/page/7549/donate/</span></a><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>American Cancer Society </b>- I lost both my parents and a number of other relatives and friends to this disease. <a href="https://www.cancer.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cancer.org/</a></span><br />
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</span> <b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crohn's and Colitis Foundation</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> - coincidentally. Dec 1-7 is awareness week. One of my daughters has Crohn's so this is also a cause close to home.</span><br />
<a href="http://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">http://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/</span></a><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br />
</span> <span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Horace Mann Education Association</b> - a Franklin based org doing wonderful work with those challenged by a disability. My cousin had Down syndrome so this is close to home too. <a href="https://www.hmea.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.hmea.org/</a></span><br />
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</span> <b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Franklin Food Pantry</b><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"> - and last but not least, if not Franklin, every community should be serviced by a food pantry or food bank to help those challenged by food insecurity. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.franklinfoodpantry.org/</a></span><br />
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<b>Serial</b><br />
All the rage two years ago, season three just started<br />
<a href="https://serialpodcast.org/">https://serialpodcast.org/</a><br />
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<b>99% Invisible</b><br />
Interesting stories about design<br />
<a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://99percentinvisible.org/</a><br />
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Roman Mars did a TED talk on flags that is delightful to see how he does what he does<br />
<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/roman_mars_why_city_flags_may_be_the_worst_designed_thing_you_ve_never_noticed?language=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.ted.com/talks/roman_mars_why_city_flags_may_be_the_worst_designed_thing_you_ve_never_noticed?language=en</a><br />
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This one on curb cuts would be a good indicator of what they do<br />
<a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/curb-cuts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/curb-cuts/</a><br />
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<b>Marc Maron = WTF Podcast</b><br />
Marc is a stand up comic and a good interviewer, he talk with a wide variety of folks<br />
<a href="http://www.wtfpod.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wtfpod.com/</a><br />
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<b>On Being</b><br />
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“The groundbreaking Peabody Award-winning public radio show and podcast. Conversation about the big questions of meaning in 21st century lives and endeavors — spiritual inquiry, science, social healing, and the arts. What does it mean to be human? How do we want to live? And who will we be to each other? Each week a new discovery about the immensity of our lives. Hosted by Krista Tippett”</blockquote>
<b>https://onbeing.org/series/podcast/ </b><br />
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<b>RadioLab</b><br />
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“Since 2002, Radiolab has been devoted to investigating a strange world. Created by Jad Abumrad and hosted by Jad and Robert Krulwich, Radiolab has won Peabody Awards, a National Academies Communication Award “for their investigative use of radio to make science accessible to broad audiences,” and in 2011 Abumrad received the MacArthur Genius grant. The show has an archive of hundreds of episodes and has toured in sold out shows nationwide.”</blockquote>
<a href="https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.wnycstudios.org/shows/radiolab </a><br />
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<b>More Perfect</b> - a project of RadioLab focusing on Supreme Court decisions<br />
<a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/481105292/more-perfect" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/podcasts/481105292/more-perfect</a><br />
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Other NPR podcasts can be found in this directory<br />
<a href="https://www.npr.org/podcasts/organizations/1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/podcasts/organizations/1</a><br />
<br />Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.4061876000000141.9927806 -71.567549100000008 42.1813236 -71.244826100000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-57515998358472556752018-03-31T07:00:00.000-04:002018-03-31T07:58:36.459-04:001 week until PodCamp WesternMass - April 7 - save and buy your tickets today!<div dir="ltr">
<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I am part of the organizing committee for the social media learning and sharing event. If you would like additional details, feel free to reach out and ask. This is where I go to learn what is or isn't working in the social media world.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Tickets are $45 today, $50 April 1, or $15 for students. Holyoke is only a 90 minute drive!</span><br />
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<li>Hang out and make friends. Seriously! This is an event that has the super-power of attracting the nicest people. We don't know quite why....we just know it's true.</li>
<li>Did we mention the food? Your ticket price includes coffee in the morning, a delicious healthy lunch and happy hour snacks at our 4:30 gathering at Slainte. So, no need to pack a lunch, just grab your laptop, a smart phone, tablet or a pad of paper. </li>
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Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.4061876000000141.9927806 -71.567549100000008 42.1813236 -71.244826100000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-82572499205092175752017-12-02T08:00:00.000-05:002017-12-02T08:00:00.892-05:00"I have not forgotten the face of my father"<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or my mother for that matter. I am re-reading <a href="http://stephenking.com/darktower/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stephen King's "Dark Tower" series</a> while my birthday rolls around. Yes, the birthday does come around once a year. It will take awhile to finish re-reading the series but that should be done before my next birthday comes around again.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you would like to do something special, I would have you consider a donation to the Honor Flight organization. Honor Flight brings World War II veterans to Washington, DC. To see the memorials they fought for.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My brothers and I were fortunate to bring Dad there while he could get around. He treasured that trip. Your help to bring the few WW II veterans that are left while they can go, is worth it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And since I have not forgotten the face of my mother (who left us at too young an age) I'd also suggest a contribution to the American Cancer Society. Cancer took both Mom and Dad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The terms and conditions concern me:</span><br />
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<li>use, copy, adapt, amend, publish, transmit, display and make the whole or any part of it available in any form, by any media, whether on a commercial or non-commercial basis, including the right to add advertising to that content, provided you have opted into our advertising agreement. You accept that this permission, allows us to make your content available to the rest of the world via the platform and through our embed functionality (or any other distribution method now known or later developed) on third party platforms and services and for the content to be listened to and used in accordance with the functionality of our services and</li>
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<span style="color: #0e2c2c; font-family: Arial;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">I have no intention of giving them the rights outlined. I have been keeping an ad free platform since the beginning and will continue to do so. I have no problem with paying for a service., However a service that grants ability to "</span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;">use, copy, adapt, amend, publish, transmit, display and make the whole or any part of it available in any form, by any media, whether on a commercial or non-commercial basis"</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px; white-space: pre-wrap;"> is not something I will do.</span></div>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td class="xl63" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">Lawnmower Lager = L</td> <td class="xl63">A great summer beer, easy to quaff whilst using power tools</td> </tr>
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<tr height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;"> <td class="xl63" height="17" style="height: 12.75pt;">O'Malley Stout = (flag)</td> <td class="xl63">Delicious version of Murphy’s Irish Stout</td> </tr>
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<br />Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.4061876000000141.9927806 -71.567549100000008 42.1813236 -71.244826100000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-32926328773968131592017-06-10T06:00:00.000-04:002017-06-10T07:01:24.115-04:00RIP: Joseph J Proulx<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Joseph J. Proulx, 88, of West Warwick passed away on Monday, June 5, 2017 at West View Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in West Warwick, RI. Joseph was the husband of Constance R. (Ricci) Proulx with whom he would have celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary on September 13. Born in Providence, RI, he was the son of the late Aimable E. and Margaret C. (Selmanie) Proulx. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Joe's life will be remembered by how wonderful of a demeanor he had as a husband, father and grandfather. He set great examples of being a hard worker, a family man and a Christian. His four daughters gave him unconditional love, only to be overshadowed by the gift of being a grandfather. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He entered the Navy at the age of seventeen and continued his education after being discharged. He had a long career at the Davisville Seabee Base in North Kingstown, RI then worked at the Naval Research Lab in Washington D.C. for a brief time before retiring. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He was not one to sit around. In the mix of his two government careers, Joe had been a self-taught carpenter and used his skills on a scale from small wood carvings to building homes. He entertained his down time by working with counted cross stitching and watching various birds snack at his bird feeder. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Besides his wife Connie, he is survived by four daughters: Dolores P. Sherlock (husband Stephen) of Franklin, MA, Catherine A. Reirden (husband Bruce) of Summerville, SC, Diane M. Taylor (husband Dave) of Baltimore, MD and Joanne C. Gordon (husband Barrie) of Burlington, MA; five grandchildren: Jeffrey Reirden, Allison Sherlock, Mark Gordon, Carolyn Morgan and Joseph Gordon.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">He is predeceased by his two grandsons: Kevin Reirden and Jonathan Daily and his nine siblings: Eulalia Doyle, Margaret Costigan, Delores (Sister Mary Constantine), Irving Proulx, Donald Proulx, Clarence Proulx, Richard Proulx, Robert Proulx and Alma Laliberte.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Funeral from <a href="http://www.carpenterjenks.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carpenter-Jenks Funeral Home & Crematory</a>, 659 East Greenwich Avenue, West Warwick on Saturday, June 10 at 8:45 AM followed by a Funeral Mass at St. Gregory The Great, 360 Cowesett Road, Warwick, RI at 10:00 AM.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Burial will be in St. Ann's Cemetery, Cranston, RI. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to <a href="https://www.apdaparkinson.org/community/rhode-island/ways-donate/donate/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc</a>., PO Box 41659, Providence, RI 02940.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span>Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.4061876000000141.9927806 -71.567549100000008 42.1813236 -71.244826100000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-28213847469399405362017-06-02T11:00:00.000-04:002017-06-02T11:07:22.053-04:00reflections on Day 1 (audio) There is a Jeff Bezos' letter to shareholders on Day 1 that I reflect on this time.<br />
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Link to the Day 1<br />
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/p/feature/z6o9g6sysxur57t" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/p/feature/z6o9g6sysxur57t</a><br />
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The Mitch Joel retail reference<br />
<a href="http://sixpixels.mirumagency.com/podcast/archives/spos-561---reengineering-retail-with-doug-stephens/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sixpixels.mirumagency.com/podcast/archives/spos-561---reengineering-retail-with-doug-stephens/</a><br />
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<br />Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.4061876000000141.9927806 -71.567549100000008 42.1813236 -71.244826100000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-1838745376344887102017-05-26T09:00:00.000-04:002017-05-26T09:12:27.737-04:00Content in Context (audio)<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">reflecting on the recent events; rain, Memorial Day weekend, and Town Council budget process</span><br />
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For more about content in context follow this link<br />
<a href="http://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2009/08/job-search-notes-feedback-letter.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2009/08/job-search-notes-feedback-letter.html</a><br />
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<br />Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.4061876000000141.9927806 -71.567549100000008 42.1813236 -71.244826100000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8344506.post-59525161336844248392017-05-19T11:00:00.000-04:002017-05-19T11:12:01.453-04:00reflections, May 19<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">reflections, May 19</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">recalling a work trip to Toronto and the start of our plot at the Franklin Community Gardens</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The background on Yorkville</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkville,_Toronto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yorkville,_Toronto</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">the 4x10 plot at the Franklin Community Garden</td></tr>
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<br />Steve Sherlockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13070688297607895943noreply@blogger.com0Franklin, MA 02038, USA42.0870521 -71.4061876000000141.9927806 -71.567549100000008 42.1813236 -71.244826100000012