PodCamp returns to WesternMass on Apr 2, 2016

The Kittredge Center on the campus of Holyoke Community College will again be the site for the 8th PodCamp WesternMass.

This is the longest running PodCamp in New England!

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I look forward to welcoming you to this event!

Remembering Feb 19

I did get a little emotional in this recording, it came up and I couldn't hold it off. One item I did leave out is that while Dad/Jerry landed on on Iwo Jima Feb 19th, it was also the day he left us 4 years ago.




Jerry's Story can be found here   http://jerrysherlockstory.blogspot.com/

remembering Feb 19th and the landing on Iwo Jima

Story Corps can be found online here  https://storycorps.org/

TED Talks coming to you Live!

Have you seen a TED Talk video?

Would you like to see some of the talks live rather than wait for the video to be released?

For the first time, this is now available. You don't need to go to the TED location, they are broadcasting to theaters near you.

These are the speakers scheduled for Monday night, Feb 15

TED Talks Live  -2/15/16

You can find tickets at a theater near you  http://www.tedtalksincinemas.com/

Cold February Morning (audio)

Recorded Saturday morning but I missed the window to have this posted on Saturday, so it is a 'day late' but still freshly cold!

Spruce Pond, not far from the house is cold this morning

The link for the listing of beers made by the "Band of Brewers" can be found here
http://steves2cents.blogspot.com/2016/02/band-of-brewers-6-kettles.html

If you are in eastern MA and can get to Deja Brew, it is a good place to do your brewing!
http://www.deja-brew.com/

(and how cold is it this morning? yowza, coldest real temp I have seen in my lifetime!)

yes, that reads -13.0 degrees F

Band of Brewers - 6 Kettles

With the 6 kettles that the 'Band of Brewers' did on Thursday evening at Deja Brew, we now have a total of 280 kettles, 135 unique beers.

The listing in declining order (and across by year) of our top beers can be seen in the table below.

Scroll across and down to view it all.

the kettle line up at Deja Brew

We return in three weeks to bottle and take home the brew to enjoy it responsibly.

endings and beginnings

Reflections on the end of the first month of the new year 2016

Franklin Line heading into the tunnel in Franklin