Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing. Show all posts

Sunday, July 6, 2025

Episode 079 - Love, Objective Correlatives, Roller Coaster Rides, Prayers, and much more

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about love, examples of objective correlatives, a roller coaster ride with more than one meaning, prayers to stop war. an update to Bob's story, and poetry based on the Great Gatsby.


Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 079
Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 079
Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 078 - Love, Robert Frost, Joining the Navy, Oranges, and much more

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about love, reflecting on a Robert Frost poem, joining the navy after high school, trying to find the magic, a work in progress on a story, and poetry about oranges and an intro to poems.



Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Saturday, July 5, 2025

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 077 - Love, Drafts, Springtime, Freeverse, and Old Friends

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about love, a work in progress, springtime, the month of April itself, free-verse writing, and old friends.

Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 077
Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 077


Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes


Friday, July 4, 2025

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 076 - Love Poems, Cats, Howard Hughes, etc.

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about love, cats such as Dutch and Pangur Bán, Howard Hughes, springing forward with the time change, and remembering our fathers.


Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 076
Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 076

Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Thursday, July 3, 2025

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 075 - Blue Hair, Love, Car Rentals, March, Mystery, and The Wind Howls

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about a girl with blue hair, love poems, a lament about rental cars, leaping into March, a murder mystery novel and the wind howling bringing us to spring.


Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 075
Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 075

Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: 074 - Cinnamon Soldiers, Love Poems, Chocolate, White Socks, and much more

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about love, baking, chocolate, white socks, and going back into the archives


Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 074
Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 074

Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Senior Story Hour - WFPR: Episode 073: Love Poems, Winter Skating, New Years Resolutions, and much more

In this episode, The Franklin Senior Center Writers Group share stories, poems, and writings about love, ice skating, New Year's resolutions such as dieting, snow life, and defying gravity.


Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 073
Senior Story Hour - WFPR:  Episode 073

Senior Story Hour - WFPR = The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group
Steve Sherlock hosts The Franklin Senior Center Writer's Group for a monthly reading of short stories, essays, poetry and more. 
Find more episodes here (or on your favorite podcast app) ->  https://senior-scribblers.captivate.fm/episodes

Monday, June 23, 2025

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday, June 23, 2025

Yes, Franklin has it's own radio station -> wfpr.fmFranklin Public Radio has a brand new schedule for the locally produced shows that fill our air waves. 

It is available anywhere, anytime at wfpr.fm or in the local Franklin, MA area at 102.9 on the FM dial.

Tune in to listen to the following:

wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday - Franklin Public Radio
wfpr.fm Schedule for Monday - Franklin Public Radio


Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf 

Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule for Sunday
Franklin Public Radio - wfpr.fm schedule

Wednesday, May 28, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Wednesday, May 28, 2025 ???

Wednesday, May 28

Library & Senior Center events
Library & Senior Center events
  • 1 day offset for Trash & recycle schedule due to Holiday

  • Early Voting - FY 2026 Override Special Election


1:00pm Scribblers Writing Group (recording session) (Franklin Senior Center)




For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->   
**  NO Town Meetings today   **

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What's happening today in Franklin?
What's happening today in Franklin? 
Find the full Community event calendar  https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

Sunday, May 18, 2025

Franklin TV: Book!

We all have one within us. Is it time to let yours out? 

by Pete Fasciano, Executive Director 05/18/2025

There lies within each of us, a book. At least one book. Perhaps more aptly stated, a story. A larger, longer story – comprised of smaller, shorter stories, reduced to chapter and verse.

With a touch of eloquence we might describe stark examples - notably obvious events, circumstances, outcomes realized - as being 'writ large'. Conversely, could the chronicling of our personal stories – our lives be described when reduced to text – as being writ small? Not really.

For to write about what we know is where most writing begins, and what we know best is what we have lived. Our life experiences – memories - all of them - are not for nothing. They're worth something. That said, they're worth so much more when they're written down. They can come alive again on the page.

If you want to explore the notion of writing, (and we hope that you do), consider joining our Senior Center Writers – goodly group. You don't have to write anything immediately. You can just hang out with us as you explore what's possible; get the gist. Ask for some guidance on your ideas, style and what-not. You'll be among supportive friends who can help you get started.

Consider that at family holiday gatherings you've probably already narrated most of a pretty good book by just reliving those old family stories. We all have 'em. You know the ones that end with someone at the table embarrassed while everyone else is chuckling as voices chime in with,

"What were you thinking?"

"Did ya really think those pants were gonna stay up by themselves?"

Yeah, those stories.

Stories that are always fun to revisit, to retell – and to write about. That's your easy 'on-ramp' - a fun first step to becoming a writer.

And – as always –
Thank you for watching. 
Thank you for listening to wfpr●fm.
And staying informed at Franklin●news.


Get this week's program guide for Franklin.TV and Franklin Public Radio (wfpr.fm) online  http://franklin.tv/programguide.pdf   


Watch Listen Read all things that matter in Franklin MA
Watch Listen Read all things that matter in Franklin MA

Wednesday, April 9, 2025

What's happening in Franklin, MA: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 ???

Wednesday, April 9
For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->   https://www.franklinma.gov/calendar.aspx?CID=37,24&showPastEvents=false
Library & Senior Center events 

Franklin Art Association Art Show and Sale Exhibit (Norfolk Public Library)

9:00am Fallen Hero: Joseph R Paulette & Russel W. Shaw (Veterans Walkway, Franklin Town Common)
1:00pm Writer's Group (Franklin Senior Center)
3:30pm Health Fair (Franklin Public Library)
7:00pm Tour the Franklin Food Pantry (sign up in advance) (Franklin Food Pantry)


For additional details on Library & Senior Center events ->  



**  Town Meetings today   **

Historical Commission Meeting

April 9, 2025, 6:00 PM = No agenda posted


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What's happening today in Franklin?
What's happening today in Franklin? 
Find the full Community event calendar  https://bit.ly/FranklinCommunityCalendar

If you have an event to add to the calendar, you can use the form to submit it for publication:  https://bit.ly/Submit2Calendar

Tuesday, March 11, 2025

2 FHS teachers on the joy of teaching & the hard things about budget issues (audio)

FM #1401 = This is the Franklin Matters radio show, number 1401 in the series. 


This session of the radio show shares the audio recording of my conversation with Leah Wahrhaftig-Jeri and Katherine Kellett, both teachers at Franklin High School. We had our conversation at the Franklin TV Studio on Monday, March  3, 2025.  


Katherine Kellett, Teacher - English

Leah Wahrhaftig-Jeri, Teacher - World Language


  • We cover their road to Franklin and FHS

  • We talk about the joy in teaching

  • And the issues faced with continued budget cuts

    • Only one language to be offered at the middle school

    • Reduces the total of language classes High School graduates can carry forward to college

    • Text book & curriculum cuts challenge the appropriate delivery of curriculum

    • Loss of shared intellectual capital with colleagues cut due to budget

    • Language lab is a resource heavily utilized and will no longer available (per budget)

    • Struggle to attract and retain substitute teachers

    • Ripple effects for curriculum coverage that is lost and how that affects students and the next year’s teachers for that subject


The recording runs about 40 minutes, so let’s listen to my conversation with Leah and Katherine on teaching in challenging budget times


Audio link -> https://franklin-ma-matters.captivate.fm/episode/fm-1401-2-franklin-high-school-teachers-03-03-25/



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Franklin High School page -> https://www.franklinps.net/o/fhs 


Franklin School District budget page -> FY 2026 https://www.franklinps.net/documents/about-us/school-district-budget/fy2026-budget/728831 


Joint budget listening sessions archive -> https://www.franklinmatters.org/2025/02/joint-budget-listening-sessions-fy-2026.html 



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The music for the intro and exit was provided by Michael Clark and the group "East of Shirley". The piece is titled "Ernesto, manana"  c. Michael Clark & Tintype Tunes, 2008 and used with their permission.


I hope you enjoy!

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A couple of Ben Franklin's gift books to the Town
A couple of Ben Franklin's gift books to the Town