The honesty here from Diedrich Bader is rewarded with so much loving wisdom.
Special man. Special fans

I had so much fun shooting the cover of my new book, #TheLightWeCarry . Here are some behind-the-scenes moments from that day that I wanted to share:

Love this !!!!!! Adore your mom

Before Election Day we’re gonna see a lot of folksy sit down interviews w/ ppl expressing beliefs abt an allegedly stolen election, Jan 6 or the direction of America that will go unchallenged, unexplored or unbalanced by other folks in folksy settings w/ a different point of view

Well this #Legit got my attention.
Have y’all tried this?

Had JFK made one wrong move in the Cuban Missile Crisis, sixty years ago this week, tens of millions of people could have been killed and much of the Northern Hemisphere might have been incinerated.
Make sure we Americans elect leaders of sound judgment.

History will eventually hit this era like a fist when the world comes to its senses and realizes that division benefits the dividers much more than the divided….

When, or……if

“Most Americans who will pay for news are rich” | This has always been my concern w/ paywalls. We are only essential to a healthy democracy if people of all income levels can access news/information. We must figure this out. ⁦Nieman Lab⁩ niemanlab.org/2022/10/rich-a…

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Read here: wapo.st/3MQ1J8h

Remembering trailblazing NPR audio engineer Renee Pringle : ⁦NPR⁩ npr.org/2022/10/20/113…

The easy explanation is that it reflects the choices of Republicans not to be vaccinated, but the reasons go deeper. 👇🏾 My latest w/ D Keating

Whites now more likely to die from covid than Blacks: Why the pandemic shifted washingtonpost.com/health/2022/10…

I met an 82 year old woman at the WVIK, Quad Cities NPR event this week who was so utterly fly and so confident and centered that I am still feeling her radiance and wisdom. I won’t tell you what she whispered in my ear about longevity but our encounter was a blessing I will forever cherish

So glad I got to wish Jay well on his new journey in person this week during a trip to the Quad Cities. Enjoyed the road ahead, Jay. WVIK, Quad Cities NPR

'If you’ve ever wondered what 'holding space' looks like in practice, the director Margaret Brown’s deeply attentive documentary “Descendant” provides moving examples' - Lisa Kennedy, The New York Times

nytimes.com/2022/10/20/mov…

A literary Kiosk!! At the Cedar Rapids airport you can press a button and a short story will print out in just seconds. The yellow button delivers a story or poem from a local Iowa writer. Black button = prose from a writer beyond those borders muck like ticker tape. Love this!

FBI seeks help identifying 'Umbrella Man' who damaged AutoZone, Minneapolis police building during 2020 riots startribune.com/fbi-asks-for-h…

they ask me to remember

but they want me to remember

their memories

and I keep on remembering

mine

— Lucille Clifton, “why some people be made at me sometimes” open.substack.com/pub/hardhistor…

“Over the courtyard adjoining my cell, parrots would dance and play chase in the sky. Trapped and abandoned, I would watch behind my 12-foot brick wall, the wall behind that, and the third even higher one, topped with barbed wire.” ⁦– ⁦Jason Rezaian⁩ washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

People get Freedom Of Speech and Freedom Of Consequences confused everyday.