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Names mean a lot. Twitter and its little blue bird felt upbeat. Hopeful. A beautiful spring birdsong. The big X with its black background is foreboding, angry, a sense of doom. A reminder of negative signs or assignment papers with errors X'd off. Blue Sky sounds hopeful. Alive. Searching for meaning and goodness. We all need a gleam of hope.

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Gifting OWR attendance is a gift to myself. I do not want things, only experiences. Yes, I am enrolled and paid for 2025; the dates are written in ink on my paper calendar. Digital calendars have been abandoned as they remind me of my overbooked and deadline driven work life. Plus, I always need something good on my horizon.

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I enjoyed reading the story by Walt Shotwell from the Trib. I subscribed to the Trib in 1982, but I did not recall that column. It is interesting to see how the radio audience is divided today. My top choices are at or near the bottom on your list.

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Just followed you over on BSky...thanks!

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See you there!

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Great column this morning, Julie, thank you. Welcome to Blue Sky! It is a much more friendly place to be and we all need that these days. I had forgotten that you had a show on the radio. You are fearless 💪🏻!

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I was terrified at first

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Re: WHO. The mind-numbing dreck that WHO serves (from the morning propaganda fest to the evening chortling British dude) may be responsible for lowering the Iowa IQ by at least 25%. When Limbaugh was allowed to pollute Iowa airwaves, it was only a matter of time b4 we’d end up here. Sad and disgusting.

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Yes, when Limbaugh came to town, civility left.

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