I’m working on a column about the Trump verdict but wanted to send out this note first. As luck would have it - tomorrow - Friday, May 31 is the last Friday of the month and that’s when we hold our monthly Office Lounge Zoom call with readers and writers from the Iowa Writers’ Collaborative.
It’s one of the benefits of being a paid subscriber. And boy, do we have plenty to talk about! Let’s hear what you’re thinking about today’s guilty verdict in the first Trump trial. I imagine we also might spend a little time on Supreme Court Justice Alito’s flags and his decision not to recuse from two election-related Trump cases before the court.
Here’s your chance to get perspective from other members of the Collaborative and to tell us what’s on your mind about these historic developments. Friday’s session will be led by the always-insightful Bob Leonard.
lf you’re a paid subscriber, the Zoom link will show up at the very bottom of this column, below the roster of writers.
I look forward to seeing you tomorrow!
Nicole Baart: This Stays Here, Sioux Center
Ray Young Bear: From Red Earth Drive, Meskwaki Settlement
Laura Belin: Iowa Politics with Laura Belin, Windsor Heights
Tory Brecht: Brecht’s Beat, Quad Cities
Douglas Burns: The Iowa Mercury, Carroll
Jane Burns: The Crossover, Des Moines
Dave Busiek: Dave Busiek on Media, Des Moines
Rachelle Chase : Reading with Rachelle, Ottumwa
Steph C: It Was Never a Dress, Johnston
Art Cullen: Art Cullen’s Notebook, Storm Lake
Suzanna de Baca: Dispatches from the Heartland, Huxley
Debra Engle: A Whole New World, Madison County
Arnold Garson: Second Thoughts, Okoboji and Sioux Falls
Julie Gammack: Julie Gammack’s Iowa Potluck, Des Moines and Okoboji
Chris Jones: Chris’s Substack, Iowa City
Pat Kinney: View from Cedar Valley, Waterloo
Robert Leonard: Deep Midwest: Politics and Culture, Bussey
Darcy Maulsby: Keepin’ It Rural, Calhoun County
Alison McGaughey: The Inquisitive Quad Citizen, Quad Cities
Vicki Minor: Relatively Minor, Winterset
Wini Moranville: Wini’s Food Stories, Des Moines
Jeff Morrison: Between Two Rivers, Cedar Rapids
Kyle Munson: Kyle Munson’s Main Street, Des Moines
Jane Nguyen: The Asian Iowan, West Des Moines
John Naughton: My Life in Color, Des Moines
Chuck Offenburger: Iowa Boy Chuck Offenburger, Jefferson and Des Moines
Barry Piatt: Piatt on Politics Behind the Curtain, Washington, D.C.
Dave Price: Dave Price’s Perspective, Des Moines
Macey Shofroth: The Midwest Creative, Norwalk
Larry Stone: Listening to the Land, Elkader
Mary Swander: Mary Swander’s Buggy Land, Kalona
Mary Swander's Emerging Voices: Emerging Voices, Kalona
Cheryl Tevis: Unfinished Business, Boone County
Ed Tibbetts: Along the Mississippi, Davenport
Kali White VanBaale: 988: Mental Healthcare in Iowa, Bondurant
Teresa Zilk: Talking Good, Des Moines
