After years of writing from a newsroom cubicle for an audience I might encounter at the grocery store, or who could just come in the front door and demand an audience, it’s taken time to adjust to a broader readership.

I’m thankful for emailers who identify a hometown or which Shaw Media masthead is “their” newspaper. Occasionally it’s a geography lesson, but importantly reminds that government policies affect everyone, regardless of for whom (or even if) they voted, as well as the eternal value of considering different perspectives.

All those thoughts coalesced in a recent email from a reader in Bristol, a new-to-me unincorporated Kendall County community. The emailer’s child receives the Kendall County Record each week in prison and directed my attention to MidwestBookPrisoners.org ,

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