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Allow your humble blogger to close out this wave of reports with an indulgent moment, which also shows the terrific diversity of interests represented at the festival. As someone who has always been passionate about the power of journalism, it was an honor for me to have a few moments someone as iconic as Mr. Bernstein. And to hear him swap a few stories with fellow journalism icon and author, Jim Lehrer. (More on that later.) But after our conversation, I found myself outside the Capitol, not too far away from the children's tent, which for the most part I have avoided. The person doing the reading was one Roscoe Orman, who did a reading from the book he just wrote and illustrated, "Ricky and Mobo." Mr. Orman was a delightful reader, patient and respectful with the children, equally pleasant to their parents. Most of whom, like me, know him only as "Gordon," from "Sesame Street." Which we watched almost every day of our late '60s-early '70s childhoods. (except when the Watergate hearings were on, as I recall.) Yeah, I got to go up and shake his hand. I love this festival. |
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