Jon Pinnow

The courthouse fire

Visual prompt: a raging blaze, a county courthouse, Castle Rock.

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio.

Vulturing

Wheeling and waiting on the circle of life.

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio.

Rocky Mt. High

Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. in Colorado.

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio.

4 Corners

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio.

Antipodes

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio.

Wilde in Leadville

“Whiskey, whiskey and whiskey.”

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio.

Chinook winds

A warm release from frozen everything — or a hit from a hurricane.

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio.

Coyote was here first

Just ask Huehuecoyotl.

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio.

Starlight

Twinkle, twinkle, little star of Palmer Lake.

A Colorado Postcard, from Colorado Public Radio.

December 14, 2022, marks 10 years since the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut. For the last few months, I’ve been working with veteran public radio editor Cindy Carpien and reporter Davis Dunavin from WSHU on a podcast about what happened with all the stuff—emotional, spiritual, material—that piled up after that awful day.

Like another project I had a hand in at Colorado Public Radio, Still Newtown is a remarkable story of resilience after unspeakable tragedy. It has powerful, personal insights into living with trauma, what faith can and cannot do, and how folks who work in the media may more responsibly cover tragedies like this.

I’m privileged to help amplify the voices of people impacted by one of this country’s most insane phenomena. Working on it has been eye-opening and even inspiring, and I hope listening somehow helps get us all to a place where mass shootings do not keep happening.

Find it here and wherever you get your podcasts.