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A Grave Reminder
(May 24)

Alone in the Airport
(May 22)

A Prayer for the New Pope
(May 17)

Powerful Drumming of Graduation
(May 15)


A Prayer for Mother's Day
(May 10)

Stating the Case Simply
(May 8)

The Measure of Greatness
(May 3)

Thie is a Great Country
(May 1)


A Poet Reflects on Poetry
(April 26)

Out for a Drive
(April 24)

The Womb of Faith
(April 19)

What I Go to Church For
(April 17)

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A Somber Anniversary
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Apr 12, 2025)

Remembering Dietrich Bonhoeffer (at right in images of statues at St. Alban Church)…


A Few Words from an Elderly Uncle
by Garrison Keillor (Apr 10, 2025)

Some readers have called my writing 'garbage,' but that's literary criticism and I don't take it personally. Same with 'I used to like your writing back when you were funny': each person is the judge of funny/unfunny…


Fiber with a Flait
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Apr 5, 2025)

This poet’s favorite snack is a bowl of buttered popcorn…


A Night at the Opera
by Garrison Keillor (Apr 2, 2025)

I went to the Met recently to see Beethoven's 'Fidelio and hang out with 3,800 very well-dressed patrons to see a passionate story about political tyranny but mainly to see the soprano Lise Davidsen who is worth the price of admission and…


An Ode to Opening Day
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Mar 29, 2025)

There's no place like Wrigley Field to celebrate Opening Day…


What the Silent Man is Thinkin
by Garrison Keillor (Mar 27, 2025)

I hope this makes you feel special, dear reader. There is something going on between us that is not shared by the slim elegant woman reclining fifteen feet from my right elbow…


Memories of Lucerne
by Greg Asimakoupoulos (Mar 22, 2025)

A year later…


What I Saw Sunday in New York
by Garrison Keillor (Mar 20, 2025)

We hiked down Amsterdam Avenue to a lunch place and ordered breakfast and had a very amiable time. Tom and Jean, it turned out, are Catholics so they'd come to my Episcopal church as tourists, and we started telling Catholic jokes…