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Daylight Savings Time Ends Tonight!
by Aliza Chasan / CBS News
The Measure of Greatness
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
It's Never Too Late to be Normal
by Garrison Keillor
Seven Bad Housekeeping Habits
by Birttney Morgan / Apartment Therapy
We Must Become Children So Our Kids Can Survive
by Garrison Keillor
Standing at 86th, Waiting for a Train
by Garrison Keillor
Why I'm Looking Forward to November
by Garrison Keillor
Many States Moving Away from Embosed License Plates
by Rob Stump / TheDrive
A Week in Kansas and Missouri
by Garrison Keillor
Intersections: Reflections on Faith & Life
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Walking a Crowded Street in Gratitude
by Garrison Keillor
Listen Up, He Says, and He Means It
by Garrison Keillor
It's Summertime!
by Leona Bergstrom
She and I and You and Us, All Watching TV
by Garrison Keillor
Good Isn't Good Enough, Seek Perfection
by Garrison Keillor
More Than One Million Americans Report Ukrainian Ancestry
by US Census Bureau Staff
A Weekend in the Wilds of Connecticut
by Garrison Keillor
Blessed Are the Meek for They Shall Inheirit a Shirt
by Garrison Keillor
The Meaning of Life as it Dawned on Me the Other Night
by Garrison Keillor
Nobody Asked, But I'll Tell You Anyway
by Garrison Keillor
What Mac & Cheese Means to Me
by Garrison Keillor
It's a Wonderful (Amazing) Life!
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Women's History Month
by US Census Bureau Staff
In the Bleak Midwinter (revisited)
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Through the Years
by James N. Watkins
My Mother Told Me and Now I''ll Tell You
by Garrison Keillor
A Man Walking Through a Big City Snowstorm
by Garrison Keillor
Meditation While Waiting for Coffee to Brew
by Garrison Keillor
100 Ways to Improve Your Life
by The Saturday Magazine staff / The Guardian
You Make Me Happy When Skies are Gray
by Garrison Keillor
The Hart of America
by U.S. Census Bureau staff
Welcome to When's Day
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
It's Time for Americans to Buy Less Stuff
by Terry Nguyen / Vox
The Last Post
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Challenges and Chances of Change
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Civil Civilizations
by Dan Seagren
An Abbreviated World Census
by Dan Seagren
Where Are My Keys?
by Dan Seagren
I've Had the Same Supper for 10 Years
by Wilf Davies / The Guardian
Wake Up Call
by Dan Seagren
City Slickers
by Dan Seagren
Stars in the Sky
by Dan Seagren
Wonderful Words
submitted by Stu Johnson
Life Matters
by James N. Watkins
Facts and Fakes
by Dan Seagren
Who's to Blame?
by Ken Potts
A Toast to the Promised Land
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The State of My Conflicted Heart
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
All Wants Aren't Created the Same
by Ken Potts
Our Leisure World
by Dan Seagren
From Womb to Tomb
by James N. Watkins
Dreams and Nightmares
by Dan Seagren
Whatever the Weather
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
I Remember When
by Dan Seagren
Stewardship
by Stu Johnson
Food, Glorious Food!
by Stu Johnson
Lighten Up!
by Stu Johnson
Let's Hear it for Moms and Pops
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Gospel According to Fast-Food
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Home Sweet Home
by Dan Seagren
Let's Hear It for Culture
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Farmer Dan
by Dan Seagren
Innovation
by Dan Seagren
Cultural Changes
by Dan Seagren
La La Land is More Than a Movie
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Let's Seize the Day
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Moments
by Dan Seagren
Antiquity
by Dan Seagren
August
by Dan Seagren
A Star-Spangled Anthem
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
March Madness
by Wes Wick
The Death of Common Sense
by Dan Seagren
Junk
by Dan Seagren
Twenty-One Pilgrimages
by Dan Seagren
Unintended Consequences - Part 1
by Stu Johnson
Unintended Consequences - Part 2
by Stu Johnson
Reminicing
by Dan Seagren
Clogged Drains
by Dan Seagren
The Game of Life
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Any Resemblance?
by Dan Seagren
Senior Moments Self-Examined
by Dan Seagren
Either/Or
by Dan Seagren
Time to Remember
by Dan Seagren
Regrets
by Dan Seagren
April Fool's Day is Here Again
by Dan Seagren
Bilingualism
by Dan Seagren
Pinchtown
by Dan Seagren
Dreams: A Poem
by Dan Seagren
Remembering the Past
by Dan Seagren
Turning the Clock Back
by Dan Seagren
Love Does!
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Once Upon a Time
by Dan Seagren
My Mailman
by Dan Seagren
Goodbye Abby!
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
I Resolve to Resolve
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Mailman
by Dan Seagren
A Hymn for the City
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
What If?
by Dan Seagren
Ameri-I-CAN
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Prodigal Nation
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
What's in a Name
by Dan Seagren
Road Rage on Wall Street
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Speed Kings
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Trivia
by Dan Seagren
Happy Birthday, Mr. President
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Reflections from Poet's Cove
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Giving Game
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Why Birthdays are a Gift
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Fiber with a Flair
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
What's Happened to Civility?
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Confronting Taller Ants
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Baristas are Bartenders Too
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Turkeyville
by Dan Seagren
Report Cards
by Dan Seagren
What Happened to Civility?
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Let's Hear it for Vacations
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Let's Hear it for Reunion Nametags!
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
To Those of Us Born 1925-1975
by Dan Seagren
Let's Give Our Thumbs a Hand
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Recalling My Ordination Day
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Advisory Capacity
by Dan Seagren
June Bug
by Dan Seagren
Let Freedom Ring!
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Thoughts
ny Natalie Ray
O Canada (revisited)
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Put a Blue Light in Your Window
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
My Imaginary Journey
by Dan Seagren
Tiger, Tiger Burning Bright
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Whine Flu
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Obsolete
by Dan Seagren
A Labor of Love
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Facing America's Moral Erosion
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Sentimental Journey
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
My Big Fat Greek Name
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Barbie at 50
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A New Year's Dance-a-Thon
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Call for Compassion
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Next Generation
by Dan Seagren
I Really Said That?
by Dan Seagren
I Have a Dream (Then and Now)
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Bikers for Justice
by Dan Seagren
Softsoap and Soft-Soap
by Dan Seagren
Acronyms
by Dan Seagren
Baby Talk
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Halves and the Halve-Nots
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
A Kind Word About Libraries
by Dan Seagren
Dropping Out
by Dan Seagren
The Deceiving Beauty of Autumn Leaves
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Finally Home
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Heat is On
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
I'm Looking Over a Three-Leaf Clover
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
Honor: A Worthy Attribute
by Dan Seagren
Pet Peeves
by Dan Seagren
Survivor Lessons
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
The Richest Kind
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
My Spell Checker
by Dan Seagren
FIFO and LILO
—FIFO and LILO
by Dan Seagren
Innocence
by Dan Seagren
Pets
by Dan Seagren
The Dog Days of Summer are Barking
by Greg Asimakoupoulos

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