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All That Glitters…
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Mar 21, 2026)
The fireplace mantel in our family room on Oscar Night…
What I Knew When I Was 14
by Garrison Keillor
(Mar 19, 2026)
what interested me more than bird’s-eye accounts of military campaigns and the calculations of major powers were the stories of individuals, and the book that moved me most was Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, which I read when I was 14…
An Irish Table Grace
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Mar 14, 2026)
A perfect place setting for St. Patrick’s Day…
My Sunday Night, Sorry You Missed It
by Garrison Keillor
(Mar 12, 2026)
Joy is a necessity, especially in dark times…
The Face of War
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Mar 7, 2026)
A face in the smoke following a bomb explosion in Iran…
Do Not Judge, but Be a Good Juror
by James N. Watkins
(Mar 7, 2026)
Something to think about when someone tells you not to judge someone…
My Friends, Let Us March into March
by Garrison Keillor
(Mar 5, 2026)
Life is good, spring is on the way, and we must keep reminding ourselves of this since it isn’t reported in the newspapers…
He Was Somebody!
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Feb 28, 2026)
The Reverend Jesse Jacksn…
Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
by Garrison Keillor
(Feb 26, 2026)
Speaking of ice, why is curling an Olympic sport? Sliding a rock on ice? I mean, really?…
In a Bleak Midwinter
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Feb 21, 2026)
A Ben Young painting pictures a gloomy midwinter day…
Some Problems Turn Out to be GIfts
—Problmes Can be Gifts
by Garrison Keillor
(Feb 19, 2026)
She didn’t speak in the dream, she simply made everything peaceful…
Thumbs Up, Zach!
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Feb 14, 2026)
We celebrated the life and faith of Zach Maso…
Wuthering Heights Movie
by Rusty Wright
(Feb 12, 2026)
Romance, revenge, tragedy…
Unitarians: Thinking it Over
by Garrison Keillor
(Feb 12, 2026)
Grand Central Station is known as such because it is rather magnificent and stands in Midtown Manhattan. If it were renamed Melania, most New Yorkers would stick with the old name…
On Being a 12
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Feb 7, 2026)
True Seahawks fans show their team spirit and loyalty…
A Few Midwestern Maxims to Remember
by Garrison Keillor
(Feb 5, 2026)
I will always be a Midwesterner at heart. In addition to the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, the two great commandments, I try to live by certain simple principles…
Lest We Forget
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Jan 31, 2026)
Thoughts inspired by a memorial to concentration camp victims at Stroud’s Jewish Community Center…
One-Armed Man at the Concert
by Garrison Keillor
(Jan 29, 2026)
Gratitude is highly appropriate at 83…
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A Prayer for the New Pope
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(May 17, 2025)
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The Powerful Drumming of Graduation
by Garrison Keillor
(May 15, 2025)
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Let's Get Together, People, and Hold Hands
by Garrison Keillor
(Jul 17, 2025)
Maybe people are put off by the rockets and bombs, I don’t know. But I believe America needs an anthem. So I’ve rewritten i….
Superman Movie
by Rusty Wright
(Jul 12, 2025)
What's the appeal?…
Where's My Guitar, Darling?
by Garrison Keillor
(Jul 10, 2025)
I associate the name Delta with the Mississippi Delta blues and Robert Johnson who sold his soul to the devil to gain mastery of the blues guitar…
Sunday Aftrnoon Alone in the Apirpot
by Garrison Keillor
(May 22, 2025)
Despite my dumb mistakes, I believe in progress…
Stating the Case as Simply as Possible
by Garrison Keillor
(May 8, 2025)
The man is a gross insult to every living American citizen, he has made us a nation of nincompoops in the eyes of the world, and yet most of his voters are still behind him…
The Measure of Greatness
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(May 3, 2025)
A tribute to Hugh Steven, 'hewn out of the kind of quarry that is known for priceless stone'…
Nvidia CEO's Consuming Anxiety
by Rusty Wright
(Dec 17, 2025)
Are there solutions?…
The 365 Days of Chrstmas
by James N. Watkins
(Dec 26, 2025)
The season of peace on earth, goodwill toward men was over for another year—carefully packed away with Nativity sets, strings of lights and artificial trees…
Bravo, Democracy, Up with the Underdog!
by Garrison Keillor
(Jul 3, 2025)
This is the beauty of democracy, it’s an art and not a science, and sometimes it speaks clearly…
Remembering You, but Not the Rest of It
by Garrison Keillor
(Aug 7, 2025)
It's a night I’ll remember for the rest of my life (I'm 83) whereas vast acres of my middle and elder years are a blank to me, which worries my beloved…
Thie is a Great Country
by Garrison Keillor
(May 1, 2025)
The American people are among the kindest on God’s green earth. If you think otherwise, you really need to get out more often and look around…
The Christmas Story in Chronological Order
by James N. Watkins
(Dec 5, 2025)
Putting Christmas in perspective…
A Poet Reflects on Poetry
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Apr 26, 2025)
Poetry is a written way of painting with words…
Time in a Bottle
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Oct 18, 2025)
Greg reflects on timeless memories with daughter Kristin…
The Penny: In Memoriam
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Dec 6, 2025)
The 1952 wheat penny was minted the year the poet was born…
Color Our Country Beautiful
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by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Jul 4, 2025)
Thought for July 4…
Blessed to Be a Blessing
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Jun 28, 2025)
The blessings we enjoy were meant to overflow onto others…
An Evening in the Berkshires
by Garrison Keillor
(Jun 26, 2025)
I did a show at Tanglewood in the Berkshires Saturday night, a big crowd on a beautiful day, and just before intermission someone told me that we had gone to war against Iran …
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