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The Christmas Story in Chronological Order
by James N. Watkins
(Dec 5, 2025)
Putting Christmas in perspective…
Thinking Ahead to Christmas
by Garrison Keillor
(Dec 4, 2025)
My dad was dubious about Christmas, the expense, the fuss,, but he yielded to my mother's passion to create one perfect day for her children despite the grief and hardship all around.&hellip'
God is Faithful, We are Hopeful
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Nov 29, 2025)
New lyrics to an Advent hymn by Greg Asimakoupoulos…
Will DonaldTrump Get into Heven?
by Rusty Wright
(Nov 28, 2025)
Heaven has been on President Trump's mind a lot these days…
On the Road Looking for His Story
by Garrison Keillor
(Nov 27, 2025)
I heard about David when I was a little kid and my aunt Ruth and great-uncle Llewellyn Powell came to our house on many Saturday evenings and told stories about family history, in which David was prominent…
The Landscape of Thanksgiving
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Nov 22, 2025)
God's faithfulness is displayed like the colors on a painter's pallete…
The Story Teller Hits the Road
by Garrison Keillor
(Nov 20, 2025)
I am off to LaGuardia to go on tour for ten days with my solo stand-up show telling stories and not a single word about the Emperor and His Court of Cronie…
Journeys of Paul Cruise
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Nov 15, 2025)
Join Greg and Marlin Sandin on a cruise that explores the journeys of Paul, September 2026…
Happy Old Man Looking Over His Shoulder
by Garrison Keillor
(Nov 13, 2025)
We live in fascinating times. History is being made daily…
A Trubute to Our Veterans
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Nov 11, 2025)
World Wat 2 veterans are a vanishing breed…
It's Waiting for You, Just Go Find It!
by Garrison Keillor
(Nov 6, 2025)
I've glanced at big-screen TVs in bars and cafés and what I saw was that they make dumb things even dumber but I was stunned by the Dodger-Blue Jays game, the camerawork especially, which makes you feel you're on the field and part of the gam….
All Saints Sunday Homework
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Nov 1, 2025)
Cemeteries are holy ground where seeds of love are sown&hellip
Remembering a Favorite Aunt
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Nov 1, 2025)
Rememering my s father’s youngest sister…
Daylight Savings Time Ends Tonight!
by Aliza Chasan / CBS News
(Nov 1, 2025)
Cant 'remember whether the cock goes forward or back? Here's the scoop as Daylight Savings Time ends…
How Many Truckloads Does It Take?
by Garrison Keillor
(Oct 30, 2025)
The country has come to accept insults twenty times more gigantic than ever before…
When God WInks
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Oct 25, 2025)
Godwinks are more than coincidences…
Winter Comes to Minnesota, One Hopes
by Garrison Keillor
(Oct 23, 2025)
And that’s why some of us are going hunting for terrorist turkeys that’ve been reported in the suburbs. Rogue turke…s
Time in a Bottle
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Oct 18, 2025)
Greg reflects on timeless memories with daughter Kristin…
LIfe Goes On, We Watch the Lampposts Passing
by Garrison Keillor
(Oct 16, 2025)
New York is a tolerant place and if you went to Trader Joe;s in your pajamas, people would figure there's a reason …
Mom Nature's Call to Worship
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Oct 11, 2025)
The awesome beauty of an autumn day…
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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…
MGM's House of Daivd
by Rusty Wright
(Feb 21, 2025)
Israeli king's lessons for today?…
An Accounting of What I've Been Up To
by Garrison Keillor
(Feb 20, 2025)
The shows being down South, people enjoyed hearing me talk about Minnesota winter back in my boyhood, waking up on a twenty-below morning, a blizzard in progress, but no mention of school cancellations…
Mother, the Queen of Hearts
by Garrison Keillor
(Feb 13, 2025)
But when I take my Minnesota cup down and fill it with coffee, I think of my mother and I smile. Her 110th birthday is coming up and I should do something special in her honor, such as write something about her that makes you feel good…
The Chemisty of Love
by Faith A Watkins
(Feb 14, 2025)
Hallmark movies and Harlequin Romance novels want us to believe that falling in love is all about that magical chemistry between the hero and heroine. In reality, it is chemistry, but not in the heart but the brain!…
Another Executive Order from me
by Garrison Keillor
(Mar 13, 2025)
The world wonders: 'What will satisfy the man?'' A presidential order requiring Bill Clinton to shine his shoes? The man is ambitious. Will we own the Gulf of America or can other countries use it?…
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…
Black History 365
by Rusty Wright
(Feb 7, 2025)
Black History 365': Solution-oriented education with respect…
A Prayer for the New Pope
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(May 17, 2025)
A celebration banner hangs at the entrance to the Asimakoupoulos home…
All's Not Lost with Alzheimer's
by James N. Watkins
(Jan 11, 2025)
Finding the best when all seems lost…
The Powerful Drumming of Graduation
by Garrison Keillor
(May 15, 2025)
unintelligible, not so much'English as the burbling of pigeons and chittering of squirrels, with words like 'journey,' ''accomplishments,''discovery,' and 'curiosity'” and the whole sentences I heard might’ve been composed by an older AI-powered speechbot
Celebrating a Memorable Birthday
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Feb 22, 2025)
A sign that hangs in our home sirs memories…
Six Degrees of You!
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Feb 8, 2025)
It’s a small world after all. Just ask Kevin Bacon!…
Reflections on Lent and Easter
by James N. Watkins
(Mar 7, 2025)
Jim shares his favorite posts for the Lenten season…
It's Never Too Late to be Normal
by Garrison Keillor
(Jan 11, 2025)
As I proceed through my eighties, I go back to a Minnesota point of view: life is complicated, take it one day at a time, the urge to be top dog is not a useful ambition, be grateful for what you have and learn to cherish your portion…
A Happy Man Out for a Drive
by Garrison Keillor
(Apr 24, 2025)
We used to drive around with a big roa' map spread out and yell, 'I told you to turn west a half mile ago, ya dummy,” and now a robolady is our navigator directing us in gentle tones and road trips are more enjoyable. ic …
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….
Living the Present, a Day at a Time
by Garrison Keillor
(Feb 6, 2025)
I remember a day fifty years ago when I had lunch with my hero S.J. Perelman in Minneapolis when he was to give a reading and I was to introduce him. I was stunned by admiration for his writing…
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…
Sunday Aftrnoon Alone in the Apirpot
by Garrison Keillor
(May 22, 2025)
Despite my dumb mistakes, I believe in progress…
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