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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…
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(Jul 4, 2024)
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A Father Speaks, After the Day Has Passed
by Garrison Keillor
(Jun 20, 2024)
The third Sunday of June is Father's Day and if you forgot, that's okay, we fathers don't expect to be celebrated, we only want to be forgiven…
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by Greg Asimakoupoulos
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The Olympics of Life
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
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The fireplace mantel in the Asimakoupoulos family room celebrates the Olympics...and the lessons for life that we can find in the games…
A Good Weekend in Georgia
by Garrison Keillor
(Nov 14, 2024)
I'm grateful that, as a kid, I got to experience 'visiting,' when the family got in the car and dropped in at someone's house and sat around and visited…
The Astonishment of Mornings on the River Last Week
by Garrison Keillor
(Jun 27, 2024)
It's a revelation of delight, of our Creator's delight in His creation, and though we're brought up to be skeptical . . . still the dawn light argues with stoicism and you see the beauty of the ordinary.…
What Would Jesus Say to a Church Divided by Politics?
by James N. Watkins
(Sep 13, 2024)
Jim first posted this in October 2020, but the message remains just as relevant today…
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Smokey the Bear just celebrated his eightieth birthday…
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(Jul 12, 2024)
Give these up and take back control of the mess…
Make America Good Again!
by Greg Asimakoupoulos
(Jul 20, 2024)
What our country needs is a return to good old fashion values…
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