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Manhattan Man Living in the Past by Garrison Keillor (May 25, 2023)

What's on my mind is family history, the seven children of James Keillor and Dora Powell, and in all of Manhattan there's not a single soul who has the slightest interest, nor should there be…


What We Don't Know We Must Invent by Garrison Keillor (May 18, 2023)

We were a happy family that kept many secrets and how does one pry open those locked doors?…


Why I Am Not Joining the Strike by Garrison Keillor (May 11, 2023)

I salute the Hollywood writers who went out on strike this past week but I can tell you that we essayists won't be joining them…


The Beauty of Being a Guy by Garrison Keillor (May 4, 2023)

This week of struggling with the knee brace has changed my life forever. I used to want to be hip and cool and now I just want to be capable. . . . So this week I discovered I can be a guy.…


A Walk in the Park in April by Garrison Keillor (April 20, 2023)

It strikes me as sad, walking around Central Park on a paradise spring day, the cherry trees in full blossom . . . so much public happiness, to think of the cloud of bitterness over this generous country…


Confesstions of a Chocoholic by Barbara Greenleaf (April 14, 2023)

My love affair with chocolate has stood the test of time. True, I recently broke up with the milk variety to go over, literally, to the dark side…


What a Little Train Ride Can Do by Garrison Keillor (April 13, 2023)

It's a gorgeous ride and Peekskill is a lovely little town with a respectable café in the train depot and shops nearby. It is a fine way to get out of the city and look at the big river…


The Six-Minute Video Speaks Louder than Words by Garrison Keillor (April 6, 2023)

Everyone should look at that six-minute video of men moving down the hall of the Covenant School. They don't stop to confer, discuss options — lives are in danger, terrified children in lockdown, and they run forward toward gunfire…


The Enduring Words of a President by Leona Bergstrom (April 1, 2023)

When we have the courage to examine our unique design and God’s calling on our lives, we can find new purpose and new ways of service…


Fly Me to the Moon by Barbara Greenleaf (March 24, 2023)

Once the domain of science fiction, space colonization is being discussed by serious scientists and engineers as a real alternative to our deteriorating planet…


The Longer You Live the Better It Gets by Garrison Keillor (March 23, 2023)

Mortality is what makes the gifts enormous…


Adventures in ECO Land by Barbara Greenleaf (March 18, 2023)

My humorous take on going green…


Thanks to Lutherans I Skipped Ballet by Garrison Keillor (March 16, 2023)

The question I ask myself is, 'Do people of color really and truly wish to enlist in this army?'' It isn't just a religious faith, it's a culture…


The Old Man's Winter Weekend by Garrison Keillor (March 9, 2023)

Omaha is a well-kept city with a handsome classic downtown and I ate lunch in a downtown café a few tables away from a long table with six middle-aged guys around it and I loved listening to them talk…


The Old Man's Lecture: Manners (Boring) by Garrison Keillor (March 2, 2023)

It was a beautiful little scene of civility…


So Much is Known but Mystery Remains by Garrison Keillor (February 23, 2023)

We've learned something about privacy lately, namely that it doesn't exactly exist…


A Week in Kansas and Missouri by Garrison Keillor (February 16, 2023)

This is the beauty of being eighty years old, my kiddos, the ability to disengage from the tumult and the tragedy and enjoy the everyday ordinary.…


Burying Your One Great Life by Leona Bergstrom (February 11, 2023)

A scene in the December 2022 movie "Puss in Boots: Last Wish" captures how many Boomers feel as they transition into retirement. Many feel they are burying their identity—their essence—their purpose…


Even Old People Need to Explore New Realams by Garrison Keillor (February 10, 2023)

I do not have a single friend who was looking forward to hearing Taylor Swift and who was furious at Ticketmaster for messing up her tour and watched carefully the congressional hearings into the whole Swiftian crisis. Nobody.…


The Four Phases of Retirement by Richard Bergstrom (February 4, 2023)

There is a good chance that you will live 1/3rd of your life in retirement! This was true for my great uncle, who retired from the Ballard locks in Seattle at age 65 and lived to 100!…