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Moving Ahead with a Long Glance Back
by Garrison Keillor
(August 27, 2026)
'Life must be lived forwards but it can only be understood backwards,' said Kierkegaard…
Another Modest Propoal, but a Good One
by Garrison Keillor
(August 20, 2026)
I feel bad for Bill Cassidy who, if you were casting a movie, looks exactly right for the part of the honorable senator who stands up for principle&hellip'
The Writer's Life is One of Digressions
by Garrison Keillor
(August 13, 2026)
This didn’t happen back before laptops, when I did my writing on a legal pad with a Sharpie, the sharp kind…
Don't Quate Me, but I'm Excited
by Garrison Keillor
(August 6, 2026)
There hasn’t been a Democratic Senator from North Dakota since I was in high school. If there’s another one, I want to go to the victory party. I won’t drink but I’ll stand near people who d…
Happy We in NYC Society
by Garrison Keillor
(July 30, 2026)
What makes this eccentricity possible is the rational order of things that we count on in everyday life, such as last Friday when I rode a train into New York…
Shoulderto Shoulder, Two Together
by Garrison Keillor
(July 23, 2026)
Happiness comes in pairs, not solo…
The Alignment of Refinement in Boston
by Garrison Keillor
(July 16, 2026)
Poor Chad Smith. He was hired to run the BSO and he left off the O…
A Summer Night on a Porch
by Garrison Keillor
(July 9, 2026)
It’s sweet, this sense of timelessness…
My Happy Weekend in the Sunny South
by Garrison Keillor
(June 25, 2026)
I am taking a sabbatical from the news. Life is so much better if I skip the front page…
Sunday Morning Once Again
by Garrison Keillor
(June 18, 2026)
Episcopalians don’t evangelize. We tell jokes. Baptists confess having taken a drink, Catholics confess sins of lust, Episcopalians confess having worn stripes with polka dots…
It's a Beautiful Summer, Says Me
by Garrison Keillor
(June 11, 2026)
My generation went wrong on so many counts. It romanticized the random itinerant life of cowboys, sailors, magazine subscription salesmen — Life As A Journey, Not A Destination — and it derided domesticity in favor of naivete and narcissism…
My Speech to the Class of 2026
by Garrison Keillor
(June 4, 2026)
I see you listening intently to this balloon juice and why? Because it employs excellent English…
The Man at the Typewriter Goes Clickety Wham Bam
by Garrison Keillor
(May 28, 2026)
As I was about to say, I’ve been using a cane recently and discovering what a pleasure it is…
Summer is Here and What Could be Bettr?
by Garrison Keillor
(May 21, 2026)
Certain glories are more glorious than ever. A summer day, for one…
Dancing in Chelsea with Willy and Dylan
by Garrison Keillor
(May 14, 2026)
I’ve just had an amazing weekend in New York, which is what people come to New York for, to experience life in ways they didn’t find likely in Anoka, Minnesota…
Looking Around, Not Looking Ahead
by Garrison Keillor
(May 7, 2026)
Well, cultures are mortal, just as we are, and it’s a shame when the worthwhile peter out and the worst prospe…
Everybody in the Park on Sunday
by Garrison Keillor
(April 30, 2026)
I was on the phone with a friend having a dour conversation about all the usual things people my age bemoan and beweep, and now I was in a timeless scene of happiness…
A Bump at the End of the Road
by Garrison Keillor
(April 23, 2026)
Getting old is an adventure and what, I ask you, is life without adventure?…
A Fabulous Night in Sonoma
by Garrison Keillor
(April 16, 2026)
how does one respond to insanity?…
Holy Week, the Sacred, the Ridiculous
by Garrison Keillor
(April 9, 2026)
The Times didn’t use dashes to soften the shock for their younger readers but spelled out the word, I think, in order to convey… the tone of the post, which the Times described as 'blistering'…