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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'…
When is War Just?
by James N. Watkins
(April 3, 2026)
Jim's 2002 reflection is just as appropriate a quarter centruy later…
A Wonderful Week, Thanks
by Garrison Keillor
(April 2, 2026)
It’s Holy Week for us Christians and it’s lovely to be one in New York City where we’re a minority, just as it was in Jesus’ time, and so it makes sense to love your neighbor…
Learning from Experience to Dissolve Situations
by Garrison Keillor
(March 26, 2026)
I went into treatment for naivete and it helped…
What I Knew When I Was 14
by Garrison Keillor
(March 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…
My Sunday Night, Sorry You Missed It
by Garrison Keillor
(March 12, 2026)
Joy is a necessity, especially in dark times…
My Friends, Let Us March into March
by Garrison Keillor
(March 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…