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A Few Words from an Elderly Uncle
by Garrison Keillor
(April 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…
What I Saw Sunday in New York
by Garrison Keillor
(March 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…
Another Executive Order from me
by Garrison Keillor
(March 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?…
On the Road to Roanoke
by Garrison Keillor
(March 6, 2025)
They laughed when I said, "Canada can.t be our 51st state! It has no South! You can't have America without a South. You need bluegrass, the blues, country, gospe"…
Sunday Morning, So Help Me, God
by Garrison Keillor
(February 27, 2025)
I walked into church thinking about deadlines and the news and my aged ailing pals and I walk out into the sunshine, feeling shaken, raised up, grateful for the love of God and the people around me. I wish you'd come with me smetime…
Living the Present, a Day at a Time
by Garrison Keillor
(February 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 Wonderful Night in Lubbock
by Garrison Keillor
(January 30, 2025)
I love the old hymns, face-to-face friendliness, good manners, the limerick, a walk in the park…
One More Day, One More Airport
by Garrison Keillor
(January 23, 2025)
Makes me wonder about what I've been telling you. Which is true, which is false. I leave it to you, I gotta plane to catch…
A Good Man Gone to Glory
by Garrison Keillor
(January 18, 2025)
Jimmy Carter's trademark was honesty, and as a boy I managed to avoid that as well. When people asked me, "How are you?" I said, "Fine." "How is school?" "Good." Telling the truth only led to more questions…
It's Never Too Late to be Normal
by Garrison Keillor
(January 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…
Texas is a Real Education
by Garrison Keillor
(January 5, 2025)
Thanks to the highly selective teaching of history, I grew up a patriotic optimist before the era of resentful billionaires…
A Quiet Night in Manhattan
by Garrison Keillor
(December 26, 2024)
My wife and I like to sit in the same room at night, doing our separate things, she in a chair reading a book, I at a table addressing Christmas cards…
The Twelve SItes of Christmas (2024)
by James N. Watkins
(December 20, 2024)
Jim's annual list of articles and cartoons with hope and humor for Christmas…
It Can Get Really Cold in Minnesota
by Garrison Keillor
(December 19, 2024)
The cold has drawn us together as mammals. They know that I used to live here and then moved to New York, but they're in a forgiving mood because here I am suffering with them…
The Perils of Pedestrianism Explained
by Garrison Keillor
(December 12, 2024)
Nonetheless, I like New York. I’m glad to be done with lawn mowing and snow shoveling. We live two blocks from the subway where the downtown train will take me to the main library or Lincoln Center or lunch in the Village…
So What Are We to Do Now?
by Garrison Keillor
(December 5, 2024)
I enjoy the New York Times and I love it all the more now that I see it has practically no power at all.…
Walking to Church on a Cold Day
by Garrison Keillor
(November 28, 2024)
We live in troubled times but perhaps there needs to be a time-out from trouble and maybe I'll make it Sunday. Put the worries of this life aside…
Thanks for What?
by James N. Watkins
(November 22, 2024)
If you find yourself a bit down at Thanksgiving, Jim has some thoughts to put the holiday in perspective. First appeared in 2000..
Thank You for Reading This
by Garrison Keillor
(November 21, 2024)
So many blessings, and I haven't even mentioned friendship, sunsets, public transportation, Christian hymnody, baseball, hearing aids, the steady thoughtful leadership of my wife, trees, parks, rivers, the prairie, sonnets, Google, and cranberries…
Thanksgiving Turkey Trivia
by James N. Watkins
(November 15, 2024)
Do you have nothing better to do with your time than to read worthless trivia? Then, you'll be enriched by our educational special report on Melgris Gallopavos…