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A Night in Bed with Her and Me
by Garrison Keillor
(August 28, 2025)
The other night I lay awake for a while trying to think of the first name of the Romney who ran for president against Obam….
A Bulletin from Downtown St. Paul
by Garrison Keillor
(August 21, 2025)
Never before had an author shown such bravado as to commit a felony as a way of getting published.…
One Favor, Lord, if You Have a Moemnt
by Garrison Keillor
(August 14, 2025)
I ask a favor of God, that I not die a dumb death. Let me leave in dignity, please…
Remembering You, but Not the Rest of It
by Garrison Keillor
(August 7, 2025)
It's a night I’ll remember for the rest of my life (I'm 83) whereas vast acres of my middle and elder years are a blank to me, which worries my beloved…
How it All Happened, Thank Goodness!
by Garrison Keillor
(July 31, 2025)
I was a very quiet boy, which back then people thought indicated a high IQ but I knew better…
What We Learn from Air Travel
by Garrison Keillor
(July 24, 2025)
Let God and my travel agent Camille find a way. I closed my eyes. There is no place like home…
Let's Get Together, People, and Hold Hands
by Garrison Keillor
(July 17, 2025)
Maybe people are put off by the rockets and bombs, I don’t know. But I believe America needs an anthem. So I’ve rewritten i….
Where's My Guitar, Darling?
by Garrison Keillor
(July 10, 2025)
I associate the name Delta with the Mississippi Delta blues and Robert Johnson who sold his soul to the devil to gain mastery of the blues guitar…
Bravo, Democracy, Up with the Underdog!
by Garrison Keillor
(July 3, 2025)
This is the beauty of democracy, it’s an art and not a science, and sometimes it speaks clearly…
An Evening in the Berkshires
by Garrison Keillor
(June 26, 2025)
I did a show at Tanglewood in the Berkshires Saturday night, a big crowd on a beautiful day, and just before intermission someone told me that we had gone to war against Iran …
The Link Between Language and Gunshots
by Garrison Keillor
(June 23, 2025)
Fear is the favored force of evil, causing public officials to feel targeted, to see shadows in the hall, imagine the glint of gun barrels, back away from their principles.…
Sunday Aftrnoon Alone in the Apirpot
by Garrison Keillor
(May 22, 2025)
Despite my dumb mistakes, I believe in progress…
The Powerful Drumming of Graduation
by Garrison Keillor
(May 15, 2025)
unintelligible, not so much'English as the burbling of pigeons and chittering of squirrels, with words like 'journey,' ''accomplishments,''discovery,' and 'curiosity'” and the whole sentences I heard might’ve been composed by an older AI-powered speechbot
Stating the Case as Simply as Possible
by Garrison Keillor
(May 8, 2025)
The man is a gross insult to every living American citizen, he has made us a nation of nincompoops in the eyes of the world, and yet most of his voters are still behind him…
Thie is a Great Country
by Garrison Keillor
(May 1, 2025)
The American people are among the kindest on God’s green earth. If you think otherwise, you really need to get out more often and look around…
A Happy Man Out for a Drive
by Garrison Keillor
(April 24, 2025)
We used to drive around with a big roa' map spread out and yell, 'I told you to turn west a half mile ago, ya dummy,” and now a robolady is our navigator directing us in gentle tones and road trips are more enjoyable. ic …
What I Go to Church For
by Garrison Keillor
(April 17, 2025)
I am part of the shrinking population of churchgoers and I sympathize with my neighbors who prefer to sleep late on Sunday, drink coffee in their pajamas, read the Times and bitch about the stupidity in high places…
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?…