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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…


Don't Let Your Deal Go Down by Garrison Keillor (February 26, 2026)

Speaking of ice, why is curling an Olympic sport? Sliding a rock on ice? I mean, really?…


Some Problems Turn Out to be GIfts —Problmes Can be Gifts by Garrison Keillor (February 19, 2026)

She didn’t speak in the dream, she simply made everything peaceful…


Unitarians: Thinking it Over by Garrison Keillor (February 12, 2026)

Grand Central Station is known as such because it is rather magnificent and stands in Midtown Manhattan. If it were renamed Melania, most New Yorkers would stick with the old name…


A Few Midwestern Maxims to Remember by Garrison Keillor (February 5, 2026)

I will always be a Midwesterner at heart. In addition to the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, the two great commandments, I try to live by certain simple principles…


One-Armed Man at the Concert by Garrison Keillor (January 29, 2026)

Gratitude is highly appropriate at 83…