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The Blessing of Christmas Pickles
by Garrison Keillor
(January 1, 2026)
Wwhen I got home I got out a fresh jar of dill pickles, which I find can be good at interrupting the blues if caught in its early stages…
God Has a Plan for the New Year
by James N. Watkins
(January 1, 2026)
Some predictions inspired by the Christmas story…
The Simple Gifts of CHristmas
by Garrison Keillor
(December 25, 2025)
When you’ve heard a string of audiences in dim light sing about the manger and the silent night, your heart is full…
Returning to a Generous Place
by Garrison Keillor
(December 18, 2025)
You can’t argue with luck, you just ride along…
Back Home to Minnesota
by Garrison Keillor
(December 11, 2025)
I grew up in Minnesota and my parents gave me an easy childhood, since they had come through hard times…
Thinking Ahead to Christmas
by Garrison Keillor
(December 4, 2025)
My dad was dubious about Christmas, the expense, the fuss,, but he yielded to my mother's passion to create one perfect day for her children despite the grief and hardship all around.&hellip'
On the Road Looking for His Story
by Garrison Keillor
(November 27, 2025)
I heard about David when I was a little kid and my aunt Ruth and great-uncle Llewellyn Powell came to our house on many Saturday evenings and told stories about family history, in which David was prominent…
The Story Teller Hits the Road
by Garrison Keillor
(November 20, 2025)
I am off to LaGuardia to go on tour for ten days with my solo stand-up show telling stories and not a single word about the Emperor and His Court of Cronie…
Happy Old Man Looking Over His Shoulder
by Garrison Keillor
(November 13, 2025)
We live in fascinating times. History is being made daily…
It's Waiting for You, Just Go Find It!
by Garrison Keillor
(November 6, 2025)
I've glanced at big-screen TVs in bars and cafés and what I saw was that they make dumb things even dumber but I was stunned by the Dodger-Blue Jays game, the camerawork especially, which makes you feel you're on the field and part of the gam….
Daylight Savings Time Ends Tonight!
by Aliza Chasan / CBS News
(November 1, 2025)
Cant 'remember whether the cock goes forward or back? Here's the scoop as Daylight Savings Time ends…
How Many Truckloads Does It Take?
by Garrison Keillor
(October 30, 2025)
The country has come to accept insults twenty times more gigantic than ever before…
Winter Comes to Minnesota, One Hopes
by Garrison Keillor
(October 23, 2025)
And that’s why some of us are going hunting for terrorist turkeys that’ve been reported in the suburbs. Rogue turke…s
LIfe Goes On, We Watch the Lampposts Passing
by Garrison Keillor
(October 16, 2025)
New York is a tolerant place and if you went to Trader Joe;s in your pajamas, people would figure there's a reason …
A Word of Adice from Yout Elder
by Garrison Keillor
(October 9, 2025)
Now everybody's son and stepdaughter are lining up to get a degree in Stand-Up. Yes, you're right, it's a B.S. and that's all you need nowadays, and so I've had to take up teaching…
A Quite Weekend on the Upper West Side
by Garrison Keillor
(October 2, 2025)
Old age is the age of gratitude and I have more to be grateful for than you kids do…
September, Wishing I Had a Pronto Pup
by Garrison Keillor
(September 27, 2025)
I feel a little sad and sort of disenfranchised in September heading for October and for the fourth year in a row having missed the Minnesota State Fair and not eaten Pronto Pups or cheese curds or hot buttered corn on the co…
Balcony at Night, Looking at Manhattan
by Garrison Keillor
(September 20, 2025)
It’s a beautiful fall and the city feels optimistic, let people in Wichita imagine it as a brutal battleground and rat-infested garbage dump, the residents know different.
Suddenly Last Tuesday a Bright Light Show
by Garrison Keillor
(September 4, 2025)
There has never been a Cabinet meeting like it, I daresay, and the entire three hours is on YouTube for all to see over and ove….
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….