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28 articles found.

SUMMARY VIEW  Expanded details within a Category. Click on article title, Category, or a listed Topic

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Aging, General

 1 record found

Purpose! Passion! Pep! by Barbara Greenleaf


(October 23, 2020)
Perpetual motion may be fine for some, but…
Topics: Humor • Lifestyle, General • Optimal Aging • Wellness



Arts & Entertainment

 1 record found

The Future of Escapism As I See It by Garrison Keillor


(January 27, 2022)
The new Las Vegas should be in Minnesota…
Topics: Contentment, Satsifaction • Future • Leisure • Lifestyle, General • Popular Culture • Travel



Faith, Religion & Spirituality

 2 records found

Thanks to Lutherans I Skipped Ballet by Garrison Keillor


(March 16, 2023)
The question I ask myself is, 'Do people of color really and truly wish to enlist in this army?'' It isn't just a religious faith, it's a culture…
Topics: Arts & Entertainment • Attitudes • Beliefs • Faith • Lifestyle, General • Religion


Finding an Uncluttered World by Bill Nichols


(May 2, 2016)
It's simple but not easy…
Topics: Coping • Faith • Lifestyle, General • Spirituality, Seeking God



General

 11 records found

Walking a Crowded Street in Gratitude by Garrison Keillor


(November 24, 2022)
I walk down upper Broadway and it's very amiable, like the Minnesota State Fair, throngs of people, the smell of pizza and hot pretzels in the air, bursts of music in passing, a general civility…
Topics: Attitudes • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Gratitute • Holiday Season • Lifestyle, General • Thanks, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving


Blessed Are the Meek for They Shall Inheirit a Shirt by Garrison Keillor


(June 17, 2022)
I sat down in a café and enjoyed a croissant. The waiter offered to refill my coffee cup. This is the sort of kindness an old dog takes sustenance from…
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Grace • Gratitute • Lifestyle, General • Optimal Aging


Nobody Asked, But I'll Tell You Anyway by Garrison Keillor


(May 12, 2022)
I’m a Midwesterner, suspicious of medals and titles. I only care what my readers think. I only want to be known by my own…
Topics: Personal Stories (Biography/Autobiography) • Circumstances, Life Events • Contentment, Satsifaction • Lifestyle, General • Memories • Personal Issues


A Man Walking Through a Big City Snowstorm by Garrison Keillor


(January 13, 2022)
A good hard winter is a restorative…
Topics: Attitudes • Circumstances, Life Events • Contemplation, Insight • Coping • Lifestyle, General • Relationships • Weather


Meditation While Waiting for Coffee to Brew by Garrison Keillor


(January 8, 2022)
I hate wasting time…
Topics: Attitudes • Lifestyle, General • Optimal Aging


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Health & Wellness

 1 record found

Where Did You Grow Up? by Emma Betuel / Inverse


(August 15, 2020)
Scientists discover a major lasting benefit of growing up outside the city…
Topics: Lifestyle, General • Optimal Aging • Research • Wellness



Hobbies

 1 record found

Hobby Therapy by Connie Schultz


(October 17, 2020)
Good advice from Winston Churchill to prepare us for the aftermath of this contentious election year…
Topics: Coping • COVID-19 • Inspiration • Leisure • Lifestyle, General • Politics • Voting & Elections • Wisdom



Holidays

 1 record found

Waiting for Christmas, Wishing for Snow by Garrison Keillor


(December 22, 2022)
When snow falls in Manhattan, it’s magical, you’re in an O. Henry story about Christmas, and all the kids shut up in apartments come out with sheets of plastic or cardboard and go sliding on whatever slope is available…
Topics: Personal Stories (Biography/Autobiography) • Holidays • Holiday Season • Lifestyle, General • Memories • Seasons • Weather



Humor

 1 record found

Welcome Summer by James N. Watkins


(June 5, 2020)
Time out for a lighter look at life before COVID-19…
Topics: COVID-19 • Humor • Lifestyle, General • Memories • Seasons • Social Activities



Inspiration

 1 record found

Dare to be Ordinary by James N. Watkins


(July 9, 2021)
We've been taught we can have whatever we want, but…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Attitudes • Beliefs • Courage • Faith • Jesus • Lifestyle, General • Optimal Aging • Trust



Life Events

 5 records found

Flaoting Down the Canyon Through the Rapids by Garrison Keillor


(February 29, 2024)
I accept change, even some changes that pain me. In that respect, life is not unlike rafting through fhe Grand Canyon with calm pools between the boiling rapids…
Topics: Change • Character, Integrity • Choices and Decision Making • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Humor • Learning • Lifestyle, General • Optimal Aging • Trends


Thank Goodness for Minnesota by Garrison Keillor


(November 23, 2023)
To be a leading producer of stupid misshapen birds who panic easily is not a distinction to be craved, but Somebody Has To Do The Work, and so Minnesota produces a billion turkeys a year so that America can feel gratitude…
Topics: Holidays • Holiday Season • Humor • Lifestyle, General • Thanks, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving


'Stand Up for Yourself' I Keep Thinking to Myself by Garrison Keillor


(November 16, 2023)
I'm not a newcomer to this world and I have never met a person with such exquisitely fine taste in the coffee realm. Wine, yes. Coffee, no.
Topics: Attitudes • Lifestyle, General • Relationships


Burying Your One Great Life by Leona Bergstrom


(February 11, 2023)
A scene in the December 2022 movie "Puss in Boots: Last Wish" captures how many Boomers feel as they transition into retirement. Many feel they are burying their identity—their essence—their purpose…
Topics: Change • Choices and Decision Making • Lifestyle, General • Media • Movies • Optimal Aging • Planning • Retirement


The Agony and the Ecstasy of Downsizing by Leona Bergstrom


(February 12, 2022)
I know I must let go of stuff, let go of who I once was and the pursuits I once fought for, but…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Change • Circumstances, Life Events • Coping • Housing • Lifestyle, General • Memories • Optimal Aging • Values



News & Current Events

 1 record found

Last Wedneday, Stuck in a Traffic Jam by Garrison Keillor


(February 15, 2024)
New Yorkers have the ability to express despair and municipal pride in the same sentence. Joe Biden's visit created traffic jams, so I over-tipped the cabbie and hiked 12 blocks to my doctor who took my blood pressure and said it was excellent…
Topics: Attitudes • Contemplation, Insight • Coping • Humor • Lifestyle, General • News • Optimal Aging • Politics



Relationships

 2 records found

I Am Alone, Please Let Me Tell You About It by Garrison Keillor


(March 24, 2022)
Every happily married man should experience loneliness on a regular basis so he can gauge his own happiness…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Contemplation, Insight • Lifestyle, General • Loneliness • Relationships


The B-I-B-L-E and LGBTQ by James N. Watkins


(February 16, 2019)
Addressing he issue with truth and grace…
Topics: Bible • Character, Integrity • Choices and Decision Making • God • Jesus • Lifestyle, General • Love • Relationships • Religion • Social Issues • Social Movements • Trends