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Aging, General

 3 records found

A New Day Dawns and We Rise Cheerfully to Meet It by Garrison Keillor


(October 6, 2022)
I know I’m on the last stretch, but I intend it to be a cheerful stretch…
Topics: Attitudes • Contemplation, Insight • Dying and Death • Memories • Optimal Aging • Relationships


Suddendly It's Clear Why I Want to Be Old by Garrison Keillor


(September 29, 2022)
The air is golden, smelling of wine and apples and woodsmoke. It takes me back…
Topics: Attitudes • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Hopes & Dreams • Memories • Optimal Aging • Relationships


Agers Anonymous by James N. Watkins


(September 24, 2021)
Jim introduces his new support group and a book that promises passion, purpose and pizazz for all ages…
Topics: Attitudes • Character, Integrity • Faith • Forgive, Forgiveness • Gratitute • Hopes & Dreams • Love • Optimal Aging



Faith, Religion & Spirituality

 1 record 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



General

 11 records found

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…
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Humor • Optimal Aging


We Must Become Children So Our Kids Can Survive by Garrison Keillor


(November 2, 2023)
The classic story: the elders make a desperate choice to spare their children the grief of history and put language and life story behind and become as children themselves in order to start anew…
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Character, Integrity • Choices and Decision Making • Contemplation, Insight • Parenting, Parents • Politics • Religion • Trends


Standing at 86th, Waiting for a Train by Garrison Keillor


(October 26, 2023)
Americans believe that opportunity and kindness can overcome barriers of race and religion . . . something I witness on the New York subway…
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Civility • Diversity & Pluralism


A Week in Kansas and Missouri by Garrison Keillor


(February 16, 2023)
This is the beauty of being eighty years old, my kiddos, the ability to disengage from the tumult and the tragedy and enjoy the everyday ordinary.…
Topics: Attitudes • Civility • Humor • Optimal Aging • Patriotism • Relationships


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


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Government & Politics

 5 records found

What It's All About, I Think by Garrison Keillor


(October 31, 2024)
It's a revolt by Middle America against the coasts, old against young, commoners against college, evangelicals against agnostics, McDonald's against pad thai…
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Civility • Government • News • Politics • Social Movements • Values • Voting & Elections


A Fine Night in York Pennsylvanie by Garrison Keillor


(September 26, 2024)
Pennsylvania is in a tough spot, as a big swing state. . . whhen the state is called, the side it votes for will figure, 'Well of course, but why such a narrow margin' and the other side will despise them and never buy another Hershey's bar…
Topics: Attitudes • Communication • Contemplation, Insight • Humor • Music • Patriotism • Politics • Unity, Unified • Volunteer • Voting & Elections


A Fable about Bewilderment by Garrison Keillor


(October 5, 2023)
It's very simple, people. Stupidity is contagious, it makes us dumber, as Ambassador Haley pointed out in the most recent Republican presidential debate…
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Current Events, News • Government • Humor • News • Politics • Voting & Elections


My Thoughts After Being Cut Down by a Tree by Garrison Keillor


(November 3, 2022)
Everyone has disappointments and worries about the future and sometimes a person can imagine the country is about to crack at the seams…
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Contemplation, Insight • Current Events, News • News • Politics • Social Issues


Driven Apart or Drawn Together? by Stu Johnson


(November 21, 2018)
Reflections on the state of the nation at the mid-term elections…
Topics: Attitudes • Civility • Demographics • Diversity & Pluralism • Faith • Government • History • Media • Politics • Social Media • Technology • Trends • Trust • Voting & Elections



Health & Wellness

 1 record found

A Noble Idea That Hit Me Last Tuesday by Garrison Keillor


(February 1, 2024)
I know that I need to get off my duff and man up and go out and walk lest I become a burden to my sweetheart and wind up in a rest home and use taxpayer's money to pay for me to lie around all day watching TV…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Attitudes • Humor • Optimal Aging • Wellness



History

 1 record found

An Idea, Probably Wrong, but It is an Idea by Garrison Keillor


(November 10, 2022)
I’m not nostalgic for those days long passed, I simply feel that you young people need to know some history…
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Change • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • History • Memories • Social Movements • Values



Holidays

 1 record found

Thanksgiving Reflections by Leona Bergstrom


(November 12, 2021)
What Piglet taught me about gratittude…
Topics: Attitudes • Gratitute • Holidays • Holiday Season • Thanks, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving



Inspiration

 2 records found

What Mozart Did for Me Last Week, Thanks, Amadeus by Garrison Keillor


(November 17, 2022)
Mozart had a right to share his suffering with us by writing music that makes us sick but instead he was an usher, directing us into a joyful realm of playfulness in which we become happier than we had intended to be…
Topics: Arts & Entertainment • Attitudes • Circumstances, Life Events • Coping • History • Inspiration • Music • Optimal Aging


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

 15 records found

Look Around, I Get the Drift by Garrison Keillor


(December 14, 2023)
I still feel loved. I tried to feel abandoned so I could be an important poet but it didn't work. LAUGHTER…
Topics: Attitudes • Personal Stories (Biography/Autobiography) • Contemplation, Insight • Humor • Writing


Epictetus on Fifth Avenue, a Week Ago by Garrison Keillor


(November 30, 2023)
Epictetus said the way to happiness is to not worry about things beyond your power to control, which includes this taxi ride, totalitarianism, the cost of tickets to 'Tannhäuser,' and other things that begin with T…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Attitudes • Coping • Humor • Optimal Aging • Stress • Wisdom


'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


Visitng Home After a Long Time Away by Garrison Keillor


(October 12, 2023)
Flattery is offensive to a Minnesotan. My mother recoiled if someone praised her cooking and I do the same when someone praises a book I wrote…
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Memories • Relationships • Travel


O Fabulous Day! Callooh! Callay! by Garrison Keillor


(June 1, 2023)
Stupidity has given me sympathy for other knuckleheads and also admiration for the beautiful competence of American medicine, which has extended my life dramatically, making it possible for me to beat myself up for my mistakes and not just take up space.
Topics: Attitudes • Circumstances, Life Events • Civility • Current Events, News • Humor • News • Optimal Aging • Politics • Relationships


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News & Current Events

 5 records found

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.…
Topics: Attitudes • Communication • Contemplation, Insight • Government • History • News • Politics • Social Issues • Social Movements • Values


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


Gay Pride Prompts Sad, Shameful Aniomisty by James N. Watkins


(June 16, 2023)
May I offer a compromise to the sad and shameful animosity between those celebrating June as “Gay Pride Month” and those who believe that homosexuality is a moral “abomination.”
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Change • Communication • Current Events, News • News • Relationships • Social Issues • Social Movements


Bridging the Divide by Stu Johnson


(January 15, 2022)
A reminder as we look back at The Capitol Insurrection and approach Martin Luther King Jr Day that the divisions we face are not new and that there are ways to bridge the divide…
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Civility • History • Media • News • Politics • Popular Culture • Social Issues • Technology • Trust • Values • Voting & Elections


Conspiracy Theories and Human Psychology by Russell Johnson


(September 18, 2021)
While conspiracy theories may not actually be increasing, awareness of them is, and it is important to understand the role they play in American culture…
Topics: Attitudes • Beliefs • Media • Mental Health • Popular Culture • Psychology, Psychological Health • Social Issues • Social Movements



Relationships

 1 record found

Hugging is a Habit in the Apple Capital by Garrison Keillor


(October 10, 2024)
Here I am in Wenatchee, Washington, the Apple Capital of the World, on the Columbia River in the Cascades, being clutched to people's bosoms. Apparently they consider me a friend…
Topics: Attitudes • Contemplation, Insight • Lifestyle, General • Memories • Relationships • Religion



Travel

 2 records found

Sunday Aftrnoon Alone in the Apirpot by Garrison Keillor


(May 22, 2025)
Despite my dumb mistakes, I believe in progress…
Topics: Attitudes • Circumstances, Life Events • Contemplation, Insight • Humor • Travel • Trouble • Trust


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…
Topics: Attitudes • Contemplation, Insight • Humor • Travel • Writing