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31 articles found.

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Communication

 1 record found

In Georgia, Taking Shelter from the Storm by Garrison Keillor


(February 3, 2022)
The beauty of small talk…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Communication • Contentment, Satsifaction • Language, Meaning • Relationships • Travel



Faith, Religion & Spirituality

 4 records found

Please Breathe On Me by George Garrison


(February 3, 2022)
As we long for a COVID-free future, recall a scene from Chronicles of Narnia in which Aslan infuses young Susan with much needed courage…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Coping • Courage • COVID-19 • Current Events, News • Faith • God • Hopes & Dreams


Will You Get a Do-Over? by James N. Watkins


(August 6, 2021)
One slip and an Olympic athlete can be out of the competition. Is that how life treats you?
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Current Events, News • Faith • News • Sports • Writing


How to Walk on Water by James N. Watkins


(February 2, 2019)
It's not limited to winter…
Topics: Christian Life • Circumstances, Life Events • Faith • Metaphors, Life Lessons • Nature • Weather


My Life as a Human Tetherball by James N. Watkins


(November 14, 2018)
Finding safety and security even when life knocks you around…
Topics: Character, Integrity • Circumstances, Life Events • Faith • God • Hopes & Dreams • Risk • Safety



General

 4 records found

The Meaning of Life as it Dawned on Me the Other Night by Garrison Keillor


(June 10, 2022)
. . . nonetheless we are independent individuals and we can discern what is true, what is noble and right, what is lovely and admirable and to think on these things…
Topics: Attitudes • Circumstances, Life Events • Contentment, Satsifaction • Optimal Aging • Relationships


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


Who's to Blame? by Ken Potts


(October 6, 2019)
Sorry, but sometimes the fault truly is our own…
Topics: Choices and Decision Making • Circumstances, Life Events • Discipline • Financial • Hopes & Dreams • Lifestyle, General • Personal Issues • Planning



History

 1 record found

Remembering the Men Who Went Ashore by Garrison Keillor


(June 15, 2023)
My first knowledge of D-Day came from A.J. Liebling's accounts in The New Yorker, which I read as a college kid and reread last week on the anniversary. Reading them the first time made me want to be a writer and the rereading was no less stunning…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Courage • History • Media • Tribute, Testimony • War • Writing



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


Sam the Olympic Eagle and You by Leona Bergstrom


(July 9, 2021)
Are your soaring days over?…
Topics: Character, Integrity • Circumstances, Life Events • Coping • COVID-19 • Faith • History • Hopes & Dreams • Inspiration • Optimal Aging



Life Events

 13 records found

The Gift of Helen Story, Remembered by Garrison Keillor


(September 14, 2023)
Somehow the ridiculous missteps of my life lead to this day in September, the back-to-school month, and in my heart I am still walking into the old high school, anxious to do well in Lyle Bradley's biology and Helen Story's English class…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Contemplation, Insight • Coping • Education • Humor • Learning • Memories • Optimal Aging • Tribute, Testimony


The Lucky Man Hits the Road, My Gosh by Garrison Keillor


(August 10, 2023)
I dread the prospect of retirement, which in so many cases leads to disintegration and dementia. I intend to go on performing until I reach the age of 98, beating my mother by one year…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Health Care • Optimal Aging • Retirement • Travel • Wellness


Canada is Burning, But We're Doing Okay by Garrison Keillor


(July 13, 2023)
And so I set aside the past and retreat into the present and take pleasure in the morning coffee, the granola with berries, the appearance of She Whom I Love . . . there is serenity to be found and freedom from the vast treasury of available anxiety.
Topics: Change • Circumstances, Life Events • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Disaster • News


A Lovely Lunch Last Week in New Haven by Garrison Keillor


(June 22, 2023)
At lunch with a pregnant woman, you talk about ordinary life, family, summer, the food, the elation of the kids at the graduation we’d attended that morning and the pride of their parents, and we never set foot in politics at all…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Communication • Contentment, Satsifaction • Optimal Aging • Relationships


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

 3 records found

A World of Blessing by Stu Johnson


(July 16, 2020)
People unite in virtual choirs to bless cities, countries, the world…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Comfort & Consolation • COVID-19 • Crisis • Current Events, News • Faith • God • Innovation, Invention, Creativity • Inspiration • Music • News • Relationships


How Are You Faring? Reported by Stu Johnson


(June 24, 2020)
Report provides insights into COVID-19 impact…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • COVID-19 • Current Events, News • Demographics • Depresson • Fears, Concerns • Financial • Housing • Loss & Grieving • News • Social Issues • Work


Shoo the News Blues by James N. Watkins


(January 18, 2016)
Intervention for a news junkie…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Coping • News • Personal Issues



Relationships

 1 record 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



Technology

 1 record found

The Lost History of the Electric Car from The Guardian


(August 21, 2021)
And what it tells us about the future of transport…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Coping • History • Innovation, Invention, Creativity • Opportunity • Predictions & Forecasts • Science & Technology • Technology • Transportation • Trends



Travel

 1 record found

The Little Known Benefits of Raw Oytsers Perhaps by Garrison Keillor


(February 17, 2022)
It was a very happy day in Easton…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Communication • Contentment, Satsifaction • Food & Nuitrition • Humor • Relationships • Travel