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31 articles found.

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Aging, General

 1 record found

'It is what it is' by Ken Potts


(September 15, 2019)
The truth behind the phrase…
Topics: Change • Communication • Language, Meaning • Metaphors, Life Lessons • Relationships



Arts & Entertainment

 1 record found

Forget About Songwriting: Try Fiction by Garrison Keillor


(August 19, 2022)
My ambition had been to write limericks, but thank goodness I gave that up. There’s no money in it, just misery.…
Topics: Arts & Entertainment • Communication • Media • Music • Writing



Communication

 5 records found

Living the Present, a Day at a Time by Garrison Keillor


(February 6, 2025)
I remember a day fifty years ago when I had lunch with my hero S.J. Perelman in Minneapolis when he was to give a reading and I was to introduce him. I was stunned by admiration for his writing…
Topics: Communication • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Humor • Optimal Aging • Wisdom • Writing


One More Day, One More Airport by Garrison Keillor


(January 23, 2025)
Makes me wonder about what I've been telling you. Which is true, which is false. I leave it to you, I gotta plane to catch…
Topics: Beliefs • Communication • Humor • Relationships • Travel • Writing


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


English Spelling is Ridiculous by Sally Davies / Aeon


(August 7, 2021)
Why is the English spelling system so weird and inconsistent? Yet, most people use it with surprising accuracy…
Topics: Communication • History • Language, Meaning • Technology • Writing


Express Yourself Submitted by Stu Johnson


(May 30, 2020)
Ageless Authors and its newest writing contest 'Coping with Crisis'…
Topics: Communication • Coping • COVID-19 • Crisis • Opportunity • Writing



Faith, Religion & Spirituality

 1 record found

Un-Taming the Tension by George Garrison


(September 3, 2020)
Some tension can and should be held without causing major dissension…
Topics: Civility • Communication • COVID-19 • Current Events, News • Faith • Racism and Inequality • Relationships



General

 2 records found

A Weekend in the Wilds of Connecticut by Garrison Keillor


(June 24, 2022)
I have seen some of the future lately and I must admit it’s very appealing to me…
Topics: Communication • Contentment, Satsifaction • Family • Travel


Wonderful Words submitted by Stu Johnson


(January 27, 2020)
…that take a whole sentence to convey in English…
Topics: Communication • Language, Meaning



Government & Politics

 3 records found

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


What Would Jesus Say to a Church Divided by Politics? by James N. Watkins


(September 13, 2024)
Jim first posted this in October 2020, but the message remains just as relevant today…
Topics: Bible • Civility • Communication • Dysfunctional, Broken • Faith • Politics • Religion


It's Democracy, Folks, Learn to Love It! by Garrison Keillor


(March 7, 2024)
Politics is not an orderly business like cosmetic dentistry or carpentry, it is more like pond hockey or maybe a conclave of sociopaths or an ostrich jubilee, and the messiness can drive you crazy…
Topics: Civility • Communication • Contemplation, Insight • Diversity & Pluralism • Politics • Social Issues



Holidays

 1 record found

The Twelve SItes of Christmas (2024) by James N. Watkins


(December 20, 2024)
Jim's annual list of articles and cartoons with hope and humor for Christmas…
Topics: Christian Life • Communication • Compassion • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Faith • Family • God • Grace • Holidays • Holiday Season • Hopes & Dreams • Humor • Jesus • Relationships



Life Events

 4 records found

A Wonderful Night in Lubbock by Garrison Keillor


(January 30, 2025)
I love the old hymns, face-to-face friendliness, good manners, the limerick, a walk in the park…
Topics: Communication • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Humor • Relationships • Travel


Mature Man Available for Speaking, Easy Terms by Garrison Keillor


(March 14, 2024)
I am one of America's few remaining octogenarian stand-up comics, still able to stand for up to two hours, even three, and in the current comedy crop, I am a classicist…
Topics: Communication • Contemplation, Insight • Humor • Optimal Aging • Wisdom


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


A Walk in the Park in April by Garrison Keillor


(April 20, 2023)
It strikes me as sad, walking around Central Park on a paradise spring day, the cherry trees in full blossom . . . so much public happiness, to think of the cloud of bitterness over this generous country…
Topics: Communication • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Gratitute • Leisure • Nature • Politics • Seasons • Social Issues • Social Media • Social Movements



Media

 1 record found

My View on Journalism if Your're Interested by Garrison Keillor


(September 19, 2024)
My friends, the Washington Post is in Washington to uncover corruption, malfeasance, ineptitude, and outright dishonesty—not to publish photos of Zion National Park and tell me how to spark joy in my life or cover unusual wildlife in rural Iowa…
Topics: Communication • Contemplation, Insight • Humor • Media • News • Politics • Voting & Elections • Writing



News & Current Events

 6 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


So What Are We to Do Now? by Garrison Keillor


(December 5, 2024)
I enjoy the New York Times and I love it all the more now that I see it has practically no power at all.…
Topics: Beliefs • Communication • Contemplation, Insight • News • Politics • Social Issues • Writing


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


Why I Am Not Joining the Strike by Garrison Keillor


(May 11, 2023)
I salute the Hollywood writers who went out on strike this past week but I can tell you that we essayists won't be joining them…
Topics: Arts & Entertainment • Communication • Current Events, News • Language, Meaning • Media • News • Popular Culture • Writing


Mobs and the Workplace by Veronique De Rugy


(July 30, 2020)
'Cancel Culture' needs to slow down…
Topics: Communication • Current Events, News • Freedom • Language, Meaning • News • Racism and Inequality • Social Issues • Social Movements


About Those Numbers by Stu Johnson


(May 19, 2020)
Putting COVID-19 numbers in perspective…
Topics: Communication • COVID-19 • Crisis • Dying and Death • Disease • Ethics & Morality • Media • News • Research • Social Issues • Trust • Writing



Relationships

 4 records found

A Little Talk About Close Neighbors by Garrison Keillor


(September 12, 2024)
A summer house is for relaxation, it isn't to demonstrate craftsmanship. You are supposed to sit on the porch and read Proust, you are not supposed to create a home that Proust would've envied…
Topics: Communication • Contemplation, Insight • Friends & Neighbnors • Humor • Politics • Relationships


The Old Man's Lecture: Manners (Boring) by Garrison Keillor


(March 2, 2023)
It was a beautiful little scene of civility…
Topics: Civility • Communication • Relationships • Social Issues • Travel


A Foolproof Recipe for Dealing with the 'Turkeys' in Your Life by Greg Asimakoupoulos


(December 2, 2021)
Dealing with the 'joy thieves' who steal your sense of well-being and rob you of peace of mind…
Topics: Character, Integrity • Communication • Faith • Holidays • Holiday Season • Memories • Relationships • Thanks, Thankfulness, Thanksgiving


Uniting the Charlie Browns by Wes Wick


(January 12, 2016)
Lessons in unity as I take down my 'Charlie Brown' Christmas tree…
Topics: Christmas • Communication • Faith • Holidays • Metaphors, Life Lessons • Relationships



Travel

 2 records found

Crossing the Flats, Looking for Mountans by Garrison Keillor


(August 31, 2023)
Kansas flew past me, long stretches of brush and wild grassland as we headed west under an overcast sky, the train rocking as we rolled, an occasional coulee, no crossroads for miles and miles…
Topics: Communication • Contemplation, Insight • History • Memories • Nature • Relationships • Travel


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