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27 articles found.

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Arts & Entertainment

 2 records found

Where's My Guitar, Darling? by Garrison Keillor


(July 10, 2025)
I associate the name Delta with the Mississippi Delta blues and Robert Johnson who sold his soul to the devil to gain mastery of the blues guitar…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Humor • Music • Travel • Trouble


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



Communication

 2 records found

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



General

 1 record 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



Life Events

 7 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


Waiting for a Cab One Night by Garrison Keillor


(October 17, 2024)
It was a dramatic sight, a lone person fallen in the midst of a busy scene in a huge city and you could see the alarm in the faces of the people in the taxi line: there but for the grace of God go I…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Contemplation, Insight • Memories • Travel


It is Never Too Late to Learn a Lesson by Garrison Keillor


(August 15, 2024)
I, for one, have been on a tour doing a one-man show and having a great time until last week in Boothbay Harbor, Maine, after a dinner of six oysters on the half shell, clam chowder, and a lobster roll…
Topics: Advice, Guidance & Mentoring • Contemplation, Insight • Food & Nuitrition • Humor • Learning • Travel


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


Sing On, Dance On, Good Eye, Ain't You Happy by Garrison Keillor


(September 21, 2023)
I may be the only person in the ballpark who remembers the fall day in 1969 when Rod Carew got on base with a double, took a big lead, stole third, and the fans sat transfixed in silence, knowing he might do it, wishing he'd do it, and then…
Topics: Baseball • History • Memories • Religion • Travel


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


The Old Man's Winter Weekend by Garrison Keillor


(March 9, 2023)
Omaha is a well-kept city with a handsome classic downtown and I ate lunch in a downtown café a few tables away from a long table with six middle-aged guys around it and I loved listening to them talk…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Humor • Memories • Travel



News & Current Events

 2 records found

An Evening in the Berkshires by Garrison Keillor


(June 26, 2025)
I did a show at Tanglewood in the Berkshires Saturday night, a big crowd on a beautiful day, and just before intermission someone told me that we had gone to war against Iran …
Topics: Beliefs • Contemplation, Insight • Coping • Diversity & Pluralism • Government • Music • Nature • News • Policy, Policy Formation • Politics • Travel • Trust • Values • War


Pull Up Your Socks, People, Let's Get Going! by Garrison Keillor


(February 22, 2024)
The country needs something marvelous and fascinating to disperse the current gloom…
Topics: Change • History • Humor • Politics • Technology • Travel • Trends



Relationships

 1 record found

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



Travel

 12 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


Texas is a Real Education by Garrison Keillor


(January 5, 2025)
Thanks to the highly selective teaching of history, I grew up a patriotic optimist before the era of resentful billionaires…
Topics: Contemplation, Insight • Education • History • Humor • Patriotism • Travel


It Can Get Really Cold in Minnesota by Garrison Keillor


(December 19, 2024)
The cold has drawn us together as mammals. They know that I used to live here and then moved to New York, but they're in a forgiving mood because here I am suffering with them…
Topics: Circumstances, Life Events • Contemplation, Insight • Contentment, Satsifaction • Coping • Humor • Seasons • Travel • Weather


Flying West for a Look See by Garrison Keillor


(September 5, 2024)
I'm nobody who'd be intending to blow up a plane or demand that it fly me to Iran. No, I'd only hijack a plane so I could grab a microphone and lead the passengers in song…
Topics: Government • Humor • Risk • Safety • Terrorism • Travel • Weather


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