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October 23, 2009 02:28 PM EDT (shared with group: October 23, 2009) —   Garrison Keillor had the following to say last week on his Prairie Home Companion "Lake Wobegon" story, about the snow that fell in the town on Columbus Day:   You tell people your . . . more
September 09, 2009 07:01 PM EDT (shared with group: September 09, 2009) — The host of the NPR radio show Prairie Home Companion and author Garrison Keillor was hospitalized after suffering a minor stroke. He is undergoing medical tests in St. Paul, Minnesota. Keillor . . . more
August 19, 2009 02:29 PM EDT (shared with group: August 19, 2009) —   Darius Rucker is no stranger to success. He has sold millions of albums in his former career as lead singer for Hootie & the Blowfish. But he didn't know if he could repeat that . . . more
August 10, 2009 02:20 PM EDT (shared with group: August 10, 2009) — This is the flowering bush that grows in my backyard. I'm not sure the name of it, but it blooms out every year, and always attracts large amounts of bumble bees to it.       . . . more
August 07, 2009 02:08 PM EDT (shared with group: August 07, 2009) —   I read this poem the other day on Garrison Keillor's "The Writers Almanac" called "From Here to There" by Brad Leithauser. The first few lines reminded me so much of the almost constant and often . . . more
August 07, 2009 01:43 PM EDT (shared with group: August 07, 2009) — "Mahmud Ahmadinejad's presidency is now firmly established; Mir Hossein Mousavi's opposition movement has failed to produce hard evidence of electoral fraud and even Britain has broken ranks to accept . . . more
July 31, 2009 02:16 PM EDT (shared with group: July 31, 2009) —   Vince Gill will be honored this coming September by The Recording Academy. The first ever GRAMMY Salute to Country Music will be held in Nashville  with guests including Gill's wife, Christian . . . more
July 27, 2009 07:44 PM EDT (shared with group: July 27, 2009) —   On this day in 1940 one of my favorite cartoon characters, "Bugs Bunny" made his debut in an animated film  called "A Wild Hare".  A slightly different version of the . . . more
July 27, 2009 04:23 PM EDT (shared with group: July 27, 2009) — Walter Cronkite for Vice President?   South Dakota native George McGovern considered Walter Cronkite for a running mate in his 1972 presidential campain. You might recall the controversy . . . more
July 23, 2009 02:13 PM EDT (shared with group: July 23, 2009) —   A couple that lives in a town nearby me had gone on a fishing trip to Canada taking their 2 year old granddaughter along for the trip. They had planned to stay a week before coming home, . . . more
July 19, 2009 01:14 PM EDT (shared with group: July 19, 2009) —  A writer from Gannet News Service has rated Hollywood's top 25 movie stars in history. See if you agree with his choices. Personally my favorite actor was left off the list. Robert Duvall is . . . more
July 13, 2009 11:46 PM EDT (shared with group: July 14, 2009) — In the mall   In the mall Little old man Disheveled hair Shuffles by Trying to find nothing In a hurry to get nowhere .  more
March 12, 2007 10:46 AM EDT (shared with group: March 12, 2007) — MONDAY, 12 MARCH, 2007 Listen (RealAudio) | How to listen   Poem: "Cottonwoods" by Phebe Hanson, from Why Still Dance. © Nodin Press. Reprinted with permission. (buy now) Cottonwoods . . . more
March 09, 2007 08:50 AM EST (shared with group: March 09, 2007) — FRIDAY, 9 MARCH, 2007 Listen (RealAudio) | How to listen   Poem: "O Ship of State" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, from The Poetical Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. © Houghton . . . more
March 08, 2007 09:09 AM EST (shared with group: March 08, 2007) — THURSDAY, 8 MARCH, 2007 Listen (RealAudio) | How to listen Poem: "Prayer Requests at a Mennonite Church" by Todd Davis from Some Heaven. © Michigan State University Press. Reprinted with . . . more
March 06, 2007 09:01 AM EST (shared with group: March 06, 2007) — TUESDAY, 6 MARCH, 2007 Listen (RealAudio) | How to listen   Poem: "Dishwater" by Ted Kooser from Delights and Shadows. © Copper Canyon Press. Reprinted with permission. (buy now) . . . more
March 05, 2007 12:12 PM EST (shared with group: March 05, 2007) — --> MONDAY, 5 MARCH, 2007 Listen (RealAudio) | How to listen   Poem: "While We Wait for Spring" by Todd Davis, from Some Heaven. © Michigan State University Press. Reprinted . . . more
March 02, 2007 09:25 AM EST (shared with group: March 02, 2007) — FRIDAY, 2 MARCH, 2007 Listen (RealAudio) | How to listen Poem: "The Shipfitter's Wife" by Dorianne Laux, from Smoke. © BOA Editions. Reprinted with permission. (buy now) The Shipfitter's . . . more
March 01, 2007 09:41 AM EST (shared with group: March 01, 2007) — THURSDAY, 1 MARCH, 2007 Listen (RealAudio) | How to listen   Poem: "A New Lifestyle" by James Tate from Memoir of the Hawk. © The Ecco Press. Reprinted with permission. (buy now) . . . more
February 28, 2007 09:50 AM EST (shared with group: February 28, 2007) — WEDNESDAY, 28 FEBRUARY, 2007 Listen (RealAudio) | How to listen Poem: "Echocardiogram" by Suzanne Cleary, from Trick Pear. © Carnegie Mellon University Press. Reprinted with permission. . . . more
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