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A father speaks, after the day has passed
I’ve known some great fathers, my brother Philip for one, my nephews Will and Douglas, my friends Mark and Tony and Sandy and Fred. Patience is one o…
1 year, 3 months ago
News from December 24, 1983
A little gift for our Garrison Keillor and Friends subscribers. In the Back Room (paid subscribers) you receive a monologue from the 80’s weekly.12.2…
1 year, 3 months ago
The astonishment of mornings on the river last week
I tell jokes because I remember a time in my life when I crowded into a booth at a bar with eight other guys and some guys leaning over us and we tol…
1 year, 3 months ago
News from December 18, 1982
Here is a little gift to our GK and Friends subscribers. (In the Back Room, the paid subscribers receive a monologue from the 80’s weekly)12.18.82Cal…
1 year, 3 months ago
The story of my life, a brief version
My bio in 100 words is as follows: My parents were in love with each other, had six kids, I was third, an invisible child. I had no interest in crash…
1 year, 3 months ago
Floating down the canyon through the rapids
I accept the fact that I am a back issue, a relic, and that younger people have taken over. Eight years ago I played the Hollywood Bowl; a few weeks …
1 year, 4 months ago
What's with this winter anyway?
I come from pot roast people and the past two months have been rough on me, when, doing penance for the holidays, we’ve been on a bunny rabbit diet, …
1 year, 4 months ago
A love note to Texas, Sweetheart
I loved my five days there. I encountered keen politeness. The truck stop guy who said, “I appreciate your business” when I paid for my two Butterfin…
1 year, 4 months ago
Losing my mind in New York and then finding it
And then around midnight a woman walked in, a civilian, no blue on her except her eyes. She was a Unitarian minister, making rounds, saw my name and …
1 year, 4 months ago
The bag may not inflate but oxygen is flowing
I’m a historic guy. They could put me in a museum. I went to college when tuition was $71/quarter so we didn’t have to ask our parents for money so w…
1 year, 5 months ago