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Greetings
September 28 - October 4, 2003
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October 4, 2003
Joshua and Sara,
Kids remember as you travel about the world that you have an obligation to tell all you encounter, that you're not dead, you are from Kansas.
- Mom and Dad
Mom and Dad in Knoxville,
Your little boy is now a freshman in college. Thank you for all of your love and support, please send detergent and razors.
- Luke in Chattanooga
Sean,
To my Dearest Sean~
You are the light of my life. You are the angel in my life. I can't believe I've really found my soulmate and when I am with you, I am home. I love you so much.
Love always, Andrea
- Andrea
Matt Kube-McDowell,
To Matt at Arizona State --
From his Mum in Michigan --
We had snow last Wednesday; our Malaysians were freezing their noonies off! See you at Thanksgiving.
- Karla Kube
Summer crew of the schooner Adventuress,
Thanks for a great summer, hope you're all well and still smiling!
- Bob
Tante Marie,
Dear Tante Marie ~ You are STILL my most favorite aunt (and human being) in the world! Love, Ellen
- Your Lil' Ellen
Shelby & Aaron,
Hi -you listening to Garrison tonight from Ashoken NY?- am watching 3 camera on my laptop and listening to stereo after my quick 10 mile bike ride through Chesapeake horse country - doesn't get any better!!! Love Mom
- Mom
Harwood,
Roses Are Red
Violets are Blue
Today is your birthday,
Happy Birthday to Harwood!!!
Love Jeanette
Happy Birthday Harwood!!!!
- Jeanette
Linda Johnson,
Lucky Linda you truly are a saint. You and Michael and Elizabeth are the world to me. Happy anniversary darling. -Love Rickey
- Rickey Johnson
Arnold Schwarzeneggar,
Hello Arnold, welcome to American politics. Did you know what you were getting into? Conan the Barbarian for governor?
- greg
October 3, 2003
Laddie Zellinger,
To Laddie Zellinger, a retired high school English teacher, who is celebrating his 66th birthday with his family at the October 4th broadcast.
From the daughter, who wishes she could be there with you, but is instead giving drugs to the needy in Eau Claire.
Have you taken all your medications today?
- Nancy Zellinger
Emily Hyatt,
Emily Hyatt, it's Matt -- Fatty Matty, Fatthew, Sir Fatsalot, Mr. Belvafats. The message you left on my answering machine filled my whole month with joy but you didn't leave your new number or
address. I miss you so very much, my dear Emily; you're the best friend I could ask, call me soon.
- Matt MacLean
Edward & Rosemary,
Fifty years ago a Rocket Scientist married and artist, and they are still painting the universe red. Happy 50th Ed and Rosemary
- Holly
Larry,
Hitting Route 66 on October 10. Wow, another milestone on life's journey. Happy Birthday! (Great seats, huh?)
- Dan and Donna
Douglas Bissell,
Happy 50th birthday to Douglas Bissell, the baby of the Iowa City Bissells. Have a great time at Barb's in Moscow (Iowa)!
-Steve Bissell
- Steve Bissell
Warren & Carol,
Traveling the country in your Airstream must be grand, but you friends miss you.
Come back home.
- Manny & Mary
October 2, 2003
my english teacher Miss Stragie,
Hellow this goes out to the 11th grade English teacher Miss Stragie at prior lake high school that makes us wright a gargantious English paper on the prairie home companion we all love to listen to u back home
- erik valdmanis
Angela & Chad Anderson,
The tickets were a wonderful surprise, after two years, I kinda forgot about it. Thank you for sticking with it and putting me here in the audience tonight.
Love Mom.
- Sally Yungerman
Mother,
You were right, living off campus is much better than living on campus. The neighbor girl is really nice. I was thinking about bringing her home for Thanksgiving. See you then.
Your little boy,
- Greg
Nancy,
Love to our wife and mom back home in New Sweden Maine, who sent us to Minnesota to celebrate her 50th birthday.
- Keith and Nik
Tip and Jack,
Welcome back to Minnesota from your Aspen and Yellowstone visit. Keep on celebrating that 50th anniversary!
- Grade School Classmates
October 1, 2003
Garrison Keillor,
Loved the Santa Fe show! Come visit Albuquerque again. Thank you for the rhubarb tour-- the t-shirts are great!
- Jo, Mark and Madelyn
September 30, 2003
R. J. Pfeil (pronounced file),
Happy Birthday to a great boss always full of energy. Hope that child within take lots of days off this year. You've earned it and I need a break. your faithful secretary
- Cherrie Radziwill
Brody Tice,
Brody, Didn't see Bruce with you at Shea,but I'll be dancing with you and our 4 children in the kitchen as we celebrate our anniversary listening to PHC. Jennie
- Jennie Tice
Robert Ogren,
The emails can wait until you get home from the hospital. Get well soon.
- Paul and Jeana Ogren
Steve Fingerett,
Hi Steve,
Tuesday is election day here in California. As a Minnesotan, do you have any tips for dealing with body building governors? Send help or I may be moving there soon.
Ed Nuhfer
- Ed Nuhfer
Ben and Aimee,
Forget Mozart, I still think the baby needs to hear some Songs of Fox Hollow!
Keep flossing and
I love you both!
- Tina
Douglas Bissell,
All of Iowa City will be celebrating your 50th, Douglas. Have fun. And don't ask any more Ventura/Bush questions!
- Barbara Griffith
September 29, 2003
Shirley Dickinson,
Dear Honeybuns:
Thank you for 15 wonderful years! Looking forward to many more Saturday nights on the couch 'listening' to Mr. Keillor.
Love, Rick
- Rick Kanak
My Bobbycakes!,
Hola, I know your glad to have new shows to listen to! I wish I could listen to them with you, maybe I can real soon! Thanks for all you do for me. Your Christie
- christie
Laura and Mike,
Hi Mom and Dad! Happy 14th Anniversary! We love you.
- Emily and Lauren
Suzanne Dunkin,
Suzanne, I think it's time we let your new boyfriend know that we are still in love.
- Mark Radice
Denise & Irv,
Welcome to the midwest Sis, don't worry you'll get the accent down and be able to understand us very soon. Lots of Love
- Dawn Rose
Ceci,
I love you and miss you! Don't kill the cat. Love from your sister,
- Laura
Dick Ford,
Happy Birthday. You're probably the first person in Mize, Mississippi to celebrate your 50th by going to St. Paul MN for Prairie Home Companion.
- Cindy Schultz
Ben,
Happy Birthday, Ben. Mom and Dad are loving you and wishing you were here for birthday cake.
- Mom
John,
Happy 10th wedding anniversay, who'd a thunk a NY girl would be so content living the dream in Minnesota, Uffdi ! All my love, Dancing Feather
- Carol
September 28, 2003
Pete,Lisa and Pierce Garver,
Prarie Home Companion takes the knots out and we will be out to see you (Arizona) in Dec.
Grandpa Denny and Grandma Micki
- Dennis Ellerbrock
Jennifer & Greg,
Congratualtions on your wedding earlier today! May you have many long happy years together, or is it happy long years together? Welcome to the family!
- Jen's mom & dad
John Schuyler,
Hey Dad in Oregon, Warm El Paso greetings, eager to celebrate your 88th on the 26th here in the Sun City.
- Rick, Margaret, and Liz
Ashley,
Ash,
Have a great 4 years at Wofford (College) - goodness knows it costs enough!
Love, Mom & Dad
- Ed Clary
Stan & Beth, Toni & Phil, ,
Love to Stan & Beth and Toni & Phil in New York from Peg in Minneapolis: Life on the prairie is swell; please send pizza.
- Peg McQuillan
Alex,
love from grandpa larry and grandma barb to our 6 year old wonderbundle and his mom and dad in lake-in the-hills IL.and hugs to lord jack and lady wynne in Rock Falls. we will call monday unless we run away to lake woebegon.
- larry
Family and Friends in the Midwest,
From balmy Guinea, West Africa...I wish I were in Wisconsin watching the leaves change; instead, I'm here sweating my patootty off. Call my mom and dad and tell them to stop worrying, ok?
- Erin Kuka - Peace Corps Volunteer
MOM ,
The best part of going to Egypt is that there's no republicans! Thanks for everything, Love
- Nancy
Jenny ,
Congratulations on your interview Jenny! Please do well so you can make the big money and buy me stuff!
- Jackie
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In Garrison Keillor's latest book, Lake Wobegon native Margie Krebsbach dreams up the idea of a trip to Rome, hoping to get her husband Carl to make love to her — he's been sleeping across the hall and she has no idea why. She finds a patriotic purpose for the journey. A Lake Wobegon boy, Gussie Norlander, died in the liberation of Rome, 1944, and his grave, according to his elderly brother, Norbert, is in a neglected weed patch near the Colosseum...
It's a story of Wogegonians in a strange land, telling stories of kinship and self-revelation — all delivered with Keillor's trademark humor.
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From Garrison Keillor:
“When I was 16, Helen Fleischman assigned me to memorize Shakespeare’s Sonnet No. 29, ‘When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state’ for English class, and fifty years later, that poem is still in my head. Algebra got washed away, and geometry and most of biology, but those lines about the redemptive power of love in the face of shame are still here behind my eyeballs, more permanent than my own teeth. The sonnet is a durable good. These 77 of mine include sonnets of praise, some erotic, some lamentations, some street sonnets and a 12-sonnet cycle of months. If anything here offends, I beg your pardon, I come in peace, I depart in gratitude.”
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