A Prairie Home Companion
RSS“Back to Crater Lake” — GK and The Guy’s All-Star Shoe Band
“I had a friend who was a writer and he did really well, until he married somebody who he really loved and his life became happy and easy…”
The News from Lake Wobegon for June 15, 2013
Garrison Keillor, A Prairie Home Companion
The News from Lake Wobegon for June 15, 2013
It was a quiet week. It was a contemplative week, a week of meditation—in other words, it rained a lot.
The host finds his own book at the Hedlunds’ garage sale, Lake Wobegon High School valedictorian Louise Larson celebrates graduation, the Halvorson-Josephson wedding is called off, and a few thoughts on Father’s Day.
Guy Noir visits Seattle, Washington
GK talks with pianist Fred Kronacher
Pat Donohue sings the “Rocky Road Blues” with Richard Kriehn
The clouds cleared up during this evening’s rehearsal and we were treated to a great view of Mount Rainier from backstage at the Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery.
I think I’m glad we don’t live forever. That it all ends, at least here, anyway, makes washing clothes and baking a pie and getting together with each other and watching a sunset all kind of beautiful. Because everything ends. A gift, indeed, if you think about it.
- Mrs. Sundberg ponders mortality and offers a recipe for “Rhubarbecued Ribs” in her latest column.
“Red and White and Blue and Gold” — Aoife O’Donovan
She’ll be joining us on this summer’s Radio Romance Tour, her new album, Fossils, is out today, and a few weeks back, Aoife sat down with us to perform a song from that album!
She was very old, our old dame,
Our cat, 17, Meiko was her name.
On Friday she was not herself at all.
She lay, her face turned to the wall
Silent and subdued
Saturday, she did not touch her food.
On Sunday she paced back and forth
Across the bedroom floor
And did not brush our leg or purr
Or make a sound. We petted her
And she seemed very far away.
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From Garrison’s tribute to Meiko the cat
The News from Lake Wobegon for June 8, 2013
Garrison Keillor, A Prairie Home Companion
The News from Lake Wobegon for June 8, 2013
It’s been chilly, been cloudy this whole week but we’re used to it. It doesn’t really matter.
Lake Wobegon High School’s class of 2013 graduates, tales of graduation ceremony pranks from years past, and thoughts on being a commencement speaker.
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