Garrison Keillor's Blog, page 84

The Keillor Reader , 2014
O, What a Luxury , 2013
Guy Noir and the Straight Skinny , 2012
Good Poems: American Places , 2011
A Christmas Blizzard , 2009
Pilgrims , 2009
Life Among the Lutherans , 2009
77 Love Sonnets , 2009
Liberty , 2008
Pontoon , 2007
Daddy’s Girl , 2005
Good Poems for Hard Times , 2005
Homegrown Democrat , 2004
Love Me , 2003
Good Poems , 2002
In Search of Lake Wobegon , 2001
Lake Wobegon Summer 1956 , 2001
ME , 1999
Wobegon Boy , 1997
The Old Man Who Loved Cheese , 1996
The Sandy Bottom Orchestra , 1996
Cat You Better Come Home , 1995
The Book of Guys , 1993
WLT , 1991
We Are Still Married , 1989
Leaving Home , 1988
Lake Wobegon Days , 1985
Happy to Be Here , 1981

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“When a man lives in one place for most of his life, he doesn’t need GPS. He is guided by memories of boyhood bike rides, the ever present Mississippi, and the undeniable power of rhubarb.”

Read the article at National Geographic’s website →

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Garrison describes growing up in Lake Wobegon.

Originally from “Mr. Keillor’s Sunday Night Service,” released in 2003 by Prairie Home Productions. Recorded live at the Beverly Arts Center of Chicago with Rich Dworsky on piano.

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Garrison talks about summer in Lake Wobegon and a few of the town’s guiding principles.

Originally from “Mr. Keillor’s Sunday Night Service,” released in 2003 by Prairie Home Productions. Recorded live at the Beverly Arts Center of Chicago with Rich Dworsky on piano.

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Garrison Keillor (with Rich Dworsky on piano) sings “Cat, O Cat”

Originally from “Mr. Keillor’s Sunday Night Service,” released in 2003 by Prairie Home Productions. Recorded live at the Beverly Arts Center of Chicago.

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Garrison discusses his favorite parts of his “part-time job” as a radio host.

Originally from “Mr. Keillor’s Sunday Night Service,” released in 2003 by Prairie Home Productions. Recorded live at the Beverly Arts Center of Chicago with Rich Dworsky on piano.

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Originally published in The Saint Paul Pioneer Press

Robert B. Liggett, 81, of 1125 Summit ave., Mahtomedi, sportsman and advertising man, died Thursday in St. Joseph’s hospital after a long illness.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Monday in the Listoe and Wold mortuary, 531 S. Snelling ave. Burial will be in Fort Snelling cemetery.

Mr. Liggett was born in Ohio and attended Central high school in St. Paul. At the University of Minnesota, he lettered in football as a fullback in 1901 and 1902, and was declared “unofficial” heavyweight boxing champion. Boxing was then forbidden on campus.

The sports editor of the Duluth Herald until 1911, he was athletic director for two marine corps training camps in France during World war I, where he became a friend of Gene Tunney.

Mr. Liggett was national advertising manager for the St. Paul Dispatch and Pioneer Press from 1922 to 1948. He was afterward manager of the papers’ Minneapolis office until his retirement in 1954.

After retirement, he continued a long-time habit of walking 14 miles around White Bear Lake on weekends. He swam across the lake until he was 65. He is survived by sons, Robert B. Jr., of Mahtaomedi, and William B. Liggett, Taylors Falls, Minn., and five grandchildren. Two sons, John and Jerome, died in an auto accident Dec. 26, 1948. His wife died in 1953.

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Originally published in The Anoka Herald

The Tornado cagers got past a stubborn Ramsey squad 47-43 Tuesday night to balance up their Suburban conference record. Anoka now stands 4-4 in conference play, having won all home games while losing on the hostile floors.

High man and Tornado firebrand was Bill Brock with 16 points. Guard Mike Baily paced the Rams with 12, followed by forward Tom Hovik with 11.

The Tornadoes, shooting a cool 29 per cent from outside, never had much of a lead to rest on. They led 14-9 after a 43 per cent first quarter, kept the same five-point margin during a 28 per cent second period. Three minutes into the third canto, they found themselves in a 23-23 deadlock, later 25-23 Ramsey lead. Behind by two, the Tornadoes forged ahead 32-26 by virtue of three from the outside by Brock. One fielder apiece by Duane Blaska and Dick Watson make the score 36-28 at the close of a 28 per cent third period. In the final eight minutes, the Tornadoes went as high as a 10 point lead, and finally ended with a four point cushion.

For Greg Edwards and coach Jack Campbell, the game was a mutual get-together. While the local cage coach met for the first time some of the 6’3″ junior’s ability under the basket, Edwards in turn received a good deal of Campbell’s faith as he played through most of the game.

With cold Anoka shooting and Ramsey’s backboard control, only the poorest display of bucketry on the part of the Rams and some heads-up Tornado ball-playing in tight spots gave Anoka the game.

Tomorrow the Tornadoes meet White Bear on the Bear’s floor.

While White Bear hasn’t an impressive record by any means (1-7), any team can be tough, especially at home. The Bears lost to Hastings 59-17, scoring the fewest points of the season.

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