His is a voice I miss, his are stories that carried us all away to the places many of us hoped would have existed. Garrison's imagination, humor, candor, & unabashed honesty, refreshing familiarity and welcoming nature invited everyone to feel they had a life-long friend who would always welcome visitors each and every week. May God continually bless him with renewing creativity. Like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon and Prairie Home Companion took us to a place far, far, away, in a memorably amusing and entertaining way. I was charmed. Upon reflection, I believed he did harm to the trust in his relationships, both actual, virtual, and imagined. Knowing what he admitted about himself, I question the authenticity of the idealization of his characters. Maybe a public apology would be better than simply a public admission. Yes indeed, the culture changed. Yet, there remains an absolute good regardless of cultural norms. Through this process of admitting these norms were in need of correction, we all grow and mature in our relationships. Women are to be treated as equals, even if our roles are separated by cultural expectations. Yet, even this has changed. However, women deserve more respect rather than less as they retain the role of childbearing, something that elevates them rather than reduces them to merely objects of desire or affection. For one must consider the whole person even to their soul and spirit which is greater in importance than the body and the mind or anything dependent on the physical elements such as feelings.
Thanks for your morning Almanac. 🙂
Thanatos Syndrome by Percy is a must read. Thank you. I enjoy The Writer’s Almanac so much.
The little cafés fail.to amaze
Thank you!
Thank you.
Good morning, and thank you !
Love the Midwest; love the river through St. Paul.
marcus
The first poem I have heard that has 'Sault St. Marie' in it.
Love to all! Even in Paris, France.
His is a voice I miss, his are stories that carried us all away to the places many of us hoped would have existed. Garrison's imagination, humor, candor, & unabashed honesty, refreshing familiarity and welcoming nature invited everyone to feel they had a life-long friend who would always welcome visitors each and every week. May God continually bless him with renewing creativity. Like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegon and Prairie Home Companion took us to a place far, far, away, in a memorably amusing and entertaining way. I was charmed.
Upon reflection, I believed he did harm to the trust in his relationships, both actual, virtual, and imagined. Knowing what he admitted about himself, I question the authenticity of the idealization of his characters. Maybe a public apology would be better than simply a public admission.
Yes indeed, the culture changed. Yet, there remains an absolute good regardless of cultural norms. Through this process of admitting these norms were in need of correction, we all grow and mature in our relationships.
Women are to be treated as equals, even if our roles are separated by cultural expectations. Yet, even this has changed. However, women deserve more respect rather than less as they retain the role of childbearing, something that elevates them rather than reduces them to merely objects of desire or affection. For one must consider the whole person even to their soul and spirit which is greater in importance than the body and the mind or anything dependent on the physical elements such as feelings.
Morning
Tennis is still a lotta fun when played with a net....non?
And all those mid-west locales can now point at you, California. Don't even think you have all the lovely ladies. :)
The real deal.