A warm week in November: Thank you, Lord

It has been a quiet week in Minnesota but then it usually is so it comes as no surprise. The big news wasn’t the election but the week of balmy weather that followed. The election was simply a course correction. Your wife says, “You turned right, you were supposed to go straight” and the lady in the dashboard says, “When possible, make a legal U-turn,” and so you do.

I voted on Tuesday and then I got engrossed in Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, which I bought months ago at a yard sale, one of twenty Franklin World Classics in leather-bound editions that I paid $15 for –– the whole pile, quite a bargain — and I got engrossed in it for several days, and eventually I remembered the election and turned on the TV and evidently other people had voted for Biden too because there he was announcing his victory.

Joe Biden is my same age so that naturally makes me wonder about him. Seventy-eight is the age when you feel a strong urge to lie down and turn off the phone and put your favorite Emmylou Harris album on the turntable. But Joe didn’t look sleepy, he came jogging out to the lectern Saturday night in Wilmington and he gave a very amiable old-guy speech about our great country and healing and working together, and he didn’t refer to his opponent as Humpty Trumpty. He didn’t mention him at all.

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A Prairie Home Companion

This week, on the classic A Prairie Home Companion broadcast, we travel back to a show from November 18, 2000, featuring jazz singer/pianist Diana Krall and guitarist Russell Malone. Plus, violinist Andy Stein brings his 98-year-old father, Ernest Stein, to celebrate his birthday with a duet. Should be a great show!

As we feature these classic shows each week, we add teaser videos of featured weekly guests to a special video playlist on Garrison's YouTube channel. So if you have some extra time before settling in for the full show, come check out the latest videos!
 

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Personalized Inscriptions

Garrison will personally inscribe 150 copies of each of his new books: his novel, The Lake Wobegon Virus, and his memoir, That Time of Year. Books signed at this time will be shipping after December 1st.

So, take your pick and create a truly unique and memorable gift!  When you place your order, simply enter in the text box what you would like Garrison to inscribe in the book (limit: 200 characters). The inscription will then be followed by his signature. Please be aware that Garrison is always presented with the desired inscription, but there have been a few rare occasions where he has slightly altered the message.

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NEW PRODUCT: Personalized Lake Wobegon Sign

If Garrison Keillor's description of the inhabitants of Lake Wobegon fits your family, you'll display this wood sign proudly! The sign features Peter Thorpe's imagining of what Lake Wobegon would look like, plus your family name inscribed on top. This artwork has been featured as a stage backdrop on summer tours, and it's also been used on the "A Year in Lake Wobegon" CD collection.

Personalize with your family name – up to 12 characters can fit can fit on the family surname space below the word "The."

The sign is drop-shipped and arrives from a separate warehouse where the sign is personalized. This sign can take up to 3 weeks for delivery. Wood sign measures 14” by 36".

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Our newest collection of News from Lake Wobegon monologues, featuring stories that aired during 1981, was just released yesterday!

When A Prairie Home Companion went national in 1980, Garrison Keillor started turning his vignettes, updates, and letters from Lake Wobegon into a full-fledged story each week. In this vintage collection, you can hear America’s favorite storyteller hone his craft in front of a live audience, regaling them with stories about what takes place in “the little town that time forgot and decades could not improve.”

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