Gloria,
Hello, Snookums, How's things going these days? Glad to get your last email.
Love from your POOH BEAR
- Richard

Paul,
I "am" strong, you "are" good looking and our children "are" above average...I really could not ask for more. Oh! how about a cabin in Wisconsin?
- Michelle

Kimberly,
Congratulations on your law school success. If ~~~ that arguing at home pays off, there must be a God.
- Dad

Polka Fans,
Let's do the polka!!!
- OneTwoThree

Jill Mikucki,
Hello to Jill in Antarctica from Scott in Montana, I haven't cooked since you left!
- Scott Kragerud

My Sweet Sierra,
The heavens aligned to bring us together. It may have been forty years but it seems like yesterday. I am alive, again.
- Boots

Mike,
We've been married for 4 months now...I'm so glad I didn't let all your body hair scare me away ! Love, Jeannie
- Jean Dillon

Sylvan,
Do you think 10 winters in Chicago have prepared us for winter in Fairbanks, Alaska? Neither do I, but I guess we'll find out.
Link
- Link

Mom and Dad Lemm,
Say hi to Katie,Sarah and Annie for us. We'll pick the girls up tomorrow at noon sharp. Or Monday sometime…
Mike & Mary
- Mike Lemm

Our families in New York and California,
Happy Thanksgiving -Chanukah confluence. Chanukah: Olive oil, enough to burn for one day, lasts eight. Thanksgiving: Big bird, cooked for one meal, lasts eight.
- Marty and Liz in Oregon

Mark and Lynne Barton,
Thank you for twenty-one wonderful years of parenting.
- Paul Barton

Nana Reynolds,
Here's to Nana in Ijamsville, Maryland for listening to our show each week. Nana is faithful to our show and tapes the broadcast each week.
- Barbara

Sarah Tyler,
Thanks for coming all the way from Victoria, British Columbia to Birmingham, Alabama. You've really shown me what friendship can mean. See you soon.
- John Godsey

Lowell & Elizabeth in Farmville, Virgini,
It's been 8 years, but we still miss you and the whole gang! Eat a turkey drumstick, and think of us! Have wonderful thanksgiving!
- Mark & Pauline in Leeds, Yorkshire

Nancy, Jim, and Matthew Jenkins,
Hope ya'll are doing well in Texas while we enjoy the show up here in Chicago. Take care. Love, Jim and Rosemary
- Jim and Rosemary

Greg,
Thank you so much, Greg, for taking me to see Garrison tonight at the Auditorium. What fun!
ILU ~
Dian ~
- Dian

Patricia,
Missy and I spent much of day near the lake and looking for eagles----sure wish you were here to help us in our search
- Robert

Phyllis Hicks,
Thank you for informing your New Jersey folk on how to obtain tickets for the November 30 NYC show . . . a feat that escaped us for several years. Your visit last week brought the two red heads together for the first time. A reminder, Stillwater is not that far away and the light is always in the window. Claire and Ray
- Claire and Ray Gilday

Bart Swindall,
I'm listening to PHC, watching the beautiful Auditorium on the web, and thinking of you. I'm bringing the club to Chicago next month!
Regards
- Tim

Vinni,
From the desert to the frozen north: and from 1,000 miles away I smile with you !
Your Cousin Ellen
- ellerosenwasser

Ric,
Thanks for the great time in St. Paul with you and Garrison...the best time I've had with my clothes on in a LONG time! I love you
- Lisa

Bart Swindall,
Bart--I know your spirit is at the Auditorium today, even if you're not. You're STILL "The Best Tour Guide" in Chicago". Regards,
- Tim

stuart lob,
i have very often thoughts for you Stuart that's coming from france : you know the country where you used to live for 1,5 year. i hope u will come back to that country soon as ... a tourist now sylvie, paris, france 11/24/02 1,15 am
gmt+1
- Sylvie

George &Lois in Massachusetts,
Sure miss our Saturday night PHC get togethers. come over some Saturday and we'll do it again.
- Bob & Joan in Ohio

Foxie,
love ya
- Pooh

Alicia,
I Love You!!
- Chris

Jim,
Thanks for 16 wonderful years. Here's to 60 more.
- Jackie

David Moraga,
Greetings Moragas! I know your listening to our favorite radio program.
- Sam

Elsie Fohrenkamm,
Hey mom thanks for paying for my college tuition this year I will make up to you somehow!
- Sonya Fohrenkamm

Pam Dimick,
To Pam:
Thanks for putting up with me and my string joke for the last 10 years. I'll find a new joke for the next ten! I love you, Marion Dimick
- Marion Dimick

BUZZ,
TEST MSSG
- BASTIAAN

Jim Felbinger,
Congratulations to Jim Felbinger and his new job, it was a long wait but sure worth it. Now get started on hanging those xmas lights. Love from your two doggettes and you know who we are.
- Maryann

Hikin' Bikin' Granny,
A very happy more-or-less thirty-something birthday from FSO in AZ. Thanks for 40 great years.
- John

eleanor,
a few minutes of conservation has been lasted over 13,661,280 minutes.
- john

Kathy Green,
Happy birthday, honey. All this and more!
- Al

Mom And Alex,
Hi Mom-
I''ve never been anywhere but Michigan for Thanksgiving before, but I'm looking forward to eating turkey on the beach in Naples this year.
Love,
Jay
- Jay Woods

Eric Sepp,
Hello Eric:
Hope all is well in Stavanger. Stay focused on school and we look forward to seeing you at Christimas. Please bring back some salmon or a beautiful Norwegian girl. Love, Mom, Dad, Jon and Lauren
- Eric and Anita Sepp

Dad and Mom,
Happy belated thirty-something anniversary and Happy early Birthday because if it weren't for you both where would I be?
- Dianne

Mom,
Looking forward to your pies on Thanksgiving. Julia Childless will be cooking a bird...if it doesn't work out we'll always have your pies and ketchup. Love,
- Lyn & Paulette

Henry H. Brown,
Dad,
It's been a year since you left us and we think of you everyday.
Skip, Kathleen,Claire, Anna and Nigel
- Henry C. Brown

Angela,
Lordy, Lordy Look who's....34 Happy Birthday, Honey, and thanks for being the glue that holds our little family together.
- Doug and Ryan

My Honey-Bunny,
I'm bummed that I won't be snoogeling with you next Saturday night listending to APHC. Save a place for me next time. Three Squeezes...
- Your Main Squeeze

Phil and Miriam,
Surprise greetings to the Downers Grove relatives from your favorite sister in Arden Hills. Happy Thanksgiving!!
- Shirley

Joel,
For my Joel,
We will soon be seeing Garrison in person at the Auditorium.... ahhh...bliss...
Love,
Adrienne
- Adrienne

Gwyn Evans in Milwaukee,
Happy 38th birthday!
I may only be 3 months old, but I know a great dad when I meet one. P.S. In 16 years, can I borrow the car?
- Your son, Aidan

Lois Head, MCC General Manager,
Don't be anxious about some young man proposing while the Minnesota Center Chorale warbles love songs at the Christmas Cabaret. Relax! Love will answer "Yes!"
- Chuck Head

Mike Gordon and Leo Kottke,
Good luck with the rest of the tour! Play one for me tonight. See you in Cincinnati in February, Mike!
- Stephen Fish

Heather & Gary,
Much love and many good wishes to both of you on your marriage the day after Thanksgiving. Hope we all live thru it! XXXOOO Mom
- Michele Curtis

joni my wife and love of my life,
thank you for the happiness you have given me.
- phillip plumlee

Bill Hagood,
Congratulations on your acceptance to Walt Disney World College Internship Program for the Spring 2003 Semester. Don't spend too much time with Goofey. Love, Mom
- Susan Hagood

lenny and dianne,
mom dad, i'm excited to come home for thanksgiving. food at school isn't that good, and i'm getting hungry! Better put TWO turkeys in mom.
- michael

Chris and Amy in Tokyo,
Looking forward to seeing you back stateside for the holidays. Enjoy turkey day in Kentucky, but we're waiting for you at Christmas here in Minnesota! Hurry home to us all!
- Mom & Dadvid

Suzy ,
hello to suzy in Virginia Beach from adam in St.Augustine. Three more days baby, bring your black corsett & heals, theres plenty of ironing to do.
- Adam

Doug & Kate,
Hugs and love to the two greatest people in my life - my sweetie Doug and our Guy Noir loving daughter, Kate.
- DA

Marsha O'Brien,
Darling Wife,
Our anniversary is Thanksgiving day and I thank you for 15 years of happiness, you put the sparkle in my eye!
Love Mick
- Mick O'Brien

Jennifer Chouinard,
I had a great time last weekend and can't wait to gobble up a little of your love on Thanksgiving. From one turkey to another, I love you.
- Jason Kladiva

Mike and Harmony,
in Memphis: Wish you were here. The snow isn't too deep.
- The old folks at home

Steve,
Happy Birthday to the Love of my Life
- Ruth

Dan and Dee Gillen,
To Dan & Dee in Vero Beach, FL, It took me 20 years, but I finally made it to the greatest show on earth. Do you think I can get extra credit for my creative fiction class at Columbia College?
- Brian Gillen

Molly,
Happy 17th Birthday from Mom and Dad. Your car should be out of the shop any day now.
- Brian Hoffman

Cheri,
If you're pregnant, we'll name it Garrision.
- Bryan

Roger Cranford,
Happy 21st Anniversary,my,time does fly when your having fun.
- Brenda Cranford

Brian Gillen,
To a wonderful, wonderful man: Brian Gillen. Enjoy your favorite show!. All my love, Tricia
- Tricia Gillen

Mary Beth Bankson,
You will be the most beautiful bride to ever walk down the aisle. I'm looking forward to your New Year's Eve Wedding Celebration.
- Mom

Jim,
Looking forward to spending Thanksgiving weekend with you at the cabin.
- Suzanne

Selene,
Ghosts of melodious prophesyings rave
Round every spot where trod Apollo's foot;
Silver clarions awake, and faintly bruit,
Where long ago a giant battle was;
And, from the turf, a lullaby doth pass
In every place where infant Orpheus slept.
Feel we these things? -that moment have we stepped
Into a sort of oneness, and our state
Is like a floating spirit's. But there are
Richer entanglements, enthralments far
More self-destroying, leading, by degrees,
To the chief intensity: the crown of these
Is made of love and friendship, and sits high
Upon the forehead of humanity.
All its more ponderous and bulky worth
Is friendship, whence there ever issues forth
A steady splendour; but at the tip-top,
There hangs by unseen film, an orbed drop
Of light, and that is love: its influence,
Thrown in our eyes, genders a novel sense,
At which we start and fret; till in the end,
Melting into its radiance, we blend,
Mingle, and so become a part of it -
Nor with aught else can our souls interknit
So wingedly.
Forever,
- Endymion

Garrison Keillor,
8 senior citizens with no tickets for your show tonight supported public radio in Madison - at Michael Feldman's "What Do You Know?" Save tickets for us next year!
- Fishburns, Listons, Sindbergs & Rices

Jeff,
Route 66 awaits. I promise to keep you supplied with roadmaps if you'll promise to bring me along as eye candy.
All my love,
- Jessica

Jolene Ebert,
Still....Tremendously... Completely
- Mike Ebert

Ritch Meyer,
I made it back to Jacksonville, Illinois on Saturday morning. Remember when our sister Idella listened to Prarie Home Companion & thought Lake Welbegon was a real place.
- Jerry Meyer

Alison,
Crazy enough to move with me from Florida up to the Chicago suburbs....maybe crazy enough to marry me someday.
- Jason

COLONEL Brian Miller,
Congratulations on your promotion, Honey, but remember..I don't do windows OR polish eagles!Your dad would be very proud of you,as I am.
- Your Loving Wife, Cindy

Andy Sargent,
Weedie...
You're the greatest, thanks for tollerating your psychotic wife as well as you do.
Your Psychotic Wife, Kathy
- Kathy Sargent

Mike & Donna & the kids in Ann Arbor,
Looking forward to seeing the new house at Thanksgiving. Hope everything is all moved in and unpacked – especially the piano.
- Pat &Peg

Sally Wally,
Thank You for 12 wonderful Thanksgivings,You are the Lovve of my life,
Donny Pooh
- Don

Staisey,
Happy 12th Anniversary to my wife Staisey, whom I love and create mulch for.
- Michael

Gabreil Barsanti,
Hi Gabriel,in Temple NH, keep practicing that trumpet. Your day will come!
- Grampy

Mom & Dad,
40 years ago today Peggy & Jon were Wed!
Congratulations on a love that is timeless!
Happy "Ruby" Wedding Anniversary!
Love,
Us Kids
- the Ohlemachers

Mike,
This year we spend our first Thanksgiving as husband and wife. May I have dessert first? I love you!
- Dianne

Ed, Eva, and Dana,
Had you all remained in Chicagoland, we'd be celebrating my 57th birthday on 11/23 at the live PHC performance, instead of dodging Seagulls in Seattle
- Momma-Pojomma

Georges,
Life is too short not to be with the one you love & loves you.You know where to find me, I'll be right here in Lake Woebegon. MLGVM-Always
- Mary

Berry,
You really need a nice bag of Powdermilk Biscuits. After you enjoy them, I'll bake you a delicious rhubarb pie you'll never forget! Thank goodness for frozen rhubarb!
- Diane

Ryan,
Hope your broken bones are mending well after your rugby incident.
- Russ and Rachel

Justine,
Whenever I hear this show, I think back to when we were married and we used to listen to it together.
- Mike

Julie VanBuskirk,
Laura and Julie and Philip will all be celebrating their birthdays together by attending the Chicago Auditorium Theatre broadcast -- We're so excited to be able to share our birthdays and this great broadcast together!!
- Laura VanBuskirk

gary lux,
happy birthday darling gary from your wife brenda. i hope you'll like our new asheville home.
- brenda lux

Carole,
17 years ago today, I first saw your dancing eyes in the old Denver airport, and I uttered those immortal words, "Don't I know you from somewhere?" Today in Chicago, we're getting ready for our 17th Thanksgiving together, along with the 14-year-old son those dancing eyes produced. Happy anniversary, Pantoni. Ice cream cone after the show?
Your hubby
- Larry

David and Kathy,
Dad and Mom,
Thanksgiving won't be the same without you, and neither will the food. I'll miss your kolaches!
Love, Anna
- Anna

Terry,
Hope you'r paying attention when Garrison reads, "Hale loves you. Marrying you and the cabin in Lutsen are the best decisions he ever made"
- Hale

Doris & Paul Baluch in PA,
Thanks for all the cards. The shoulder is coming along - tell the dogs I'll be up for a game of tug pretty soon!
- Maria in CT

Nancy Bigelow,
Happy 35th to my Sunshine! Thanks from my heart for a lifetime full of love from you and our beautiful girls, Chloe and Daphne. Love, Christian
- Christian Bigelow

Christine, Martha and Michael,
You may be away at school in the prairie at U of Illinois in Champaign, Western Michigan U in Kalamazoo and Notre Dame in Niles, but we got the prairie here in the city this week where us men are always good looking.
- Oh Dad in Chicago

Joey Dobbert,
About TIME we got to see APHC live!(assuming we didn't blow another transmission on the way to the show...)
- Sam Lopez

Larry Miller,
"Sit back, enjoy the show & try not to think about being 60. Happy birthday. Love you always, Kayzie."
(I'm surprising my hubbie with tickets to your show in Chicago 11/23 - hope you can air this)
- Kaye Miller

Diana Solomon-Glover,
Hi Hon'
You have to like this show. It's even better than car talk.
- AS-G

Johnathon,
Happy Anniversary. The last two years have been wonderful and I look forward to many more to come. Love, Erica
- Erica

Erica ,
Congradulations to Erica at Oregon State University who turned 22 today. It's all down hill from here. Happy Birthday and I love you.
John
- Johnathon

Jeff,
Happy 45th Jeff. Your out in the car sitting in the driveway with the radio on listening to Garrison. Maybe you'll get a radio for your Birthday so you can listen in the house.
Love Laura
- Laura Lynn

David Robinson,
Noah and Lou say hello to Dave in Miami - when you tire of erratic weather and corruption, come visit us in Chicago.
- Noah Scott Warman

Walter,
Quit fiddlin' around in Michigan and hurry home. The mouse is stuck under the 'fridge again!
- Else

Alan,
Happy 22nd Birthday today Alan! We're so glad the diaphragm failed that one time.
Love,
Mom and Dad
- Sarah

George,
Bon jour Georges! I saw you in the moon last night and wanted you to know that I was thinking about you.
- Mary

Sullen Gipson,
sorry I won't be home for thanksgiving, but I promise to break out the scrabble board in Indiana
- your favorite grandson

The old gang at Club 505,
Missed the Saturday dance. Heard they crowded the floor. Since I got agoraphobia, don't get around much anymore. Joy is defined as dancing a set of Chicago-style polkas followed by an ice cold bottle of beer. Miss you all.
- Bob Zavada

Scott,
You proposed, I said yes! These are the happiest days of my life, I'm positively walking on air and can't wait to be your wife! NOW can we get another cat??
- Jennifer

Rita Osborne,
Can't wait to see you for thanksgiving! and have some of your great tasting sweet potato caserole. Rub pepper on the head for me
- Matt Osborne

Dorothy Acker,
Dear Mom,
Sorry to hear about the chocolate factory closing after 100 years in Fulton, NY. Rainy days will never smell the same.
Love You,
Vic
- Victor Acker

Lori,
After what happened to the black cat and the garden hose I promise to be more careful when firing the canon.
- Fred

Lola,
Any woman who loves Cape Cod and Prairie Home Companion can't be all bad.
- Curtis a.k.a. Kyle

Matt Osborne,
How does kushaw pie with Cool Whip sound for Thanksgiving! Can't wait to get you home!Love from Mom and Dad!
- Rita Osborne

Sonny,
I'll never forget strolling Santa Fe's plaza in the snow. Life with you is always a trip, and trips with you are always life-giving!
- Elaine Payne

Honey Bunny,
Hi sweetie!!!
How are you? I'm working, fun fun fun!!! It's getting really busy here...I'm not going to the Systema class, cuz you said they were jerks...but I'm going to check out the Brazilian Jiu Jitsu place in Boulder, though...you liked it there, didn't you??
I LOVE YOU!!!! Don't forget that!!!
I'm PROUD of you too!!!!
- Tonya = )

Selene,
"Nature rarer uses yellow"
Nature rarer uses yellow
Than another hue;
Saves she all of that for sunsets,--
Prodigal of blue,
Spending scarlet like a woman,
Yellow she affords
Only scantly and selectly,
Like a lover's words.
Emily Dickinson
Did you want something from me?
- Forever, Endymion

My Sweetie Pie,
You wrapped a string of lights around my heart and 3 years later they sparkle on! I love you!
- Your Sweetie Pie

Myself and Adrienne,
Hello to Myself and Adrienne. We hope we're the only 2 nineteen year olds with blue hair here in row W!
- Joel Wiersema

Mike & Linda,
Happy 39th wedding anniversey today the 28th of December. You kids have way too much fun for aging boomers.
- Bill & Judy

Leslie,
Happy birthday to Leslie. Keep practicing your violin and maybe someday you'll play on NPR. Love Mummy and Dad
- George

Broud Sweeney,
Happy 15 Broud, I hope you get to hear this as you are such a Prairie Home junkie. Happy Thanksgiving to the McSuibhne clan.
- Tammy and Norm

toni,
Hey Toni, I just wanted to remind myself to clean the cat box out on Friday, thought this would be the perfect way to do so, unless the smell notifies me first.
- Toni

Posey,
Thanks for the great tickets to SEE Garrison on stage.
Its the ONLY way to ever get "old tons of fun" out of the house and away from his radio on Saturday night! Love, Mom & Dad
- Nancy Barry

God,
Could you please give us a preview of "the lion laying down with the lamb" this year and make it a new commandment "Thou shalt not let another Republican gloat." Oh yes, thanks for inventing Alka-Seltzer!
- Myrtle

Mom,
I hate to tell you this, but the Lazy Boy Dad is so fond of gave up the ghost, but ya'll can still come see me this Thanksgiving.
- Jenny

Margie,
Thanksgiving just wouldn't be the same without spending it with the one you love.Since that is usually me in a corner talking to myself, I'll have no problems that a little bit of self-pity won't cure!
- Joe

Bob Hartley,
Bob and Ellen, Congratulations on your 46th wedding anniversary from your honeymoon baby. Thanks for getting to the altar on time! Your loving son, Brian
- Brian Hartley

Camille,
Happy Birthday, Miss Camille. Congratulations on having successfully completed your first decade! We're so proud of you. Go Brooklyn! Love, Candi and Snib
- Candice Gruver

Don and Jan Philips,
I'm doing the best I can spending your money here at college.
love
your favorite son
- Claiborn Phillips

Judy,
Hope all is going well for you at Air War College - if we had more women like you in leadership we'd have shorter wars - maybe none at all!
- Mike

Dad,
would you please lighten up this Thanksgiving--Spread a little sunshine. We don't want another war about the Bible and, could we get you a bigger pair of elastic pants
- Joe

Jessica,
Of course I love you and I would love to show it more often. So please get your sister out of my house!
- Ted

Michael Bednarz,
Willkommen in Amerika, Micha, and thank you for making the long trip to join me at "A Prairie Home Companion" in Chicago!" Love, Muschi
- Hannelore Kiss

Bob and Kathy,
So glad you're finally coming home to St. Louis. It's no Lake Wobegon, but it's the best we've got.
Love, your son
- J. R.

Noah McKittrick ,
Happy 21st Birthday to Noah Mc Kittrick. Love from Mom and Dad back in beautiful Telluride, Colorado.
- Gloria Mc Kittrick

Mom & Dad,
Happy Hanukkah! Thank you for the wonderful wedding; remember I'm still your baby!!
- Beth

Dick and Barb Johnson,
David, Nora and Linnea wish their grandparents, Dick and Barb Johnson, South Side White Sox fans, a Happy 50th Anniversary. They're in the audience tonight.
- David Gail Wernette

Jennifer,
Thank you for putting up with me as I dealt with this past election. I'm quite calm now, and may even speak to the in-laws during the holidays.
- Julie

Michael Malone,
I turn you in and told them you had a good mama so don't go up there and make a fool of yourself.
- pat malone

Jeanie,
Hi, How are you?? Have a nice day. JPC
- Bruce

Gwynn,
Better you should break my wallet than break my heart. Better you should break my heart than to never have touched it at all.
- Rich

Beverly Wynn,
Bev. An amusing story is enclosed. My mother was very much like this ladies mother, only with a very clipped British accent.
- John Combs

Terry Bryant and family,
Hello Terry,
I am trying to decide what story to tell for my Toast Masters first speech to add a little humor. Can't decide between de-beaking chickens or selling the pet pig to buy Barbie dolls. Are those stories funny???
Love you a bunch your sister
Rebecca
- Rebecca Bryant

Heidi,
[for the 11/23 broadcast in Chicago]: 15-1/2 years ago you heard Garrison read my first anniversary greeting to you on the air. It took me this long to get us into the audience, but wasn't it worth it -- if only to be alone away from the kids? I love you.
- Mike

Mr. Keillor,
I wish there were words to describe what your show means to me. Every show is like a great big welcoming embrace.
- Curtis

Kristin Knudsen and Leroy Latta,
To Mom and Dad in the mountains love from your college girl in the corn fields!
- Claire Knudsen-Latta

Tom & Carolyn,
May lutefisk always be plentiful in your home & the homes of your family...But not the home of your sister!
Love, Frank & Ev
- Frank & Evelyn

Lilly Bjornstad,
(Around Dec 16)
Happy Birthday Bestemor, at the Norse Home in Seattle!
En Hundre og atte ar gammle. Older then the Union with Sverige. Vi elsker du.
- Gary McCausland (doesn't sound too Norsk)

Michael,
Happy 12th Anniversary, Mike. Let's make this yee-haw dance just for us! All my love
- Staisey

Garrison K.,
HI!! Mr. Garrison I truly admire your charisma, talent and beautiful show. I wish you could invite Bela Fleck and the Fleck Tones...with Mr. Levi on the piano and harmonica. I live in Rio RIco AZ. My name is Victor Mendoza your faithful listener.
- victor

Rachel,
To Rachel, the best friend a band geek could ever have: Thanks for the good times, you make life flow like ketchup on a birthday cake. Have a great Sweet Sixteen!
- Sarah

DOROTHY,
LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AT TOWN HALL DECEMBER 21. IT WOULD NOT BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU.
- RON

Jody Burrows,
Hi to Jody in Minneapolis. You light up the Twin Cities with your beauty and resiliency. I would move to Lake Wobegon to be nearer to you if you could stand me. Thanks for being my close friend for 28 years.
- Steve Kimball

James Kimball,
Hi to James Kimball at Trinity College in Dublin where he's studying Quantitative Guinness,Pub Etiquette, and English.
- Steve Kimball