A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

To: Nancy
A Special hello for Nancy from her friend Heather in leafy suburban Needham. Don't worry about your son - my husband and I will set him straight!
—Heather Bragdon

To: Nick Donohue
Hello Enestvedts & Hurleys & friends, from far Rhode Island! Carolyn had the baby Thursday: Connor has dimples and red hair, and weighed almost nine pounds. Both are fine at home.
—Will & Carolyn Enestvedt

To: MOM AND DAD
GREETINGS FROM THE HOUSTON OFFICE! CONGRATULATIONS ON THE NEW GRAND DAUGHTER...GABRIELLE RENEE!! GOOD LUCK WITH THE DENTAL SURGERY. STAY COOL IN MEXICO. SEE YOU IN A MONTH. LOVE, BINKY
—NICOLE PENA

To: mom and friends
I hope and I wish that one day they will listen all these programs when you guys get this message. ps. mom is learning english.
—cesar romero

To: Melinda
Dear Melinda Yes! Our tickets to the July 03 show are a 12th anniversary surprise...Happy Anniversary! I love you! Wilbur
—Wilbur Velarde

To: Richard & Karen Lambe (pronounced 'Lamb')
Happy 40th anniversary, Mom and Dad! Have fun this weekend at Tanglewood and good luck putting the kitchen back together in Rhode Island on Monday.
—Ariel Mae Lambe

To: David Oakley
Daddy, Happy 75th Birthday from your puzzling daughter Renee.
—Renee Hargreaves

To: Kim Young
greetings from Tanglewood - with your voice you should be a guest on this show!
—Stephen and Nancy Wikel

To: Sue & Steve Anderson
Thanks for leaving me at home, Mom & Dad, just kidding. Hope you have a great time!
—Kristin Anderson

To: Diana
Remember 34 years ago your best friends said it wouldn't last? Just shows you'd go to any length to prove them wrong! Happy 34th Anniversary!I do still love you like the first time I saw you.
—Al Wilson

To: Debi
Doing undergrad together and law school too twenty years later is pretty incredible. Who'd have thought after kids we'd still have brain cells? Happy Birthday.
—Renee Mizia

To: Alyse & Colin & John
Law school at 44 is tough and I couldn't do it without all of you. Thank God I passed Property. Only one year to go!
—Renee Mizia

To: Adrian
Happy Birthday! Hope you're having a great time at Tanglewood tonight. Love,
—Abby Armistead

To: Terry Altena
The miracle is this--the more we share, the more we have. I LOVE You Too...
—Penny Nicole

To: Garrison
Xronia Pole-lah means "God Grant you many years" in Greek. How do you say it in Norwegian?
—George Giokas

To: Lillian Vania
Happy first anniversary of our second wedding. I look forward to the third anniversary of our first wedding in December. All my love, Xerxes (Zerkzes)
—Xerxes Vania

To: Grandaddy Skinner
Your carrot-topped granddaughter misses you! We'll try our best to bring her up to the Berkshires for a visit and escape the heat here in DC! Love Teagan, Chemain, and Chris
—Chris Skinner

To: Donna and Robert Mack
Dear Donna and Robert in Homer, Alaska, We loved seeing you but probably won't come back again until you get that tree off of your roof. Love, Peter and Tricia
—Peter and Tricia McAnany

To: Joshua
It's the big 3-0 this year and you know what that means... we finally have to mark two different age groups on the attendance slip at church. Happy Birthday, Sweetheart! From your younger wife.
—Amy

To: Matthew
Happy 4th of July from good old Omro Wisconsin. Hope you're having fun time. Love mom, Tom, John, Izzy, Gerdy, and Holly.
—Joan Johnson

To: John Gray
Thank you for 12 wonderful years of marriage and for putting up with me.
—LaRae Gray

To: Paul and Dorothy
Congratulations to our loving parents Paul and Dorothy on their 50 years of marriage, 7 children, and 21 grandchildren - our gift: no babysitting this week!
—Bridget Hennessey

To: Andy
Happy Birthday to Andy and greetings to the boys from Stockbridge, year-round population 2,000, and that's just bears. Love Dan, Kathleen, Zach, and Elena
—Dan Helming

To: My beloved husband, Hershel
So, here we are, me and you We just finished marriage year #2. Last year I posted a Prairie Home greeting Which we didn't get to hear Garrison reading. Perhaps as we embark on year number three He will read to you about the love sent from me. My darlin', I love you, about that there's no doubt And if we don't get on air again, for another whole year, I'll just pout. Happy Anniversary, my love!(Anniversary July 2)
—Cindy Thompson

To: John Odgren
Greetings from Mom, Dad, Ben, Em, Aunt Linda, Uncle Mark and Aunt Joan.Wish you were here. Enjoy paint ball. Try not to get shot.
—Jeff Odgren

To: Michael
To my wonderful husband, Thank you so much for this incredible 4th annual birthday picnic. The strawberry soup is worth every calorie! You are the light of my life -- I love you always
—Beth Wimberly

To: Nathan and Cecily
Happy anniversary to the couple and happy birthday to the bride. No better way to celebrate than on the lawn at Tanglewood with GK.
—Stanley Spencer

To: Tony and Julia Albrecht
Happy 50th anniversary, Mom and Dad. Love, Tony, Jr., Chris, Mike and Dan
—Daniel Senecal-Albrecht

To: Doris Patrick
In celebration of your 100th birthday We treasure the blessings you've shared; your love of life, curiousity, and vitality. You are an inspiration to Savor the blessings in life!
—Patrick Grandchildren

To: Airman First Class Barry Hardt
Best wishes to Barry Hardt, devoted PHC listener stationed in Osan, South Korea, with the 51st Exterior Maintenance Squadron US Air Force, from Mom and Dad.
—Paul Hardt

To: Lisa Radermacher
Happy Birthday, Lisa. I miss all of you and love you all so much. Can't believe you're 40. Love, Mom
—JoAnne Dufort

To: Sallie
Sallie-If you're listening to this, that means you survived the trip to Tanglewood in an old Chrysler Convertible with a gypsey behind the wheel-Kate
—Kate Côté

To: Rich and Wendy
Your 96 closest friends celebrating with you at Tanglewood tonight wish you a long and happy life together.
—All of us Wedding guests

To: Paul
It was a beautiful day for a wedding and life still looks bright and sunny 25 years later. I love you.
—Becky Atwood

To: Lutherans in Rhode Island
Hello to both of the Lutherans still back in Rhode Island (the most Catholic state in the U.S.) from a busload of members and our new pastor here at Tanglewood. Emanuel Lutheran Church West Warwick, RI (it ain't Minnesota)
—Glenn & Carol Johnson

To: Finn
Happy first Birthday to Finn from your buddies, Gus, Sal,Oskar, Gabe, and Ella, Grandma and Grandpa and all the folks.
—Nancy Eitreim

To: Mom and Dad
From Operation Iraq Freedom......hello to my family, hope to be home by Christmas.....miss you all LTC Dale Beasley
—Dale Beasley

To: Herman the German
Sorry I had to miss your birthday to go to camp! I love you! Happy 47th birthday for the 10th time
—Judy McDonald

To: George Giokas
Being the baby of the group,you were never old enough to come. But now that you turned 50, Tanglewood is our present to you.
—Maria Mahar

To: Jen Rubino
Thanks for the birthday present. And thanks for saying yes. Looking forward to growing old with you.
—John MacBlane

To: Jonah
To Jonah, Due to come into this world on August 29, 2004. Hope you are enjoying the show. Your Mom and Dad can't wait to meet you.
—Timothy Stewart

To: Cheryl Palma
Happy Birthday from Lake Champlain. Our love and thanks to you - the wind beneath our sails!
—Rebecca and Barry Buchner

To: Marge
We look forward to seeing your remodeled kitchen. This year I promise to strictly enforce your “No little ones into the house with sparklers”. Your favorite son-in-law, Bert
—Bert Hoffbeck

To: Mom and Dad
Hello to Mom and Dad from LTC Dale Beasley (From Operation Iraq Freedom), Love you and hope to be home by Christmas.....
—Dale Beasley

To: Everett and Eldora
Congratulations on your sixtieth wedding anniversary. Sixty years of lutfisk, potato sausage, baked beans, coffee, cinnamon rolls, sermons, senior ministers, nurses, quilts, and moving vans! With love from your "above average" children: how Swede it's been!
—Paul Swedenburg

To: Trygve Forland
Get well Dad. much love, your children
—Becky Forland

To: Michael
Happy 60th birthday, with love from your daughter. I'll be waiting at the end of that 60-mile bike ride with a bottle of water and some cheese.
—Caitlin Dover

To: Gordon and Millie Drazen
55th aniversary wishes from Spy Gold and the rest of the Apples on the Orchard in Cheshire Connecticut. Glad you made it to Tanglewood today!
—Lisa Drazen

To: Carolyn Dailey
Happy 13th anniversary, Love. It's been a joyful journey, with each passing year we've grow closer and more forgetful. Love you Bunches, Winged-Footed-Boy PS For Tanglewood July 3 Performance. Thanks Garrison, et al!
—Mike Dailey

To: Shirley Money
"Jubilee" Some said it wouldn't last-- too fast!? A continent apart after a brief summer run? Letters, Xmas together, special delivery ring, a July wedding! WE knew. STILL not done!
—Max Money

To: Mmy
weh-weh-weh-well, dog gonnit, Mary! Good luck with Morovya, Noir! Keep your fedora on, I lurve you.
—Ree Vasquez

To: Ellen
To Ellen on our 30th anniversary right here in the Beautiful Berkshires - all my love. Would I do it all over again? Only if you promise not to wreck the car a week before the wedding and get married with two black eyes… (true story)
—Cliff Ducharme

To: Kenny
Happy 45th Birthday! Let's break tradition this year and go to the street dance. The freezer is already defrosted.
—Patty Koch

To: Eric
Thank you my little tap dancer for being such a blessing in my life, for touching my life in a way that means so much to me. For you I am grateful!:)
—Christine Sipe