A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

To: Rogers/Borgess Traveling Clan
Just wanted to wish you happy travels from snowy Juneau Alaska. We miss you lots and can't wait to hear news from down under. Hugs and kisses to you and the walabes. Go Seahawks!! Love, Amber, Michael and MJ
—Amber King

To: Buffy Rogers
Hello to new sista' Buffy from Murph. Our kids can't hear this in the hodunk town they're in so...what do you think we should get them for a wedding present? See you in July-wear your best hat.
—martha mcdowell

To: Rick, Tess, and Stalking Cat
The weather here in southern California is deplorably bright and sunny; wish we were there in Puget Sound.
—Dennis and Karmin Carr

To: Jennifer
This is the best birthday present and the best first year of marriage I could have ever hoped for... Love you so much!
—Chad Powers

To: Maxi McGilton
I am glad to learn that you are a fellow Prairie Home Companion fan! Get yourself well soon - we miss you at church.
—Debbie Griffin

To: my parents Len and Janis and my sisters Katie and Laura
I'll see you guys at church tomorrow if I'm recovered from my wild night with Garrison.
—Emily Chayka

To: Mom & Dad
With my new 5-channel stereo with digital sound processing, I can listen to public radio in style tonight. Keep those birthday checks coming! Your son,
—Greg Lauer

To: Ruth
Mom, the swelling's gone down.
—John Saalweachter

To: Emily Smith
Hi, hope spleen media inc. starts soon!!! -Dana
—becky a

To: Brinton
Love you, wish i was at the university of chicago with instead of dreary winter with mom and dad (sorry) Your little sister
—becky a

To: Bobpa and Grandma
Happy 2006! It's finally the Year of the Dog, and I keep writing "Year of the Rooster" on my checks. I love you and hope to see you soon.
—Aunt B.

To: James and your Manchester friends
Hope you guys are having a great time...we wish we could have come along to the show but we know you're laughing up a storm even without out us being there. North Manchester wouldn't be the same without you! You're the best!
—debbie chinworth

To: Adam
Love you babe, thanks for being the world's best husband, and Happy 40th my love. You just get better like a fine wine!
—Dawn Graham

To: Rose Bielat-Rich
Sitting here in Elliot Hall reminds me, did we ever thank Harvey Hartman for helping us with our fatal error riddled programs via his discarded Fortran program we found in the trashcan in 1980?
—Beatrice Bursten

To: Dennis and Linda
Thank You, Mom and Dad, for your encouragement and support through four years of college. I can't fathom where I'd be today without your help. By the way, can I borrow some money?
—Molly Downer

To: Michelle
Sorry I missed your baby shower in order to come to this show. Thanks for being such a gracious friend and listening. I hope you are having as much fun as we are.
—Melissa Wobschall

To: Michelle
Sorry I missed your baby shower in order to come to this show. Thanks for being such a gracious friend and listening. I hope you are having as much fun as we are.
—Melissa Wobschall

To: Cheryl Harkey
As you enter the age of 50, all I can say it that you sure are nifty and the jewel of this mans eye. Happy Birthday!
—john harkey

To: Judy
I received the divorse papers. .....I'm doing ok but I hope you don't mind I sold your ticket.
—william hoovler

To: John Wesley Davis aka Old Wolf
I'll be sitting in the first balcony with my MOTHER listening to the show LIVE, because you were to old and feeble to drive back to Indiana from the frozen, thawed, and frozen north. Hopefully I will have forgiven you before June.
—Andi Suiter

To: Susan
Jay says: here's to my beautiful wife Susan on her 30th birthday again. Thanks for giving me this great gift on your annual holiday.
—James Woods

To: Purdue University
From Beverly's husband... Thank you, Purdue University, for being the breeding ground for my happiness - where my wife's mom and dad met - and fell in love.
—Harry Baxter

To: Elaine
Wishing a wonderful happy birthday on January 27th to my college roommate Elaine who will always be younger than me in age, and in heart. Elaine shares her birthday this year with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart who's now 250 years young!
—Roseann Fitzgerald

To: Grandma Willy
Get well soon! Sorry you could not come to PHC today. Thomas will say a prayer for you tonight.
—George and Theresa Owens

To: Jolie in Moscow Idaho
We're here in Miami in sandles & spandex halter tops but thinking of you there in Moscow, Idaho wearing fleece and brown courderoy. Wish you could be with us.
—Maria J Chiaro

To: Mom, Christine, and all the family back home
Not only do I get an education, I get to see Prarie Home live! Are you jealous? Love you and miss you!
—Renee Leyburn

To: Shanda
Happy anniversary from your cutie. I can't wait till our first is born in June.
—Travis Brubaker

To: Terry Hayes
Happy 70th birthday to Dad from Chris in Turkey. Hoping to get home to Ohio soon for a cup of coffee and talk it over.
—Chris Hayes

To: Anita Austin
Happy 41st birthday. I hope you like the show. It was the best I could do.
—Curt Austin

To: Shanda
Happy anniversary from your CW. I can't wait until our first is born in june.
—Travis Brubaker

To: Tillie & BoatBabe
Happy Birthday, Tillie and BoatBabe! from Trusty and all your friends at the Chatterbox Cafe. We're looking for Tillie some hitches, And keeping BoatBabe in sticthes.
—Harry Baxter

To: Mary Jane
Janis and Larry send early eighty-first birthday greetings to sister Mary Jane at Apple Blossom in Rogers, Arkansas.
—Janis and Larry St.Clair

To: Grandpa Kohl
Happy 62nd Birthday! Can't wait to see both of you!
—Keegan and Norma Bell

To: Roberto Rios
Today, February 4th, is your birthday and I tried to get you good tickets to see Garrison Keillor here in Miami, but they were all sold out. Maybe we'll be fine sitting on the lawn, what do you think? Happy Birthday, with love & care!!
—Adriano Schmid

To: Larry Dieckman
Congradulations on retirement, Dad. With all your spare time, try not to drive Mom crazy with the beekeeping and don't rearrange the spice rack!
—Jonathan Dieckman

To: Nina, Mimi, and Papa
Wednesday was the one-month anniversary of our Christmas Day Car Crash! Hope that Mimi's hand gets well soon, and that Papa likes his new car!
—Tripp Tunstall

To: Cynthia
Cynthia, See I told you comming to this show was better than going to the Robert Burns Dinner back home! I love you and Happy Anniversary. Bob
—Robert McComb

To: Hank, Cheryl, and Dan
I am glad you traveled the 350 miles to make it to the show tonight! It is good to see you again.
—Tim Sullivan

To: Justin Staples
To my love I offer this poem, which I hope will always resemble our marriage: Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing any one who comes between them. -- Sydney Smith
—Suzy Staples

To: Stella Boltz
Happy 101st Birthday to Stella of Burnsville, Minnesota! From Family and friends in Michigan and Virginia Beach.
—Cindy Boven

To: Melanie and Matt
Remember the good old days riding across Indiana and Illinois to visit your Grandparents listening to Prairie Home Companion tapes instead of fighting in the back seat. Wish you were here with us tonight in the Purdue University Hall of Music to hear the show live and not so far away in Ohio and New Mexico. Mom and Dad.
—Marshall Martin Martin

To: Joy, Bob, Jennifer and Ben
We'll be in the first row of the balcony on January 28th, and hopefully you'll be listening at home. We'll call you afterward to recap the show.
—Bethanny and Andy Cougill

To: Mark
Happy 30th Birthday. Whenever you feel old remember I'll always be 20 minutes older. Your twin-brother Jay
—Jay Ruzicka

To: Truman
Congratulates to Truman on his 60th birthday and retiring as an airline pilot. May 3, 2006
—George Van O'Brien

To: Taylor
Happy 8th Birthday to Taylor in Raymond, Maine. Love Mom & Dad
—Christina Lamarre

To: Simi Valley High School's Play Production Class
Performing "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is now a memory of your teenage years. Sharing the experience with you has been a joy. Your director, Mrs. Crane
—Sharon Crane