A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

To: Daryl, my Snooks
To my Home Companion, I'm glad we met at that cafeteria 18 years ago. It wasn't tuna casserole but it was true love and wonderful chemistry.
—Marianne Orlando

To: Jerry and Kathy
Hi mom and dad in Pullman, WA. Hope you are finished with seeding the winter wheat! It's getting cold in Colorado! Love your ski bum daughter.
—Janine Prout

To: Mom and Dave
The thought of us listening to this show on opposite ends of the country has made my Saturday afternoons a joy. I will laugh for the three of us today. I love you!
—Lauren Bissey

To: tader
I sat with a young woman today at farmers market. She was trying to find homes for kittens whose mother was killed by a coyote. Her heart reminded me of you. love mom
—susan james

To: Stefani and Nick & Amy and Chris
We are looking forward to the birth of grandsons at Thanksgiving and Valentine's Day. Love from Mum and Dad in Idaho.
—Robert Minervini

To: Tim
Hope you're enjoying the show with your mom. The dogs are fine--your beagle got up for breakfast at 4:30 this morning. We look forward to seeing you when you get home.
—Paige Brown

To: Chris Gibbar
To my best friend Nurse Ratchet; I'm glad to hear you found a date for the show. Say hi to your hot mom for me. With friends like me, well you know the rest. Joe
—Joe Regalado

To: Sarah Kilmer
We miss you! When you come home on break - let's take the dogs for a walk - Murphy has a new brudder Winston, and your mom was brave enough to ask us along to the blessing of the aminals. I never realized two bassets could pull so hard and I was blessing those bassets all through the parking lot!
—Dan, Diannne, & Nickie Schneider

To: Ryan, Megan, and Finn
Thank you for the tickets to the show. Looking forward to seeing Garrison Keilor and going to Ferdinans for ice cream. Mom and Dad
—Bob Anderson

To: Father Flanagan in Spokane
We're really sorry that we couldn't take you to the Pullman show for your birthday, but not so sorry that we didn't go ourselves.
—Steve and Doug

To: Mararet and Dale
We are looking forward to spending Christmas on the Iron Range with you. Hope the ice fishing is good this winter!
—Craig Nelson

To: Dearest Mary
We go back to Minnesota in the buggy, muggy summer and the frozen winter to visit your family and in hopes to see PHC, and now they are in our wonderful hometown of Pullman. Why do we ever need to leave? Jeff
—Jeffri Bohlscheid

To: Beasley Audience
Since I was born in Moscow and moved away years ago, I wonder if maybe I'm related to people here today: Any O'Reilleys? Vogels? Fiscus'? (or maybe it's "Fisci"? not sure.)
—Sherry Fiscus-Schroeder

To: Randy McGraw
Happy Anniversary Randy! Five years and 3 little red-headed boys later--- I love you more now than the crisp fall evening when the coyotes sang while we married!
—Wendy McGraw

To: Katie Christanson
and all those listening in Walla Walla - so sorry you couldn't come to see the show live. It's wonderful - wish you were here!
—Julie Woods

To: Jennifer Grandy
Daughter Jennifer at WSU, we are proud of you. Love, Dad and Kathryn
—Kathryn and Bob Grandy

To: George & Elizabeth
Thanks for keeping us off of wellfare and out of a life of crime. We couldn't have done it without you.
—Belinda @ Chip Burkitt

To: Mom and Dad in Arkansas
Congratulations on your indoor plumbing! How is that 1937 Chevy working out as a septic tank?
—Sue and Terry Kreikemeier

To: Alek, Karen, Sergei, Allen, Britt, Jessie, and Sammie
Happy Birthday to all of the October born in our family! Thanks for letting Karen come to the show, Rod & Derrick! Sell lots of cider!
—Britt and Andrea Barrineau

To: Rick, Bryan and Sarah
Breathing the same air with you and Garrison Keillor at Beasley Coloseum has made my year! Thanks for the memory! Go Cougs! Mary
—Mary Corley

To: Bob Norie
SPECIAL GREETINGS TO BOB WITH 2-B’S FROM THOM & DIANE; We know you are out there working in the back woods of Idaho and hope you remember to make noise to keep the bears away.
—Diane Green

To: Professors Steve and Jeff
We celebrate your courageous spirits. With love and respect, Your friends and colleagues, College of Natural Resources, University of Idaho
—Janet Rachlow

To: Bryan Holmes
Happy 30th Birthday. I love you!
—Melissa Smith

To: Kyung Kim
Kyung, You said you knew God had destined me for you when you heard this show in my car. Can't wait to marry you my love. Kyung, You said you knew I was the one when you heard A Prairie Home Companion in my car. What better way to celebrate our engagement than to be here? Love, your future husband John.
—John Choi

To: Dear Mr. Keillor
My husband, Ron, and I are excitedly awaiting your appearance in Birmingham, Alabama on October 11th. We've had our tickets for months and can hardly wait to see the man that we have heard over the airwaves for years.
—Kay Fortenberry

To: Paul and Cathy Gottbrath
Happy 5th Anniversary to you. And to Cathy, we hope your decision to take Dad's last name continues to hold strong through the years.
—Sally Gottbrath

To: Richard Funderburk
Happy Birthday, We love you. (10/15/2006)
—georgie funderburk

To: Karen Langley
Moving a piano from San Diego to Salt Lake City wasn't what I had imagined I would be doing last weekend! Our many misadventures reminded me of a John Updike quote - "Looking foolish does the spirit good. The need not to look foolish is one of youth's many burdens; as we get older we are exempted from more and more." Hope all is well...
—Mike Thurman

To: Mary Ellan Robinson
Happy 50th Birthday. Here's hoping that the Prairie Home Companion Surprise Party in progress at this time is allowing you to Ketchup on old friends.
—Daniel Robinson

To: Walter & Doris Blottenberger
Happy 72nd Wedding Anniversary, and they said in South Baltimore that it wouldn't last! Love from your family & friends in Ocean City, Maryland.
—Diane Maurer

To: Percy & Evelyn Ballinger
Congratulations on your 60th. All 9 kids, spouses, 23 grandkids, 1 great-grand kid are so proud of you. We give you a standing ovation. Amen
—John Ballinger

To: Julie
So sorry to hear about your back injury! Look on the bright side: At least you discovered that morphine and chocolate go together really well.
—Guy & Diane Worthey