A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

To: Kevin Dumain
Happy Birthday Sweetie! I hope you are listening today since it is your favorite Saturday afternoon activity and just perfect for a birthday weekend!
—Jill Dumain

To: Judy & Matthea
Lots of love to the six lovely ladies driving back to the midwest from mississippi today - especially my own judy & matthea (muh-TAY-uh). drive safe but speed as much as possible - the cats have the remote and won't let me on the bed. love, nate
—Nate Jones

To: Sara
Happy Birthday, my darling. Glad you got to see this show after so many years of patient waiting. All my love.
—Paul Gottlieb

To: Jenny
Thank you for the ten year Faith-Lift! Tomorrow I'll make that eggplant parmigiana that I promised you back in december for your birthday.
—The Reverend Trout

To: Sue, Leilani,Ken and Bill
Never imagined myself doing Farmland Preservation in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, thanks for letting me in, I'm having the best time.
—Rick Steffey

To: Mauricio Salazar
Happy birthday monkey boy!
—Beth Broome

To: Dad
Your loveable grumbles will never be forgotten. Don't worry about your legacy, we'll keep it in tact.
—Kari Ziegler

To: Todd
Happy 40th Birthday to my "old man". The best is yet to come! Love, your beautiful, YOUNGER wife!
—Megan Young

To: Dear Husband Rick
Lost my heart to you when we married 25 years ago on the first day of Spring. Lost my shyness too, so I’m singing out “I love you Dear”.
—Wendy Mouche' (MOO-SHAY)

To: Garrison Keillor
I just read your Salon piece about marriage, monogamy, gay marriage, etc. What a huge disappointment! Please apologize for the offensive and bigoted comments you have made. And while you are at it, admit that your comments are especially hypocritical given your own marriage history. I have long believed that the people who are most homophobic are those that recognize the tendency towards same-sex attraction in themselves. Now it appears that perhaps the people most against gay marriage may be the ones who have made the biggest messes of their own marriages. Keillor, you really should resign and retire after writing something like that.
—Mark Sherkow

To: Meat
I love that you're the kind of guy to send greetings to me via Garrison Keillor. You're the bee's knees. Oh, and my Rock/Paper/scissors vision will render me unbeatable in Toronto. Sorry.
—Deb CarryAmland

To: Jenny
I'm making my plane reservations and can't wait to meet up with you in St. Paul to celebrate your "Big 4-0" and see A Prairie Home Companion!!
—Mom LeRoy

To: Grandma, Grandpa, and Cory
Hey guys! Hope you enjoyed hearing us in Disney! And like in one of the songs, "No question of, we gotta love some guys like you!" We love you guys so much! Happy St. Patty's day!
—Grace G

To: Hans & Lisa
Hi mom, Hi dad! I just wanted to say how wonderful you guys are and I also wanted to tell "A Prairie Home Companion" how much it rocks.
—Karin Melby

To: Diane
Thought you could use a greeting from Lake Wobegon. It always cheers me up.
—Ted Bain

To: Annie
*** Please read this on April 1st if possible -- we will be in the audience at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and I am hoping to make this a surprise to my wife *** Annie - you are more beautiful now than ever and are carrying the greatest gift I could ever ask for, my child. In love always, Matt.
—Matthew Lane

To: Annie
Annie - you are more beautiful now than ever and are carrying the greatest gift I could ever ask for, my child. In love always, Matt.
—Matthew Lane

To: Charlie & Linda Davis-York
Happy Spring and blessings on your 26 years togther. You give me hope and a reality check! Thank you for all your years of friendship. Go out of town and I'll feed the animals and water the plants. You are REAL people, a rare find. Love and hugs, Jennifer
—Jennifer Barfield