Greetings
February 24, 2008 - March 1, 2008
The most recent week's greetings, Sunday through Saturday, are posted here in descending order. Scroll down to see previous days. Reach out and touch someone! Send your own greeting»

March 1, 2008




To: Robert Murray Hughes V
Happy 2nd Birthday! We may not be a royal family, but you are still our little prince!
—Betsy and Robert Hughes



To: Dad
Happy Late Birthday since u only get one every 4 years
—Jamie Davis



To: Rosie Hensley & Lynn-Victor Lonewolf
Hope you have fun on the show and say hi to Dad and Umivik from there.......and watch that Garrison guy...I heard he's a real ladies man!....but I should be ok....Annie may be more his speed!.....Ha! Ha!...love Dad and Umivik listening here in Kotzebue
—Pierre Lonewolf



To: Grandpa Buckshot and Grandma Rosie
The trees have not started to run but I'm already looking forward to your visit to the sugarbush this spring
—Louisiane Potvin

February 29, 2008




To: Sara Hickman
Happy Birthday! Isn't it great to be a Pisces? Glad we're not cross anymore. I'll give you your Van Gogh night light next time you play Poor David's.
—Kevin Kunreuther



To: Mom, Dad, and Forrest
Hi. Love you much and thanks for everything! Missing you in college. Looking forward to seeing you at spring break. (sorry about grammar). Love always.
—Derek Edwards

February 28, 2008




To: Iola Schwab
Happy 23rd Birthday on February 29 to Mom in Menasha. What's taking so long? Most of your great-grandchildren have had more birthdays than you.
—Ione Schwab

February 27, 2008




To: Intercollegiate mock trial teams
Best wishes to all 64 college mock trial teams competing in the intercollegiate mock trial national championship tournament being held in Minneapolis-St. Paul April 4-6
—Ron and Gail Wiley



To: Aaron in La Crosse, WI
Sorry you missed the show in Winona because no one would trade work schedules. The man who bought your ticket asked me out for pizza after the show. ps: I turned him down.
—Marilyn Brower

February 26, 2008




To: Chad Villhauer
Happy 12th birthday to a kid who can roll his belly while reading about Archimedes, yet rarely suffers from commonsenselessitis. We love you, ya nut.
—Mom, Dad, and Riley Villhauer



To: David Zundel
Hello to a Navy Officer currently serving in Iraq. Thank you and be safe.
—Joann Ramey

February 24, 2008




To: Samuel
Wishing you a Happy 16th Birthday on March 15th...Love, Mom
—Susan Sleeper



To: Tim
Greetings from Canterbury, UK. British food makes me miss your cooking experiments. Yes, even the time you almost set the oven on fire. Love you.
—Heather Poplin
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Announce an engagement, admonish the babysitter, celebrate a birthday, or just say hi. At each live show, we collect greetings from the audience and from the Web site for Garrison to read on the air.

Each week's greetings will be collected and posted with that week's broadcast in the archive, and may be selected to be read on the air. To see your greeting, go to "Old Shows" and find the week you submitted it.

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