A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor

To: jack & coen
don't forget to listen to the dogs and feed the baby sitter. We'll be back in a few hours
—jason figge

To: Jacob and Sam
Hi from "date night." Don't bother telling the babysitter we allow you to play with knives: she's heard that before. Love, Mom and Dad
—Cathy and Eric Kaminetzky

To: Pookie
Thank you for our beautiful childen and for pushing me to become the Unitarian-Universalist minister I hope to be.
—Eric Kaminetzky

To: Jessica
Too bad you couldn't make it to the show tonight, but I'm looking forward to seeing the dance moves you've been working on.
—Ross Hays

To: Lael
To my wife Lael and our son Elijah, I miss you, love you and will be home soon. By the way, garrison says hello.
—Scott Hritz

To: Annabelle Weiss
At 86 it's not too late for a little Jewish lady from New York to move to North Carolina! Your room is ready and waiting, and Michael is preparing your favorite meals.
—Ann Marie Procino

To: Meredith and Aaron
Congratulations on your upcoming June wedding in Lake Tahoe. Finally after nine years somebody said yes. Just wondering if it's going to take another nine years to get the baby-having underway.....am feeling the need to step up the pace a little with the grandparently right to pass on in the family lineage the love for the Old South's main food groups: Grits, Krispy Kreme and Sweet Tea. Love, Momma
—Liza Haywood

To: George Collins
Happy Birthday Gramps. Here today at the show you taught me to love, and that we so often shared. I miss you. Ryan
—Ryan Lewis

To: Cheri Thomas
Cheri We are very happy about our future July grandchild Aubrey Thomas. Let's find a great place to eat tonight after the show. Love Vicky And Steve
—Victoria Thomas

To: kozik mountain
to everybody at kozik mountain it`s taken 30yrs and $65 and i finally made it to a show..
—matt kozik

To: Caroline
Happy Mothers Day. We know you will enjoy the show Love Lucy and Buzzy
—Vann Russell

To: Nola Pearl Anderson
Happy 3rd Birthday today to Nola Pearl Anderson in Costa Mesa, CA, with love from Grandpa Paul and Nena. Please stop driving your mother crazy.
—Paul Ehresmann

To: MOM
Have a great birthday/mother's day mom, you're the best and we love you!!!
—Carson, Emma, and Miles Schafer

To: Steve
Yo pops! Happy 64th birthday-- you're an old man now! Thanks for keeping the Carlotta house real. Much love, your favorite and only daughter.
—Victoria McBride

To: Joseph & Staci; Kate
A wish fulfilled...I'm celebrating my 62nd birthday with Frank at PHC!! Sorry you're not here but hope you're listening in Atlanta and can pick it up online in Uruguay. And thanks for your good wishes...I'm going backward from now on. Give Bryson a kiss. love mom
—Pat Allen

To: Cheri Thomas
Cheri, It's mother's Day tomorrow, and you're going to be a mother soon, and remember all the great moms that send you all their love - Lisa and Vicky, and the Dadyo's Chris, Steve and James.
—Vicky Thomas

To: Patty, a.k.a Mom
Here's wishing you a Happy Mother's day! Hope you and Dad are having fun at the show. Don't have too much fun after the show. You know we have to get an early start tomorrow to beat all of the church-goers to the Mother's Day buffet. Love, your kids, �Kyle & Hannah Still
—Kyle & Hannah Still

To: Brian Wilson (no not that one!)
Happy Birthday Brian Wilson (the real one) This GOP lover promises to enjoy APHC on Saturday just for you...Long Live NPR. How hot am I now?! Love Doreen
—Doreen Matters

To: Rita Jachim
Hello to Mom and Dad in the Woods. Have fun flying the helicopter... wish we were with you. Love, Nancy and Pancho
—Nancy Berkowicz

To: Roddie
Happy Birthday. Sorry its late, but it took Garrison till May to get to NC. Aren't you glad you had to open the restaurant this morning.....
—Cullen Gurganus

To: Steve
Happy birthday to you, Steve of Berkeley, from Madeleine and your beloved daughter, Vicki!
—Madeleine Leullier

To: Fourth Graders in Radio Show Club at Durham Academy
Congratuations to all Durham Academy fourth-graders in the Real-Time Radio Show Club at Durham Academy. Robert, Babs and Rachel will miss you when you move on to the Middle School! Thanks for a great year! --Mrs. Rosen
—Michelle Rosen

To: Amie Huntley
I am glad you choose to marry me. Can't wait to see how Evie turns out. You can forget about tonight if you want too.
—Robert Huntley

To: Paul who is now 21
get out of bed and go play your trombone
—Maria Wilbur Wilbur

To: Emily Neyhart
Happy sixteenth birthday Emily! We love you and hope you enjoy the show! Love, mom and dad
—Clara Neyhart

To: Emily
Bob and Carole Troutman welcome their daughter Emily home from France to enjoy her first Prairie Home Companion live show.
—Bob Troutman

To: Amy christianson
Amy Thank you for teaching me that parent hood means commitment. Of course,...so does insanity. I am still crazy for you Amy! have a Happy mothers day all my Love Karl —Karl Christianson
—Karl Christianson

To: Mom
You're so strong, but thank the good Lord that he's stronger and more "in control"...I know he'll bring you through the surgery just fine AND that he'll give the doctors direction and guidance. Praying for "encapsulation" and "non-invasiveness". God Bless you, I love you, Sweet Dreams, Moochies, Bluelello, Chuga-Chuga Choo Choo, Jack-A-Roo.
—Dawn Flower

To: Craig
Happy 56th birthday, love you more each year, even if you don't get it!
—Mary Lou Jackson

To: Dorothy Sellers
Happy Mothers Day Grandma!! We hope to see you for your 100th birthday in June!! Happy Mothers Day to you too Mom! We love you both for being such special ladies!!
—Patti and Greg Paxton

To: Jay Shapiro
Happy 63 to Dear Ol' Dad from Your Loving Daughter and Eric, we love you!
—Kahlila Shapiro

To: Emilie "Oma" Spaulding
Hope you are enjoying Spring in New Hampshire! We miss you, Mama. Come back to Durham, where the weather is 70 and a good breeze is blowing. The azaleas are blooming and the strawberries are ripe for picking. Happy Mother's Day, Ma! We love you.
—Amy Spaulding

To: Jim
Darling! The Saintly City beckons - only 2 more years! So glad I am here with you!
—Sara Kerr

To: Dr.Corliss
Your impressions of Guy Noir are now spot on so it's time to pay a licensing fee & Happy 60th
—Vinster Lyons

To: Dearest Joe
First a baby, then a house, then marriage. At this backward rate we may get to an incredible first date soon. Looking forward to it.
—Jody White

To: My Eric
Just to let you know I love you and miss you lots - come home to NC soon!
—Dene Perry

To: Rhonda
Greetings to my sweet wife...this week we're going up the Mississippi to St Paul and next week we come back down. Be home soon.
—Captain Luke Moore

To: Jim, Carol and Barbara Oleson
Hello Mom, Dad and Aunt Barb! Miss you and hope you are enjoying the show. Dad, please remind Mom to not heckle Mr. Keillor during the show although at intermission it's fair game!
—David Oleson

To: Karen Federowicz
Congratulations on finding out you are going to be a Grandmother for the first time this Fall. You better start the College Fund deduction at work now, because before you know it, the baby will be wanting to be an astronaut and going to the Moon...
—Gary Walters

To: Jeff & Dianne
Hello to Dianne & her husband who are attending the show in Durham, NC today (May 9). Thanks for buying the two tickets from us who could no longer attend due to a last minute scheduling conflict! We expect a full report upon your return though. We've been wanting to see Garrison live for the past 15 years (!) -- I am French and I've missed his show in the various locations where I have been living during these years -- Atlanta, San Diego, Los Angeles and, alas, now also the show in Durham, NC! When, oh when will I get to meet this pillar of true American culture! I feel like I am the so-called fourth Magi who got lost while searching Jesus at His birth, looked for Him all his life, and finally found Him when He was hanging from a cross. I just hope that Garrison and I will not need to take our journey to such extremes to finally meet. ;)
—Theodore Winger

To: Garrison
Garrison: Great show in Nashville. We saw the late show in Nashville. It was like 4 great shows all in one. Performers all looked like they were having a great time and would have paid just to be in the show. Keep up the great shows, Wayne & Sheri Rosso
—Wayne Rosso

To: Marshall Ham
We are all looking forward to come to Southern California to help you celebrate your 60th!!
—Denise Davis

To: Sherry Calvert
Happy 70th birthday on 1 July and 52nd wedding anniversary.
—Tom Calvert

To: Roland park school
The musical was amazing, try to get the sound fixed. I hope no one was filming!
—Lexa Gaffer

To: Sean and Sarah
All the best to Sean and Sarah who are getting married at this moment in Tulsa, Oklahoma. With love, Mom.
—Joyce Whittier

To: Pat Milton
Pat Milton is 50 years old Happy birthday from all her friends and famil here in Devon united kingdom
—Lucy Milton-Banks

To: Andrew Everard
Happy 50th birthday to my husband in Hampshire, England, on May 9 - they said life begins at 40, but maybe it really starts at 50...
—Yasuko Everard