# Garrison Keillor and Friends

This newsletter will include observational humor, gratitude, small doses of advice, memories of heroic persons I knew up close, reminiscence about ordinary life back before Twitter and thoughts about American life and other pleasures.

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[My happy weekend in the sunny South](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/my-happy-weekend-in-the-sunny-south)

[The Column: 06.22.26](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/my-happy-weekend-in-the-sunny-south)

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[A declaration of independence](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/a-declaration-of-independence-101)

[Podcast 159 - "I discovered that I could cure my Minnesota accent by sticking a piece of adhesive tape on the underside of my tongue, which makes me…"](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/a-declaration-of-independence-101)

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[The News from June 19, 1982](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/the-news-from-june-19-1982)

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[My plan for the next four years](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/my-plan-for-the-next-four-years)

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[Watching the world fall apart](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/watching-the-world-fall-apart)

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[A few last words about the MAGA man](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/a-few-last-words-about-the-maga-man)

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[The morning after, the sun comes up](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/the-morning-after-the-sun-comes-up)

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[Stating the case as simply as possible](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/stating-the-case-as-simply-as-possible)

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[One last word about the election](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/one-last-word-about-the-election)

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[Where we went and why](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/where-we-went-and-why)

[The Column: 06.18.26](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/where-we-went-and-why)

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[Fun was had in Spokane!](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/fun-was-had-in-spokane)

[May 30, 2026](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/fun-was-had-in-spokane)

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[Sunday morning once again](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/sunday-morning-once-again)

[The Column: 06.15.26](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/sunday-morning-once-again)

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[Learning from experience to dissolve situations](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/learning-from-experience-to-dissolve-4d2)

[Podcast 158 - "I suffer from a fear of leaving food on my plate and scraping it into the garbage and I’m sure there is a group for me."](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/learning-from-experience-to-dissolve-4d2)

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[News from June 13, 1987](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/news-from-june-13-1987)

[The 1987 Final Monologue](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/news-from-june-13-1987)

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[Another Monday night in Manhattan](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/another-monday-night-in-manhattan)

[The Column: 06.12.26](https://garrisonkeillor.substack.com/p/another-monday-night-in-manhattan)

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