So I thought I'd start a new series of posts entitled "Things I Like." They will be posted in no particular hierarchical order, simply as they come to me or as it's convenient to post about them.Things I Like #1: Listening to the old-fashioned radio show "A Prairie Home Companion" on NPR on Saturday nights. Frequently I only catch part of this delightfully quirky, campy, clever program as I'm en route to whatever activity we hot, busy single folk do on Saturday nights. This past Saturday, I was able to listen to the entire thing while I was making a potato and saffron fritata to take to my friend Jenny R's Fall Festivus of Flavor dinner party. Ah, the raptures of listening to Garrison Keillor's smooth, salty voice relaying the news from Lake Wobegone; the sad hilarity of perpetually down-on-his-luck Guy Noir, Private Eye; and the endearing ads for ketchup and powder-milk biscuits, not to mention the incredible, folksy musical acts on every show.
This past Saturday, in honor of Halloween, Mr. Keillor offered a spine-tingling reading of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven," and later in the program, to pay tribute to all our dead for All Saints' Day, he, the cast, and even the audience, sang part of the LDS hymn "Come, Come Ye Saints."
Garrison, you have my heart forever.
3 comments:
Amen to this post! I love it too- & I even caught the Raven reading too- pretty amazing!
I love Garrison. He is #2 on my fantasy boyfriend list. I saw him in person twice this past year and I would go to the Church of Garrison Keillor if there was such an establishment!
I love this too! I loved that reading of the Raven.
I also love his daily Writer's Almanac. It is the perfect thing to wake up to! :)
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