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Very insightful piece, told with flare and verve, and all tied up nicely with compassion and joy.

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I greatly appreciated listening to the Poets’ record this summer.

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Hello Garrison: If you came to our home and did something entertaining for us and a few friends and I pretended to be Rich Dworsky playing our baby grand piano, you would not get sick, I promise. What is available for you? RR

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Good stuff.

We’re all gonna die soon enough.

So let’s watch some baseball before we do, drink a beer, eat a good mustarded brat . . . and smile more. 😎

PS: I typed this on my phone with just my right thumb while listening to some old Bob Dylan who is older than you, GK! 😜 https://youtu.be/IwOfCgkyEj0?feature=shared

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Some wonderful reminders for us all. Thank-you

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Looking forward to seeing you at Bombyx in Northampton in April!!

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What a wonder - thank you!!

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Do you wear a mask when you talk to your fans up close? I hope you recover quickly from the flu!

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GK, My grown daughter Margaret was delighted to hear that you are a swifty! See, you’re branching out to new generations all the time. Peace, Wells+

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I’m going on 70 and I still I like to dance to disco, sing to Johnny Cash and Alan Jackson, head bang to Led Zeppelin and The Rolling Stones, feel the remorse of a lost love hearing Edda James sing At Last.

Life is good.

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It is simply wonderful to listen to Keillor opine. He is a real treasure.

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I have never played the Hollywood Bowl but I too am a relic, albeit not yet 80. Happy to be connected to you in any old way. You played Fayetteville AR several years ago to a packed house, and thanks to the feeling of being surrounded by good people, I let my voice out and sang! It was glorious! 💕

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Hi, How are you? I am Jordan by name. I am in my 70s. I clicked on you and i think it would be nice to get to know more about each other, if you don't mind. Hope to hear from you soon.

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No grousing here. Smile and the world smiles with you. Thank you for your messages as always Garrison. I’ll tell you I’m 64 and I hate to text I dictate instead though sometimes the words don’t come out right I wrote that I was drinking kefir every morning and somehow it came out as cat beer. So my messages get twisted a bit my mother who is your age loves to text good for her. I’ll read her text, but I’m not gonna poke around on this little keyboard. I just sip my cat beer.

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Why say you’re both 81 when, as of November 20th, you’re both 82?

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and.... 8 years ago... you FILLLED the Hollywood Bowl... !!...sold out crowd..!! primo!!!.

and it was EXQUISITE!!.... soo AWESOME!.. thank YOU soo much!.

and the POTUS CALLED you!..... KUDOS!!..

and sooooo THANKFUL you are still performing.. you messages are exquisite! and soooo very VERY helpful in a hundred ways!... !!.... and the laughter is VITAL now...

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"Do Taylor’s fans get to share their germs with her?" No. But unlike GK, I'm not really sure she actually exists : )

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