'TIS THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN including a special offer
Let us help you with your Christmas list (T-shirts, caps, mugs, notecards)
GIFTS FOR FANS OF A PRAIRIE HOME COMPANION (and maybe for those that need to replace some old worn-out shirts as well)
A Prairie Home Companion Original Logo T-shirt
A Prairie Home Companion Scroll T-shirt
A real “Original” - The Powdermilk Biscuit T-shirt
And T-shirts to Celebrate the Season
Our NEWEST A Prairie Home Companion Baseball Cap available in three styles
GIFTS FOR POETRY LOVERS and FANS of THE WRITER’S ALMANAC
WHO DOESN’T HAVE ENOUGH MUGS? PERHAPS OUR MOTHERS AND FATHERS?
A pair of “I AM A MOTHER” Mugs
A pair of “I AM A FATHER” Mugs
GIFTS FOR THOSE THAT LOVE TO STILL WRITE A CARD THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY VIA PEN AND POST.
Two sets of FRIENDSHIP SONNETS written by Garrison Keillor. Each set includes 8 total cards (4 different sonnets, 2 cards each). Click link to see sonnet detail.
HOLIDAY GREETING CARDS with sentiment written by Garrison Keillor
Set of 10 cards (5 Christmas cards and 5 New Year’s cards)
Set of 20 cards (10 Christmas cards and 5 New Year’s cards
Christmas:
A little girl is singing for the faithful to come ye
Joyful and triumphant, a song she loves,
And also the partridge in a pear tree
And the golden rings and the turtle doves.
In the dark streets, red lights and green and blue
Where the faithful live, some joyful, some troubled,
Enduring the cold and symptoms of the flu,
Taking the garbage out and keeping the sidewalk
shoveled.
Not much triumph going on here—and yet
There is much we do not understand.
And my hopes and fears are met
In this small singer holding onto my hand.
Onward we go, faithfully, into the dark
And are there angels hovering overhead? Hark.
New Years:
The year passes and the old man with the scythe
Is mowing closer. He hasn’t been subtle, has he.
Every day a few more people say goodbye,
Which makes me want to be lighthearted, jazzy,
Put out the hors d’oeuvres and the champagne,
Sing God Bless America, You Are My Sunshine,
In My Life, Amazing Grace, Purple Rain,
I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight, and Auld Lang Syne.
We’ve mourned for our dead and been sorry a
Long enough time. Now I take your hand, your
Eyes alight, and let us sing an aria,
To love and beauty and youth and grandeur.
May 2022 bring us before it has flown
What we would have wished for had we only known.SPECIAL OFFER: From now until November 21st, ALL ORDERS over $25 will include a free copy of Wobegon Boy to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of its publication. You need to do nothing except place your order. Through this time, we will be sharing excerpts, quotations, reviews, and other information to celebrate the release of the book. Offer is for a printed copy of the book.
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