Wit has truth in it.

Poets, I believe, are some of the most comforting people that exist. I’m talking not just about real poets like Billy Collins, wordsmiths whose verse welcomes like a freshly brewed cup of tea or a familiar cardigan sweater, but poets of all kinds: songwriters, filmmakers, actors—thinkers and feelers, magicians and alchemists, translators and tour guides.
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I understand that it’s rather a cop-out to blog about somebody else’s blog, but I’m a vigilant reader (and long-time fan) of Garrison Keillor. I get my mid-week fix (his equally great radio show, A Prairie Home Companion, is on Saturday nights) by reading Keillor’s column, “The Old Scout.” It’s available on the APHC website […]

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