Garrison Keillor suffers minor stroke

[nolabear]

The cnn report says he's okay and should be back at work in a few days (I have no idea how to post things except for urls).

I am an unabashed fan, loving, as I do, radio, storytelling, poetry and politics. I last saw him at a John Kerry fundraiser, where we met and he wished me luck in my writing, and where, when (for crazy scheduling reasons) Kerry didn't show, he kept a disappointed audience excited and enthusiastic. He's read the poems of friends of mine on The Writers' Almanac and I aspire to have him read mine someday.

Beam good vibes.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. Hope he recovers well.

Long time fan of his--and his reading/storytelling voice is top notch. I hope that wasn't affected.

[JaneQPublic]

2. Hope he makes a full and speedy recovery

I've been listening to A Prairie Home Companion for 27 years now, and have also become of fan of The Writers' Almanac.

Garrison is a humorist in the tradition of Mark Twain and an American treasure... not to mention a card-carying liberal, to boot.

Best wishes, Garrison.

[TheKentuckian]

3. My prayers are with Garrison (nt)

[Mist]

4. May he get well soon--we need him! nt