November 7, 2008: Has it been a quiet week in...

It has been a little noisy in mine, but I work with News and there was a big event on Tuesday.

The last couple of weeks I haven't been able to listen to the show during the real show time (thankfully there's an online archive) but this week it looks like the family has a little window of time that isn't booked, spoken for, arranged, or otherwise scheduled. Something tells me this week's show will be interesting, based on the description:

A Prairie Home Companion: American History, Chapter 44
Coming to you this week from the Fitzgerald Theater, we've got Dobro daredevil Jerry Douglas with grand champion fiddler Luke Bulla, singers Jearlyn Steele, Kari Shaw, Andra Suchy, Joanna Jahn, the Royal Academy of Radio Acting; Tim Russell, Sue Scott, and Tom Keith, Rich Dworsky and The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band, and much more. Join us this week for a post-election live broadcast performance.

Mrs. Sundberg has been on a soup kick and I think we'll whip up a batch of something harvesty and I'll have good bread and butter available. Does that sound good to you? What do you think of this week's lineup? And tell me, has it been a quiet week in your hometown?

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Julia Schrenkler
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Minnesota Public Radio
American Public Media
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Comments: 5

Ms. Meacham: Money Maven Nov 7, 2008, 8:11pm UTC

Quiet here in PDX Julia. Rainy though.... Warm soup sounds great (along with a little Prairie Home Companion)!

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Mariana T. Nov 8, 2008, 10:44am UTC

I love Prairie Home Companion!!! This is exciting - welcome to Gather! Salud

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Liz H. Nov 8, 2008, 6:59pm UTC

That Tuesday did add an extra level of intensity to the week, but it makes the weekend, with its intermittent snow showers and chilly winds, an even greater opportunity for warm slippers, hot mugs if tea, and a good book by the flicker of a wood-burning stove.

Time for me to get off the internet!

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Julia Schrenkler Nov 10, 2008, 10:39am UTC

Hey Ms. Meacham and Liz, sounds like you were into the concept of cozy too.

Thank you for the welcome, Mariana!

We ended up having leftover TaterTot hotdish and turning off all the media, even the radio. No TV, no Internet... It was good family time. Thankfully, the show archive will be up soon and I can listen online. I'm still contemplating making a big mess of soup and bringing it in the rest of the week.

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Liz H. Nov 10, 2008, 12:02pm UTC

LO-O-0-VE tater tots! Okay, that's NEXT weekend...

Cozy is right. On Sunday, I simmered away at a wild-rice vegetable soup, thick enough to be stew. It had chicken stock, wild-rice, onions, celery, black beans, sweet corn from some summer cobs, garlic, carrots, a splash of virgin olive oil, a coupla shakes of Worcestershire, a drip of cajun sauce, and random herbs grabbed from my dark cupboard and randomly shaken over the bright red cast-iron pot.

Its scent was a nice welcome after a long walk, and it kept the political bickering at bay!

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November 7, 2008: Has it been a quiet week in your hometown?

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