Thanks, mom!

My daughter went to see A Prairie Home Companion last weekend at Wolf Trap in Virginia. She got to see the Steele Sisters and Robin and Linda Williams with Garrison Keillor in a Memorial Day special. Seeing the live performance of the show reminded Maggie of home. She phoned to thank me for exposing her to public radio and especially for making A Prairie Home Companion part of our Saturday evening routine. I’m not sure my kids really appreciated our nearly tv-less household when they were younger, so her phone call and reminiscence of those Saturday evenings around the radio warmed me.

“I’m grateful”, she said, “that you exposed us to good radio and to good music, Mom.”

PHC may be the only opportunity for some folks to hear gospel or folk music. It may be the only opportunity for our children to hear radio theater. If you haven’t tried it yet, turn off the tube and expose your youngsters to radio. Real radio, that is.