(GK: Garrison Keillor; SS: Sue Scott; TR: Tim Russell; FN: Fred Newmann)
GK: How's your coffee?
SS: It's fine. How's your latte?
GK: Good. Nice to be together on our anniversary.
SS: Yes. Ten years ago today.
GK: Amazing.
SS: It is.
GK: People said it wouldn't last six months.
SS: Ten years of happiness.
GK: Are you happy?
SS: I am.
GK: Good.
SS: Aren't you?
GK: Sure.
SS: You don't sound happy----
GK: It's just that sometimes I wish we lived together.
SS: I thought we agreed not to talk about this.
GK: You said when we were married that you'd consider it----
SS: I did consider it.
GK: Why would it be such a big deal to sell your house and come across the river and live with your husband?
SS: And live in Missouri????
GK: What's wrong with that?
SS: I'm not a Missourian. I'm a Kansan.
GK: It's one city.
SS: I don't think so.
GK: It just doesn't make sense. Two houses, paying taxes in two places----
SS: Maybe separation is a key to our relationship.
GK: I miss you.
SS: Then come over and see me.
GK: Come over to Kansas?
SS: What's wrong with that?
GK: What would we do over there?
SS: Come and find out.
GK: I donno.
SS: Are we ever going to get this figured out?
GK: Probably not.
SS: You are so mysterious.
GK: Good. So are you.
SS: Great to see you again.
GK: Same here.
SS: Maybe a good marriage is one with a river running through it.
GK: A message from Kansas City.
SS: Kansas.
GK: Missouri.
© Garrison Keillor 2002