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Because a couple of folks have asked, the kidney stone story I often perform live is included in this book:

"Off Main Street" Paperback Cover

Also included: stories about truckers, truckin’, truckin’ music, Elvis, Steve Earle, manure, baldness, small-town funerals, tricky book tour moments, veterans, Aaron Tippin, giant musky statues, hot summer days, and existentialist cowboys.

P.S. The title my editor came up with for the kidney stone story was, “Rock Slide!”  I still get a little pale when I think about it.

When I handed her a signed copy of Ingrid Law’s Scumble the other morning.  Ingrid and I met a year or so ago at an event where she kindly signed a copy of her very popular Savvy for the same daughter.  I admit it’s good to be in a line of work where one can bring home the occasional personalized gift of this nature for one’s tots (the younger daughter received a children’s story and coloring book, both gifts received during a recent road session).

Still, it would be difficult to top my friend Al.  He once interviewed Mel Blanc and was able to bring home a tape on which Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky the Pig and a passel of other members of the cartoon pantheon spoke to Al’s children by name.

Seriously, that’s Dad of the Year stuff.

Born in Spencer, raised in Stevens Point, and died in Danbury.  Wrote one of my all-time favorites.  Got to see our friends Sawyer Brown do this one live a few weeks back.  But here’s Dave himself, in 1971, smooth and hip as a big ol’ Central Wisconsin boy could hope to be:

Caught some undersized sunfish this morning.  Smiles on young fisherperson’s faces, however, were oversized.

Been too busy lately and my wife convinced me to chuck it all for half a day.  She was right.

Every year around this time I get requests for the tomato recipe in Truck: A Love Story.  So here’s a link to the post from last year.  A bunch of tomatoes went in the can here yesterday!