In the company of Mr. Mills, our four-year-old performs the initial inspection:
And here we are unloading the last one of five. She goes 18 pounds. How we came to have an 18-pound feeder pig is a whole ‘nother story. Workin’ on that for the next book…*
*I always get emails when I say that, so: sometime in the Spring of 2012.
If you’re within range of one of these stations tomorrow (Saturday, May 21th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top Chautauqua. Information on streaming the show here.
The musical performance will be the Unsung Stories of the Civil War, and in this episode’s monologue – delivered from the backstage dressing room with the one lonely little lightbulb burnin’ – Mike reads an essay based on a letter written by the wife of his great-great-great grandfather after she learned of her husband’s death in the Civil War. You can join the Tent Show Radio Facebook page here.
SET LIST:
Blue Canvas Orchestra: Helper’s Warning, Young Boys Gone From Home, Old Abe, Enlistment Jumper
Michael Perry: Monologue
Blue Canvas Orchestra: Bailey’s Dam, Mobile Bay, The Planter, Hobo Blues
The latest issue of Wisconsin Trails magazine is out. I’m honored that the “My Wisconsin” section contains an essay I wrote about my Dad’s first tractor, a hard-working Massey-Ferguson 135. The essay is excerpted from My First Tractor, a wonderful collection available from Voyageur Press.
The May/June issue also includes articles about musky fishing, dirt-track racing, fine dining in Monticello, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin, and a “Last Word” essay by my mentor and one of those folks on my “without-whom” list, John Hildebrand. John’s book Mapping the Farm is tremendous (the section on the bull overdosing on apples is worth the price alone), and his A Northern Front deeply influenced my evolving feelings about sense of place.
Howdy folks. I wanted to pass along information about this book launch event as I have a piece included in Cluck. Mine is a little instructional number on how to hypnotize a chicken. As some of you know, there is more than one way. – Mike
Join Susan Troller and Sue Medaris at the book launch party for CLUCK: From Jungle Fowl to City Chicks by Itchy Cat Press.
Help celebrate the publication of this colorful illustrated book on the romance and foibles of raising chickens. Discover the “Joy of Chix” and the “Zen of Hens” and maybe even learn to dance the funky chicken! Sue and Susan will be there to share some eggcellent stories and autograph your copy of CLUCK.
They’ll be celebrating with Lake Louie beer (made just up the road from Itchy Cat Press) and Harmony’s tasty pizza. (Sorry, no chicken wings.)
Harmony Bar, 2201 Atwood Avenue, Madison, WI
(608) 249-4333
Tuesday May 24, 5:00 p.m. -7:00 p.m.
The original story of Keith Urban’s missing hand here.
The Long Beds are pleased to announce that we’ll be part of Volume One’s “Sounds Like Summer” concert series. Listening to music in the grass on a summer night down by the river…it’s a fine thing. To get an idea of why more and more folks keep flocking to this event, have a look at these photos.
We’ll be playing June 9, details here (here we are playing inside) But don’t just wait on us – enjoy the music all summer long.
If you’re within range of one of these stations tonight (Saturday, May 14th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top Chautauqua. Information on streaming the show here.
The musical guests will be the Avett Brothers, and in this episode’s monologue – delivered from the backstage dressing room with the one lonely little lightbulb burnin’ – Mike discusses the joys of conducting business – including establishing the price of feeder hogs – in the middle of a road through a pickup truck window.
You can join the Tent Show Radio Facebook page here.
SET LIST:
Blue Canvas Orchestra: Ballyhoo, Half Past the Whippoorwill
Avett Brothers: Skin and Bones, January Wedding, Head Full of Doubt, At the Beach, Color Show
Michael Perry: Business Through a Pickup Truck Window
Avett Brothers: Murder in the City, Pretty, Slight Figure of Speech, I and Love and You, Where Have All the Average People Gone?
Blue Canvas Orchestra: Hobo Blues
Just in time for the Avett Brothers concert on Tent Show Radio this weekend (here’s where/how/when to listen), the current issue of Volume One includes an article about the home of Tent Show Radio, Big Top Chautauqua.
This is the book referenced in the article…I was already in love with my wife when I took her to see Greg Brown in the tent that night, and was all ready to make it official. She was a little more level-headed. As I wrote in the book, that was the day she told me she was going to wait until we hit the six-month mark before committing to any paperwork. That was like a rolled-up newspaper to the snoot.
But the tent, and Greg Brown, it all helped, and now we’re into our seventh year.
Article’s also got a nice picture of the tent from above:
If you’re within range of one of these stations tomorrow (Saturday, May 14th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top Chautauqua. Information on streaming the show here.
The musical guests will be the Avett Brothers, and in this episode’s monologue – delivered from the backstage dressing room with the one lonely little lightbulb burnin’ – Mike discusses the joys of conducting business – including establishing the price of feeder hogs – in the middle of a road through a pickup truck window.
You can join the Tent Show Radio Facebook page here.
SET LIST:
Blue Canvas Orchestra: Ballyhoo, Half Past the Whippoorwill
Avett Brothers: Skin and Bones, January Wedding, Head Full of Doubt, At the Beach, Color Show
Michael Perry: Business Through a Pickup Truck Window
Avett Brothers: Murder in the City, Pretty, Slight Figure of Speech, I and Love and You, Where Have All the Average People Gone?
Blue Canvas Orchestra: Hobo Blues
Picked the first asparagus last night. Proud of my wife. Three years ago she lobbied to put the beds in, I (Mister Instant Gratification) just couldn’t see planting smething that would take three years to come to fruition. We got a few spears last year, but this year they’re really coming on, and I’m glad she talked me into it. She’s also the one who is behind our nascent blueberry and raspberry patches.
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