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Mike’s latest book (Forty Acres Deep) (indie booksellers scroll down to lower left for wholesale info). All the other books (including Population 485) and CDs and DVDs and whatnots.

The Voice Mail page. (This is the weekly podcast — for free samples, click on the episodes without the miniature padlocks.)

Mike’s ability to spin his 20+ books and wide range of life experiences into humorous and heartfelt live presentations have put him in great demand as a public speaker. In addition to his one-man theater shows, Mike has delivered entertaining keynote addresses at conferences for software companies, hospitals and health care organizations, fire and EMS providers, farming and agricultural groups, national and regional utility cooperatives, business and economic development entities, governmental agencies, mental health organizations, dental hygienists, faith-based organizations, logging conventions, book festivals, MFA programs, libraries, and countless others. If you’re interested in retaining Mike for your event, please contact his booking agent here.

The mailing list signup (explained very specifically). We hope you’ll consider joining; it’s old-fashioned but way more loyal than social media. It’s also the best and most direct way to know when Mike’s got something new or is performing near you.

Upcoming live events.

Reminded for the umpteenth time how this unplanned random form of self-employment of mine has led from cleaning calf pens in rural Nobbern to equally random moments like the one where I see this clip from Beverly Hills Cop and think, that guy and I had a wonderful talk about our lives and loves and marriages backstage one evening and then off we went on our separate ways. I don’t know what Mr. Cox is up to next week, but I’ll be in Viroqua. I hope you can join us: https://ridgesandriversbookfestival.org/events/an-added-bonus-michael-perry-live/

Howdy folks:

Welcome to Michael Perry’s Voice Mail, episode 258. This one’s available to free and paid subscribers alike. Click HERE to listen.

In this episode I talk about a brief and impromptu neighborhood get-together, then head off in a slightly different direction than usual and request your input. I also reveal the phrase I used last week to describe why I’ll never be a fashionista and why there will always be limits to my refinement.

In random news, a few years ago we gave the chicken coop from Coop to the neighbors. They have since moved and the new neighbors have offered to let us have it back. So I’m gonna head down there and see if it’s still in any shape to be moved. This is how we moved it when it was brand new:

From Coop:

The tractor moves across the yard with the coop in tow. In a rare moment of foresight, we removed the windows so they wouldn’t bust in transit, and Buffalo is riding crouched in the window waving at the kids like an underweight troll, his head of curls and big black beard flopping in the wind. For my part, I keep ’er steady with the tractor, one arm raised and pointing to the distance as if I am Hannibal headed for the Alps.

As ever, I remain grateful for your time and attention.

Thank you.
Mike

Mike on a hunting podcast? You bet. Hunting has been a part of Mike’s life and culture since he could toddle. And food-wise, the freezer is always full of venison. So when the hosts of the Okayest Hunter Podcast invited him to be a guest, he jumped at the chance.

In a freewheeling, good-humored conversation, Mike and the hosts dove into being an outsider in hunting culture, deer hunting as “New Year’s,” the tricky balance between trophy hunting and just hunting, what it’s like hauling a buck out in a rebuilt 1951 International pickup, and how hunting pops up in Mike’s books (specifically Chapter 12 in Truck: A Love Story).

NOTE: As a courtesy in case your ears don’t prefer it, be aware there are a couple of NSFW words in the mix.

To listen or view this humorous chat about hunting and life, click one of the links below.

• Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2wf5xXojlyWdRalEjOLbvb?si=25c0ebe355e34e63
• YouTube: https://youtu.be/6BKTV2iQteo

Fond memories from a South Dakota gig.

Soup or no soup, Mike speaks and performs at a wide range of venues and events. Booking information here.

In this live performance clip Michael Perry reflects on how just because your buddy shot his last thumb off doesn’t mean you can’t put your foot in your mouth.

Filmed live at The Stoughton Opera House. For more info on booking Mike click here. For all his books and merchandise, visit https://sneezingcow.com/store/.