Every week the Wisconsin State Journal runs “Roughneck Grace,” a weekly column written by Mike (many of the columns will be adapted from Mike’s Tent Show Radio monologues). This week’s column, titled, “Finding the perfect ‘Dad suit’” can be seen online here.
If you’re within range of (or can stream) one of these stations tonight (Saturday, November 10th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top Chautauqua.This week’s show welcomes Arlo Guthrie, with special guests Larry Long and Robert Robinson, and additional music by the Blue Canvas Orchestra. In between all the music, Mike explains why…View post
Well, this is a new one: Cleaned the wood stove, then carried the ash bucket all the way into my office above the garage before realizing I never dumped it. Thus I wrote a book with an entire chapter devoted to absent-mindedness.
Wall Street Journal drama critic Terry Teachout just published a post about how he balances his affection for the past with a thirst for the new, and it reminded me of this passage in Montaigne in Barn Boots (out in paperback just yesterday) (Teachout graciously consented to be quoted elsewhere in the book): In his autobiography…View post
View this post on Instagram Bigger, more important things happening today (I'll be swinging by my local town hall), but there's also this. A post shared by Michael Perry (@sneezingcow) on Nov 6, 2018 at 7:06am PST WHOOPS FORGOT TO POST THIS YESTERDAY Bigger, more important things happening today (I’ll be swinging by my local…View post