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 ‘Michael Perry: Moved by sensations of sweeping poignancy’ can be seen online here.

With gratitude and respect for Hanif and the Eaux Claires crew (and the memory of Tim and Waymore), here’s last weekend’s “Roughneck Grace” column:   Rain is dripping from the leaves in the aftermath of a morning thunderstorm. The skies are still gray. There are no shadows. Last week someone asked who was my favorite…View post

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 ‘Michael Perry: Birds sing for us when we don’t deserve it’ can be seen online here.

Wrote this for my girls a loooonnng time ago, this recording is for Miriam, and thank you to the backup singer(s).