This is a lightly revised “Roughneck Grace” column. I re-post it today for reasons as close as family. And because I’m grown weary of all the fearful bellowing. But above all because…View post

Just found out James McMurtry will be in Wisconsin Dells and Milwaukee this weekend. If you’re anywhere near, I hope you’ll see him. It’s impossible for me to overstate the connection…View post

We always wonder if the silly ways we work make any sense, so this Tweet by Claire Vaye Watkins made me feel much better about myself, as I am currently doing…View post

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If you’re within range of one of these stations tomorrow (Saturday, September 24th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio from Big Top Chautauqua. Information on streaming the show…View post