Even as host of Tent Show Radio, I consider myself a late-arriving guest participating in a canvas tradition pegged to the hard work and volunteer efforts of people long predating…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). Today’s column…View post

If you’re within range of one of these stations tonight (Saturday, April 12th) we hope you’ll join Mike as he hosts another edition of Tent Show Radio.  Information on streaming the show here. In…View post

In one of those stretches where at the base of it all I’m glad I was raised up to just put the boots on and get to work, Nobbern-style.

Showing off my diastema with my friend and publisher Kathy from Wisconsin Historical Society Press (they published my latest book, From the Top). We were selling books and meeting writers…View post