Michael Perry and the Long Beds playing “After Waymore’s Blues” from the Tiny Pilot album. The nod to Billy partway through comes because when he’s not making music he carves headstones.

Mike will be speaking at the Wisconsin Farmers Union convention in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Saturday evening. Then he and his band the Long Beds will play. Both events are open…View post

From the “P.S.” section of Population 485 (paperback only): I breathed in that quiet firehouse fragrance (it’s a still smell…dampened notes of rubber, diesel, and concrete, all of it cushioned by…View post

Some days it feels like the paddle don’t even reach the water.

Made punjabi curried kidney beans. 5 y.o. asks for thirds, says “This time it doesn’t taste like laundry detergent.”