A friend forwarded this video of the poet Kevin Young reading four selections.  Last Saturday we had a whole crew of kin over to the place for a meal that…View post

Remember a little while back I said I got to fight a wildfire with my old NAAFD crew (and the DNR rangers, and the Weyerhaeuser crew) when I was up…View post

It seems three lifetimes ago and in many ways it was, but once upon a time George House and I recorded some novelty songs in his basement.  I supplied the…View post

Rodale Press has just published Going Long: Legends, Oddballs, Comebacks & Adventures, a collection of stories from Runner’s World magazine.  The anthology includes a profile I wrote of Olympic marathoner…View post

When Chris Ramey isn’t putting the twang in the Long Beds, he’s turning it up to 11 with the Jaggernauts.  Fun photos here (Chris is in red shirt) and how…View post