If my “hamster hinternet” holds up, I’m looking forward to joining some members of the Blue Canvas Orchestra tonight at 7 pm Central here for a “Tiny Tent Show” online.…View post

Thanks to Brad Kolberg of Wisconsin Public Radio for this interview. As always, it’s submitted with deference to so many individual circumstances. Mainly it’s a chance to thank so many…View post

Howdy folks, An interview with Mike is going to be aired tomorrow Friday, April 3 on Wisconsin Public Radio about Mike’s nightly dispatches from the little writing room above the…View post

This one goes out to my baseball-playing nephews. From the book “Roughneck Grace,” available here. NOTE: Since I began posting the daily “From the Little Writing Room Above the Garage”…View post

Once I grabbed an electric pig fencer with my bare hands. Then I decided to write a goofy book about French philosophy. Not everybody dug it. But…* From the book…View post