Bill Fay has died. The first time I heard “The Healing Day” it wrecked me with its tenderness. I wrote a brief essay about it in the book Peaceful Persistence:…View post

Walked into Mom and Dad’s the other day and got blasted into the past by the very sight of this blue beast. Fifty-some years and still spinnin’ mist. I’d hang…View post

In my book Montaigne in Barn Boots, I wrote an entire chapter on absentmindedness. This morning when I finished writing at my treadmill desk, I was changing out of my running…View post

On February 11th, Mike joined the Great Midwest Book Group for a live book discussion of his novella, Forty Acres Deep. Unfortunately, the Zoom software maxed out at 100 attendees. Fortunately, the…View post

Been a little chill in the air the last few mornings…will it last? Who knows. But why risk getting cold elbows? Long sleeve “Sneezing Cow” and “Peaceful Persistence” T-shirts now…View post