All gratitude to family, friends, neighbors, and above all, my wife.

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). This week’s column ‘Michael Perry: America’s pastime? How about a day on the farm?‘ can be see online here.

My ’51 International pickup has a younger cousin in Mexico. Touch of Bondo, splash of paint, good to go. Oh, and one front wheel.

We’re making this listen free because we’re honoring a friend.

Back in the ’70s, beer can hats were cool. We were a teetotal family, so Mom crocheted this version. We have a cool mom.