As often happens, my road schedule resulted in my missing a recent family get-together. This is a minor side effect in light of the gratitude I feel for all those who…View post

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). Today’s column…View post

Honored to speak at the WAGS (Wisconsin Academy for Graduate Service Dogs) fundraiser in Madison, Wisconsin, this Sunday. Registration information here.

Thing is, your country boy nonetheless loves to write in the rainy city as darkness falls and the taillights slide past, shiny on the slick.

Honored to have this essay included as part of the Wisconsin Humanities Council “Working Lives Project.”