Reading this now (I wrote it in–gulp–1997) it’s good to know Steve Earle is still going strong. Elvis–some say–is still dead. From Off Main Street: In 1991, profoundly recalcitrant country artist…View post

I have been working on a pithy aphorism that best sums up my marriage (to a woman ten years my junior). This is what I’ve come up with so far:…View post

This is what happens when you forget to close the garage door overnight and there is road salt residue on the floor: Actually, I kinda envy his way of dealing…View post

As a guy who wrote an entire book based on his mechanical ineptitude, I take inordinate joy in even the smallest garage-based victory. My plow truck has refused to move…View post

We’re grateful to report that as of this Sunday, March 3, 2013, the Wisconsin State Journal began running “Roughneck Grace,” a weekly column written by Mike (many of the columns will be…View post