I was working on a young adult novel involving recombinant DNA (thus the wikipedia page) when this spider showed up. Got him to twirl with the cursor. Pink Floyd in…View post

Millions of words via this thing and finally I managed to souse it with sufficient coffee to disrupt the circuitry. Odds of it working again are desperately slim, on a…View post

…I (regrettably) seem to need to learn again and again: 1. Stop trying to write the perfect first draft. 2. Get back to work.

The “Chicken Package” special ends Friday. In the meantime please enjoy some classic chicken footage. Watch Michael Perry: Chicken Shack on PBS. See more from In Wisconsin.    

My Uncle Stan was a trucker and a Vietnam veteran. He took me across the country in an 18-wheeler. I wrote a song about him called “How Many Miles.” He…View post