Looks like life and work will preclude me traveling to this one, but I’m going to try and set up a Skype…want to do whatever I can to join this…View post

We are visiting a friend who A) never misses an opportunity to pun, and B) owns two donkeys.  He has named them Edgar and Rice. Figure it out.

In Population 485 I wrote about making calls with the Chetek Ambulance Service.  Kris Chester was the director of that service.  We made many calls together.  She and her husband…View post

I’ve long enjoyed attending shows at the Big Top Chautauqua.  In fact, in Truck I wrote several pages about a Greg Brown show my wife and I saw at the…View post

Scene last night: Tio Marcelino and I were outside with the youngsters at grandma’s house, the unwrapping done, kids sledding down the driveway, everyone bundled against the frigid air, laughter. …View post