In addition to the recent Where the Wild Things Are renaissance, Daddy has particularly enjoyed Ken Stark’s Oh Brother! (the artwork so gorgeous and evocative of my own country childhood…View post

Glad to know my mention of Eric Taylor led to someone else listening.  Neat clip, too, Eric joining his ex-wife Nanci Griffith in song.  I have an eight-inch-tall stack of…View post

Whenever I wrap up a book tour or even one of my shorter road stretches, I find I’ve accumulated a collection of disparate gifts and mementos.  Books, notes, green-shelled eggs,…View post

Early morning easy listening: Bloodletting, by Concrete Blonde.  I like the name songs: “Caroline” and “Joey“. Later, for balance, some Dallas Wayne. Which might make me dig out this guy…View post

Drove up to New Auburn with the kids yesterday, to a get-together on one of the lakes.  Right through town, out Highway M, “Jabowski’s” corner, Highway 40, into the lakeshore…View post