As word spreads, we keep getting more inquiries about Mike’s book Forty Acres Deep, and–more specifically–where to find it. Below are the basics. And then, at the end, the story of…View post

An article about the new book.

Dad made his farm equipment last mainly thanks to two simple rules: Grease it, and store it beneath a roof. Part of that process included blowing all the moisture-gathering chaff…View post

Just turned in an essay on Prince. Be out sometime next year. It contains this line: Thanks to my background—raised by truckers, loggers, and small-patch farmers—I still struggle to get…View post

  A while back I filmed a piece with my friends from Wisconsin Public Television (I say a while back because those pigs are no longer extant and you will also note…View post