The other night at the Heyde Center I explained that over the years I have developed two groups of friends: The pickup-truck-and-gun-rack crowd, and the artist/dancer/poet crowd (or, the pale-and-tortured…View post

Because what’s a concert without a T-shirt?  Or two? Larger image and story of the “Gordon” shirt here. Larger image and story of the “BedHeads” shirt here. And yep, that’s…View post

Back in July I had the privilege of serving as Grand Marshal (or was it just Marshal?) (it felt Grand!) of the International Harvester Red Power Parade.  Tonight a piece…View post

I’m headed down to Portland, Indiana, in October to talk about Truck: A Love Story.  As part of the preparation, a husband-and-wife team reviewed the book for Indiana Public Radio…View post

Tractors, beautiful tractors.  And Scouts.  And Travelalls.  And pickups.  What a day it was. This footage and more courtesy of the Wisconsin Historical Society.