Janke Book Store in Wausau is one of the many indies to whom I owe my career. They are also Wisconsin’s oldest bookstore…and I am growing old with them. Thank…View post

Cool things readers do. Paint bricks to look like books. Include Coop. Thanks, Jane! (If yer not familiar, Coop is about pigs, chickens, farm life, faith wobbles, and birthing a…View post

If you read Coop (signed hardcover coincidentally currently on sale for same price as paperback) you know I referenced a lot of music (here’s a radio show built entirely from those…View post

An improvisational painting by Carol Berning based on the Prologue to Coop: And the prologue in question: At the earliest edges of my memory, my father is plowing, and I am…View post

When friends dumpster dive, our chickens win.