Sometimes you step to the microphone, look down, and there at the foot of the stage is a note, and it infuses every note to follow.

Thanks to Stu. He chose “Coop” for the Luther College Reads poster project. Stu’s corn is way ahead of mine.

I remember we were on a family trip a year or so ago when we stopped in Iowa so I could do this interview. I don’t remember what all we…View post

After last night’s Wisconsin Public Television show I woke up to a happy avalanche of emails, messages, and questions. Right now I gotta check out of a hotel in the…View post

Photo from a reader, with accompanying note: In the summer afternoons, you might find me sitting on the boat reading.  It is usually one of your books.  Thank you. Now,…View post