Back in April I happened to be passing through “Nobbern” (source of Population 485) when they were fighting a big ol’ swamp fire. I carry a wildfire suppression suit in…View post

A few weeks back Mike spoke with the Pine Island, MN community about his book, Population: 485, which was this year’s choice for the “One Town One Title” series. The…View post

Throwback to that time I found out how it goes if you fight a wildfire while wearing cargo shorts under your gear. Safe, but sooty. Man, I loved being part…View post

Montaigne in Barn Boots is not my most popular book, sales-wise. I kinda knew that goin’ in. In fact, I told my editor, “Some of my audience isn’t gonna go…View post

Copy-pasted this a while back and now can’t remember where I saw it written (in a review, maybe? or a social media comment?), but thank you to this reader, and…View post