Let it be known that on this day I mounted the snowplow in under seven minutes. Before the snow flew. Without the golf ball. It is not always thus: EVEN…View post

The nose of my brother’s Cessna. This model is not widely available outside Barron County. For further details, see page 137 of Visiting Tom.

What I like about reviews like this is the word gets out to some eyes in places I may not get to myself. Plus you know there are Toms (and…View post

Reader Chris C. has sharp eyes and points out that on page 162 of Visiting Tom I refer to Tom’s car as a “long-gone Ford convertible” despite the fact that it…View post

Just found this unfinished blog post from July 25, 2009, and realized it wound up evolving into part of the first paragraph of Chapter One in Visiting Tom: as frustrating…View post