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Guitars and Gratitude
Photo courtesy Lucille Tack Arts Center Got in the van with musician friends and did a show in Spencer, Wisconsin. Then flew to Los Angeles and watched a friend do a show on a lil’ bit bigger stage....
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Door Country Reads Events (Mike Livestream Saturday)
I am grateful that Population 485 and Truck: A Love Story have been chosen for Door County Reads 2022, but when I read this list of associated events, I’m even more grateful to all the folks giving of...
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Howdy folks: A while back when the air was not as it is now (everything humid was frozen), Michael sat down with Long Haul Paul from Overdrive magazine, who, along with his lovely bride, interviewed...
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Indies, Self-Publishing, and Gratitude
These days I take a hybrid approach to publishing. I have one book under contract with a “legacy” publisher that has been good to me over many decades and many titles (Population 485 in print with them...
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I Do Remember
Mom says don’t brag but gotta share this one because you know you’ve hit a small town high point when you make the local “remember when” column and it didn’t involve running over a cow or something....
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Floating Memory
Never won a Pulitzer, but my book was in a parade. And memories like this are why I’ll never catch up on thank-yous. The post Floating Memory appeared first on SneezingCow.com.
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Second Language, Second Family
I was gifted this challenge coin after I spoke and shared an evening with a large group of EMTs, firefighters, and first responders last week. I got my EMT license 35 years ago. In that time I’ve gone...
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Laundromat Books
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 thank you to whoever left the book there...
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Throwback Thursday: Montaigne in Barn Boots
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 for this one.” And, I like to joke, I was...
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Firefighting Throwback
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 of the New Auburn Area Fire Department. The...
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