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September 2, 2010
Kidney Stone Story
Because a couple of folks have asked, the kidney stone story I often perform live is included in this book:
"Off Main Street" Paperback Cover
Also included: stories about truckers, truckin', truckin' music, Elvis, Steve Earle, manure, baldness, small-town funerals, tricky book tour moments, veterans, Aaron Tippin, giant musky statues, hot summer days, and existentialist cowboys.
P.S. The title my editor came up with for the kidney stone story was, "Rock Slide!" I still get a little pale when I...
September 1, 2010
Such Delight on My Daughter's Face
When I handed her a signed copy of Ingrid Law's Scumble the other morning. Ingrid and I met a year or so ago at an event where she kindly signed a copy of her very popular Savvy for the same daughter. I admit it's good to be in a line of work where one can bring home the occasional personalized gift of this nature for one's tots (the younger daughter received a children's story and coloring book, both gifts received during a recent road session).
Still, it would be difficult to top my...
August 31, 2010
Wisconsin's Own
Born in Spencer, raised in Stevens Point, and died in Danbury. Wrote one of my all-time favorites. Got to see our friends Sawyer Brown do this one live a few weeks back. But here's Dave himself, in 1971, smooth and hip as a big ol' Central Wisconsin boy could hope to be:
August 30, 2010
Gone Fishin'
Caught some undersized sunfish this morning. Smiles on young fisherperson's faces, however, were oversized.
Been too busy lately and my wife convinced me to chuck it all for half a day. She was right.
August 28, 2010
The Tomato Recipe
Every year around this time I get requests for the tomato recipe in Truck: A Love Story. So here's a link to the post from last year. A bunch of tomatoes went in the can here yesterday!
August 27, 2010
Chickens by Moonlight
August 26, 2010
Road Leads to Music
A lot of solo road time lately. Got a special deal on satellite radio so have that for a while. I punch around a lot. Satellite radio is almost as bewildering as the Worldwide Web, what with the rabbit holes available. I like Bloomberg Business News just because I find it interesting to view current events through the filter of finance, never mind that I don't understand half of what they're talking about. I listen to it as a form of word jazz. I listen to some foam-at-the-mouth sports ...
August 25, 2010
The Kids Are Listening
I check in by telephone from a hotel room last night and my wife tells me she was cleaning an upstairs room with our ten-year-old daughter while the three-year-old played off to the side and maintained her own running dialogue between make-believe characters. When one of the characters announced she was about to do something (not sure what), the three-year-old said, "Well, have at'er!"
I picked the phrase up from my Dad. Have now – apparently – passed it on.
August 24, 2010
Corn, Corn, Corn
Canned corn yesterday. Neighbor Jeremy and I shucked, my wife and our friend Karen boiled, cut, and canned, and our eldest daughter helped wherever needed. Jeremy's oldest son pitched in, too. The two younger tots helped by keeping themselves occupied in the yard, in the wading pool, and by keeping their battles to a minimum. It was a good day, everyone busy around the place, the sun out, the grass green. A rooster crow now and then. Good to have friends and neighbors as we do.
Let the c...
August 23, 2010
More Photos From Phoenix Park
Thanks to John Connell, who has put up a Flickr album of the recent Cadence/Meridene/Long Beds show down to Phoenix Park. It was warm, and I was wearing my New Auburn Area Fire Department sleeveless T. We had fun, because as the photo below (taken while Meridene was playing) demonstrates, this thing is like a giant family picnic.
