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Video of Reading in Mequon

Man, I've already put some miles on since then, but fun to see the folks at Next Chapter Bookshop in Mequon posted a video of me reading from Coop.  The next morning I checked out of my hotel room in Milwaukee and drove to Hartford, Wisconsin, did a reading and a Long Beds concert, then drove to Madison only to discover I left all my clean clothes in Milwaukee.

Dad In Absentia

My wife calls me on the road to say she has just served the children homemade soup.  The three-year-old, she reports, leaned her head on her hand, stared into the bowl a moment, and then announced, "This soup is pensive."

"I think that one's on you," said my wife.

Coincidentally Neato

Even though the event is already in the rear view mirror, this was just brought to my attention: Milwaukee Magazine's Paul Kosidowski was kind enough to include the Mequon reading/signing in his "Friday Five" recommendations.  I'm grateful.  But here's the coincidentally neato part: Recommendation #2 was for a play adapted from a Russian novel and performed by Kurt Hartwig and Andy North.  And Andy North is my goddaughter's brother*.  Yah.

*If you're thinking of Andy North, two-time winner of...

Eagle River Event Full – Call First

Am told tonight's Eagle River event is full – best to call first if you're planning to attend: 715-479-8070

You Working on a New Book?

I am.  More than one, as a matter of fact.  More on that in time.  As the photo below demonstrates, there is still a ways to go before anything gets slapped between two covers:

My Lone Super Power…

I apparently emanate some invisible force field that prevents the function of "automatic" soap dispensers, faucets, and paper towel machines.  I stand there flapping my hands like I'm conducting Beethoven's Fifth while absolutely nothing happens.

Morning TV in Milwaukee

Here's a link to The Morning Blend interview I did with Molly and Tiffany.  First TV stop of the Coop paperback tour.  The baby food reference at the end was related to the preceding piece in which there was discussion of Jennifer Aniston's legs and "baby food diet".  Good luck with that.

Also of interest to me, if no one else.  On shows like this, you have a brief amount of time to tell as much of the story as you can.  Plus, it's early.  So I tend to go a mile-a-minute even though 30...

Oh Yah, Forgot About That Bull…

Hadn't thought about the bull for a few years…then I did this interview with the Milwaukee Journal/Sentinel.

Another Reason I Like Gene Logsdon

As I take off for book tour with my corn maybe/maybe not all planted, I treasure this quote from page 17 of Gene Logsdon's Small-Scale Grain Raising:

The point is that when you are a small-scale grain raiser, what's your hurry?  It took me a while to learn that.  Unlike the commercial corn grower looking to get a couple thousand acres planted before May 10, I have at most an acre or two to plant.  I've known of corn planted on June 16 that still made 100 bushels per acre.  So take it easy. ...

Thank You, Neighbor

One of the reasons I can be out on book tour talking about "my" farm is because I have neighbors like Tom here, who for the second year in a row has come up the hill with his John Deere 620 to break sod for me.  Man, how neat to see that earth roll over for the first time in 25 years, and also to hear the deep pop-pop-pop of that tractor lugging at the traces.