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Went running yesterday and was sure missing this guy:

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Somewhere in some decrepit computer’s cryptolocked file there sits an email–maybe more than one–I received from Nicholas Gulig years ago while he was in Thailand, asking how to be a writer. Or something along those lines. I know I answered. I don’t know that what I had to say was any help. I’ve never been punk, as such. Pragmatism prevented me ever becoming purely poetic. And compared to Nick and his crowd, I’ve always felt the naive (oblivious?) elder. Square, in short. But I absolutely knew what it was to work the imposter DIY lane. Knew what it was to both mine and bemoan the parochial. To strive for that writing life, to make that writing life, never mind the odds or good sense.

Nick has done the work. It was a pleasure to read this piece and watch this video:

 

 

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My Chat With Nishant Jain–The Sneaky Artist

If you enjoy stories of folks who turn dreams and unlikely tangents into reality, you’ll enjoy this discussion with the writer and sneaky-artist, Nishant Jain. The link is below. Nishant makes secret drawings of his world everywhere he goes. When I met him he was just starting out. Now he is the host of the popular SneakyArt Podcast, writes a weekly Substack newsletter where he shares notes and drawings from his sketchbook adventures, travels all over giving talks and lessons, and will be at this year’s Eaux Claires festival.

Nishant’s book, Make (Sneaky) Art, offers ideas to build a sketchbook habit based upon mindfulness and observation. Links to the book and more here: https://www.sneakyartist.com

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I’ve done so many interviews and yet they’re still fun, and this one allowed me to go all over the place and even reveal the Taylor Swift thing and the only retraction I’d offer is that there’s no way I was driving that 1989 Ford Tempo when I hit the New York Times bestseller list because I was well into my minivan stage by then.

Here is a link to the interview: https://driftlessareamag.com/unicdn/2026/04/01/michael-perry/

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Thank you to Matt Zeigler at Cultish Creative for including me in this eclectic mix (investors, punk rockers, writers) of folks getting to know each other, each other’s work, and each other’s ways of working.

You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMROC83b4pc

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The intro to this profile in the Estes Valley Voice is terrific:Full article is here https://estesvalleyvoice.com/2026/03/31/author-michael-perry-is-a-cowboy-poet-and-a-singing-nurse/NOTE: I’m not quite 62, and there are a couple of other timeline items that got lost in translation, but I so appreciate thoughtful pieces like this and thank the reporter for taking the time to track me down here in Wisconsin.Grab a copy of Population 485 at the Sneezing Cow store: https://SneezingCow.com/Store/

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Note from Mike:

I vacillated about posting this. Tooting one’s own horn, etc. But the man who wrote it is a good man, and in sharing what he wrote, I can share a little bit of him. Read his bio at the end of the piece to get a sense of his life and deeds. And the deciding factor was, if you read all the way to the end, you’ll see he included one of the best photos of me ever taken. Thank you, Darren. You make me want to keep trying to do good and do better.

Read the piece and see the photos here.

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My Grandma Perry loved the Milwaukee Brewers. I can still see her in the recliner over by the big wooden console stereo, tapping her Carlton 100 into a cut glass ashtray, hollering in exhortation or cussing in despair, depending on how the game was going. She carried her portable radio and its extendable antenna with her into the kitchen, down to the laundry room, and to the backyard when she’d sit in her lawn chair and let the dog run. To this day when I hear a Brewers game playing in another room, or through a screen window, I think of Grandma.

All of this to say, when I was given the opportunity to record a voiceover for the video below, I welcomed it as a fan myself, but I especially welcomed the chance to send one out in memory of the most loyal Brewers fan I ever knew, my late Grandma Perry:

I first started listening to Brewers games in high school. This was the era of manager Harvey Keunn’s “Harvey’s Wallbangers” and their World Series run. I remember listening to a playoff game on the radio in high school English class. But my most distinct memory is of cleaning the sheep barn in the spring, eyes watering from the ammonia, arms tired from wrenching forkfuls of matted manure loose and flinging them into the spreader, but the time passing easily to the sound of Bob Uecker narrating the day’s game on a farm truck radio (must have been the neighbor’s as ours didn’t have a radio). I recall names like Gorman Thomas, Cecil Cooper, Ben Oglivie, Pete Vuckovich, and Sixto Lezcano. Gantner, Yount, Molitor. And freezing at the crack of Ben Oglivie’s bat, then breaking into a huge grin as Bob Uecker’s voice rose to a shout, “Get up! Get up! Get outta here! Gone!”

Anyways, as we say. Regarding these jerseys, my two favorite things are the bobber (symbol of my childhood) and the word FORWARD–Wisconsin’s state motto and one I try to maintain myself. So: Here’s to Grandma Perry, and forward we go.

Me and my buddy Boozy debuting our jerseys at the ballpark.

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Sometimes you just gotta go talk to a banker. This is Mike’s third visit with Jerry the Banker, and the third time Jerry has had to drink N.A. beer because It’s Banker With A Beer but Mike doesn’t drink!

This time around Mike and Jerry discussed:His New Book, Improbable Mentors and Happy Tangents What is Humor?Learning the Rhythm of Music, Speech, & the Written WordLighting RoundListen to Episode 251 on Apple , Spotify , or here .Beverages Enjoyed: Go Brewing, NA Pilsner.

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Sometimes you just gotta go talk to a banker. This is Mike’s third visit with Jerry the Banker, and the third time Jerry has had to drink N.A. beer because It’s Banker With A Beer but Mike doesn’t drink!

This time around Mike and Jerry discussed:His New Book, Improbable Mentors and Happy Tangents What is Humor?Learning the Rhythm of Music, Speech, & the Written WordLighting RoundListen to Episode 251 on Apple , Spotify , or here .Beverages Enjoyed: Go Brewing, NA Pilsner.

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