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Month: February 2020

The bow of the ship

In the sodden southern tail of Illinois, the Shawnee National Forest stands in shades of green and brown and gray. It was here that Kristi and I spent one weekend under a thunderous sky. It was very early on in a tumultuous relationship that would last three or more years, a relationship that changed me, and probably the both of us irrevocably.

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No dog stories. Yet.

There are poems to be had on a letter carrier’s route. I have seen them and they are real, just ready to be plucked out of the air. My problem is that being a postman is incredibly difficult, physically and mentally. I have never had a job that forced me…

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Let me tell you about my book

Skyhorse Publishing in New York will publish my new book, Ferment: A Memoir of Mental Illness, Redemption, and Winemaking on the Mosel. It’s a book I’ve been working on for five years and it’s a life’s work, at least to this point.

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