East Baton Rouge Parish Library

Roughneck grace, farmer yoga, creeping codgerism, apple golf, and other brief essays from on and off the back forty, Michael Perry

eng

contains biographical information

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essays

Roughneck grace

948339504

Michael Perry

farmer yoga, creeping codgerism, apple golf, and other brief essays from on and off the back forty

"New York Times bestselling author and humorist Michael Perry returns with a new collection of bite-sized essays from his Sunday Wisconsin State Journal column 'Roughneck Grace.' Perry's perspectives on everything from cleaning the chicken coop to sharing a New York City elevator with supermodels will have you snorting with laughter on one page, blinking back tears on the next, and--no matter your zip code--nodding in recognition throughout"--provided by publisher

Introduction -- Home -- Missing the Pigs -- Slippers -- Relativity -- Turkey in a Deer Stand -- Subzero -- Still Life with Tire Swing -- Brain Freeze -- White Pine Down -- Real Winter -- Spring Melt -- Making the Most out of Moles -- Pheasant Love -- Fixing Up the Coop -- Easter -- Deer Reunion -- Hayseed -- Bad Luck, Good Laughs -- Trimming Trees -- Mower Maintenance -- Zerk -- "Okay" -- Cat-a-Frat -- Time to Read -- Road -- Rolling Along -- Ducking Fame -- Model Behavior -- Up in the Air -- Country Boy in the City -- Road Trip -- On the Road Again -- Visiting an Old Boss -- Home Again -- Spring Color Tour -- Facts and Fanticies -- Island Life -- Creeping Codgerism -- Selfie Stick -- Imperfect -- Cold Character -- Yoga Branding -- Orthodontist -- Dishwasher -- Doorman -- Peak Walter Mitty -- Found It -- Fixing the Tubeless Tire -- Tape Measure Story -- Freelance Sniffer -- Busted -- Traffic Rap -- Old Cop, New Cop -- Court Date -- Driverless Cars -- F. Scott Fitzgerald Test -- Gotta Go Work Out -- Not a Logger -- No Better Angel -- Pitching a Fit -- Mudded Up -- Friends and Relations -- Keeping Your Head Warm -- Tio Miguel -- Jed Calling -- Class Reunion -- First Responders -- My Friend Jaime -- Gone Fishing -- The Way the Story Goes -- Mom on Book Tour -- Resurrecting Grandpa's Voice -- Revisiting Tom -- Old Way out of Town -- Godfather -- Getting Laced -- Fire Call -- Apple Golf -- Shooting the Breeze -- Sledding Party -- Appreciation -- The Blind Boys -- Working with Musicians -- Remembering Ben Logan -- Tasting Poetry -- The Least Rap-Like Cat in the House -- Meditation Squirrel -- Montaigne and Me -- The Septic Tank Guy -- Prince -- Robin's Egg Blue -- App-Happy -- Francis and the Heat Lightning -- Transcendence from the Discount Bin -- Sammi on Repeat -- With Open Ears -- The Big Blue Tent -- Baseball, Briefly -- So Long Summer -- Going for a Run -- Out in the Cold -- The Way Things Are -- Gratitude -- Acknowledgments