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Some Days it Really is Like This

Some Days it Really is Like This

Small things can still wonder. Gods don’t have that luxury. I don’t think it’d be all that fun to be a God.

Posted on September 5, 2021September 6, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction12 Minutes Read

Fiction: ‘Happy Death on the Beach’

Fiction: ‘Happy Death on the Beach’

So he went down to the bar and got drunk. He hadn’t done that in a couple years, since the last time he stopped drinking, but it was one of those things where he had to have a drink right away.

Posted on August 9, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction11 Minutes Read

Ghosts Without Faces

Ghosts Without Faces

Reflections on fatherhood and family history.

Posted on August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction13 Minutes Read

Like a Dog in the Woods in the Nighttime

Like a Dog in the Woods in the Nighttime

When I was in my early 20s, I took a bus to New York City for no reason other than to do it.

Posted on June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn places9 Minutes Read

Movement is for the Living

Movement is for the Living

I could wake up tomorrow, walk into my front yard and be attacked by a rabid bobcat.

Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction11 Minutes Read

Fiction Pick: ‘Yellow-Bellied Birds’

Fiction Pick: ‘Yellow-Bellied Birds’

Ask anyone about Bill and the first thing they’ll mention is his white t-shirt. It’s the only shirt he ever wore.

Posted on May 16, 2021May 17, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction7 Minutes Read

One Day in Fiumicino

One Day in Fiumicino

I spent my last night in Italy eating a DiGiorno pizza at a small table in a rustic cottage.

Posted on May 6, 2021December 12, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn places5 Minutes Read

Fiction Pick: ‘Bad Things in the Fog’

Fiction Pick: ‘Bad Things in the Fog’

I snapped myself out of the daydream, yet again befuddled as to why I was considering Hemingway.

Posted on May 1, 2021May 1, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Essays & Fiction17 Minutes Read

Music Fit for a Pandemic

Music Fit for a Pandemic

Claire Rousay has captured the moment by ‘enchanting the ordinary.’

Posted on April 17, 2021April 17, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Culture, People4 Minutes Read

‘It All Feels Very Natural’

‘It All Feels Very Natural’

An endearingly quirky Nashville singer-songwriter gets back to basics on his latest EP, ‘sweet boy.’

Posted on March 20, 2021March 21, 2021 by Mike SchoeffelIn Culture, People6 Minutes Read

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