: About Me

Married, I live with my wife, Karen, and two kids, Julie (9) and Erich (7). Our home is in NW MN in the Red River Valley, 60 miles from the Canadian border.

When not writing I serve as an interim pastor in the ELCA, currently serving the NW MN Synod in Warren, MN.

I have published numerous short stories, satires, articles, and commentary in The Santa Fe New Mexican, bereavement magazine, The Denver Post, The Broomfield Enterprise, The High Plains Reader, and the Grand Forks Herald, and The Lutheran magazine.

My short nonfiction piece, "The Lie", was published in the men's literary journal, "Fire Ring Voices" by Bemidji State University. My fiction novel "Pretending" has been accepted for publication by the small press, NF Publishing. Alas, they went belly up!

An old folkie at heart, I can still be found playing my guitar and singing at local venues, charitable causes, and sometimes, campsites.

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You can contact me at bambam1252@yahoo.com

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My passion is ...

words

I know too much about ...

Theology

My parents always told me ...

Keep your pants on

My childhood ambition ...

To pitch for the Twins

Why I write ...

I have something to say.....that and narcissism

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

rereading Vonnegut,.

My first job ...

Gas Station attendant

Creative Writing > Humor Humor: Bad days

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A Bad Day So I walk into the bar. It's pleasantly dark and refreshingly cool on a hot July afternoon. I'm not looking for trouble, I'm looking for a beer. I order a Molson's tap when I notice what looks to be a miniature mechanical piano player at the far end of the bar. "What's that?" I asked the barkeep. "A twelve inch piano player," the barkeep answered. I walked over to the end of the bar, the artificial air blowing cold against my overheated skin. The miniature man was incredibly life like as he twinkled the ivory on the tiny piano. Rhapsody in Blue fell off his fingers like dew off a...

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