Howdy folks:

Welcome to Michael Perry’s Voice Mail, episode 320. This one’s paid subscribers-only. Click the player above to listen.

In this episode, hummingbirds and an evening with a poet drive me to consider the concept of aesthetics as they relate to the blue collar life.

Forward!Mike

MARGINALIA

(Annotations from books Mike is reading, or annotations related to the episode)

Mike and Nicholas Gulig at Dotter’s Books (photo by Jeff McCabe):

Setup for the birds:

The fountain pens:

Book tour boots over the years:

The coffee cup:

Nicholas Gulig books:

Orient is available from BookShop.org and Amazon.

The Other Altar is available from Bookshop.org and Amazon.

Montaigne in Barn Boots.

All the rest of it.

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