Mike Nelson

Fishing ain’t fishing When I was a boy, my father would occasionally take me fishing. He was not prone to company at most times, preferring the solitude of self-reflection and the comfort of his own agreeable opinions. To be included in his […]

Two years ago, I got the surprise of my life. I also got a quadruple bypass. Both events were traumatic and required that I retire after thirty-eight years of family practice. Both of these events fostered significant adjustments, to my lifestyle, and […]

I’ve been thinking recently about the concept of ‘Trial and Tribulation’, and what it means to the people of the United States. Every American alive today has been raised with the idea that we are the ‘greatest nation’. It has been drilled […]

A very long time ago, I worked as a machinist in a large manufacturing facility. We usually worked five, ten-hour days. The lathes, drills, saws and presses ran non-stop spewing hot cutting oil into the air for us to breathe, and the […]

This is easily the best podcast I’ve participated in. Lot’s of fun and a really great interviewer. He made me laugh and we had lots of fun. Please give it a listen.

Dads With every bump, bruise and small cut our love and care for our children is deepened. In retrospect, the internal bumps and bruises seem the deepest, and I wonder whether those emotional traumas are ever totally recovered from. In their young […]