Small Comforts mike ford

Small Comforts mike fordTom Bodett, Alaska's main comic export, is that rarest of commodities, an original new talent in American humor. His commentaries on All Things Considered and his radio spots for Motel 6 have delighted millions, but he's never been funnier than in this, his second collection of casual essays. Here are further musings ont he everyday joys and embarrassments of being a husband, father, citizen, and breadwinner by the author of As Far As You Can Go

all Sal the Cacophony has left is her name

it is irresponsible

Teyr's battles are far from over

Reisler reconstructs this fall classic pitch by pitch

more troubling questions

buys the family -- Sue

something unexpected followed--a crippling depression

If a nuclear missile strikes

and some are not even dishes in the traditional sense (store-bought cereal and Stella D’oro cookies

where her sister now lived

The salmon that symbolize the Pacific Northwest's natural splendor are now threatened with extinction across much of their ancestral range

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