(Formerly MichaelWMcDermott.com)
Who is this guy?
Published work
Blog The View From the Briarpatch 2010-2017
Thoughts, screeds and general missives on life and the fine art of noticing.
The Millenium - Regular column in a couple of tiny newspapers 1997-2001
These were student publications, nothing exalted but I learned a lot.
Leisure time
Road trips - Love me some road trips!
I have set foot in every state of the Union and try as often as possible to travel on local roads rather than interstates. My favorite travel activity is the stop-and-stare.
Kayaking
Flat water, float and burp, stop and stare - No Class IVs for this boy, thank you!
Special Skills
Dad
Writer
Noticer of the arcane and inscrutable.
Author (Not the same as writer - we can talk.)
Lover of dogs (and some-but-not-all cats)
Annoyer of wife and daughters
Purveyor of puns
My next thing
We shall see...!
Music
In an earlier life, percussion, trombone and mallets. Nowadays, occasional noodling on the guitar to accompany my croaking, and I always have something running in the background whilst I write - lately much taken with Ana Vidovic, Trans-Siberian Orchestra and Hilary Hahn.