Episode #177 "St. Jude and Drew and Me"

<p>Howdy folks:</p><p>Welcome to Michael Perry’s Voice Mail, episode 177. <strong>This one’s available to free and paid subscribers alike</strong>. Click the player above to listen.</p><p>In this episode I reveal why little ol’ agnostic me is a St. Jude fan, why I find poetry in words like <em>supplication</em>, how chance encounters and friendships echo long beyond the moment at hand, and how the simple gift of a journal led to words shared with thousands. And above all, how grateful I am to be allowed this erratic knockabout reflective life. Buncha related photos below.</p><p><strong>MISCELLANEOUS SHOW NOTES:</strong> </p><p>* Yah, sometimes I say “me” where I oughta say, “I.” Sometimes I write how I talk, sometimes I talk how I write.</p><p>* The pareidolia research was for <em>The Jesus Cow</em>.</p><p>* Here’s a decade-old <a target="_blank" href="https://sneezingcow.com/2012/09/19/photos-from-grand-rapids/">post from one of those deals Drew and I did</a> together.</p><p>* Some of <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPG_XGii6UE4D2WqWYm4NIQ">Drew’s back catalog</a>. And on <a target="_blank" href="https://open.spotify.com/artist/13GiHtSkgJoK34CWGjB9ia?si=An0V2UmURv6aZo55c2eSJg">Spotify</a>.</p><p>* <a target="_blank" href="https://www.facebook.com/drewnelsonmusic">Drew today</a>.</p><p>* The song at the heart of the piece:</p><p>Thanks to the whole bunch of you. This episode’s essay is from <em>Million Billion</em>. For all the books and whatnot, please visit the <a target="_blank" href="https://sneezingcow.com/store/">Sneezing Cow store</a>.</p><p>See y’down the road,Mike</p><p><em>For subscription options to this Voice Mail, click on the button below (it says “Subscribe Now” but you won’t actually be subscribed until you review your options and confirm):</em></p><p><em>Share this episode:</em></p><p><em>Give a gift subscription:</em></p><p><em>For subscription options to this Voice Mail, click on the button below (it says “Subscribe Now” but you won’t actually be subscribed until you r