nonfiction – Ryan L. Purdy

March Reads: Tenacious D and the Road to Redunktion by Jack Black and Kyle Gass

Posted on March 3, 2023 by RLPurdy in Books, Reading

The Final Curtain

Posted on February 4, 2023 by RLPurdy in am writing, Essay, faith, Minnesota, Movies, Music, Reading, Writers

Greetings from a basement out here in the middle of Minnesota. I trust and hope this missive finds you and yours doing well, and remaining ever hearty and hale. Audrey and the kids are over in Wisconsin visiting her folks, so it’s just me and the animals for the weekend. Last night was the final … Continue reading The Final Curtain →

To Every Season

Posted on January 23, 2023 by RLPurdy in Essay, faith, football, writing, Writing Goals

Greetings from a basement out here in the middle of Minnesota. I hope this missive finds you feeling hearty and hale. I’m a couple days late on the weekly post, but I still wanted to publish to help me maintain the building of a regular writing routine. Hit a brief hiccup in writing output this … Continue reading To Every Season →

Gott Nytt år!

Posted on December 31, 2022 by RLPurdy in Essay

Greetings to all from a basement out here in the middle of Minnesota! Happy sabbath, happy 7th Day of Christmas, and an early Happy New Year’s. I hope this missive finds you and yours feeling hearty and hale in the waning hours of 2022. It’ s been a lovely day for us thus far. Awoke … Continue reading Gott Nytt år! →

Purpose

Posted on January 5, 2021January 5, 2021 by RLPurdy in Essay, Quotes

Barstow & Grand

Posted on March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 by RLPurdy in Literary, Reading, Writers

Currently the journal's taking submissions for its third issue (in fact, this weekend it'll be free to submit), and if you have a piece of fiction or nonfiction, a poem, or a hybrid text of some type, and a connection to Wisconsin's Chippewa Valley you should send it on in.