Email Author TD Mischke

Awards

• 2011 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published December 15, 2010

  "Remembering Michael "Eyedea" Larson"

• 2010 - Page One Contest/Minnesota Society of Professional Journalists, published March 18, 2009

  "Death Bed Radio"

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2010 Stories by TD Mischke

• Like Trying to Stop the Sun

  published June 30, 2010

  He handed me a Bible, and I thanked him. "It's quite a book," I commented. "I've read it one time through and enjoyed most of it. The... More >>

• It's Summertime

  published June 23, 2010

  "Summertime," the man wrote in that seductive 1930s lullaby, "and the livin' is easy. Fish are jumpin', and the cotton is high. Your daddy's... More >>

• Naked News

  published June 16, 2010

  Someone once explained the difference between the terms "nude" and "naked" by saying, if it's art, the person's nude, if it's just... More >>

• The Talk

  published June 9, 2010

  "Well, mister, this is not how the summer is going to go. No sir, you're not going to lie around like this all morning. You're going to make... More >>

• Frogtown Fitness

  published June 3, 2010

  "I guess the first thing that struck me was, this ain't L.A." Paul Bosco was holding court in his ramshackle storefront fitness center... More >>

• Planet YouTube

  published May 26, 2010

  There are 120,000,000 Shiite Muslims living on the planet today, roughly the entire population of earth in 1000 BC. And 120,000,000 is... More >>

• The triumvirate beckons

  published May 19, 2010

  "I want to sweat, Sheila, truly sweat—the deep, lush sweat of summer. I want to feel it running down the small of my back, beading on my... More >>

• Bluegrass Hindu

  published May 12, 2010

  My dad pushed hard for me to be named after his father, Bhagat, but my mom insisted I be called "Scruggs." Dad was from Mumbai, but Mom grew up... More >>

• "Go Get 'Em, Gang!"

  published May 5, 2010

  My name is Jeffrey Lunzerman, and I'm a salesman's salesman. I'm a rocket, a fireball, a powerhouse. I was born for this. Actually,... More >>

• Open Wide and Say WTF

  published April 28, 2010

  "Your mouth, just hanging open like that, reminds me of river carp, Connie. This may sound odd, but it's almost like I'm viewing you mounted on... More >>

• Men and Their Game

  published April 14, 2010

  Chuck had just lost another round of golf to his old pal Jacky Rosenthal. He walked away from the 18th green hurling clubs into the... More >>

• Origins of a Scandal

  published April 7, 2010

  You're hardly in the rebellious fringe these days if you believe the Catholic Church is in need of some serious soul searching. No Catholic... More >>

• Ahead to the Past

  published March 31, 2010

  The American jazz composer Artie Shaw once made the staggeringly blunt observation, "Nothing gets better." I've long considered that to be... More >>

• In the Valley of the Giant

  published March 24, 2010

  They are the monsters of the Midwest, our native kin, the most beautiful and terrifying beasts on Earth. More appear in the United States each... More >>

• Death in the Spring

  published March 17, 2010

  His name is Nathan Weir. He's 59 years old, and he's dying. His home is on the west side of St Paul, where he can be found most... More >>

• The Lawrence Cowell Show

  published March 10, 2010

  The south Minneapolis family sits down together each week to catch American Idol on TV. It has been a seasonal ritual for close to a... More >>

• The Lost Art of Conversation

  published March 3, 2010

  The Academy Awards are being handed out this week, and excluded from the ceremony will be Avatar: The Restaurant Conversation. I had... More >>

• Walk About

  published February 24, 2010

  He was tearing out of town; she was staying behind. He was going where the steel patterns faded and the soft land reclaimed its glory.... More >>

• Feeling Minnesota

  published February 17, 2010

  The survival story is a popular literary sell here in Minnesota, and has been for some time, according to many book dealers. We enjoy reading... More >>

• In the Season of Valentine

  published February 10, 2010

  Dear Stephanie, You don't know me, but I kind of met you at the Laundromat last Sunday afternoon. I was the guy who asked you whether I... More >>

• The Sister Plan

  published February 3, 2010

  He asked her to marry him as he stood in front of the bathroom mirror. She was almost out the door, late for work, and his proposal was a... More >>

• Splashing Through Seventh Heaven

  published January 27, 2010

  Our bodies are 70 percent water, Earth's surface is 70 percent water, so I always thought it would be fitting if the City of Lakes could be 70... More >>

• For Whom the Bell Tolls

  published January 20, 2010

  For avid followers of the entertaining timepiece known as the world's Doomsday Clock, this past week's movement of its big hand from five... More >>

• Resolution

  published January 13, 2010

  Greg was staring at himself in the locker-room mirror when he noticed the tall man behind him slipping into a pair of nylon running shorts. His... More >>

• The Cruelest Month?

  published January 6, 2010

  And so the holidays pass, the biting Minnesota winter encases us all, and January, a month that breathes like no other, delivers its bitter... More >>