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Old Truck Good Coffee

Leo Marcel Schuman, Joel Byron Barker, Pat Kruis
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Hits and missives from a feral generation.

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  • Leo Marcel Schuman

    Co-founder of OldTruckGoodCoffee.com, a publication about urban-rural interchanges. And, a reasonably well-traveled writer, now back home in Montana. Into civic organizing; ethical, anti-AI tech; writing craft; and experienced religious critique.

  • Joel Byron Barker

    Author of Clear and Sane: The Craft of The Green Paintbrush. Co-founder of oldtruckgoodcoffee.com, a publication about urban-rural interchanges. Poet, Quaker, technologist, fly fisher. Talks of tech, good living, politics, and mundane mysticism.

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    Pat Kruis started her writing career as a TV reporter. Journalism exposed her to a rich spectrum of characters and circumstances. Now Pat writes plays (See PatKruis.com) and essays for Substack.

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