Who is Gerard McLean?

The Quick Riff
Gerard McLean, a wily author and essayist, sets the content bar high; not an easy feat in a world in…

Dern ye, ya shoulda taken d’pie!

When I was fifteen, I worked as a cook for The Viking Village Smorgasbord on Snelling Ave in St. Paul…

I’m a joker, I’m a smoker, I’m a midnight toker

I’m a joker, I’m a smoker, I’m a midnight toker… but…

Passing on the magic

As I returned to the parking garage after dropping off a friend at the airport early one morning, I had to cross the…

29

I’ve decided that I’ll be 29 for the next 20 or 30 years I may have left to bang around on this planet. When I was 29, I was able to hold a thought for…

My Medium mask

I dread offending people.

Some people use that against me to keep me in line, to keep me between the lines…

What do you not write about?

Not a day goes by when I don’t read some essay about someone who is or wants to be a writer, bemoaning the…