A Vermont humor writer explores the funny side of home, family, and life in the country.
Welcome!
The following essays first appeared in “Around the Bend,” my long-running biweekly humor column in the Addison Independent in Vermont. If they make you laugh, share them with your friends. If they don’t, share them with your enemies. And if you’re feeling generous, you can always buy me a coffee.
A children’s book on gardening and marriage
“It is purely fictional and not based on anything that happened at my house two weekends ago.”
This year’s garden is a no-grow
“For me, a well-spent summer has always been defined by two activities: working in the garden and feeling stressed because I know I should be working in the garden.”
Stuck in the mud—adventures in gardening
“Have you ever seen an artist’s rendering of a mammoth trying to extricate itself from a tar pit? It looked kind of like that. Also, I was squealing.”
Squeamish early bird reluctantly gets the worm
“I know earthworms are highly beneficial creatures. There’s just one thing: They’re gross.”