A Vermont humor writer explores the funny side of home, family, and life in the country.
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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.
Road trip breaks stay-at-home streak
“I call myself a ‘homebody’ so it sounds folksy instead of pathological.”
At last, an empty nest
“I watched my parents from my dorm room window as they returned to the car. Oddly, it looked like they were skipping.”
Stacking wood signals summer’s end
“Besides being good outdoor exercise, the repetitive, methodical nature of the work soothes the sack of ferrets that live in my brain and puts me in a state of meditative calm.”
Thumbs up for an unusual trait
“It is commonly known, among other things, as ‘clubbed thumb’ and, by fortunetellers, as ‘murderer’s thumb.’ Lovely.”
Non-gardener has change of heart
“When I said I didn’t want to grow any vegetables this year, I failed to anticipate the upshot; namely, I don’t have any vegetables.”