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.
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Not winning against knotweed
“The only proven effective method of getting rid of knotweed for good is to move and hope it doesn’t track down your new address.”
The summer fun I didn’t know I needed
“The game seemed to be based on the same principles as hide-and-seek, with the added risk of breaking your neck colliding with objects you can’t see in the dark.”
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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.”
Building a new website almost broke my brain
“I blamed my issues on the software rather than on the obvious PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard and Chair).”
I like nature best when I’m neither naked nor afraid
“I far prefer my outdoor adventures to range from ‘lovely’ at best to ‘a bit muggy’ at worst. ‘Potentially fatal’ isn’t on my list.”
Finding the fun in fishing
“I never ‘went fishing’ in the traditional sense. I did, however, see Jaws, and I read some Hemingway in high school. (Reading Hemingway is also how I trained as a bullfighter.)”