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Mud Season (2013)

by Ellen Stimson(Favorite Author)

3.15 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1581572042 (ISBN13: 9781581572049)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Countryman Press

review 1: Stinson’s self-deprecating humor saved Mud Season from being just another naïve city folk move to the country saga. As one prone to Stinson’s confessed fantasies of Life in New Places, I have confronted (and occasionally avoided) a few perils such as the 20-acre ridge in upper Minnesota where the realtor explained how with a little chain-saw effort (cutting down a forest, actually) we could have a nice view of the bay. In addition, all those trees were obviously scratching posts for bears. Or the rural farmstead where, when I inquired about winter plowing, the homeowner explained that his strategy was to park his truck out on the blacktop and cross-country ski the five miles to the house. Given that, and others, you would not think I’d fall for a 140 year old farm h... moreouse, but I did. For at least a year, I thought the occasional puddle in the pantry was due to the cat overshooting its litter box. Rather than a broken tile that led to a catch basin causing a backup from the washing machine. Catch basin? Who knew? Or that the old sand point well was still connected to the new sand point well in a way which caused it to freeze when the temps dropped—and the solution was to throw a heater down the well pit in the well house. There are many more incidents than I care to recount—or remember. We fixed most of them, many in ways as half-assed as those of our predecessors. So it’s no wonder I identify with Stinson, who by the way, is one funny woman.
review 2: We received this book as a gift from my favorite, flat lander, aunt. This was a great, light read. The decision to move up to VT, although we live much further north, is no easy choice! This beautiful, slow paced, country--- 6 month winter living is not for the faint of heart! The book is full of little, mostly very funny stories about choices they made here and where it lead them. Silly, light & fun. less

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