That person could have insisted on solid transitions between chapters and removing much of the repetition. Her collection of 11 "chapters" reads more like a haphazard collection of essays that would have better served her experience. Stimson tells her tales with clear-eyed, self-deprecating humor, which makes "Mud Season" a breeze to read in a single sitting.ĭespite the amusing anecdotes, Stimson's first foray into writing books - in a previous life, she sold books - is more than a bit flawed. She talks about the time she undressed in the wrong motel room, the time she called 911 because the two-lane highway was blocked by cattle, and the time she dumped a 2-gallon jug of red food coloring into a large pond to simulate a battle scene from "Treasure Island" and was yelled at by cops for starting an environmental disaster. In 'Mud Season,' shes telling her story of moving from the urban Midwest to rural.
She's telling her story of moving from the urban Midwest to rural Vermont to live out her dream of buying an old house and running the quintessential country store - and it's amusing. And she knows how to spin a good, old-fashioned yarn. And she knows how to spin a good, old-fashioned yarn. "Mud Season: How One Woman's Dream of Moving to Vermont, Raising Children, Chickens, and Sheep & Running the Old Country Store Pretty Much Led to One Calamity after Another" (The Countryman Press), by Ellen Stimsonįirst, the good: Ellen Stimson is funny.
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