I grew up in Vermont, although I was born in Ohio. The Ohio fact is Important if you are a Real Vermonter, which I am not. You have to be third generation, I believe, in order to attain that title. To everyone else in the world, I am from Vermont. Uninteresting Fact: Vermonters are the only people who use the term "Vermonter"

But I digress. This collection of shorts represent a portion of the stories I have written about growing up. So there's a lot of Vermont in this book. Not the pretty leaf, gay marriage, Howard Dean, stone fence, Robert Frost version of Vermont.. Mind you, my version does not include marriage nor Howard Dean.

Streaks of my tragic naivete aside, these stories are intended to be light and entertaining.

The entire collection is available as an 18-story book called NO BULL (named after one of the shorts.) You can sample some of the stories for free. With any luck you'll be enticed to part with $3, buy the whole book, and I can quit working for The Man.

...actually, since I still have the day job and I am a manager I guess that technically makes ME the man, but I don't think of myself like that.

Either way, please enjoy. And make contact. Feedback is greatly appreciated, positive and neg.

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