Why? "The bread," they tell her, "you moved the bread from where it used to be." Can the citified newcomer turn the tide of mistrust before she ruins the business altogether? Follow the author to her wit's end and back, through her full immersion into rural life-swapping high heels for muck boots raising chickens and sheep fighting off skunks, foxes, and bears and making a few friends and allies in a tiny town steeped in history, local tradition, and that dyed-in-the-wool Vermont "character. She dreams of patrons streaming in for fresh-made sandwiches and an old-timey candy counter, but she learns they're boycotting the store. 2,036, one of the oldest continually operating country stores in the country, she learns the hard way that "improvements" are not always welcomed warmly by folks who like things just fine the way they'd always been.
When she decides she wants to own and operate the old-fashioned village store in idyllic Dorset, pop. In self-deprecating and hilarious fashion, Mud Season chronicles Stimson's transition from city life to rickety Vermont farmhouse.
One Calamity After Another - Ellen Stimson as well as over 150 million used, new. Please see our guide to book conditions for more details. Alibris has eBooks on Mud Season: How One Womans Dream of Moving to. wondered aloud what living there would be like), Ellen Stimson here tells us how they set. Hardcover with DJ in Very Good (VG) condition. In Stimsons second delightful memoir, following Mud Season.
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