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SPRING
Swinging Past Cars         Clinging to a rope in space and traffic
April Fools Day Classics   Proven prank recipes
Buried by Friends    Alex up to his neck in trouble at the school playground
Mail Order Chicken Dinner    Chicken massacre weeks after Post Office rescue
Dogs in Danger      Farm dogs have nine lives
First Cutting      Baling hay and swimming
The Third Vote      Amy’s voice in Alex’s head
Junk Pile Treasures       Exploring, scavenging and closed head injuries.
Barntrained         Patrice tossed from horse bolting for home.

SUMMER
Summer Underground    Tunnels and other shady retreats
Saved by a Torpedo     Bath toy saves Alex trapped in tunnel
Dog Days of Summer
A Lucky Toss    Firecrackers, bottle rockets and Alex’s motorcycle gastank
Attacked by a Mule     Mule attacks foal, dad saves baby, mule attacks dad
The Long Days
of Summer Vacation       Big barn, bales of straw and secret places
Happy Ram        Sheep, snot and a state grand champion
Big Moo        A cow, a boy, a fair

FALL
Strange Animals         Animals that caused concern.
Opening Day       A hunting family
Small Game Hunting       A rooftop Alex ambushes rats
Overhead in September    Blackbirds, Water tower and the perfect candy bar
School Day Mornings        The family puts riot into routine

WINTER
Lady and the Sleigh     Mellow horse panics causing one more accident
Winter Warming Tricks      How do I glove thee? Alex has the way
January Sail Skating      Alex skates the lake with a big jacket full of wind
A Close Shave        Razors and momma cat scrape faces
The Miserable Little Christmas Tree  -Family newsletter of Christmas Love

Farm Fresh, Funny, Local Farm Boy Memoirs.

Best Seller Another funny book has hit the market. Chelsea writer Alex Weddon’s books are a collection of short stories he wrote for his weekly newspaper, The Grass Lake Times. The stories tell how fearless preteen farm kid Alex, his twin sister Amy and family survive sometimes dangerous and always hilarious situations. From outrunning a babysitter to being attacked by a donkey, each chapter details a seasonal episode of growing up feral on an eighty acre farm in Stockbridge, Michigan during the 1960s.

“Everyone has close calls growing up, and I have heard some epic tales since my first book signing,” noted Alex.

His first book, Close Calls on the Farm: Survival of the Funniest, features a cover with fourth graders Alex and best friend. His fourth grade teacher sent him a note after receiving the book as a gift from a former pupil.

“What a fun, wonderful reading of your childhood. As your fourth grade teacher, Why didn’t I have show and tell? It would have made my day with all your stories. That was fifty years ago, so your picture on the cover is how I remember you. I laughed through the stories about kids in a tumbler, milk cocktails, camping with Larry and Richie and the greatest dog on earth. Close Calls on the Farm Brought back fond memories.” Mo Wilde, Reno, Nevada

More reader responses: I so loved that book. My husband and I were fighting over reading it. Laughing right out loud! Lori and Tom Zick, of Stockbridge, MI.

“Close Calls on the Farm is so funny! I haven’t had such a good belly laugh in ages. Awesome books,” Amy Tomlin, Fowlerville, MI.

I would stand in line to get an autographed copy!” Agnes Dikeman, Saline Historical Society, MI.

Great book! Brought back fond memories of growing up on a farm. At one time or another, your dad, “Doc” saved my life or one of my thirteen brothers and sisters. We had an old barn too. It was the main reason for most of our visits, from stepping on rusty nails, to the time I held one of our laying hens and jumped out the window to see if we could fly!” Bob Craft, Stockbridge, MI

“This is a must read. Alex, you were a rock star on the school bus,” Marie Topping-Hensley, Gregory, MI.

“Such funny stories! Reminded me of the Holstein bull on our dairy farm. I still have nightmares of that bull chasing me, and I can only run in slow motion.” D. Walz, Waterloo, MI.