Donald Ruff

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2025

Donald Ruff currently lives in Marshallville, OH with his wife, 2 cats in a house surrounded by 700 varieties of hostas. There are a total of 1200 hundred hostas. Due to constantly being asked to dig holes for the new hostas his wife purchased, Donald has turned to the arduous task of keeping busy being a writer of humorous fiction. This way Donald can postpone the hole digging activity while he secretly takes a nap. One review of Donald is that he writes humorous stories about everyday life. He turns those stories around in his head and writes a complete book blending all the stories into one exciting adventure.

Donald has a tremendous amount of fun turning the excess happy endorphins in his brain into words in a book that make people laugh. How Donald is able to turn every situation into a humorous story is a mystery to his friends. Donald's friends are hoping they never appear in any of his books.

My Wife Has a Husband Just Like That

This book is a fictional account of Patti and Matthew and the early part of their marriage. The book is written from Matthew’s perspective as he is the narrator of the book. According to Matthew, Patti is high on the scale of being spirited, bubbly, feminine, volatile, beautiful, adorable, purpose driven and playful—all within a few months.

HOSTAS

This book is a humorous look at the world of a non-gardener man who becomes a gardener husband. He is trying to take naps while she is trying to get him outside to dig more holes for plants. While she is out of town, he is given the responsibility to water the plants. He times his watering perfectly with the only time he is watering the plants is when she is pulling in the driveway.

It's My House Now

This book is a humorous look at home ownership. There are stories about the many bats, many mice and four lazy cats. The night the bat was loose in the house at 3 AM the husband found out what it is like to be waken up by a scream as loud as a 747 jet aircraft. The feature that most readers talk about is the ubiquitous kitchen.