Holiday Greetings, Apricot Gifts and News
The day after Thanksgiving, I received a Christmas card from a woman I do not know. Pretty and petite, I quickly realized the card was an apricot love letter sent…
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A Tale of Two Orchards
This is a story about California’s agricultural heritage that sprang forth several generations ago when European immigrants sought new opportunities in the Golden State. At first, these adventurous men and…
Save Me The Apricots
“Green yesterday, ripe today, and rotten tomorrow”, as Charlie Olson loves to say. It’s mid-June and I’m anticipating apricot season like fireworks! This year’s crop has arrived with abundance and…
Anticipating Apricots
February is the month when apricot blossoms arrive. A carpet of yellow and green mustard rises up from the earth in anticipation of the tree buds that will soon burst…