I am such a sucker for a farm stand. However, in full disclosure: I feel as though I hail from the mecca of all farm stands, although "hail from" may be a stretch since we moved around a bit. In fact, it makes me sound schizophrenic sometimes because I claim to be from three completely disparate places. Our family is originally from Arkansas, and it's the place I live in, love and call home. However, we spent a chunk of my childhood in Jamaica and another chunk in Washington state (as I've ... View Post
Two Rivers Run Through It
When I was just shy of twelve, we moved nearly 3,000 miles from Kingston, Jamaica diagonally across the United States to the Pacific Northwest. To say that it took some adjusting is an understatement, but that's a story for another day. We settled into Wenatchee, Washington - a town of around 20,000 people which touted itself as "the apple capital of the world and the buckle of the power belt of the Pacific Northwest" - a tagline that ran for years (and still may) on the front page masthead ... View Post
