A Bumper Crop

Empty Jars lined up waiting to be filled.

Anyone who read my most recent memoir, The Bucolic Plague, knows that late 2008 through mid 2009 were a pretty tough time for Brent and I. We both lost our jobs, our savings were dwindling, and we were trying to pay for two mortgages with soap. All of these misfortunes were pretty horrible. But then came the final blow. In early summer. The Great Tomato Blight of 2009.

I can persevere through a lot. I've driven myself to hospitals twice for emergency...