Volume 4, Issue 10: On Thoughtfulness

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Hi friends! Last weekend was our annual cherry-picking trip, which also included picking up about 18 lbs of strawberries from one of our favorite farm stands as well as some freshly-picked blackberries that were still warm from the sun when they handed them over. It was a fruit-filled weekend, as I made shrubs, strawberry jam, and we pitted multiple pounds of cherries to freeze. We froze a lot of the strawberries as well, for future gelato. I also had Bean Day on Monday and aside from picking the fruit I spent the rest of the weekend in the kitchen and it felt good.