• Journal

    Summertime in the country

    March 31, 2022 By Joy Lynn Clark Throughout my life I have always had a weekend trip or a vacation in the country. By country, I mean right around the lake in Michigan. I have been there many times. On mom’s side we would travel to our favorite orchard to pick apples and grapes. This orchard is the kind where patrons buy a wooden bushel basket and fill them up. We never did anything special with the apples we mainly just eat them for a snack. Grandma‘s real specialty was wine and vinegar. As a kid, I had plenty of vinegar to put on my greens. I never even had…