It's Apple Season--Have You Picked the Best One?

by Debra DuPree Williams @DDuPreeWilliams

This past weekend brought with it not only Labor Day weekend, but the seventy-second annual apple festival here in the mountains of Western North Carolina. This is a lovely time of year. The local orchards are packed with people eager to pick their own apples. I can see why. The trees are literally bowing down beneath the weight of the crop this year.

The varieties are many and there is something for everyone’s taste. There are the familiar red or golden delicious, Gala, which is an early variety. There are apples from Jonagold to Mutsu. That was one with which I had absolutely no familiarity. But it is very good.At any of the orchards, they have samples so you may taste prior to heading into the orchards, basket in hand.

Waiting Isn't Easy

by Debra DuPree Williams @DDuPreeWilliams

I don’t know about you, but I don’t wait well. I really hate to admit that, but it’s true. I can’t stand to wait in line for much of anything. I love the activities at Disney, but I hate the lines. Going out to dinner anywhere in Florida is a nightmare, but forget Friday or Saturday nights. The lines are impossible. I’d rather eat at home than to wait forty-five minutes for a table in even the best restaurants in town.

Yes, I know that doesn’t speak well of me. But it’s a part of who I am.

Patient Child

When I was a child, my mother told me that I was one of the most patient people she knew. I’d spend hours at a menial task, such as untangling a knot in a favorite necklace. Things such as that still don’t bother me too much. It’s the lines I can’t tolerate.