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Bee Calm and Carry On

If you drive far enough away from civilization you come upon something that feels more authentically like life. It’s not a life with which I’m familiar, and yet the wide-open space, the simplicity of sprawling fields cut into perfect right angles, feels just right.

We descend upon the Lee Family Farm in Bulloch County at sunrise, the sleep still in the corners of our citified eyes as the bright sun cuts across the horizon. It’s eerie and beautiful—in the distance, a few workers dot the fields in meditative labor, looking like solitary statues emerging from a thick blanket of silencing fog.

Blueberry Lemon Pie

Perfect July dessert…Blueberry Lemon Pie

Amores Perros (Love’s a Bitch)

Amores Perros (Love’s a Bitch)! Ain’t it the truth…whether you are referencing that head-bangin’ Quiet Riot song from the 80s or something more high brow like the neorealist Mexican film known as the “Mexican Pulp Fiction”—OR—let’s just say these are the very words you shout drunkenly in the streets after a relationship goes awry—you know, the ones when you lay your heart bare, vulnerable to the one you love, only to have it trampled by a pack of metaphorical dogs—perros. Oh, Amores Perros!