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Sweet Rewards of Summer

Ah, the rewards of summer. My treat after mowing the back yard was a generous handful of wild raspberries. Nothing like them: nature’s combination of sun-warm and shadow-cold, sweet wash with tart kicker.

And you know they’re just for you because they fall into your open palm with no coaxing. Take me. This is for you, because you got here before the birds or the deer or the bear. Good for you. Have some more. It’s summer and someone has to eat these.