plum

Instead of rushing through the store, I started lingering—yes, lingering!—in the produce section, marveling at the deep purple of a perfectly ripe plum or the scent of fresh dill.

But for long, long decades before, Santa Clara County was “the Valley of Heart’s Delight,” a bee-and-blossom Eden of fragrant fruit: cherries, apricots, and mostly plums for prunes.

“I am so proud of my little plum, my little dragon for making the journey to be with us. My heart has exploded,” she wrote.

Men exist as leaders, even as they cough up self-serving justifications about "serving God" to explain why they get the plum gigs.

The yard already had a few fruit trees — fig, plum, pomegranate and guava — and she’s added a few more, including a Meyer lemon, apricot and orange.