Search -
Heirlooms: Letters from a Peach Farmer (Great Valley Books) (Great Valley Books)
Heirlooms Letters from a Peach Farmer - Great Valley Books Author:David Mas Masumoto Dear Reader, A letter. A hug with words. People matter in letters that is part of the personal nature of correspondence. A letter starts with Dear, a serious word about caring. Today, letters still count. Even with high technology, the Internet, cell phones, text messaging, and computers, one major means of communication has become email. O... more »ld-fashioned letter writing. Words still matter. That s how peach farmer and author David Mas Masumoto opens this second book based on his enormously popular column that has appeared in the Fresno Bee since 2002. As he did in his first collection, Letters to the Valley (Heyday, 2005), Masumoto writes in the form of letters because they allow the expression of real emotions that might be shared with friends and family. Divided into five sections, Heirlooms explores the life and rhythms of Masumoto s farm, the rapidly changing landscape of California s Central Valley, and the personalities who populate Masumoto s life. The essays tell of the other California, a place where family homesteads abound yet are faced with the constant threat of development.« less