Serve a Very Cheery Pie

A Journal During the Coronavirus Pandemic
Reflections and Inspiration from Maple Grove
April 26, 2020

Six weeks of sheltering at home, and one day this week I had the sudden urge to make a pie. Just like that.  I don't know why.  Maybe I just wanted to feel like things were normal again.  Maybe I just wanted to feel like America is still America. You know the old saying, "As American as apple pie"?  The urge hit me and I immediately set the gears in motion.  What kind of pie would I make? Last summer, we bought large quantities of fresh fruit when it was priced low. We canned peaches and applesauce, and we froze cherries, strawberries and blueberries. Throughout the winter, I would use the frozen fruit to make desserts or toppings. I thought I'd make a cherry pie, but I didn't have enough cherries left, so I used both cherries and strawberries. I made a Berry Cherry Pie.  It really lifted our mood, so in the end I jokingly called it a Very Cheery Pie.