HELLO FELLOW READERS, WELL, A LITTLE ABOUT ME...I'M A NATIVE CALIFORNIAN. THEY CALL US PRUNE PICKERS, BECAUSE MOST OF OUR PARENTS CAME TO CALIFORNIA FROM OTHER STATES TO HARVEST CROPS. MINE CAME FROM OKLAHOMA IN 1932. I WAS MARRIED TO A WONDERFUL MAN FOR MANY YEARS. (HE WAS A PRUNE PICKER TOO.) (: HE'S GONE NOW BUT I HAVE GREAT MEMORIES. I HAD THREE CHILDREN, TWO ARE STILL LIVING. TEN GRAND CHILDREN, EIGHT STILL LIVING. THREE GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. CAN I KEEP UP WITH ALL THE BIRTHDAYS?...NO. I BEGAN WRITING LATE IN LIFE AND FOUND IT WAS MY PASSION FOR A WHILE. I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY, AND ALL THE PROCESS TO FORMAT AND PUBLISH...NOT SO MUCH. BUT, I "DO IT ANYWAY." ISN'T THAT THE WORDS TO A COUNTRY SONG? MY YOUNGEST SON IS A MUSICIAN, WRITES, SINGS, AND RECORDS MUSIC. YOU CAN HEAR HIM AT SOUND CLICK.COM- RON COX MY OLDEST SON RANDY IS RETIRED, AND NOW GROWS BING CHERRIES IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. YUMMM CAN'T WAIT UNTILL THEY ARE RIPE IN JUNE. I PICKED WITH HIS PICKERS LAST SUMMER. BYE-BYE