What is your Yakima like?

We are now entering the coolness of fall in the Yakima Valley. Spoke with a guy the other day who is in sales. Sales of a very particular kind. His is the business that provides the fans and equipment that are turned on to prevent the grape vines from being nipped by the early frost. Very specific.



The work on La Pastorela is going forward. Meeting with a group of young Hispanic adults was a joy this last week. I now know that I know very little about the experience of growing up in two cultures. Such richness. And so generous with their time and their stories.

As we did the cultural mapping part of the workshop I found out that almost all of them had been born in Mexico and most of them in Michoacan. The level of comfort and welcome in whatever language you happened to speak was remarkable. English, Spanish, Spanglish all spoke with ease and a desire for communication. The photo below is sampling of some of the fruits of our time together. The words are what they want for Yakima and the drawings are abstract images about Yakima from an earlier group.


Some of my days of late have been devoted to getting a technical team together. This morning I met with a local costumer who is just terrific. I don't mind saying that in public! I hope Mary Kloster has time to work with us!

That is all for now from perfect weathered Yakima. The evening lies ahead filled with thirty pounds of ripe peaches that need to be canned. First time. Prayers please.