Peach Picking Philosopher

PEACH PICKING PHILOSOPHER – Peaches propelled my early descent to the Dark Side. When I was 15, I spent the summer working in an orchard with an endlessly enraged ex-drill sergeant as foreman. That job nourished my cynicism, cigar smoking, and my devotion to self-employment. Most important: the philosophical lesson drawn from a hard-drinking co-worker who had 2 responses to everything he heard:…