Gather Mulberries for Pies

The recipe for mulberry pie properly starts: “Select a sunny summer day when the breezes are light. Stand on the shady side of the mulberry tree and fill your pail with the knobby, long, glistening berries. Do a little bird watching while you work.” Or if you are of a different berry-picking school: “Spread a worn sheet on the emerald grass beneath the tree, shake the branches lightly and run from the shower of juicy, warm, sweet berries that plop down. Get your exercise bending over to pick up berries.”