Days semi-sans Petanque: American Pie

I think this Shelter-in-Place thing is stressing me out. Yesterday I bought a slice of apple pie to share with Sheila. Today I ate it. All. By myself. I've always known that deep down inside I'm a bad person.
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"We must have a pie. Stress cannot exist in the presence of a pie." ― David Mamet, Boston Marriage

"Before there was wedding cake, there was bride pie."― Janet Clarkson, Pie: A Global History

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Sometimes I think, "This has gone far enough." 

Sometimes I think, "Now you've gone too far."

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"It is hardly surprising that to this day New England is considered to be the pie capital of America, whose inhabitants traditionally eat (sweet) pie for breakfast. Apple pies in particular became deeply embedded in the history of America - associated with the old country, the new country and the pioneering spirit, and indelibly identified with the sense of nationhood and patriotic sentiment."
― Janet Clarkson, Pie: A Global History

Yup. That's me just being patriotic.

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American Pie · Don McLean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_TFkut1PM

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