text:  Being delicacies now. And of course, you know, again, our people did it for survival. You know, picking blackberries in the summer was a huge event in my family. It was like one of the big events. And it was dangerous. I talk about that in the book too, about how dangerous it is. Like you had to watch for copperheads and rattlesnakes. So there were all these rules in July, in the peak of heat season, like you've got to wear long pants and you got to wrap your ankles and wrap your wrists to keep