Molly Bee Good: Corvallis to Salem and Homemade Muffins

Molly Bee Good made it from Old World Deli to our evening stop. Our wonderful friend, Roz, talked her parents into putting us up for the night and we expected nothing less than amazing because if you've ever me her, she is living-breathing-amazing incarnate. They did not disappoint. Nancye met us in the driveway and ushered us inside. The house is filled with mementos of a loving family. Our tour and conversation go on until we run out of steam and fall asleep.
I wake up early and see the sun shinning. I go out and get the paper, write a bit and then we all sit around the kitchen while Nancye prepares homemade muffins. She substitutes honey for the sugar called for in the recipe. After tasting her first muffin she is a believer. Jim and Nancye are typical of people their age in a lot of ways and more progressive than a lot of graduate students I have met. They are trying hard to stay healthy and it shows. Neither one of them shows any signs of slowing down and after breakfast they leave for a hike. We take the back roads into Salem, the state capitol, and go directly to Honeywood Winery.
Honeywood Winery is the oldest continuously operating winery in the state of Oregon. They make a variety of wines including three different types of mead. We get a chance to taste all three and find out that one of them is the first made by the owners son. A family committed to local farmers and making sure that wisdom is not lost. We teach, casually, everyone who walks in the door a little bit about things the friendly honeybees make for them. A young girl who has just created a blown glass globe for the first time also tries pollen and royal jelly for the first time in her life. Her curiosity is apparent as is her confidence. Molly Bee hits the road again down to Eugene. What will tomorrow bring? We will see.