The Apple Pie Prize — Marsha Ward

No one in Shenandoah County would say Rod Owen lacked vigor.

The evidence is clear, with six young'uns running around the farm and his wife Julia about to call in the midwife again.

A pie crust and a small boy with a sack of dead squirrels can be vexing impediments when such a man wants a little kissin' in the kitchen.

The Apple Pie Prize is a short story packed with insights into early times at the Owen Family farm.