6 ripe tomatoes ⅔ cup oil ¼ cup vinegar ¼ teaspoon coarse black pepper ¼ cup parsley, chopped ¼ cup green onion, sliced (optional) 1 teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon marjoram
The Gentle Border
Split-rail fences don’t shout “keep out.” They lean, they shift, they invite. And in western North Carolina, they remind us that some lines are meant to hold, not harden.
