This past weekend, I got the chance to reconnect with an old friend of mine -- we were best friends when I was in elementary school, living in Texas, but it had been about 10 years since we last saw each other.  She and her husband (who I'd never met) came over for dinner this past weekend (the reason for the blueberry pie), and it was awesome to see her catch up on life.  They were visiting some family in Michigan and had gone cherry picking.  Well, apparently the picked a BOATLOAD of cherries, and they ending up bringing us about 7lbs from their stash!  That's a lot of cherries.  I usually just eat cherries fresh, but there was no way we were going to go through that many just through normal fruit snacking.  So, I started looking up cherry recipes.  I've made a few so far that turned out pretty good!