The Weblog
The local foods movement is alive and well in Champaign County! Here are some updates on other projects while we finalize our virtual market:
Local Producers Map:
Our local producers map is ready for publication and you will soon be able to find it on gochampaign.com. Copies will be distributed around the community, in the local telephone book, and other “hangouts”. The guide lists the location and contact information for nearly 50 local producers within our county. The map was a project of the Local Food Council and printed with the help of some local sponsors including the Monument Square District, Champaign Bank, the Community Improvement Corporation, the Chamber of Commerce, the Farm Bureau and others. It is a great start to finding a local source for Champaign County’s finest!
Linger
If you, if you could return
Don’t let it burn
Don’t let it fade
I’m sure I’m not being rude
But it’s just your attitude
Linger
The Cranberries
So, on this very, very crisp autumn night, I came home, I lit every candle in the house, I poured a glass of wine, and I just let music wash away my day.
It has been a long week, a long few days, the kind of long that at once you feel both never ending, and the speed of light coming at you, in all directions.
Crazy week, crazy people, crazy large deliveries…it was all good, basically. So much to do, so many things to accomplish, so many places to be, so many people to hug/linger over wine with great conversation, great friendship, and then a bit of a scare thrown in while I watched my best friend unfold in an auto accident, two cars ahead of me, on the rainy roads, yesterday…She walked away from the crash that should not have happened. I held my breath until I saw her emerge from the wreckage. Not her fault…the driver went way into her lane, head on. So scary to watch it all happen. All I could do was hug her, hold her, make sure she was all good…
Yes…it’s been a day, a week, a month.
Now, as I sit with a glass of wine, I am watching as we are about to see September glaze over into October, and I see the days changing into splintered sunshine, and the night air grow cooler, and well, I linger…and I think, and I regroup, and I find comfort in this little local market of love.
The place that we all call home, by now. The place where we can all shop, at our leisure, as we linger over the days, the evenings. This market that makes shopping a breeze. Easy, affordable, healthy, and local…
So, get to know us, revisit us, or hello, again, to our loyal regulars. Go ahead…just linger…and then order so that you can return to lingering…
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam