Hey, Now!

Still need to order?

There is still time…you have until 10pm! Get your motors running!

Peace, Love, and Grooviness…
Cosmic Pam

Rainy Days and Mondays

What I feel has come and gone before…
No need to talk it out…
We know what it’s all about…
Hangin’ around…
Nothin’ to do but frown…
Rainy days and Mondays always get me down
(Rainy Days and Mondays-The Carpenters)

Well, today certainly does fit the song title and lyric of this Weblog! It’s been a non-stop, cold, dreary, drizzling kind of day. The kind of day that just continued to be more gray, more cold, and more like moving into early winter instead of late spring!

But, the good news for days like, today, is that the sun will always shine, it has to get warmer, and you always have bright and shiny things, like this little local market of love, to see you through!

Who cares what the weather is doing if you don’t have to be out in it to shop! Who cares if it’s dreary, when we have so many products that scream spring, sunshine, and nice days ahead!

At this market, we ONLY know goodness, and smiles, and happiness, and lovely products. So, curl up, get cozy, and start your orders! You will be so happy when Thursday rolls around, and all you have to do is stop at the YMCA to grab your pocket full of sunshine with spring produce, live plants and herbs, spring garlic, and all of the rest of the products!

Rainy days and Mondays may always get you down, but now you can turn them into the happiest days with placing your market orders!

Peace, Love, and Grooviness…
Cosmic Pam

Thanks For The Love!

This week’s market was such a gigantic love fest, that we are back, again, for even more fun and love!

And, what’s not to love with the fresh produce, live herbs, plants, just a local love explosion of seasonal favorites!

And, each seasonal item pairs so perfectly with our year round products!

Get your orders in! Let the love begin!

Peace, Love, Grooviness…
Cosmic Pam

Ready, Steady, Go!

It’s that time, little local market of love customers!!

It’s 7:30 on a Tuesday night, and that means you have until 10pm to get your orders all ready, and placed!!

You don’t want to miss out on the amazing asparagus, the spring garlic, the live plants and herbs, and everything else that this market has to offer!!

We are rockin’ right along with amazing numbers, customers, and large orders!! I love seeing so many orders from customers who we have not seen in a while!! And, of course, it’s amazing to see each and every one of you, each week!

Let’s do this…let’s get those orders in!!

I am baking the night away, and love watching each name pop up!!

See you at 10pm!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Tighter and Tighter

You know I got to show you…
Nobody else before you…
Ever gave me such a beautiful feelin’…
(Alive N’ Kickin’-Tighter and Tighter)

Dust off your 1970s pop music!! It’s May, it’s fun music time!! And, for your market manager, it’s music festival season!! May kicks it all off!! Months of sun, fun, music, friends!!

This market, festival season…it really does give me just a beautiful feeling!! And, while I watch this market grow and grow, it’s amazing to think that 5 years ago, we were just launching our little local market of love!! That’s right, 5 years ago, in May, we went live with this whole concept. We went against the odds, against the nay sayers, against the opposition, the doubts, the non-believers.

And, look at us, now!! Strong, an umbrella for all local farmers markets, a true force that just gets tighter and tighter!

To celebrate, to kick off our 5th year, to kick off the season of our area farmers markets, and of course, kicking off music festival season for the market manager, I am bringing back the summer market playlist!! We will start building the Summer Market Of Love Soundtrack, again, and each week, we will randomly pick a customer who placed an order for that week, into the drawing for a cd of market songs, to be placed in your order at pick up!!

“Honey don’t a-let go now” Not when we are starting even more fun!!

Let’s get tighter and tighter…let’s see how high we we can get the orders, this week!! Let’s try to blow through our previous record of high orders!! We can do it!! Let’s kick off this amazing season, AND, our anniversary, with mind blowing sales!!

Let’s get that beautiful feeling…

Ok, go, crank up the 1970s pop music, and show us some love!!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Open!

After an evening of market site glitches, we are open!!

Much Love,
Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Vienna

Slow down, you crazy child…
You’re so ambitious for a juvenile…
But then if you’re so smart, then tell me
Why are you still so afraid?

Where’s the fire, what’s the hurry about?
You’d better cool it off before you burn it out…
You’ve got so much to do…
And only so many hours in a day…
(Vienna-Billy Joel)

This song…this album…The Stranger. I wore this albums out when I was much too young to probably even like Billy Joel but I had this album, somehow, and played it while each song just sort of absorbed into my soul.

The lyrics that I posted pretty much sum up me, past and present. I was an overly motivated child. Always busy, always running, couldn’t slow down, needed to be fulfilled, needed to explore, needed to push until I was exhausted.

The lyrics have always been playing over and over in my mind, today, after all these years.

Tonight, your market manager is on the cusp of her birthday, tomorrow. My 52nd birthday. How did I go from that passionate, determined child to this passionate, determined adult who embraces each and every year with even more gusto than the year previous?

It happens…each year, time slips into your life, and you are given the gift of spending however you like. I feel that I have lived, loved, and savored life to it’s fullest, at each and every turn. My experiences, my growth, my beginnings, my middle, and my now…I have loved every single minute of this crazy ride.

When I look in the mirror, I don’t have those pangs of angst. I have only ambitions for what is to come!

So, thank you for allowing me to manage this market because it has been an amazing part of my journey!

And, with that…I want you to get your orders in, make my birthday eve a super happy one!

Peace, Love, Good Vibe…
Cosmic Pam

Welcome Back, My Friends!

Welcome back, my friends…
to the show that never ends.
We’re so glad you could attend!
Come inside! Come inside!
(Karn Evil 9-First Impression-Part 2- Emerson, Lake, and Palmer)

That’s right…welcome back to the market, the season, the seasonal vendors, the customers, all us…welcome back!!!

Last week, we saw the return of End Of The Road Farm with their amazing greens, green onions, eggs, popcorn, and now apple butter!!

In the past two weeks, we saw the return of live plants and herbs from Swisher Hill Herbs!!

Now, we see the return of the spring/green garlic from the girls of JC Growers!!

AND, this week, it is….drumroll…ASPARGUS!!! Center stage…this week we welcome back Beth, from Harrigan’s Harvest!!!

Order, now, immediately!!!

Welcome back, my friends, as this show NEVER ends!!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

I Would Die For You

I’m not a human…
I am a dove…
I’m your conscious…
I am love…
All I really need is to know that…
You believe…

Yeah, I would die for you, yeah…
Darling if you want me to…
You, I would die for you…
(I Would Die For You-Prince-Purple Rain)

So, yeah, and then this happened. Another great one. A musical genius. An artist. Not a good run for this musically tuned in market manager. They are leaving us, much too quickly, much too sad.

Today, I was finishing up market baking in the new Hippie and the Farmer kitchen, when I got a text. Well, first, I had been texting with a friend over a song that we love from Roxy Music. Then, I looked down at my phone, and saw a text from my long time, best friend, like, we did just about all things that best friends do in high school, and saw this…WTH, Prince died??

I was immediately stunned and hoped it was not true. But, then it was confirmed…sadly, heartbreakingly true. It was even more sad because this best friend and I shared such a Prince bond.

There was the magical summer, when usually sane parents left two girls, for a large portion of the summer, while home on college breaks, to kick around, and live the best summer of their lives…also known as the Purple Rain Summer…how much music, wine, parties, and part time jobs could two girls endure…quite a lot, my friends, quite a lot. And, more importantly, how many times and how much money could two girls spend on this movie?? Yeah…Purple Rain Summer…it was one of legends…

Prince…he was a magical, artistic genius and meant so many different things to so many different people. My first glimpse into him was the early club scenes in the early 80s…I will never forget just stopping, listening, and watching.

So, we are in sorrow, once again, as I open this market. And, if you could take just one line from the lyrics I posted, I hope it’s…I am love…

Much love to us all, little local market of love customers…much love…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Hey, Now!!

Don’t forget…it’s Tuesday evening!! We are one hour away from the market closing for the week!!

Get those orders in…especially because we have so many fresh herbs from Swisher Hill Herbs, early produce from End of the Road…little by little, we are seeing the start of the season!

Go on…you know you want to…show us some of that local love…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam