Changes

Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes…
Turn and face the strange…
Ch-ch-changes…
(Changes- David Bowie…insert extreme sad face)

So, first off, don’t let the title of today’s Weblog throw you off your game. The market is not changing, so no worries…and, it’s open, and it’s Sunday, the perfect day to order!! You all have helped us keep this market up there in astounding numbers and sales…we can’t tell you how much we love you in this market family!!

I guess the changes mood I am in encompass my deep sadness of losing David Bowie, this past week, and the changes that I am experiencing, and loving in the Cosmic Charlie world.

I couldn’t let myself really absorb the passing of one of the most talented musicians of our time, until I was with friends on Friday night. We were sitting around their familiar dining table, strewn with snacks, cheeses, salads, olives, wine…I grew up with one of my pals, and I have known my other pal for years and years. We have these impromptu cocktail nights, often, and on Friday, we finally let ourselves listen to all Bowie tunes, and talked about the sadness, about the changes that we have witnessed, over the years, in all of us. How change is good, how change can be bad, or how it can be sad. Change…it’s necessary but always bittersweet. With most changes, a new wind gets ushered in, showing you the light that you may not have seen, otherwise.

Driving home, I thought about our talk, about how change can be scary but also exciting, especially in business decisions. The leap into the new, the leap into the unknown. We all take the chance, and we make a go of it.

That’s how this little market of love came to be. A jump into the unknown, so many years ago. A change to the norm. A mere vision. Good faith, blind faith, and a commitment.

And, look at us, now. How far we have come, how much of a driving force we are in this local struggle to bring nothing but grower/farmer/artisan produced products to you. We have the powerhouse of local, right here, in this little market.

Change is good, change is hard, and sometimes change will drive you mad…but when something becomes a huge success with the change, then you know it was all worth it! Every minute of angst that goes with the change.

And, so, I leave you to order, to think about changes you could be making in your nutrition, your weekly food bill, your loyalty to local. We can take care of all of it for you…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam