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!
Band On The Run
Band On The Run-the entire Paul McCartney/Wings album…perfect for Sunday morning listening over coffee, tea, blood marys, mimosas, or whatever your Sunday morning brings you…
This album was one that was finally the masterpiece that McCartney had hoped for, after having departed The Beatles, years before.
Labors of love are never easy, and sometimes are years in the making, and overcoming a few hardships, before things take shape, and the end product is what your vision had been, all along.
This album had many obstacles in it’s making, and true to form, was aided with a little help from his various friends.
When this album was released, I was still young…3rd, maybe 4th grade? But, growing up in our West End sort of enclave, I remember patio parties that our parents all threw, on Saturday nights, and hearing this soundtrack playing. Saturday nights were our West End parent nights in the summers. While all of us kids had the freedom to ride bikes at dark, run wild catching fireflies, playing Ghost in the Graveyard, really, in the neighboring West End cemetery, and listening to our own soundtracks, in one of our basements, while having our own fun…
Summer memories, all brought back with this album. And, the labor of love that I talked about? Well, this market was not without it’s own challenges, it’s own labor of love, to get it to where it is, today, and where I hope to guide it, in the future.
Have a happy Sunday, lovelies…and, if you find yourself with a free moment, don’t forget to throw us some love, today, with your orders…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam