Dancin' In The Moonlight

We get it almost every night…
and when that moon gets big and bright…
it’s supernatural delight…
everybody was dancin’ in the moonlight…
(Dancin’ In The Moonlight- King Harvest)

An early morning post to the little local market of love! If you are awake, I urge you to go to a window, or venture outside, and look at the beauty of the moon…it was so amazing when I got up, way so early, and was having coffee before I started to bake.

The moon…I love the dark, clear skies, the twinkling stars, and the different phases of the moon. So comforting, so assuring, so mesmerizing.

Growing up in the West End, there used to be lots of backyard campouts, as all of us would put our tents up, and our parents would allow us to sleep outside, telling ghost stories, running the West End, through backyard games of late night tag, Ghost In The Graveyard, and generally running around like a bunch of crazy loons. Flashlight tag would result in all of our parents coming out to yell at us for waking up the neighbors. We would all settle down, tell ghost stories, try to levitate each other with the whole light as a feather thing, and then sneak off on our bicycles for late night biking on the country roads that surrounded the West End.

Good times…the highlight would be the moon and star gazing. I would sit while the others would be running around, and just stare, dream, plan, and scheme, while looking at the vast night sky.

The moon, this morning, reminded me of those carefree days, the coming of the warmer weather, and then my thoughts turned to…OMG…this weekend, with the time change, last weekend, is…EASTER!!

So, while thinking moonbeam thoughts, I also want you to think Easter thoughts!! Get your lists ready, get your orders in!! Will you be baking, grilling, entertaining, coloring eggs, making the whole dinner?? Will you need to serve breads, rolls, sweet rolls? Will you need a variety of meats for Easter breakfast, lunch, dinner? Eggs for coloring, eating, making breakfast casseroles? Maple Syrup and honey for Easter sweetness? Dried herbs and seasonings for all of the yummy Easter dishes to go along with the dinner? Eggs, flour, gluten free flours and mixes, for baking? Pies, cookies, candies, confections? Granulated garlic in all varieties? Jams, jellies, mustards, a bit of candied jalapeno…all to add to dishes or to serve alone? Milk for more baking, and drinking…my grandmother used to make us Easter Milkshakes! Don’t forget to give your home and yourself some love, too! Scented candles, soaps…all groovy for making it a lovely day…

So, go look at the moon, get your Easter list started, and don’t forget to order by 10pm, tomorrow evening!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Wild Child

She’s a wild child…
Got a rebel soul with a whole lot of gypsy wild style…

(Kenny Chesney/Grace Potter – Wild Child)

Wild child…exactly how I feel about this little local market of love. We are so close to celebrating our fifth year since opening our doors, er, our computers, to the public!!

Back in the days of planning, the days of dreaming, the days of wondering just where this market would take us, the potential, or, the unspoken…what if we fail??

Well, we see THAT didn’t happen. Yes, we were very unsure in the beginning. Very new, very cutting edge, very much a new way of shopping a farmer’s market. We were the wild card of markets. The wild child. The market that decided to pave it’s own way, be it’s own kind of market, make it all happen on it’s terms.

It’s not easy being the wild child. But, just like a wild child, this market was built on taking chances, jumping right into things to see what would work, spreading love of local wherever we went, and building our community bond, each and every day.

When you step into the unknown, it’s always a wild card move. It takes a whole lot of trust, determination, dedication, loyalty, and love…it’s all you’ve got going for you, and it’s up to the wild child or as our market has many wild vendors, to pave the way…to where nobody dared go before. Because it’s the wild ones, the wild thinkers, the wild chance takers, that get things done!

If you have been along for our wild ride, we love you, we cherish you, and we look forward to many, many years in a flourishing, wild child, little local market of love!!

Get to know us, continue with us, or love us as you have been…just like the wild child vendors, our customers are wild at heart for coming along…

The market is open, we are looking at our first day of spring, and it’s a sunshine kind of morning!

Perfect to get a little wild…perfect to place your orders!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Wild Child

She’s a wild child…
Got a rebel soul with a whole lot of gypsy wild style…

(Kenny Chesney/Grace Potter – Wild Child)

Wild child…exactly how I feel about this little local market of love. We are so close to celebrating our fifth year since opening our doors, er, our computers, to the public!!

Back in the days of planning, the days of dreaming, the days of wondering just where this market would take us, the potential, or, the unspoken…what if we fail??

Well, we see THAT didn’t happen. Yes, we were very unsure in the beginning. Very new, very cutting edge, very much a new way of shopping a farmer’s market. We were the wild card of markets. The wild child. The market that decided to pave it’s own way, be it’s own kind of market, make it all happen on it’s terms.

It’s not easy being the wild child. But, just like a wild child, this market was built on taking chances, jumping right into things to see what would work, spreading love of local wherever we went, and building our community bond, each and every day.

When you step into the unknown, it’s always a wild card move. It takes a whole lot of trust, determination, dedication, loyalty, and love…it’s all you’ve got going for you, and it’s up to the wild child or as our market has many wild vendors, to pave the way…to where nobody dared go before. Because it’s the wild ones, the wild thinkers, the wild chance takers, that get things done!

If you have been along for our wild ride, we love you, we cherish you, and we look forward to many, many years in a flourishing, wild child, little local market of love!!

Get to know us, continue with us, or love us as you have been…just like the wild child vendors, our customers are wild at heart for coming along…

The market is open, we are looking at our first day of spring, and it’s a sunshine kind of morning!

Perfect to get a little wild…perfect to place your orders!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

In The Midnight Hour

Hello, good evening, good morning…we are on the cusp of both as I open this market, rather late, this evening.

The week has been crazy, the day has been crazy, and I just walked in the door. A bit before midnight…

So, here’s to you, this market, and the amazing vendors who bring us the most amazing products!

Your market manager is heading to dreamland. In the midnight hour…

The market is now open…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Boogie On!!

Hey, now…it’s Tuesday evening!! Where did the time go??

Your market manager has been running to meetings, movin’ and groovin’, and tonight is getting ready for an event, tomorrow evening, featuring the new business that I have formed with your other market manager, Mark!

More news to come, soon, about what Hippie and the Farmer, the new business is doing, where you can find us, what events are happening, and what we are all about!!

So, as I am busy, this evening, I am also reminding you that you have until 10pm, to get your ordering on! Get your boogie shoes on! Rock on down, and place your orders with the market you love!!

We are seeing the return of sooooo many familiar yet absent faces of customers, this week!! We say, welcome back, we missed you, and our little local market of love is always open to you!!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Lovely Lavender

Swisher Hill Herbs is gearing up for spring. As we welcome spring we start packing away those winter clothes for the season. If you like the more natural approach to moth proofing your closets and drawers, lavender is your friend! Lavender is a natural flea and moth repellent.

As I pack away coats and jackets I tuck Lavender sachets in pockets and in drawers with sweaters and blankets, I also rub lavender oil on unfinished wood closet shelves, I put drops of lavender oil in the corners of every room on baseboards and on carpeted floors.

Swisher Hill Herbs have information handouts with recipes and hints to help guide you. contact us swisherhillherbs@gmail.com

Our aromatherapy products are in the featured products section of the www.champaignoh.locallygrown.net check us out.

Can't Stop This Love

You can’t stop this love…
(Daniel Dye and the Miller Road Band)

Tonight we open the market up for the week!! It was a great market week, last week, with an amazing market order pick up night, tonight!!

When I am working the market, I always am taken over by just how much I love this little market of love. How much happiness this market brings. How communal, and love filled, and giving, and sharing…it’s a love fest of community.

Local. Where local meets local meets local. I am so proud of this market, the vendors that come to us, each and every week, the community who supports us, the YMCA for housing and supporting us, and for the cross promoting with like minded, local spirited, entities.

We love you all!! Your two market managers are excited to take this market to levels that we have never experienced. We are excited to make announcements, work with the vendors, educate the customers and community, and to help elevate the already exploding market sales!!

When you have passionate, like minded, dedicated market managers, you just can’t stop this love…the local love that was created in this market, almost 5 years ago. We have grown, learned, planned…and now…you can’t stop this!!

A HUGE shout out about the song of choice, tonight, from a family who really can’t stop their love of each other, their community, and the local movement.

We all go hand in hand…we are all this local love quest…

The market opens, tonight, for all of your ordering needs!!

Thank you, for your never ending love…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Let's Go Crazy!!

This market is having a HUGE kind of excitement happening, behind the scenes!! Your orders are pouring in, the numbers are going crazy, and we still have until 10pm!!

Oh, no, let’s go!!

Last reminder…just do it!! Make it even crazier!!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Keep On, Keepin' On!

The market is crazy with activity, tonight!! Everyone must be taking my advice to take advantage of this amazing weather to make them feel all sunshine, smiles, and ready for market goodness!!

Go, order, you have until 10pm!!

Let’s make this a SUPER shiny day, night, week!! Shine your love on us!!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

I Can See Clearly Now

I can see clearly now the rain is gone…
I can see all obstacles in my way…
Here is that rainbow I’ve been praying for…
It’s gonna be a bright, bright, sunshiny day…
(I Can See Clearly Now…Johnny Nash)

Here we are, spring weather, sunshine, warm temperatures!!

Why not celebrate this journey into the mildness of lovely weather with an order for this little local market of love??

We close the market, tonight, at 10pm, for the week!! Don’t be dark and gray when you could just order and be bright and sunshine yellow!!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam