Hey, Now, You're a Rock Star!

Yes…you, and you, and all of us, and especially this market!

Go ahead!! Shoot us into even more of a rock star status by placing your orders before 10pm, this evening!

That’s right…it’s Tuesday!! I know that with the first weeks of school, the impending holiday, it’s all a blur of activity. Just don’t forget that when you order with us, you are actually making strides in easing your load, helping with your stress, and opening up the option to eat, shop, and spend, locally…

Go ahead…be a rock star!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Same In Any Language

He said everything wordlessly…
Wanderlust in my eyes, he did see…
Oh yea…
(Same In Any Language-My Morning Jacket/Ruckus)From the movie, Elizabethtown…

So, you all know that your market manager, the Hippie Bakestress spends her mornings, and nights, baking. Manages markets, operates her downtown shop, serves on the local foods council, vends markets/events/festivals, spends the early part of her summers helping with Art Affair On The Square, and, most recently, helped kick off the newest business venture, Hippie and the Farmer, LLC. So, after yesterday’s market in Springfield, on the flip side of Thursday’s crazy night market down at the Springfield Farmers Market, it was no surprise that a decompressing day was in order.

I went into hiding with blankets and pillows, closed the world out, and lost myself in two of my all time favorite flicks. Almost Famous and Elizabethtown.

Elizabethtown is one of the most underrated movies, ever. But, it always speaks to me, from a time before I was the Hippie Bakestress. From a time that one girl, drove cross country, from California to North Carolina, not only for transferring to a new city as a flight attendant, (Claire is a flight attendant in the movie), but also this girl needed to take a soul journey. Finding myself, knowing myself, getting ready to take on yet another city, all needed me to just be at one with me, my car, a ton of road maps, a box of mixed tapes, and only myself for company. Drew was on the same soul quest as he took off with his dad’s ashes, in the movie.

Soul journeys…everyone needs them. I am glad that my soul journey was before Suri, before ITunes, before cell phones. I had to get lost, many, many times, on that journey. I got to watch the sunrises, and sunsets in many different settings. It was one cassette tape after another. Just the girl, her thoughts, her music, and her drive across the country, to finally meet herself, along the way.

I run my businesses in much the same way…each business is it’s own soul journey. My breads, the clothing, the Hippie of Hippie and the Farmer, the lifestyle…it all started, long, long ago on that soul searching drive.

If you ever get the time, watch the movie. Or, put the soundtrack on as your backdrop music. However you need to take your own soul journey, I strongly suggest it.

Just like this market, as it soul vibes along it’s way, each and every week. The vendors, the customers, we all have pieces and parts of our souls in this market.

Last week, I had the chance to speak about our little local market of love in an informal meeting. And, the thing that struck me, inside, as I was listening to myself speak, was how much of my soul goes into this one market. My pride, my pleasure, my weekly chance to bring you all to find that small soul in all that we have to offer, to give you, to nourish you…

Soul searching…it will take you wherever it is you desire…

We have many amazing items on the market, many new seasonal items that you need to grab before they go out of season.

Take a look, place your order, make it your small little soul journey, this week…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Live!

Once again, we are live, and ready to rock it!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes!

Cosmic Pam

Look At The Time!

The time has come to tell you that it’s almost a wrap for this week!

Go, order, and show some love!

Your market manager has had a sad weekend concerning a friend, and did not get to update the weblog or remind you to order!

Let’s have this reminder get your orders in!

I will check back in a few!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Let's Work Together

Oh well now, come on you people…
Walk hand in hand…
Let’s make this world of ours…
A good place to stand…
(Let’s Work Together-Canned Heat)

One of my favorite tunes that I always forget about, and then it will pop up on my Pandora, and I fall in love with it, all over again.

Such a fitting thought for this little local market of love. If vendors, customers, and the community, all walk, hand in hand, not only does it strengthen our market, but it helps the whole local vibe.

And, don’t we all just want to vibe along, happily, making it all a beautiful place?

I am opening the market for the week!! Thank you to all who ordered, this week!! We seem to be adding products, weekly!! I urge everyone to try our market, just one time, for even just one item, to get to know us…we promise, you will find it a good place to stand…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Peachy, Peachy, Peachy!

The Herrs will once again be set up at the YMCA, today, with their latest round of amazing peaches, and possibly other items that they have. They may even have a few of their early apples that they had up at the Mechanicsburg market on Tuesday!!

Make plans to get what could be the last round of peaches!!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

The Bewitching Hour

That’s right…we are down to our last part of the market before it closes up at 10pm!!

So much to order, so little time to get it all done!! My advice is to get your list, gather your thoughts, and check out all of the new products, new vendors, and get your weekly groove on!! You will love us for making your week full of ease, full of local, full of love, and full of nutrition…

You got this…it’s yours for the taking!

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Got To Get You Into My Life

Got to get you into my life, into my life
Got to get you into my life, into my life

I was alone, I took a ride
I didn’t know what I would find there
Another road where maybe
I could see another sign there
Oo, then I suddenly see you
Oo, and did I tell you I need you
Ev’ry single day of my life
(Got To Get You Into My Life-The Beatles)

So, is this what you think of, every time you think about placing an order with our little online local market of love?

Seriously, this should be how you feel about us!! You NEED us in your life!! You NEED the ease of online, year round, local, nutrition!! You NEED the seasonal way of eating!! You NEED our affordable prices!! You NEED to adopt this way of thinking…the thinking that you ARE what you eat!!

We can help you, we can take you on this culinary trip of fun, we can light up your world with the beauty of real food, grown by producers who care, and all brought this to our market with nothing but love and passion for our market customers!

Come on…you KNOW you’ve got to get us into your life!! Go ahead…give it a try, welcome back if you have been gone, and thank you to our weekly loyalists!

New products were added, last night…get to know us, love us, and take the local journey with us…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Market Bag Of Tricks

It’s always good to continue to pull new things out of your bag of tricks. Last week, we added new vendors with new items, and this week, we see new items from our long time vendors…

We have white peaches from Champaign Berry!! Cathy told me that this will be the last of their peach season, but that their berries will be coming on, again, quickly!

Bev Littler of Littler Farms has added gluten-free chocolate chip cookies!

And, an assortment of tomatoes have been added by Hippie and the Farmer! And, don’t forget, the limited edition of the mixed produce box from Hippie and the Farmer!! Organically grown, just not organically certified, with a box of farm fresh goodness…not overwhelming in size, just a whole lot of flavor and variety, coming to you, just one field away!

We also are talking with your favorite, Stillhaven, about returning with a variety of herbs, and we talked with Rocky Ridge who will be adding duck eggs, in the near future!!

Women That Farm needed to take a slight break from the action but will be back after we see the arrival of Brandi’s baby, and they are able to get back to our market!

End Of The Road will be back, but right now, like most of us, have fought the dry, hot summer, their demands from their own CSA boxes, and their time that is being spent with getting the Miami County Locally Grown market up and running!

Brad Gregg is with us but won’t be around for long…his sweet corn is amazing, so get it while you can!! His exotic peppers are crazy, and again, won’t be around for long!

Swisher Hill Herbs is on vacation mode for the time being!

We now have MUSHROOMS…go, try, enjoy!!!

Our new local honey is now offered on our market!! I made Cosmic Flower Powers for breakfast, this morning, and used a bit of Dave’s honey…so good!

And, on top of the new items in our market bag of tricks, we have all of our old favorites, we are a vendor rich/product rich market…right here, right for the taking, and so easy to make local your way of eating!

Our market will be open until Tuesday night…why not open up your own bag of tricks to see what you need to order…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam

Junior's Farm

Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go
Down to junior’s farm where I wanna lay low
Low life, high life, oh, let’s go
Take me down to Junior’s Farm
(Paul McCartney – Junior’s Farm)

It’s time to open up the market for this week, little local market of love customers!! And, just a note of love for this week of National Farmers’ Market Week!! Why not throw some love at this little farmers’ market, and let’s get this love fest of farming, producing, local, and community pride, all revved up!!

We have so much for you to explore at this market!! We have honey, produce, sweet corn, exotic peppers, mushrooms, greens, lettuce, herbs, garlic, maple syrup, coffee, tea, dog treats, meats, breads, fish, berries, peaches, baking supplies, baked goods, candy…we make it all rock, all from our farms, and places of production!!

Let’s celebrate this National crazy of Farmer’s Market Week by placing an order!!

Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go, let’s go…

Peace, Love, Good Vibes…
Cosmic Pam