It Ain't Over Til It's Over

‘Cause Baby it ain’t over ‘til it’s over…
(Lenny Kravitz – It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over)

I have been in a total old school Lenny Kravitz mood, lately…such a swoon worthy voice. I dug out my, Mama Said cd, the other day, and hello….soulful from way down.

Just like this little local market of love that is filled with so much soul, so much love, so much local goodness…we bring it, old school, from the days when eating was all about real food, local food, seasonal food.

With this bitter cold front, I know it’s easy to say that you don’t want to have to fight the cold to come out and pick up your market orders, so you end up not ordering. Then, you are sad. And, we are sad.

If you think about it…wouldn’t it make more sense to curl up to a computer, smart device, grab coffee, tea, wine, whatever your drink choice may be, and place a week’s worth of grocery shopping from the comfort of where you are? It’s warm, it’s cozy, we have so many options for you to try, and you are not warming up your car, driving to the store, fighting the bitter cold and crowds, and then getting food that is not local or seasonal?

Who else gives you the local love? Who else wants to see you, each week, just so we can show YOU some love? Yeah, not the big box stores.

Go ahead…get comfy, place your orders, and all you need to do is come to one stop to pick it all up. One stop for a local shop! Try it…we promise you will like it…

We close, tonight, at 10pm….you have two hours, and baby, it ain’t over til it’s over…

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Winter Winds

But if your strife strikes at your sleep…
Remember spring swaps snow for leaves…
You’ll be happy and wholesome again…
When the city clears and sun ascends…
(Winter Winds- Mumford and Sons)

Well, we really did get hit with much snow, cold, and winds, yesterday. In fact, we have had a week of this frosty, cold, snowy weather.

It’s been the kind of cold that drives you under layers of blankets, mounds of layers of clothing just to move about your day, and many, many thoughts of sun drenched, warm days to come. We really are in the last stretch of the winter months but it is not going to let us go, so easily. It wants us to truly know it’s presence.

So, we endure, we are patient, we are ever knowing that spring is around the corner. It’s this frozen last part of winter that makes us appreciate what’s ahead, what’s to come, and what it feels like to bask in warm rays.

We also remain patient by waiting for the next growing season to begin. To see the return of so many of our seasonal vendors. But, in the meantime, we remain steady, strong, and ready to take your weekly orders.

We rock the numbers, each and every week! We are seeing the return of familiar faces and friends. We are here, just for all of you, to make the last weeks of this cold, cold winter, a bit easier on you.

Give us your orders, and let us take the work out of it for your week. We are that bit of warmth and happiness in this frozen mess. We look forward to seeing you!

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Hello...Is There Anybody In There?

Ok…after many, many, many website attempts, I think this market site is back to normal!!

It would not let me open the market, tonight!!

But, here I am, now…I think it’s all worked out, and I believe we are live!

Thanks so much for your patience…

Let the ordering, begin!

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Because We Love You!

This is a Weblog going out to all customers who placed an order, this week!

We know it is extremely cold out!! If you feel that in any way your health may be compromised by venturing out to pick up your market orders or if you just don’t feel safe out in the extreme cold, we understand!

Please contact me, Cosmic Pam, with your concern, and we can arrange a pickup on either Friday or Saturday.

Call me at 926-4833…this way, I can alert the front desk!

We want to see all of you, this evening, but if it’s just too cold for you, let me know…

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Last Call!!

Get your motors running!

Order up…..you are in the last minutes!

Stand By Me

When the night has come, and the land is dark…
And the moon is the only light we will see…
(Stand By Me- Ben E. King)

Well, little local market of love customers, we have arrived at that bewitching hour…the hour that is the last call, the last hour of the market for the week.

The night has truly come to a very busy day, a very productive day, for your market manager. I am trying to get my shop ready to throw open the doors. It amazes me how I can totally get lost in whatever I am doing, only to look at the time, and be amazed that an entire day has floated by.

You have this last hour to make your choices on the market. Place your orders, relax, and know that we are here, standing by you, making sure that we give you the best of the best. The Rock Stars Of Local…

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Here Comes The Sun

Little Darling the smiles returning to their faces…
(Here Comes The Sun-The Beatles)

Well, we’ve got the sun. It’s freezing cold, snowy, patches of ice, but I will take the sun!! Just the sight of the sun out my windows warms my soul, makes me smile, and helps me begin the countdown out of the winter mess of blues…

So, to celebrate the sun, why not take a bit of time, collect your thoughts, make a list, and place your market orders from the comfort of wherever you are. It’s easy, stress free, requires no bundling up for the grocery store, no fighting the winter crazed crowds. Just you, the market, your order, and then, done! All that’s left if zipping to the YMCA, on Thursday evening, to grab your order and head home.

Easy, fun, healthy, affordable…you will feel the sunshine your soul…

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

You're So Vain

You’re so vain…
You probably think this song is about you…
You’re so vain…
I’ll bet you think this song is about you…
Don’t you?..
Don’t you?…
(Carly Simon-You’re So Vain)

So, I am in a total Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell, Carole King state of mind, today…

And, because of what I want to write about, here, this morning, well, this song lyric totally fits me.

In this little local market of love, we offer the best of the best in our local products. We are well known for our food products, spices, herbs, baked goods, locally produced meats, local fresh fish, local honey, local eggs, local dairy…we’ve got it all.

What doesn’t always get talked about are our super lovely products like locally handmade soaps, and the amazing oils that are on the market.

Today, I am talking to you about the goodness of these products and how they play into my own vanity:)

Behind the scenes from being your market manager, from being Cosmic Charlie, from being the girl around town on boards, councils, owning shops, you have me…the person, the girl, the vain one who has very specific demands. My hair, my look, the scent that I wear, and my skin:) All important, and all that I take very seriously.

I decided to write today’s weblog because I feel so strongly about ELM TREE ESSENTIALS soaps, and the essential oils from Swisher Hill Herbs.

Let’s start with the soap…Laura Miller makes amazing soaps. They smell great, they lather great, they make me happy to jump in the shower because they are such an experience in scent. She has many varieties but my one and only is the soap that she made and named after me…Cosmic Patchouli. I have been using her soaps since she came onto the scene. They are all natural, very light, very good to your skin. In the year that I have been using them, I have noticed such a difference in my skin tone since giving up commercially made soaps. Not to mention the amazing scent that lingers, all day, after using the soap. Now, I know patchouli is not the scent for many, but she has amazing varieties, and just added a new one.

This past weekend, I forgot to bring home a bar of Cosmic Patchouli from my shop, and when I went to shower, noticed that I was out and had to use a high priced body wash. My skin totally went into immediate dislike. I had to use extra lotion because of the drying effects. I disliked the scent, I disliked that the product was drying because of the chemicals in it, and I was amazed at the price tag.

Laura’s soaps are moisturizing, almost no lotion is needed after showering, they are good for your skin, the scent is amazing, one bar lasts a super long time, AND…the price is SO affordable. I urge everyone to order just one bar of her soap, this week. Try her soap in this awful cold weather. Your skin will thank her…

Oils…they are essential! And, we have oils on our market. Charlene and Joe Stapleton of Swisher Hill Herbs have quite an array of oils.

In my vain life, I like to smell really good. I love to have a signature scent. I like what oils can do to improve skin tone, I love that the scent lingers on your clothing, on your skin, and I love that the price tags on these oils are, again, UNBELIEVABLY, affordable.

Charlene can tell you about each oil, their uses, what can be done with them, and why you need them in your life.

My personal favorite…DRUMROLL…her essential Patchouli oil. I use an all natural, no frills body lotion, everyday. When I open a new bottle of lotion, I add the patchouli oil to it. I know the exact amount to add for my liking. Since I have been adding the oil to the lotion to make my own scent, my skin looks amazing, and my skin smells so good, and, yeah…it’s my signature. And…goodbye high priced perfumes.

I recently started using her Geranium oil, also. With that oil, I like to add it to my face cream. Let me tell you…AMAZING things start to happen. You see fine lines not so apparent, you get a tightening of your face, an amazing glow, and an amazing scent.

Her oils all have multiple uses, all are available on our market, all are so very affordable.

Ok, so there you have it…the vain side of your market manager.

Go to the market site, order these products, thank me, always!!

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Get Together

Come on people now…
Smile on your brother…
Everybody get together…
Try to love one another…
Right now…
(Youngbloods-Get Together)

Happy very cold Sunday, Local Market of Love customers!!

The sun is shining but if you are planning to stay in, stay warm, and just ride out this frigid cold, what better way to do it than by planning your week of needs and wants? Why not place your weekly orders with us? There are so many reasons why this is such a GREAT idea!

First…we are LOCAL! Yes, local. No pretending, no illusion of local. The real deal. Each item on this market’s website comes at you screaming local.

Second…it lets your hard earned cash stay in our county. It helps the circle that continues to feed back into the local scene.

Third…much healthier alternatives. No matter what, we make sure to stay with out mission statement. Yes, sure, there are cookies, pies, cakes, confections…but, they come to you with pure ingredients. Real ingredients. Not a mile long list of additives, preservatives, ingredients you have never heard of. The same with all of our products…the real deal…no fakes or phonies.

Fourth…and this is very important…the affordability of our market!!! YAY!!!! We all work hard, earn hard, spend hard…we want to bring you all of this local goodness at prices that make you smile, that won’t break the bank, and that leave you with a lot of that hard earned cash, still leftover for fun or other necessities.

We offer the goodness, the local vibe, the nutrition, and the amazing prices. We realize there are major chains you can shop, we realize that there are the upscale trendy foodie stores, we realize that you can drive 45 minutes to shop in trendy markets. BUT…think about the cost of gas, your time, the astounding bill at those places JUST so you can shop “local”, organic, etc…

Come together…we all work hard to bring this local movement to you, each and every week, and season. Smile on us, smile on your brother, your sister, smile on your market, your growers, your producers, your artisans…

Let’s make this local movement super groovy…

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Come On Get Happy!

Hello world, here’s a song that we’re singin’…
Come on, get happy…
A whole lotta lovin’ is what we’ll be bringin’…
We’ll make you happy…
(The Partridge Family – Come On Get Happy)

Can you feel the love that I have for this little market of love? For the customers, the vendors, my assistants, the YMCA?? Yeah, we’ve got it all going on….and it shows!!

This market is just one big happy love fest…you feel it happening, each Thursday. The relationships, the products, the trust, the commitment to local…we bring it all, just for you, just to make you happy!

I open the market, tonight, after another great market week. Let’s continue the momentum, let’s continue our pledge to local, and let’s continue to make us all happy…

Stay warm, stay amazing, and have a lovely weekend…

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam