Standing On The Moon

Standing on the moon…
I see a shadow on the sun…
Standing on the moon…
The stars go fading one by one…
(Standing On The Moon…Grateful Dead)

You know how on some days, things seem monumental? Or you feel stressed, or in my case, sick all week? You know how we may get frustrated, irritated, angry? You know how so many of us can take a small problem, make it grow until we feel it’s the worst problem in the world?

We have all been there. We all do it. It’s life. We all get upset over things.

Then, you know how something even bigger comes along, something that shakes your soul? Something that is beyond belief? It catches you off guard, it brings you way down to what is really important in life?

That happened to me, yesterday. I have been sick (we ALL know that by now:), I was in an all morning/afternoon meeting (with a board that I LOVE), was tired when I left, and feeling frustrated that I was heading home to a nap, once again. I was also feeling blue because I needed to cancel plans for the evening because I just wasn’t up for the fun of the evening.

I arrived home, after my meeting, happened to check my Facebook page, only to see a huge amount of messages generating from my private sorority page.

You all know that I love and cherish the groups I am a part of. The friendships that I cultivate from each. Well, one of the groups that is nearest and dearest to me is my college sorority. Much like this little market of love, in the early days, our chapter of sorority built it’s chapter, on campus, in 1982. I was lucky enough to be a part of the building as one of the first pledge classes. The founders, the pledges, we worked long and hard, much like right here, to grow our sorority, each and every year.

But, we were the core group. The carriers of the flame. Our love and sisterhood continues to bond us. The messages, yesterday, were about one of our sisters who had fallen into a sudden and sad health issue and in 7 minutes, her life changed, we all sit in unity, today, as we do not know the outcome. We have reunited, across the United States, to hope for a miracle.

My reason for writing this, today, is that it’s easy to feel blue if things are not going the way we want but then you look at the bigger picture, and these small things, like me and my illness, don’t matter, really.

What matters are the bonds, the love, the groups that we form, that we protect, and that we nurture.

Today is Sunday…if you feel like letting a little love shine towards my sorority sister, it would be lovely. If it makes you look around and show someone around you some love, that would be amazing.

Love and friendship…it’s what I stress in this market, in life, and in my relationships with people in my life.

As always, this market is here, to help you through the week. We love each of our customers, vendors, and volunteers…we all need each other.

We are here, shining the lovelight…

We look forward to your orders, not because of the market sales, we look forward to connecting with each and every one of you, on Thursdays. We are a market family…and that is hard to find, elsewhere.

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Heartfelt Thanks and Love!

I open the market, tonight, feeling so thankful to my managers, Charlene and Mark, to all of you very understanding customers, and to the amazing help from the YMCA.

This morning found me totally knocked out with whatever is going around. I was sick, last week, thought I had gotten better, but not so much.

Mark and Charlene took the market, and my Cosmic customers were beyond understanding! I love that we can all rely on one another at our little local market. It took a bit of the stress out of being sick.

I am opening the market and drifting off to sleep. Stay warm, stay safe, and stay well…you can accomplish all of this with the ease of ordering from the market!

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

It's Almost A Wrap!

We are approaching the 10pm timeframe!

Hurry and get your orders in! You don’t want to be left out of the fun!

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam

Winter

It sure been a hard, hard winter…
My feet been draggin’ ‘cross the ground…
And I hope it’s gonna be a long, hot summer…
And a lotta love will be burnin’ bright…
(Winter-Rolling Stones)

I know that so far, this has been our most wintery of weather for the season. But it only takes one blast of cold, one snowfall, to make this warm weather girl already drifting off in thoughts of sun, warmth, days that go on forever.

Until those months come floating back, the best thing we can do is to wrap up, stay warm, dream of sun soaked fun, and make these winter days as easy as possible.

That is where this market helps…why not stay warm, stay local, order the nest local items around, all from the ease of wherever you are hanging until this cold snap passes.

The long hot summer is a ways away but the days of winter can be enjoyable if you know where to look…our little local market of love.

It is Tuesday, we are on the brink of the early evening hours, and we close at 10pm…make your list, get your orders in, go back to dreaming about warmer days:)

Peace and Love,
Cosmic Pam