Good Morning Starshine

Good morning starshine
The earth says, “Hello”
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below…
(Oliver-From the musical, Hair…sung by the character, Sheila)

As I was listening to music, this morning, I got a text from Audra Bean, telling me to put this song on for instant good mood vibes.

I love when all of you send me texts, and emails, and, this has always been a favorite song of mine. It is trippy, fun, and happy.

Plus, I was looking for a song to depict a fun California-ish song for my weekly Cosmic Charlie trivia question, and this is perfect!

First…I hope you are having a happy, feel good weekend. It’s cold, and it’s snowy, but that just means we are getting things all ready with Mother Nature, to escort us into warmer, sunnier, growing days.

The market is open, and your orders are flowing in! Thank you, for that! So much loveliness in this market, from the products to the vendors to the customers.

This market IS the Starshine…

And, now…a California question for this week’s Cosmic trivia for a free Cosmic product of your choice! This will really just be a good guess, on your part, unless you have followed my writings of all the places I have lived bringing me along my path.

Fresh out of college, your favorite bread baker decided to ditch my plans to go into journalism, which was my minor in college, to take off to be a flight attendant in the mid 80s. I was a flight attendant for American Airlines, and chose Los Angeles as my first city to be based out of….but, where was my first little apartment?

It was in a beach area, and it was in one of those old school, 1950’s types of California apartment houses.

Give me the area of my first apartment…what beach area? It was, then, a little haven of hippie bohemian…ok, first one to text or email the right answer wins!!

Again…celebrating our 10 year market anniversary, and this is my Cosmic ongoing celebration to all of you…give me your guesses! And, you must be an ordering customer for the week…

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

How Sweet It Is

Welcome back to another week of market fun!

I’m opening the market on a sweet note as we welcome Ruthie’s Pies back onboard!

We look forward to seeing you, this week!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Thursday Love

Good morning, and welcome to another Thursday of market pick up!! You made this another spectacular week of sales!

You may pick up your orders, this evening, between 4pm-6pm!

You may pick up on Friday morning, between 10am-12pm, but you must let me know, if you are not a usual Friday pick up, so I can make note on your orders!

You can pick up on Saturdays, 10am-4pm, but I must know, as well!

Or, if you are a customer coming to us from our partners at Clem & Thyme, in Yellow Springs, your order will be delivered to them, Friday afternoons for you to pick up!

If you are new to the market, and would like to put your card, on file, for payment, you may call me at 937-926-4833. It saves time if you do this before market pick up! Or, you may bring exact cash/change, in a ziplock bag, with your name on it, or you may pay by check, made out to Oakview Farm Meats!

It’s a lovely day, today, and I will see each of you, at pick up!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Love Is All Around

Well, love is all around me
And so the feeling grows…
(The Troggs)

Peace and Love, Peace and Love…

A perfect song to kick off this week, a nice thought to spread love wherever you go, and it also helps to kick off the theme of growth, of planting seeds of love, and what better way to plant those seeds, than with the seed packets that Flourish has to offer? It’s the perfect time to start your seeds…and, just like the ten years of this market, if you tend to the seeds, just right, they will bring you amazing peace, love, and growth.

I have more to come with the growth theme, and some words from the girls of Flourish, and their seeds, as well as updates on when to expect their fresh flowers!

And…along with the Peace and Love theme, our market trivia winner, this week, with the winning answer to yesterday’s question is….Audra Bean!! She’s a long time supporter of our market, and now she wins a Cosmic product!!

The question was what lyric have I always incorporated into my Cosmic Charlie taglines, from the Jefferson Airplane song, White Rabbit…

The answer is…

Peace, Love, Bread…FEED YOUR HEAD!!

Yay!!

Peace and Love…and, a reminder that orders are due by 8am, tomorrow morning!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Sunday Love and Another Chance To Win!

White Rabbit

One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don’t do anything at all
Go ask Alice, when she’s ten feet tall

And if you go chasing rabbits
And you know you’re going to fall
Tell ’em a hookah smoking caterpillar
Has given you the call
To call Alice, when she was just small

When the men on the chessboard get up
And tell you where to go
And you’ve just had some kind of mushroom
And your mind is moving slow
Go ask Alice, I think she will know

When logic and proportion have fallen sloppy dead
And the white knight is talking backwards
And the red queen’s off with her head
Remember what the dormouse said
Feed your head, feed your head…
(Jefferson Airplane)

Happy Sunday, lovely customers of the market!! Here’s hoping you have a beautiful, sunshine filled day!!

Today, I continue my own journey of celebrating the market’s own journey into it’s 10th year, by awarding another Cosmic Charlie product to the customer who emails/texts me the correct answer for a Cosmic product of your choice!

Today, I am getting all Trippy Hippie on you with this song. If you have followed me over my own past 12-13 years in existence with my bread business, you will know that my popular tag line has always included a line from this song. I usually will always end my FB page posts about what’s available with Cosmic Charlie, with the tagline, including the lyric.

So, from you, I need the lyric, and for bonus, give me my whole tag line…again, a possible two winner situation, this week!

You must be an ordering customer, this week, and while you are getting your groove on, trying to come up with the answer, make sure to get your orders in for the week!!

The market has just so much to choose from…

I look forward to your orders, and to see who the winner/winners will be, this week!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Huge Dose Of Love!

Thank you, so very much, for helping the market with it’s outstanding week back from holiday!!

And, remember to read the weblogs for more music trivia fun!

I am opening the market for the week!

Ready to order?

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Tonight's Market Pick Up!

Welcome back to another Thursday evening of fun, friendship, food, and more…

Tonight is the first market pick up of the new year, and you all made it such a great market to kick it all off!! Thank you, always, for all the love you show us, each and every week!!

Tonight, there will be no assigned time slots, so anytime between 4pm-6pm!

If you made an alternate arrangement, your order will be ready when you requested!

If you are a Friday pick up, or need to be a Friday pick up, and I do not already have you on the books for Friday, please let me know! Friday pick ups are from 10am-12pm, with the shop closing now, on Fridays, at 12pm!

If you are part of our Yellow Springs clients/customers with Clem & Thyme, your orders will be delivered to their farm offices, Friday, after 1pm!

If you need a delivery, we are also happy to do that, but we need you to contact us, and there will be a small delivery fee added.

AND…The first winners of my ongoing market song trivia fun to celebrate our 10 year anniversary with the market, are….William and Teresa O’Hair! They will get their complimentary bread, today!!

The song was…Wasn’t Born To Follow. The questions were…who wrote the song, and what movie was the song featured in?

The song was performed by the Byrds, written by Gerry Goffin/Carole King, and featured in the movie, Easy Riders!

They were the winning two with the right answers!!

Watch for the next round of trivia!

OK, See you, tonight!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Ordering Reminder

Good morning!!

Just a reminder that the market now closes for weekly ordering at 8am, this morning!!!

It’s a great market, and I don’t want you to miss out!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Wasn't Born To Follow

Oh I’d rather go and journey where the diamond crest is flowing and
Run across the valley beneath the sacred mountain and
Wander through the forest
Where the the trees have leaves of prisms and break the light in colors
That no one knows the names of

And when it’s time I’ll go and wait beside a legendary fountain
Till I see your form reflected in it’s clear and jeweled waters
And if you think I’m ready
You may lead me to the chasm where the rivers of our vision
Flow into one another

I will want to die beneath the white cascading waters
She may beg, she may plead, she may argue with her logic
And then she’ll know the things I learned
That really have no value in the end she will surely know
I wasn’t born to follow…
(The Byrds)

Such an appropriate song/lyrics to kick off our first week in a new year, and not just any new year, our 10 Year Anniversary Year!!

And, just a reminder that the market will now close at 8am, tomorrow, and not 8pm!! You don’t want to miss out on the market fun!!

Also, as a thank you, from your market manager, I am going to begin randomly throwing out a trivia question pertaining to the song/weblog entry that I choose. If you email me the correct answer, hoping that you don’t Google, but I’ll leave that to you, AND, YOU MUST HAVE PLACED AN ORDER FOR THE WEEK, I am rewarding a free Cosmic bread product of your choice!!

Again, this will be random, so you will need to read the weblogs, to see if there will be a question. And, the first person who emails me, wins for that week! I will be doing this up until May, which is our actual month of the 10th year opening of this little local market.

Ok…today, I am actually asking two questions about today’s song which is all about embracing being a free spirit, not following others. Much like the attitude that this market had to have, back in the day, when launching amidst doubt, and not a whole lot of love, at times, from the doubters. But, we paved our own way, and look at us now…

Ok…your questions for the two winning bread prizes!!

1. Who actually wrote this song that was performed by, The Byrds?

2. What movie was this song featured in?

There you go…remember…you must be an ordering customer to receive your prizes!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam

Beautiful Day!

It’s a beautiful day
Don’t let it get away…
(U2-Beautiful Day)

This song, to me, just screams inspiration on the first day of this new year…Hello, 2021, and welcome, all of you, back to the market. Also, hello to all of our new customers. Welcome to the family. And, hey…those of you still on the sidelines…what’s stopping you? Go ahead, start your new year with ordering from this crazy popular, all local, all lovely little market. We promise you will be hooked…

So, all Cosmic Charlie and Hippie and the Farmer products are now live on the market! A whole new January menu for Hippie and the Farmer frozen dinners and pizzas! Also, new soups added to the Cosmic culinary bag of tricks! And, a few new bakery items from Cosmic Charlie!

Champaign Berry has added their black raspberry sauce back to the market!

If you have already placed your orders, but want to go back and add any from Cosmic Charlie or Hippie and the Farmer, feel free to do so! Multiple orders get combined into one!!

It’s great to be back…and, in our 10 Year Anniversary Year!!

XOXO,
Cosmic Pam