Winding Down

The market is beginning to wind down, and there is light at the end of the tunnel and hope that we will one day get our lives back, whatever that means.

It is sort of depressing as vendors seem to be dropping like flies. I haven't seen our neighbor, the honey lady, for months, and one of the big produce vendors, Cedar Circle Farms, is gone because their seasonal help has all gone off to college. The nerve of some people, putting higher education in front of selling tomatoes. It's a bummer because they were a nice presence with a fantastic display. We also missed our good friends from Hogwash, and hope they'll be back next week.

Either way, it is all redolent of being in school, the melancholy days of Fall as the weather turns cooler, marking the end of summer. Kind of makes me sad. As difficult as this Summer has been, I'll miss the camaraderie of the market and the friends that we've all made.

The pain and suffering I can do without. It will be interesting to see how the market fares once school is in full swing and the days get shorter. Should be interesting.

Until then, thanks for reading, and thanks to Miguel Saavedra for the pic.