The feeling after a good market day is it's own kind of feeling, one of accomplishment but also the feeling that a miracle took place. Every week its a difficult balance to obtain - a very important vendor can't make it which I know will disappoint a certain number of market customers who came just for that vendor's product. But it could also be, the folks who are coming to put on that week's activity "completely forgot". The market days when I don't wake up to 7 missed calls, or there isn't a poor turn-out due to the heat or rain, this is when it feels like a miracle...when all the moving parts line up and charge ahead, which is happening more and more often! When the vibe (and I don't abuse this word by using it often) is one of satisfaction, comfort, & ease - which is exactly the type of feeling I'm trying to produce each week. At my dream farmers' market, I come to buy fresh, organic food & artisanal goods, meet my n
you can taste the freedom*