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Today was the FIRST DAY of Farmers Market! Always a kind of holiday for me: the return of a Saturday ritual. I get up, throw on clothes, hop in my car, and drive to midtown. I don’t worry about my hair, or what I wear, knowing that although I’m sure<\/em> to see someone I know (and I did \ud83d\ude42 ), the kind of people who go to Market don’t care. Me either.<\/p>\n

My ‘baby’ sister joined me today. We walked up & down the closed-off street, where stalls of pea shoots, mint, bronze fennel, & lavender jostled w\/ green onions, berry tarts, local honey, and fresh-baked bread. After we’d thoroughly exhausted the various offerings, we bought coffee and sat down.<\/p>\n

Something almost magic there is about a crisp spring day (it went from 36\u00b0 to 48\u00b0 in the space of an hour), hot drinks, and the braiding\u00a0of those conversational ribbons that women have done for centuries. We watched little girls in hand-knit tutus & elf hats dance to the fiddler. Despite the no-dogs rule, a brown lab & a small terrier mix walked w\/ their families. And through it all, my sister & I caught up.<\/p>\n

I told her about pea shoots. She told me how her classes are going. I processed my beloved’s health; she processed her responsibilities (are these\u00a0something I need to worry about?<\/em>). And we sipped latte & caf\u00e9 con leche, happy to be outside, at the Market, together.<\/p>\n

I came home w\/ a couple of bags full of plants to set out today, as well as mint & pea shoots. I also came home w\/ a full heart, lifted from its winter doldrums and quite ready to begin this new season fresh & happy. It’s the best possible product from the farmers’ market, and the one thing you can’t buy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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