Quickie

Okay, here's a quick one for you in the few minutes I have upright before I become dizzy and feverish again and have to go back to bed. *sigh* Being sick is not for wimps...

This is Awesome Alison's store. I discovered it when the dogs had their one and only visit to a groomer's (which is next door). It's just what it seems, at first, a little store aimed at foodies with all sorts of exotic items that you can't get at standard grocery stores. But the more you shop there, and especially the more you talk to Awesome Alison, you learn (or at least, I did), that it's a lot more than just that.

First off, she and her husband are very into their community, and engage in a lot of activities to support it, which is more than most of us can say. But the real reason I feel this has a place on this blog in regards to my pseudo-homesteading is because of the way she selects many of her products. It's not just about being organic or different.

The thing is - she buys locally, whenever she can. 

I have actually met the guy who makes the frozen ice popsicle like things (the mango-basil is to die for!), and he's a super nice guy. One day the cookie guy came and I met him, too (he asked me if I wanted to run his bakery, ha ha! No, he really did, but I had to decline. It was all a joke though. I think it was...). 

So what this tells me is
that there are other crafters in my community. Not that I ever doubted it, but I am nowhere near as in touch with them as I was where I used to live. 

And these people started out as crafters before they were business people. You don't just decide to start up a gourmet popsicle business without experimenting first (I don't think you do, but I won't swear to it). I have no desires to turn anything I'm attempting into a full time business or anything, but it does inspire me in my efforts to do it at all. Because this means there are others like me out there who have decided to do something with their hands, create something "organic" and has meaning to them.

And that there are people out there, like Awesome Alison, who appreciate those kinds of efforts. So if you're ever in my area and want to visit The Village Stand, hit me up and I will take you there personally. Even if just to see what other sort of marvelous goodie has been discovered.

Now - time to get back to being horizontal. If there are massive typos or anything, they will have to be fixed when my cough-syrup-with-codeine hazed mind is clearer than it is now...