an eclectic mix
Veggie-wise, this Saturday's farmer's market was overflowing with radishes, onions, lettuces.
Music-wise, there were three singers with guitars (one singing Spanish songs, one singing Baez, another taking requests). Surprisingly, their voices and music didn't conflict as the wind was already dispersing sound - if you were standing near one, you didn't hear the others. There was a puppet show, one palm reader and lots of baskets.
This amazing puppeteer has resided and performed with her marionettes in Taos for many years. I remember taking my 21 year old granddaughter to see them when she was 6 or 7. The scenes are performed half in Spanish and half in English and kids are encouraged to get involved. When I came upon it as I entered the market, the female marionette was apparently dying and her mate was very sad - so were the kids watching until they were told that they needed to tickle her to wake her up. Four little kids rushed over and did the job. And then the puppeteer added, "she can't die, she's a puppet!" Great relief and laughter from the kids and their parents.
Two young women recently relocated from Idaho turned their booth space into a virtual art installation with a lace backdrop and all. Their theme is "know your grow-er, know your sew-er" - the idea? know who grows your food and sews your stuff. So they grow the veggies and have a sewing shop in Arroyo Seco called Jaguar Moon. Lots of energy as they do their small part toward reversing the effects of globalization on society and environment.
After the market I met up with a friend at The Turquoise Teapot only to find out that they are closing for good next weekend. One more favorite tea/coffee (antiques and plants) cafe disappears. Independent businesses have a hard time here, but they keep coming in with hopes held high and we get to enjoy the best of them with the bittersweet knowledge that it might not last. Definitely a Zen lesson in impermanence.
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