strawberries, blueberries, raspberries

yum yum yum. i'm surrounded by a sea of produce: strawberries (everbearning which kick out a second batch in the fall after the scant summer yields), blueberries, blackberries (which are amazingly good when they're not full of seeds), peaches, nectarines, pears, and just to mix things up, a couple stray boxes of corn. for awhile at least, i'll be at a produce stand hustling fruit to people driving in and out of costco in very expensive cars but yet are obsessed with saving about a dollar on their favorite brand of colored sugar water.

it's a weird paradox...selling locally grown fruit to people who are buying car batteries, shampoo and 30lb bags of frozen chicken breasts in the same setting-a store whose population no doubt rivals that of many towns in this state. hopefully though some good vibes leak out and, at least a few people are able to appreciate the miracle of blueberries when they're at the peak of ripeness, and strawberries that actually have a great deal more flavor than whatever they're peddling across the street.

as for me, i get to eat well. explore new parts of town. watch trains and planes go by. experience the diversity of the human spectrum. and eat more strawberries.