Welcome to 2018! Would you like to hear how mine started? Well, let’s just say during the first 7 hours I dealt with –
- A call at 12:20 am from the police department. They were calling for the fire department who were at the Historical Society’s Clubhouse answering a fire alarm. Thankfully it was only a faulty smoke detector.
- An alert from our temperature monitor that one
of the walk-in coolers at the market kitchen was above temp. I watched the alerts
which came every 10 minutes from 4 am to 5 am to see if it would go back down,
at which point it was clear that even though the rise was very incremental it
would eventually put the food in the cooler at risk. So I spent the next hour
and a half “firing” up the backup cooler and moving all the food into that before
there was any safety risk.
- A text from a renter at 7 am that he had no
water! The water line had frozen for the
first time in a decade.
Apparently it’s going to be a very memorable
year. And, though it was a sleepless night, I was incredibly fortunate. The
fire department was prompt and professional. There was no serious problem at
the Clubhouse. The cooler temperature monitor did just what it was supposed to
and the second walk-in cooled down to 38 degrees in about 30 minutes which is
pretty impressive for a 7 by 18 foot space. And finally, three out of four
tenants without water are out of town and the fourth is incredibly
understanding about the situation which we hope to have resolved today. The
faulty cooler was repaired yesterday and the smoke detector today. Life really
is good.
So welcome to 2018!
The market will be open this Saturday from 9
to noon as usual. Ghetto Taco will serve breakfast. I don’t have the menu yet
but expect it to be very similar to what Stewart’s Bakery has been serving
since Linda shared her recipes with them.
Drew Pommert will be on the market stage.
We will have two honey vendors, at least 4
farms with beautiful lettuce, radishes, tomatoes, carrots, spinach, broccoli,
cauliflower, kale, winter squash, cabbage, pecans, microgreens, wheat grass, sweet
potatoes, and more. Oakwoods Farm has ginger tea, ginger turmeric tea, candied
ginger, chili seasoning and other products made from what they grow.
And of course, there will be baked goods, jams
and jellies, freshly roasted coffee beans, candy, beef, lamb, chicken and pork,
and eggs. Our two soap makers will be on hand.
And HEAT!
Thank goodness for the heaters and for our manager, David, who comes
early to warm up the pavilion for us. We’ll see you at the market Saturday. For
the first of many times we hope!
