Massage Reiki, CPA

An owner of a small shop in Sebastopol confided to me, "I really want to support local artists.  But some people come in and show me what is basically their art therapy for them.  And I'm like, 'I'm sure this was very meaningful for you... but nobody is going to buy this.'"

A friend of a friend who is a bodyworker was waiting on a corner for someone and glanced across the street.  She thought a sign read "Massage and Reiki" but when she crossed to meet her friend she realized it said "Mackey and Richards."  "Boy was that a Sebastopol moment if there ever was one!" she told me.  "I was thinking it was just another massage sign and it was accountants or something."

"Your psyche knew you were supposed to do something spiritual that week, so it didn't let you sign up for the retreat you thought you wanted to go to."

Going to a BBQ I felt the need to explain that the healthy-ish brownies I made were organic chocolate and gluten-free, but that was all. 
A woman took them, giving me a knowing look.  "Are these 'special' healthy brownies?"
"No," I tried to emphasize.  "Organic, gluten-free and no dairy.  But not special.  Very ordinary.  I don't even think you'll get a sugar high."

Overheard at Harmony Farms by Ginny:
A couple was finishing their purchase of plants, and the clerk asked them if there was anything else he could help them with.  "Yes," said the woman.  "Could you tell us what our purpose in life is?" 
"I wish I could," came the reply, "but we don't have the answer here."

In front of Slice of Life:  "Who invented new age?  I mean, where did it start?  And how?"

I was talking to my neighbor/mishpucha Michael, also known as Venus in Aries (or VIA).  We were talking about astrology, Taurean qualities and recent parties among other things.  Some conversation gems:
"Well you are a Taurus, so obviously you will have a good time tonight."
"What were they thinking throwing a polyamory party during Venus in retrograde?  Of course it didn't go well - that is just asking for it."
VIA went to his box of magical objects to pick out a gift for the birthday party he was heading to (which had many cool items in it).  He picked up three crystal stones and he was deciding which one to take.  As a joke I said, "Why don't you hold them in front of the salt lamp and see which one levitates?"
So he walked over to a lamp to do this, and his girlfriend said, "No, that's the citrine lamp.  Cami was talking about the salt lamp."
Sometimes in Sebastopol one has to specify which softly glowing orange lamp you are referring to.


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