Psychic gift shopping

A text conversation between a friend and me, while I was walking through Whole Foods:
I can understand lavender lotion and lavender eye pillows.  But I just walked by lavender almonds.
Seriously??  Where are u?
Whole Foods.
{laughing emoji}  I should have guessed.
That could be a good snack when you are hungry and a little agitated.
Ask if they have any chamomile pistachios.
Or kava kava cashews.
Those would be great!  For smoothies late at night when you're also stressed!
I think you may be on to something.

A worker at a local store shared with me one of her customer's remarks: "I do much better with my family when my pyschic helps me pick out Christmas gifts."

I was waiting in line for the bathroom at Whole Foods and a woman in front of me asked (surveying a flier), "What is tantric numerology?"  The women in front of her responded, "I don't know what regular numerology is, so I'm really not the right person to ask."

My friend was taking out her cat litter on the evening of Christmas and it ended up spilling all over her porch.  She told me, "I had litter and crap all over my porch right in front of my front door.  It didn't seem like a good omen.  At the very least, I knew my crystal-at-the-right-angle roommate was going to tell me this was really bad feng shui."

I took a walk at Ragle Park on Christmas day, and what was amusing to me was that it was the hipster-dressed solstice/pagan looking people who kept wishing me Merry Christmas.  (Not even a generic "happy holidays.")

License plate of the week:
PIN DOC

Most notable west county Christmas present:
A wall hanging of the different Chinese meridians in the body cross-represented with Chinese, Vedic or Zodiac astrology.

Happy holidays from Kwan Yin!
(note the chakras hanging in the window)

A green smoothie and epic hug to go

A friend of mine told me about her Sebastopol neighbor who is anti-Christmas and created her own holiday for this time of year.  Kwantice.  I asked her neighbor about it and got a long explanation and some not-so-relevant family history, but the gist of it being it's a combination of Kwanzaa and solstice.  Certain Kwanzaa days, solstice gifts and African drumming.  (And yes, I had to ask for the spelling of it.)

A customer at Rosemary's Garden:
"You know, there is Christmas music everywhere right now and it wears on you.  We come over to shop here and there is all this mellow music like you are in a massage.  But after a few hours of it, that starts to wear on you, too."

On a quiet Saturday morning a woman walked into the post office and another woman was standing by the office window, but it was closed.  She said to the woman who just walked in, "He is going to get a package for me, but he'll be right back and can get your package."
Second woman:  "Oh.  Thank you."  Looking down at her hand laughing, "Oh, right, I'm holding this package slip.  I just thought you were incredibly psychic."
First woman:  "Well, we are in west county."

I was waiting in a coffee shop and heard someone next to me ask the person she was sitting with, "I am saving money consciously and want to be spiritually responsible about it.  Do you know a good accountant for that?"

And from last year's holiday post:
"I don't know what to get her {for Christmas}.  She is getting back from a seven day vision quest thing.  I'm like, here have some earrings after you sat outside for four days and nights with vultures and wild coyotes."
"She sat outside for four days?"
"Yes, that's what a vision quest is.  You sit by yourself by a tree or something and don't eat anything for four days and think about your life."
"And why would anyone do that to themselves?"

A text from my friend Steve, visiting from Scandanavia and driving up from the city:
Should I wear my "CHAKRA KHAN" t-shirt or my "Whole Foods: Now Serving EPIC HUGS" t-shirt?


License plates of the week:
XXOO2U
LET LOVE
LIBRA





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Life is good, life is gr8

Dude standing outside the library, looking at some flowers and plants.
"You can't just have some plants?  There is kale growing outside the library?"

One of two people horsing around on some chairs, sitting on each others' laps at the Barlow:
"Don't worry, we're fine.  There are different rules in this part of the county.  There's even a bill of rights that's different than other towns."
Person sitting to the side of them:  "A Sebastopol 'Bill of Rights?'  I'd like to see that."

Facebook post of the week:
"We ended up going to Di's Diner....  It was good.  I liked the guy that came into the burger joint and ordered hummus w/extra pita.  Gotta love Sebastopol."

Two people meandering by the musicians at the Farmers Market:  "I am so happy to be alive.  I am so blessed to be able to buy organic produce at this lovely market.  I am so happy to be walking around downtown chatting with all these beautiful people. Life is good."
Woman walking with him:  "I think you put too much maca in your smoothie this morning."

A reader emailed this to me:
I was picking out a drink at Whole Foods and a fellow shopper said, "What happened to the acai berry? Remember a few years ago you couldn't buy a drink without it?"
Then the worker said:  "I think it was replaced by chia seeds.  Which have been replaced by anything that says 'gluten-free.'"

A friend's previous roommate had been a grower, who also loved to use spritzers.  My friend told me, "Her car always smelled like this funky combination of lavender and weed."
Me:  "Well, that would be very... relaxing."
My friend:  "Yeah, now that I think about it every time I was in her car for more than an hour I always wanted to take a nap when I got home."

Favorite sweatshirt of the week:
Ask me about the health benefits 
of the chocolate bar I'm eating


License plates of the week:
GR8 EAGL
INTEGR8




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