Vineyards and vignettes

Regarding the last post:
"Mercury Retrograde is worse than bad Feng Shui.  All you have to do with Feng Shui is move a plant or two.  With Mercury Retrograde you've got to wait for entire planets to move."

A worker at Fiesta market asked me about a chocolate mocha drink I purchased for a dollar off.  "What can I say?  I follow the sales," I joked. 
"You should see when kombucha is on sale here," he countered.  "Entire cases walk out the door.  We are usually out in one afternoon."

On an early morning drive I noticed garbage cans by the sidewalk that have hearts painted on them.  Even trash and recycling get showered with love in west county.

At the Barlow a friend overheard two men discussing an anniversary gift.  One said, "They own a vineyard.  We can't show up with crystals.  They aren't those type of Sebastopol people.  We have to get them a real gift."

Waiting at the intersection of Main St. and 12, watching a girl with long pink hair cross the street toting a unicorn backpack.  (And by girl I mean someone in her early twenties.)

One warm evening at dusk I was sitting on a bench at Ragle park, hoping to spot some barn owls.  A woman came around the corner and looked awfully disappointed I was sitting there.  "You took my meditation bench!" she cried.  And went off in a bit of a huff.

"Look at all these stars and clouds - even my emojis are ungrounded right now."

Sometimes cashiers at Whole Foods or other stores will tell me about offbeat encounters with shoppers as potential blog material.  Recently one told me about an extremely tactless customer.
"Actually, that's just a story of someone being really impolite.  I think that could happen anywhere," I let them know.
"I see.  Right."
"Now if they are rude and then start talking about mindfulness or quoting Thich Nhat Hanh to you, then you can tell me about it."
"Oh, it's happened...."

A text from my sister:  "There was an hour wait to get a table.  I can't believe Ramen Gaijin has become such the Sebastopol hot spot!"
Me:  "I can't believe Sebastopol has a hot spot."


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