We're Ready

Central Market is the meeting place for Schizzo De Paul and Pearlie Loving Harner. But we have had a long chilly springtime. However, we are ready to start hanging out in the alley of Lancaster's Central Market.

Anyone can join us, of course. All of the conversations we used to have inside the market, can continue outside on the benches, overlooking old-time Lancaster city, Lancaster Pennsylvania.

This has been a winter of hibernation for the two dogs. Now we have to get them in good shape to prepare for all the playing and jumping and running they do in the alley way of Lancaster Central Market.

Other dogs also join in the fun. I have a feeling that the Golden Doodle named Sunny has gone over the rainbow bridge.

F.I.P. (Fly In Peace) dear Sunny.

Pearlie's First Experience At The Ocean

Pearlie's First Experience At The Ocean

Pearlie spend's most of her Tuesdays and Fridays at Central Market. This week she is at the beach!

Yay Pearlie!

JUMP THE BARRICADES!

Andy Warhol's memorable declaration goes:"In the future, everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."
Cartoonist Ted Rall's 2012 updated Warhohl : "Now, in the future, everyone is famous to 15 people."
I probably need to recruit a few more readers to meet that level of fame.

Rall's point is that pop culture has created a fragmented landscape where we each read one of a million blogs and listen to one of a million obscure bands. Who doesn't have a blog, right? Who hasn't released a cd? Or a book? Or made a movie?
So not only do we each get a fleeting experience of fame, we each have a very narrow niche in which to achieve such fame.

I mentioned Rall's insight at market this morning. My friend Tommy T responded with "The good side of our access to technology is we can so easily jump the barricades to sample ideas and creative expressions we would never have known about in the past!"

Actually Tommy insists he really said 'jump the barriers.' But I heard  it as 'jump the barricades'.  I'm sticking with barricades since I love the phrase!

What might 'jump the barricades' mean on June 22, 2012. It could be the name of a new song. Perhaps the title for a cd. I could even name my  as yet to be formed band Jump The Barricades!*

Maybe I'll just make this rousing phrase the title of my blog entry for today. Let's see if I climb up any on the fame barometer.

(photo from Tar Sands Action arrests in front of White House, Aug 2011)
* I'm not thinking of leaving Streetbeets btw...but I have noticed that lots of people are in 2 or 3 musical groups, so who knows?

Central Market Flowers

  Central Market Flowers

A group of us always meet at Central Market, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Tuesday, Friday and Saturday.

Jerry Lee Miller and I decided to start a Central Market Talk blog.

We often talk about political situations in the world especially in the USA. We are gearing  up for election year. All of us present are extremely disappointed with Pres. Obama because he promised so much and delivered so little to his so-called base, or to anyone one else.

My husband Tom and I are going to work for and vote for Lisa Stein, Green Party candidate for President.

Suddenly Tom said, "There is only
Us," not them, not the one percent, not the 99%, but us, all of us.

Jerry Lee Miller said that a song should be written called, There Is Only Us.

And we all agreed, this is Market Talk.

We might even write a song about it.

Omar Forgot The Cookies!

Omar forgot the cardamom cookies today. No cardamoms with our coffee! So we went to a different stand and bought something we usually don't have with our coffee: scones! This turned out to be a great choice because we had one scone left when new market friend Leila came riding by in her stroller. Today is Leila's birthday, so our table of talkers sang a spirited rendition of Happy Birthday and shared a scone with Leila and her mother. Jubilate in June!
We'll return to Omar if he remembers the cookies next week. Today's table talkers included Kate,Tom,Jerry,Paul,Jeff,Larry and Dinah.