There is no map of the Farmers’ Market. Every Saturday, you must search anew for the kiosk where Radical Roots sells arugula and baby carrots;
you have to find again where Evening Song displays pea shoot greens and salad turnips, where Three Bears has baskets of Ciabatta, where Whaleback Vineyard offers apple wine.
Some would call this an opportunity for a civic-minded cartographer to help ardent shoppers locate what they seek.
But I value the weekly change in landscape -
how it fosters a chance encounter, an unforeseen purchase, or a prized find.
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Every Saturday, you must search anew
for the kiosk where Radical Roots
sells arugula and baby carrots;
you have to find again where Evening Song
displays pea shoot greens and salad turnips,
where Three Bears has baskets of Ciabatta,
where Whaleback Vineyard offers apple wine.
Some would call this an opportunity
for a civic-minded cartographer
to help ardent shoppers locate what they seek.
But I value the weekly change in landscape -
how it fosters a chance encounter,
an unforeseen purchase, or a prized find.
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