Saturday, June 25, 2011

Random Conversations in Austin

     Mom took the kids to Wazoo's and a movie, so I am enjoying some free time.  As I run errands, I find myself in various conversations with strangers - always initiated by ME, of course.  I definitely took after my mother in extroversion!
     I met a young farmer at a local market and we talked about growing trees, flooded cantaloupe fields, gumbo-clay soil, and my one watermelon which was partly eaten by bugs but still delicious.
     I bought some cantaloupes and peaches.  The guy's friend asked if I wanted to buy a watermelon, but I told him I was out of cash.
     So the farmer dude handed me the melon and said, "Aw, just take the damn watermelon. That's how we roll here.  I like to see people eat healthy."
     Then, at Central Market, as I was buying flours to make a peach cobbler with my bag of peaches (millions of peaches...), I struck up a conversation with a lady who was also buying flours, to make a blueberry cobbler. I pointed out the whole wheat pastry flour, which is healthier but has a white flour consistency, and she bought some.

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