Summer Farmer’s Market

(cloth moving) (birds chirping) Hello, I'm glad you could join us tonight here at the Farmer's Market. People are just starting to mill about and enter the market. Tables are set and the vendors are settling in. Maybe you're here for some fresh produce or a jar of clover honey, or maybe you're just here to sit down and take it all in. Tonight's exercise is a really simple breathing exercise. So when you're ready, let's begin. (cricket chirping) So first, get comfortable in your bed. Now just bringing the attention to the breath, just noticing where you feel it in the nose, the throat, the chest, the diaphragm. You're nice and relaxed. We are going to be taking a deep breath in for four, holding it in for four, and then breathing out for six. So are you ready? Let's begin. In for four. Two, three, four. Hold it for four. Two, three, four. Now breathing out for six. Two, three, four, five, six. In for four. Two, three, four. Holding for four. Two, three, four. Out for six. Two, three, four, five, six. In for four. Two, three, four. Holding for four. Two, three, four. Out for six. Two, three, four, five, six. In for four. Two, three, four. Holding for four. Two, three, four. Out for six. Two, three, four, five, six. Great. Now returning the breath to normal. (crickets chirping) On a long worn wooden table, rows of canned goods gleam in the late afternoon light like jewels. Marmalades jams dotted with the seeds of raspberries and blackberries. Jellies that have been boiled down from fresh picked fruits. Some jars hold the remnants of whole strawberries reduced and gone all jammy and soft. The seeds are pinpricks in a sea of ruby or garnet. There are octagonal jars of resin colored clover honey. Some are opaque and crystalline whipped honey with added flavors like strawberry and bramble berry, and fixed with a brassy lid and the golden image of a honeybee. These, of course, are courtesy of Hamish's Honey Bun down in Cozy Acres. There are also pickles of all kinds. Cucumber, carrots, white asparagus even, floating in vinegar and brine. Little peppercorns and cloves of garlic bob in the bottom. Handcrafted apple butters are displayed with blue gingham fabric tied around their lids with satin ribbon and flavored with cinnamon and clove. Lemon and lime curds have cardstock labels pasted neatly to the jars. Elaborate loopy lettering declares "lemon curd", refrigerate after opening. A shaft of sunlight catches a particular jar of sweet orange marmalade and sets it a glow like an ancient piece of amber with rind suspended in its sugary gel. (crickets chirping) In the center of the farmer's market, stands a green globed gazebo and radiating out from it are various cobblestone trails. One of these trails leads to Rosa's egg stand. She has set up a weathered table with a cotton tablecloth and across the front she hangs handmade bunting that...