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Christina Varga (b. 1971, Milwaukee, WI) is a self-taught visionary artist living in the Hudson Valley. Her work incorporates a variety of materials including up-cycled and discarded objects, appropriated day-to-day ephemera such as vintage maps and magazines, holographic mylar, tissue paper, and mixed media including paint pens, pastels, acrylic, and oil paints. Her subject matter references pop culture trends, interdimensional pattern, and a repetition of Pixelated squares. In 2003 Christina Varga founded VARGA Gallery in Woodstock, New York. For over a decade she showcased an eclectic variety of cutting edge artists and conceived, planned, publicized, and curated hundreds of exhibitions. She directed and produced the weekly cable access program "Apocalypse VARGA", an Arts, Culture, and Media Variety Show - a showcase for artists represented by VARGA Gallery as well as musicians, speakers, and other creative industry professionals. Her work has been shown at The American Visionary Art Museum, The Cathedral Church of St. John The Divine, and at Kunsttiendaagse in Bergen, North Holland. Her work is in the collections of Uma Thurman, Grace Potter, Dweezil Zappa, Kate Pierson, and Dave Wakeling. She has been featured in The Sufi Journal, Resurgence Magazine, The New York Times, Chronogram as well as other regional, national, and international publications. Varga launched the Phoenicia Festival Of The Arts in August 2023 The festival is a town wide event happening every August and spans the entirety of Main Street and includes a Main Street Market for Artists and Artisans in the center of town and plenty of family friendly activities and happenings throughout town. The Phoenicia Festival of the Arts is a project 20 years in the making bringing musical, theatrical and visual events promoting diversity and unique cultural offerings. Christina lives and works in Phoenicia, NY where she fuses her love of gardening, creativity and motherhood. She is the proud mother of two children and a self-proclaimed Art/Garden/Life-ist. Email phoeniciafestivalofthearts@gmail.comShe is currently presenting MADE YOU LOOK at Queen of Rogues in Glenford, NY. This is Varga's first solo exhibition since masking began and an eclectic collection of a variety of new works including collaged vessels, a “String Theory” series of works incorporating filament, thread and yarn and new mixed media collages, paintings, portraits and VARGA Girls. An outdoor display of Varga's 16 foot mural featuring luminary and celebrity Daphne Guinness created during the Howl Festival in New York City is planned with 4 other Guinness inspired portraits included in the exhibit including an appropriated Lee Sanna painting “Liverpool” as background to Varga's original portrait of the Guinness Brewery heiress and muse of the late Alexander McQueen.  Closing party May 31st, 6-9pm. 2440 Route 28, Glenford, NY.Today, Christina shares deeply and passionately about her life philosophies including how and why art is such a vital part of who and what she does. There are nuggets of wisdom sprinkled throughout our talk as well as moments intended to inspire. She is currently connecting with folks who want to be a part of this year's Phoenicia Festival of the Arts, so be in touch if this is you!You can find her on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/vargagallery/.Today's show was engineered by Ian Seda from Radiokingston.org.Our show music is from Shana Falana!Feel free to email me, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.org** Please: SUBSCRIBE to the pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND IThttp://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcastITUNES | SPOTIFYITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCAFollow:INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast

When the numbers come out, we bring on Jim Reber (CEO of ICBA Securities) to explain them and put them in context. With the new CPI number out today...we did just that. Apologies for sounding like a chain smoking toad...sinus season in Memphis! And be sure to check out ICBA Securities at https://www.icba.org/icba-securities

Whenever there's news community bankers can use regarding the goings-on in the markets...Jim Reber, CEO of ICBA Securities is who you need to know. We bring him on the show to fill us in on what is going on regarding our investment portfolios and offer insights into how community banks are effected. Be sure to check out ICBA Securities at https://www.icba.org/icba-securities

Stockton's Main Street Market is a bimonthly spring & summer event that brings food trucks, craft vendors and live music together in Stockton's Courthouse Plaza! Rochelle Brown from Makers Made and Stephanie Iaccino from Parents by Choice join the show to discuss how they helped create this event and what to expect at this year's market. Main Street Market Visit Stockton This Is Stockton Website This Is Stockton Instagram This is Stockton is part of the Destination Marketing Podcast Network. It is hosted by Wes Rhea, Amy Alpers, and Anthony Esteves and produced by the team at Relic. To learn more about the Destination Marketing Podcast network and to listen to our other shows, please visit https://thedmpn.com/. If you are interested in becoming a part of the network, please email adam@relicagency.com.

NEIGHBOR TO NEIGHBOR - Michael Bright from the Main Street Market and Music Memories Museum in downtown Swainsboro, Georgia talks about the "Yellow Sign Sale" and the latest news from the museum!QUICK LINK: http://www.mainstreetmarketswainsboro.com/QUICK LINK: https://musicmemoriesmuseum.com/#mainstreetmarketswainsboro #musicmemoriesmuseum #georgiaradio #mygeorgiaradioAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

There's nothing quite like browsing through a beautiful store to find that perfect gift. In an age of online shopping and instant gratification, it's a joy to slow down and connect with the tangible, tactile world. In today's episode, Christy and Stephanie chat with Kristin Smith from Pocket Full of Posies to explore the wondrous shop created by her mother, Dottie. Together, Dottie and Kristin bring a lovely dose of whimsy and beauty to the Main Street Market in Middletown. Shopping local is easy when there are stores like theirs in the neighborhood. Get a jumpstart on your holiday shopping today!Book RecommendationsThe Dutch House by Ann Patchett11/22/63 by Stephen KingThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldStrangers at the Feast by Jennifer VanderbesHarbor Me by Jacqueline WoodsonA Galaxy of Sea Stars by Jeanne Zulick FerruoloThis podcast uses music by Ashutosh, under a creative commons license:Time by ASHUTOSH | https://soundcloud.com/grandaktMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comCreative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licensehttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en_US

HERB'S WORK at the clam-packing plant was noticed from the start; he seemed to have a talent for culling, and he was so dexterous that he came to be regarded with the kind of awe and envy that athletes inspire when they perform feats so far beyond the capabilities of the average person that they seem by performing them to be enlarging the aspirations of the species, to be outlining a new bulge along the frontier of human endeavor. Herb enjoyed his growing reputation, and he was surprised to find how content he was to do this work, this work that required so little of him. He hid his true ambitions well, so well that Lorna hardly saw any evidence of them herself. She saw him reading the Reporter every day, but never looking at the help-wanted ads, and she wondered whether he really meant what he said when he told her that he'd been inspired by what Dan Whitley had told him that very first night when they arrived in Babbington: that it's amazing how much you learn about a person from an obituary, amazing how much you didn't know or didn't notice when the person was alive. From that, Herb had gone on to the realization that in a small town the key to selling, or any kind of advancement, was information, information that an outsider had to make a special effort to acquire. Much later, when he and Lorna were retired in Punta Cachazuda, he put the idea this way: “You've heard people say, ‘It's not what you know that counts; it's who you know.' Well, that's not quite right. I found that it's what you know about who you know that counts.” Herb was finding out a great deal about the people of Babbington, but the more he found out, the more he found there was to find out. He began keeping notes, on cards.     His affection for tinkering, for fixing things, improving things, served him as well in Babbington as it had in Quelquepart-sur-Marne; he was always ready to do anyone a favor of the tinkering type, and an unanticipated reward of his doing these little favors was that he obtained, incidentally, close-up glimpses into the lives of many Babbingtonians. His very first repair job in Babbington was his work on the Mikszaths' sagging front door. When he had made the door as good as it once had been, he went on to make it better: he added a secret lock, a spring-loaded bolt, that could be opened by pushing an ordinary-looking nail that projected slightly from the door frame, just to the right of the doorknob. This arrangement allowed Miklos, for whom the effects of his stroke and of arthritis made manipulating a key nearly impossible, to lock and unlock the door on his own.     When Herb demonstrated his ingenious handiwork to the Mikszaths and Lorna, the women, moved by the generosity of thought that underlay Herb's work, hugged him in turn. Mrs. Mikszath blinked away her tears; Lorna let hers run down her cheeks. Miklos locked and unlocked the door again and again. He turned to Herb, and the strength of his emotion was clear on his gaunt face. He clapped one gnarled hand on Herb's shoulder and squeezed it as well as he could. He swallowed hard.     “Dut, dut, dut,” he said.     “Aw, don't say that, Miklos,” said Herb. “It was fun for me. I like doing this sort of thing.”     Mrs. Mikszath could not be prevented from telling the story of Herb's work on her front door. She broadcast the news of Herb's generosity and tinkering talent far and wide, and she described in precise detail just how the ingenious lock worked. A welcome consequence of her advertising was Herb's being called upon to fix and improve things all over town; an unwelcome one was the visit of a burglar, who, after overhearing Mrs. Mikszath's precise description from the other side of the vegetable counter at the Main Street Market one morning, found himself irresistibly tempted to make use of the knowledge. Several days later he crept into the house in the middle of the day, when it was empty, and made off with everything he could find that was of any value — some silverware and china and knickknacks of the Mikszaths' and a sack full of Herb and Lorna's wedding gifts.In Topical Guide 304, Mark Dorset considers Information: Gathering, Exploiting and Salesmanship: Techniques from this episode.Have you missed an episode or two or several?You can begin reading at the beginning or you can catch up by visiting the archive or consulting the index to the Topical Guide.You can listen to the episodes on the Personal History podcast. Begin at the beginning or scroll through the episodes to find what you've missed.You can ensure that you never miss a future issue by getting a free subscription. (You can help support the work by choosing a paid subscription instead.)At Apple Books you can download free eBooks of “My Mother Takes a Tumble,” “Do Clams Bite?,” “Life on the Bolotomy,” “The Static of the Spheres,” “The Fox and the Clam,” “The Girl with the White Fur Muff,” “Take the Long Way Home,” “Call Me Larry,” and “The Young Tars,” the nine novellas in Little Follies, and Little Follies itself, which will give you all the novellas in one handy package.You'll find overviews of the entire work in  An Introduction to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy (a pdf document) and at Encyclopedia.com. Get full access to The Personal History, Adventures, Experiences & Observations of Peter Leroy at peterleroy.substack.com/subscribe

JavaBob is a 61 year old business man and entrepreneur now living in Northern California. Bob recently retired from a twenty plus year career in the High Tech field where he worked as an Equipment Engineering Manager for companies as diverse as; AT&T (Bell Labs-Technology Division), Honeywell, and Integrated Device Technology. He has a "hands on", scientific approach to problem solving and a strong creative side. His passion has been for developing and running small businesses. Examples of these businesses are; Bob's Main Street Market, Independent Grocer's Services, Indian Creek Café, and JavaBob's Bigfoot Deli. Bob was a member of the Technical Advisory Board for De Anza College, the founder and first President of the Happy Camp Fire Safe Council, the President of the Happy Camp Chamber of Commerce, and he served as a founding member of the Siskiyou County Fire Safe Council. Bob, along with his wife Vickie, worked as Co-Chairman of an ad hoc committee to write the bill that got Public Law 94-142, Education of All Handicapped Children Act passed into law in 1975, and to this day remains very active in working with "special people" throughout his community. JavaBob is the author of Monsters Myths and Me, available at Amazon.com. A book that chronicles his experiences as a field researcher attempting to find empirical evidence of the existence of the creature commonly referred to as "Bigfoot". He also writes and distributes a monthly electronic magazine titled Foot Prints in Your Mind, a collection of articles and odd facts from around the world and pertaining to all things paranormal. - www.searchingforbigfoot.com******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

JavaBob is a 61 year old business man and entrepreneur now living in Northern California. Bob recently retired from a twenty plus year career in the High Tech field where he worked as an Equipment Engineering Manager for companies as diverse as; AT&T (Bell Labs-Technology Division), Honeywell, and Integrated Device Technology. He has a "hands on", scientific approach to problem solving and a strong creative side. His passion has been for developing and running small businesses. Examples of these businesses are; Bob's Main Street Market, Independent Grocer's Services, Indian Creek Café, and JavaBob's Bigfoot Deli. Bob was a member of the Technical Advisory Board for De Anza College, the founder and first President of the Happy Camp Fire Safe Council, the President of the Happy Camp Chamber of Commerce, and he served as a founding member of the Siskiyou County Fire Safe Council. Bob, along with his wife Vickie, worked as Co-Chairman of an ad hoc committee to write the bill that got Public Law 94-142, Education of All Handicapped Children Act passed into law in 1975, and to this day remains very active in working with "special people" throughout his community. JavaBob is the author of Monsters Myths and Me, available at Amazon.com. A book that chronicles his experiences as a field researcher attempting to find empirical evidence of the existence of the creature commonly referred to as "Bigfoot". He also writes and distributes a monthly electronic magazine titled Foot Prints in Your Mind, a collection of articles and odd facts from around the world and pertaining to all things paranormal. - www.searchingforbigfoot.com******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

JavaBob is a 61 year old business man and entrepreneur now living in Northern California. Bob recently retired from a twenty plus year career in the High Tech field where he worked as an Equipment Engineering Manager for companies as diverse as; AT&T (Bell Labs-Technology Division), Honeywell, and Integrated Device Technology. He has a "hands on", scientific approach to problem solving and a strong creative side. His passion has been for developing and running small businesses. Examples of these businesses are; Bob's Main Street Market, Independent Grocer's Services, Indian Creek Café, and JavaBob's Bigfoot Deli. Bob was a member of the Technical Advisory Board for De Anza College, the founder and first President of the Happy Camp Fire Safe Council, the President of the Happy Camp Chamber of Commerce, and he served as a founding member of the Siskiyou County Fire Safe Council. Bob, along with his wife Vickie, worked as Co-Chairman of an ad hoc committee to write the bill that got Public Law 94-142, Education of All Handicapped Children Act passed into law in 1975, and to this day remains very active in working with "special people" throughout his community. JavaBob is the author of Monsters Myths and Me, available at Amazon.com. A book that chronicles his experiences as a field researcher attempting to find empirical evidence of the existence of the creature commonly referred to as "Bigfoot". He also writes and distributes a monthly electronic magazine titled Foot Prints in Your Mind, a collection of articles and odd facts from around the world and pertaining to all things paranormal. - www.searchingforbigfoot.com******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

JavaBob is a 61 year old business man and entrepreneur now living in Northern California. Bob recently retired from a twenty plus year career in the High Tech field where he worked as an Equipment Engineering Manager for companies as diverse as; AT&T (Bell Labs-Technology Division), Honeywell, and Integrated Device Technology. He has a "hands on", scientific approach to problem solving and a strong creative side. His passion has been for developing and running small businesses. Examples of these businesses are; Bob's Main Street Market, Independent Grocer's Services, Indian Creek Café, and JavaBob's Bigfoot Deli. Bob was a member of the Technical Advisory Board for De Anza College, the founder and first President of the Happy Camp Fire Safe Council, the President of the Happy Camp Chamber of Commerce, and he served as a founding member of the Siskiyou County Fire Safe Council. Bob, along with his wife Vickie, worked as Co-Chairman of an ad hoc committee to write the bill that got Public Law 94-142, Education of All Handicapped Children Act passed into law in 1975, and to this day remains very active in working with "special people" throughout his community. JavaBob is the author of Monsters Myths and Me, available at Amazon.com. A book that chronicles his experiences as a field researcher attempting to find empirical evidence of the existence of the creature commonly referred to as "Bigfoot". He also writes and distributes a monthly electronic magazine titled Foot Prints in Your Mind, a collection of articles and odd facts from around the world and pertaining to all things paranormal. - www.searchingforbigfoot.com******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

Alex & Caileen Ostenson share their entrepreneurial journey with us and walk us through the process of opening a membership-based, on-demand grocery store in Evansville, MN, a population of 600 residents. This duo brings convenience and innovation to their small-town community, and they are just getting started.  Listen in to hear their fascinating story! 

JavaBob is a 61 year old business man and entrepreneur now living in Northern California. Bob recently retired from a twenty plus year career in the High Tech field where he worked as an Equipment Engineering Manager for companies as diverse as; AT&T (Bell Labs-Technology Division), Honeywell, and Integrated Device Technology. He has a "hands on", scientific approach to problem solving and a strong creative side. His passion has been for developing and running small businesses. Examples of these businesses are; Bob's Main Street Market, Independent Grocer's Services, Indian Creek Café, and JavaBob's Bigfoot Deli. Bob was a member of the Technical Advisory Board for De Anza College, the founder and first President of the Happy Camp Fire Safe Council, the President of the Happy Camp Chamber of Commerce, and he served as a founding member of the Siskiyou County Fire Safe Council. Bob, along with his wife Vickie, worked as Co-Chairman of an ad hoc committee to write the bill that got Public Law 94-142, Education of All Handicapped Children Act passed into law in 1975, and to this day remains very active in working with "special people" through out his community. JavaBob is the author of Monsters Myths and Me, available at Amazon.com. A book that chronicles his experiences as a field researcher attempting to find empirical evidence of the existence of the creature commonly referred to as "Bigfoot". He also writes and distributes a monthly electronic magazine titled Foot Prints in Your Mind, a collection of articles and odd facts from around the world and pertaining to all things paranormal. - www.searchingforbigfoot.com ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

JavaBob is a 61 year old business man and entrepreneur now living in Northern California. Bob recently retired from a twenty plus year career in the High Tech field where he worked as an Equipment Engineering Manager for companies as diverse as; AT&T (Bell Labs-Technology Division), Honeywell, and Integrated Device Technology. He has a "hands on", scientific approach to problem solving and a strong creative side. His passion has been for developing and running small businesses. Examples of these businesses are; Bob's Main Street Market, Independent Grocer's Services, Indian Creek Café, and JavaBob's Bigfoot Deli. Bob was a member of the Technical Advisory Board for De Anza College, the founder and first President of the Happy Camp Fire Safe Council, the President of the Happy Camp Chamber of Commerce, and he served as a founding member of the Siskiyou County Fire Safe Council. Bob, along with his wife Vickie, worked as Co-Chairman of an ad hoc committee to write the bill that got Public Law 94-142, Education of All Handicapped Children Act passed into law in 1975, and to this day remains very active in working with "special people" through out his community. JavaBob is the author of Monsters Myths and Me, available at Amazon.com. A book that chronicles his experiences as a field researcher attempting to find empirical evidence of the existence of the creature commonly referred to as "Bigfoot". He also writes and distributes a monthly electronic magazine titled Foot Prints in Your Mind, a collection of articles and odd facts from around the world and pertaining to all things paranormal. - www.searchingforbigfoot.com ****************************************************************** To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv *** AND NOW *** The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.com The ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

JavaBob is a 61 year old business man and entrepreneur now living in Northern California. Bob recently retired from a twenty plus year career in the High Tech field where he worked as an Equipment Engineering Manager for companies as diverse as; AT&T (Bell Labs-Technology Division), Honeywell, and Integrated Device Technology. He has a "hands on", scientific approach to problem solving and a strong creative side. His passion has been for developing and running small businesses. Examples of these businesses are; Bob's Main Street Market, Independent Grocer's Services, Indian Creek Café, and JavaBob's Bigfoot Deli. Bob was a member of the Technical Advisory Board for De Anza College, the founder and first President of the Happy Camp Fire Safe Council, the President of the Happy Camp Chamber of Commerce, and he served as a founding member of the Siskiyou County Fire Safe Council. Bob, along with his wife Vickie, worked as Co-Chairman of an ad hoc committee to write the bill that got Public Law 94-142, Education of All Handicapped Children Act passed into law in 1975, and to this day remains very active in working with "special people" through out his community. JavaBob is the author of Monsters Myths and Me, available at Amazon.com. A book that chronicles his experiences as a field researcher attempting to find empirical evidence of the existence of the creature commonly referred to as "Bigfoot". He also writes and distributes a monthly electronic magazine titled Foot Prints in Your Mind, a collection of articles and odd facts from around the world and pertaining to all things paranormal. - www.searchingforbigfoot.com******************************************************************To listen to all our XZBN shows, with our compliments go to: https://www.spreaker.com/user/xzoneradiotv*** AND NOW ***The ‘X' Zone TV Channel on SimulTV - www.simultv.comThe ‘X' Chronicles Newspaper - www.xchroniclesnewspaper.com ******************************************************************

JavaBob is a 61 year old business man and entrepreneur now living in Northern California. Bob recently retired from a twenty plus year career in the High Tech field where he worked as an Equipment Engineering Manager for companies as diverse as; AT&T (Bell Labs-Technology Division), Honeywell, and Integrated Device Technology. He has a "hands on", scientific approach to problem solving and a strong creative side. His passion has been for developing and running small businesses. Examples of these businesses are; Bob's Main Street Market, Independent Grocer's Services, Indian Creek Café, and JavaBob's Bigfoot Deli. Bob was a member of the Technical Advisory Board for De Anza College, the founder and first President of the Happy Camp Fire Safe Council, the President of the Happy Camp Chamber of Commerce, and he served as a founding member of the Siskiyou County Fire Safe Council. Bob, along with his wife Vickie, worked as Co-Chairman of an ad hoc committee to write the bill that got Public Law 94-142, Education of All Handicapped Children Act passed into law in 1975, and to this day remains very active in working with "special people" through out his community. JavaBob is the author of Monsters Myths and Me, available at Amazon.com. A book that chronicles his experiences as a field researcher attempting to find empirical evidence of the existence of the creature commonly referred to as "Bigfoot". He also writes and distributes a monthly electronic magazine titled Foot Prints in Your Mind, a collection of articles and odd facts from around the world and pertaining to all things paranormal. - www.searchingforbigfoot.com

Searching for Bigfoot - JavaBob is a 61 year old business man and entrepreneur now living in Northern California. Bob recently retired from a twenty plus year career in the High Tech field where he worked as an Equipment Engineering Manager for companies as diverse as; AT&T (Bell Labs-Technology Division), Honeywell, and Integrated Device Technology. He has a "hands on", scientific approach to problem solving and a strong creative side. His passion has been for developing and running small businesses. Examples of these businesses are; Bob's Main Street Market, Independent Grocer's Services, Indian Creek Café, and JavaBob's Bigfoot Deli. Bob was a member of the Technical Advisory Board for De Anza College, the founder and first President of the Happy Camp Fire Safe Council, the President of the Happy Camp Chamber of Commerce, and he served as a founding member of the Siskiyou County Fire Safe Council. Bob, along with his wife Vickie, worked as Co-Chairman of an ad hoc committee to write the bill that got Public Law 94-142, Education of All Handicapped Children Act passed into law in 1975, and to this day remains very active in working with "special people" through out his community. JavaBob is the author of Monsters Myths and Me, available at Amazon.com. A book that chronicles his experiences as a field researcher attempting to find empirical evidence of the existence of the creature commonly referred to as "Bigfoot". He also writes and distributes a monthly electronic magazine titled Foot Prints in Your Mind, a collection of articles and odd facts from around the world and pertaining to all things paranormal. - www.searchingforbigfoot.com

How do we relate to others? Does it change when you are tired? Or when your customer is upset? How can you keep a positive mindset through it all? Hear stories from Tegan and how she what works for her. Through self care, listening, and the desire to serve Tegan and the crew at Main Street Market working hard to learn everyday what the Mindset to Serve looks like!Tell us what works for you! We love hearing from our audience!

Andrew Kleidon and Myles Dannhausen Jr. talk about the influx of visitors the county saw this weekend. Then Kaaren Northrop of Main Street Market talks about their decision to switch to curbside pickup only and how they transformed their operations overnight in response to COVID-19.

Andrew and Myles go over what has changed in the last 24 hours, including a Gibraltar declaring a state of emergency, Main Street Market moving to order pickup only, and how to vote absentee in the upcoming elections.

In this episode, I had a wonderful time connecting with the Houston based artist Jasmine Zelaya. A lot of you guys may be familiar with Jasmine's work from the cover of New American Paintings. In this interview, we touch on the topic of why Jasmine decided to start applying to opportunities such as New American Paintings and how by setting that goal for herself, she has been in multiple publications, exhibitions, mural projects and now has had her work featured in the show First Wives Club on BET+.   From talking about goals to her studio practice and our mutual love of jackets, Jasmine was a pleasure to have on the show. She is a graduate of the Kansas City Art Institute and received her BFA in Painting in 2006. She was awarded a residency through the Charlotte Street Foundation’s Urban Culture Project in Kansas City, Missouri, in 2008. Based in Houston, her work has been exhibited throughout the US. Her work has been included in various publications, including the Winter Issue 11 of ArtMaze Magazine and she was the cover artist for New American Paintings, West Issue #132. In 2018, her painting “Twins” was displayed on the Main Street Marquee, a billboard-sized installation displayed on the exterior of the Main Street Market building in Downtown Houston. Most recently, her work was featured on First Wives Club, now streaming on BET+.   LINKS https://jasminezelaya.com/ First Wives Club New American Paintings Thank you to the support of our sponsor, artist Hannah Cole of Sunlight Tax! Use code ILIKEYOURWORK20 for $20 off!

Downtown Gainesville got an unwelcome surprise this month, when business owners discovered that one of their own had a dark past. Endrick Torres-Ordonez, owner of Love is All You Knead, a sweet shop selling crepes, ice cream and doughnuts in Main Street Market, was convicted in 2013 of groping multiple underage girls while working as a camp counselor in New York state. He was charged with forgery for using a false name on his business license and with operating a business within 1,000 feet of a location where children gather — a crime for sex offenders. The revelations rattled other business owners in Main Street Market, who were unaware of Torres’ past until they received a tip over Facebook. If you want to help sustain community journalism like this in North Georgia, you can subscribe to honestly local news.  You can sign up for our morning and afternoon news emails, Go, a weekly food and drink newsletter, and Branch Out, a weekly newsletter focused on South Hall.

"Cheese wins. Always." ---Sara Adduci, Feast! Cheese Work. With Extra Cheese Please. Welcome to Episode 82 and my conversation with cheesemonger Sara Adduci of Feast! Sara worked front of house at various restaurants for 26 years. At a certain point she was moonlighting as a photographer. It was during a shoot for the wedding of a wine and cheese shop owner that her new career was born. She began working at Julia Battaglini's Secco Wine Bar in Richmond, spending all her earnings on cheese. It was an edacious romance with an extra aged gouda that set her on the path to learning everything there is to know about fermented milk. How did she educate herself? Tasting! Taking notes afterward. Reading books. Sara just returned from a 6-week whirlwind cheese tour through Europe. An educational summer abroad began with a 2-week internship at L'Amuse Fromagerie in Amsterdam. She even spent time on an island of sheep! An island where Dutch folks bring livestock to graze and people and cars are forbidden. From there she traveled to Sicily,  Spain, and France, including a visit to a comté producer. Sara got to see the caves where hundreds of wheels sit quietly aging, gathering the nutty, buttery flavors that good comté is known for. Sara got to hand-select a wheel to bring back to Feast!, the shop in Main Street Market where she plies her wares. They even carved her name into it. It's at the shop now. Go get you some before it sells out! Her education shows. Sara has competed in The Cheesemonger Invitational multiple times, winning a bronze medal in 2016. What are some of the paces the judges put her through? We talk about it. At Feast! Sara is given carte blanche to order whatever cheese she thinks will sell, a balancing act of educating folks on new and strange cheeses but also catering to their tastes by including old favorites. There are some cheeses Sara loves that folks just don't like. Price is also a factor with some cheeses just being too expensive to offer on a regular basis. "There are some things that are a little obscure, a little different, but that's part of the joy of being a cheesemonger is really being able to introduce people to things they aren't familiar with. Explaining where it came from, how it was made, who made it, why it's so good, what you can do with it. That really is for me the best part of doing what I do." Cheesemaking is a 24-7 job just like farming. Folks who do it are not in it for the money but for the love of the craft. "If you ever spend 24 hours on a working cheesemaking farm, you will understand completely why cheeses cost what they do. It's a job that never ends. They do it because they love it not because they're making a huge amount of money." "I'd rather spend $5 on a small piece of cheese made by people that you know about and you know how they raised their animals and you know how they make their cheese and you know how much they care about it as opposed to a $5 huge piece of cheese from a supermarket that's made in a commercial factory with milk that's pooled from who knows where?" Exactly. One of the goals of Sara's summer abroad was to learn how smaller producers can stay successful, creating artisanal products without the danger of going out of business. Is it community support? Agritourism? What is the magic formula for success in cheese? How do all the components come together so you can create cheese the right way? Every single time? The culture of cheese is different in Europe as well. People eat more of it for one thing. It's rare to sit down at a meal where you don't find a little bit of cheese to nibble. How do we translate that culture to American tastes? Caring for good cheese is vital as well because it can easily pick up flavors in your fridge. Make sure you slice off a tiny piece of the outside before serving so you have a "clean face". Wrap it in parchment, not plastic. Cheese needs to breathe. It's also important to serve it at the right temperature. Luckily, a good cheesemonger like Sara can walk you through everything and it never has to be an intimidating experience. Just talk to her! Tell her about your event even if the event is Tuesday Night. Tell her what you like to eat and she can direct you to a new favorite or a better version of an old one. Are there cheesemongers who are lactose intolerant? What cheeses are best for those suffering from this condition? What cheese can you throw into the rice cooker to infuse it with flavor? How do you ship a giant wheel of cheese from Europe anyway? How do American cheesemakers dance through the many regulations placed on cheese production? What are the Cheesemonger Feats of Strength? Listen to find out! I've followed Sara's photography on Instagram for years. First met her during a Farm Dinner at Caromont, Gail Hobbs-Page's querencia of goat cuddling and excellent cheese. How appropriate! Give this episode a listen. Then get yourself to Feast! and load up on some good stuff. Cheers! SHOW NOTES – Links to resources talked about during the podcast: Five Finds on Friday - Sara Adduci's choices were so creative! And delicious. Concert for Charlottesville - Did you see it? Wow. Taste This! - A wonderful fundraiser for Meals on Wheels. Help Puerto Rico - Please. Please. Please. Caromont Farm Dinner - This October! Ian Boden from The Shack is the chef this go round. I'll be recording. It will sell out. Get your tickets now. WTJU Jazz Marathon - Donate early and often. Gabrielle Hamilton - My podcast dream guest. My favorite chef, restaurant, and food writer all in one. Keep your fingers crossed I get to talk with her sometime very soon! She will be appearing as part of Richmond's Fire, Flour, Fork. Get your tickets here. Foggy Ridge Cider, Dugspur, Virginia - Not just great cider, Diane's Garden Cottage is heaven on earth. Chordify - Learn to play an instrument within minutes! I did. Help Scotty Recover - My best friend has Stage 3B colon cancer. Bills are piling up. He can't work. Can you help? Share! Donate! No amount is too small. Thank you and BIG LOVE to everyone who donated and shared the Big Love Bake Sale and Big Love Birthday! Next up? Tee shirts! Look for them soon. Subscribe to This Podcast. Stay Edacious! - Come on, after this episode? You know you want to. Subscribers get new episodes instantly, while non-subscribers have to wait a few hours or days depending on the iTunes gods. Never miss a chance to be edacious! Subscribe to Edacious News - Never miss a food event in our area! Learn about regional and national food stories so you can stay edacious! This episode is sponsored by Teej.fm and listeners like you who donated their support at Patreon, who wants every creator in the world to achieve a sustainable income. Thank you.

Spice Work. Can a spice store be a community gathering place? It can. Meet Phyllis Hunter of The Spice Diva. This former opera singer turned shop owner has been bringing people together over their shared love of spices since opening her shop in The Main Street Market in 2011. The Spice Diva is not only a source for fresh and unusual spices for local chefs, bartenders, and food enthusiasts, but a way for community members from other countries to find reminders from home. Her cooking classes bring folks together over the stove and her vast, ever-growing spice knowledge is reminding us all about the value of buying fresh, buying local. Her shop, located in a well-loved but underappreciated part of town, expands our views about the world over a shared love of food and flavor. How can we make sure West Main Street remains a vital part of the community and its members remain in the conversation with regard to beneficial development and growth? We talk about that. The Midtown Street Fair was my favorite event of the year, not only for the food but for the broad swath of folks who attended. Can we bring it back? How do we include every neighborhood in the conversation when it comes to festivals and development benefitting the entire community, not just students and tourists? How do we help the homeless population in a way benefitting their needs as well as the needs of business owners? We cover that too. Smell is such a powerful sense. Instantly you're transported to a different place and time. It's just one of the reasons Phyllis discovered her passion in food was spice. After walking into the Oxbow City Market in San Francisco she was transfixed. And knew in an instant we had to have something like that here in Charlottesville. Did fate cause her to go into that spice shop? Whatever it was, we're the lucky ones. In her new, much larger space Phyllis has the resources to offer even more gathering opportunities: cooking classes, tastings, book signings, whatever you can think of related to teaching the endless knowledge around herbs, spices, and teas. In addition to all this, The Spice Diva carries salts and peppers, oils and vinegars, Belgian chocolate, cocktail bitters and syrups, as well as the famous Habiba Sauce and salad dressing from Aroma's. She'll soon carry gelato from Splendora's and the saffron from Rumi Spice is a collaboration with a nonprofit that benefits Afghan saffron farmers. Her patrons including area chefs and bartenders from Brazos Tacos, Michael's Bistro, Tavola, Revolutionary Soup, Ten, Alley Light, Feast!, and Mountain Culture Kombucha cement the fact this shop is a gathering place for the entire Charlottesville food community. Chef Harrison Keevil from Brookville came in while we were talking! Like many grocery store foods, spices and salts are processed with preservatives added to keep them fresh. So the good stuff comes out and nutrients like iodine get added back in, Morton's salt being just one example. Everything at The Spice Diva is Kosher and Halal, as well as additive-free with no MSG or anti-caking agents. Spices start to lose their flavor after two weeks with nuances of flavor decreasing over time. The Spice Diva turns over half the shop every week, so you can be sure everything you buy is at peak flavor and freshness, without preservatives. Why is she an advocate for buying local? How does having fresh and unusual spices change the way you cook? What are the additional revenue streams she uses to keep her business viable and thriving? What is berbere spice and why are local foodies clamoring for it? What is Relay Foods and how does their locally-based "Blue Apron"-type service work? What are the wonderful origins behind her logo? We talk about it all. I love how Phyllis is using spice to bring people together for teachable moments. Not just about flavors and where they originate, but about expanding the whole notion of what it means to buy local. It's so much more than going to the farmer's market. Everyone uses spice even if it's just the salt they sprinkle on a hardboiled egg. The day I interviewed Phyllis in her store all I saw was smiling faces. You smell cinnamon, or nutmeg, or clove and you feel joy. It reminds you of home and hearth. Of good times. Spices cross cultures. Cumin is used in India, Mexico, Africa. You find curries not just in Asia and India but in Africa and early American cookbooks from the 19th century. Spice as community. I like it. And I think you'll like this episode. Cheers. SHOW NOTES - Links to resources talked about during the podcast: Cooking Classes at The Spice Diva! - Area food historians, butchers, and chefs teach you the basics, culinary history, and how to implement spices in your kitchen. Do you have a large dinner group but a small kitchen? Have your dinner at The Spice Diva! Maybe you and your friends want to learn more about spices? Phyllis can design a cooking class catering to your needs! SCORE - Want to start a business? This nonprofit can help. JQ Dickinson Salt Works - Artisanal salt farmed by hand from an ancient ocean buried underneath the Appalachian mountains. For 7 generations. Peg's Salt - You'll want to put it on everything! Relay Foods - Local business that does the shopping for you. Buy spices or have their registered dietician plan a week of meals. Rumi Spice - Kimberly Jung and Emily Miller are US Veterans working to help Afghan saffron farmers by connecting them to the international market. iSpice - an iPhone app that can teach you about spices. This episode is sponsored by In A Flash Laser Engraving.

Barbara Luhring talks with Door County author Rob Zoschke about his latest book Door County Blues. The book was  Published  In Heaven, author Ron Whitehead’s publishing imprint. Of Robert Zoschke’s work author Norbert Blei calls it a “maniacal monological mélange of words.” What does Zoschke say about his life before and during Door? What does he say about Door County Blues, an autobiographical mix of short stories, essays, letters and poetry? Listen in and find out! Pictured above: Kenny Gau and Rob Zoschke, both holding a copy of Door County Blues. (Both are published authors). Purchase Door County Blues at Passtimes Books in Sister Bay and Main Street Market in Egg Harbor and other Door County locations.