thriving vallejo series: yeah! //farmer's market shopper.

[duccio]

I see this powerful looking woman occasionally at the farmer's market on Saturdays. Here she is pictured rather hawk-eyed, talons clutching purse, possible unexpected switchblade concealed in left hand behind thigh, avoiding eye contact. A few weeks ago, we were taken aback, coming directly face to face while weaving through the crowds; the farmers market is one of the only times that Vallejoans actually co-mingle with each other. Since I recognize her from frequent sightings here, I thought just by the remotest possibility, us each attending the market almost every week, apparently at about the same time, and all, that she might have noticed me too, so, when face to face, I smiled and said, "Hi."



You think the polar vortex is cold.

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[shinsetsu]

Ahhh, thank you. I see now why God sends tornadoes and hurricanes to those parts of the country. :P haha

[duccio]

Yes indeed. Thank you, Jesus.

[shinsetsu]

I shouldn't joke like that. :/ It's flippant, disrespectful and cruel. I always feel sorry for people when they are visited by these disasters. And for myself, I am probably sitting on a fault line -- with no room to talk. :p

[duccio]

You're right. I'm sorry. I was arrogant and disrespectful to say that. I also feel the disaster victims. I send to the Red Cross on most of them. I'll watch my flippancy and hold it back from now on. Please forgive.

[shinsetsu]

No, it was me who started it, and I knew at the time it wasn't a nice thing to say, and it also mocks my faith (which I have a difficult enough time keeping hold of). I know your beliefs are not mine, but I was reading this morning something which chastised me and seems appropriate to the discussion:

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise is health. --Proverbs 12:18

Words can be toxic. I notice it in others. I need to apply it to myself.

[duccio]

Everybody slips now and then. Snark is rampant in our society. Maybe we're not perfect, but we're way up there from the bottom dwellers, and we make constant attempt to progress. I think you're a pretty good person as far as I can tell from here, and I'm happy to have you as, at least, an enduring DW friend.

SNARK.
Look at definition #2.