The moving in is going well! I’ve flown through most of the boxes; just one or two left. I joined the supermarket, set up the computer all myself (I’m proud!), and checked out the first available Farmer’s Market.
Pittsburgh has a Farmer’s Market every weekday in different spots (seems the same way in other cities I’ve been to). The one today was small (I wanted to take a pic but the layout wasn’t conducive to a photo that would capture more than one stall)- but friendly. Half the people seemed to know one another. At the Amish baked goods I got asked by a stranger whether I’d tried the chocolate chip cookies; we talked about different cookies for a few minutes, and she waved goodbye to me before she left.
My landlord was saying the other night how farming culture is really dying because there isn’t enough money in it, but now farmers are making corn and soybeans a cashcrop because of the fuel situation. I read a few days ago, though, that there are states fighting gasoline additives, and advertising their “pure gasoline”. There was definitely an immense amount of corn at the Market today. Maybe when I’ve gotten more oriented… or when it’s less crowded… I can talk to the sellers.
I have a meeting with the volunteer coordinator at one of the Pittsburgh museums tomorrow. I took awhile to think about how I’d feel vounteering at one museum if and when I get a job at another (since I’m volunteering at two museums, that’s inevietable). I decided it would be good for the museum community to form more interconnections and that I’d enjoy the diversity.
I left the USB at home, but my parents are sending it up. So I can post photos soon.