Good things happen!

 

 

 

 

 

                                          

Rainbows and Unicorns, it's all good

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I feel I have to share the back story about how this video was made.
It represents the grassroots approach to digging in, accepting advise, going for your passion and never giving up on whatever it is you want!

It all started with Suzanne, the owner of Lucketts, coming to me with a suggestion. This suggestion was brought up before by others but for some reason I didn't listen?

Her suggestion was...... You need signs on the road because no one knows you are here!!!!
OK, so now I'm listening because she definitely knows how to create an empire, right!! Last week was Lucketts 17th year in business a feat not to ignore, right!

So my pal Anne drags over some old wooden A frame signs that she found somewhere in the piles of cool stuff around Lucketts. Henry brings me some white & black paint along with a brush and hands them over. In a couple of hours the simple handmade signs are finished and we plop one on the corner of the stop light out front and the other by the trailer on Stumptown Road. Granted they didn't cost a cent, just a bit of elbow grease and that approach I mentioned above.

I wait to see what happens. Of course new peeps did stop by, duh.....

One person, in particular, driving by noticed the signs because of the words local, fresh & organic and made a beeline into the parking lot.

Miss Nia Farmer approached the window and introduces herself explaining that she is trying to explore the organic/local food lifestyle.

So begins the journey of getting to know and building a new friendship with Nia.
In like a half of an hour of chatting, I have hired her to work in the trailer and help at the approaching farm dinner. By now she is in the trailer helping me with customers and I'm training her so she can work the following Friday by herself.

Nia is a spitfire!!!! She has just graduated high school and will be off to Howard University soon. She will be majoring in film and has set her sites to have her first Academy award by 30!

Long story short, she decides to make a film of the Twinkle Bell's first farm dinner. The rest is history. This short but super sweet film by Nia represents all things important to me.

In conclusion the simple wooden signs brought together people and changed outcomes, new friendships, building relationships between coworkers, Suzanne's wisdom, a film from a future Academy award winner, hey even some new business for the Cowbell. Powerful stuff! 


I read this today as I was researching and to me it goes along with my thoughts as I write this post.

Of all the things that can be stolen from you – your possessions, your youth, your health, your words, your rights – what no one can ever take from you is…

Your uniqueness
How you feel about yourself
Your intuition
Your passion
Your determination
Your attitude
Your ability to spread love and kindness
Your hope
Your knowledge and life experiences

Me, I'm going to keep baking, cooking and spreading the word about local food. Hopefully one day it will all be a smidge easier and I will look back and remember all the people and connections that I made in the beginning to get me to that point! For now I'm loving this crazy rollercoaster and will just hold tight and roll with it all.

XOXO,
Cher