Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Tue, 06/14/2016 – 8:17am Last Tuesday, for the first time in the history of its existence, I missed the Champaign Farmers’ Market. I missed helping with the market heroes childrens’ activities, handing out recipe cards, and putting on temporary tattoos. I missed seeing familiar faces and meeting new ones, and […]
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Repetitions and Resolutions
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Mon, 01/05/2015 – 1:36pm The new year has begun and fittingly, we have had what seems like the first sticking snow of this winter. So of course, with the freshly whitened ground and the constant struggle of remembering to write 2015 at the end of every date, a new year, […]
The Warmness of March
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Mon, 03/02/2015 – 10:55am Welp. It’s still cold. Really, really, cold. Face burningly, car door crunchingly, joint painingly cold. And it was a long time coming. I mean, overall it has been a relatively mild winter. Not too much snow and a surprising amount of 30-40 degree days. That’s not […]
Thoughts for when your team doesn’t make the Superbowl
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Mon, 02/02/2015 – 3:22pm One of my coworkers showed me this silly little clip a few months back. I watched it, chuckled a bit, and then quickly forgot about it. The big game that we have all heard so much about this past weekend, however, brought it back to mind. THE […]
Un Beau Jour au Marché
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Mon, 07/20/2015 – 4:33pm As you may know… last week was Bastille Day! And we had a celebration at the Champaign Farmers’ Market. We decided to celebrate the French, and all of their cultural and culinary insights. And were only a bit silly about it. There was French food, like […]
What should be our new season’s resolution?
Submitted by Stephanie Fenty on Tue, 12/29/2015 – 12:40am Ah, the holidays. Chestnuts, crackling fireplaces, big meals and tasty treats with family and friends. And even though this year was a tad unusual (kids playing outside in the sun instead of rolling out snow angels, the feeling of the holiday season is always in the […]