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asakiyumeThe cashier was a very tiny, very young looking girl. Like I might have guessed fourteen. But probably even in our new, child-labor-laws-are-to-be-laughed-away reality, she was actually more like ... sixteen. I was buying, among other things, carrots. A five-pound bag of big, fat carrots.
"Wow," the cashier murmured. "These are really big carrots."
"They really are!" I agreed.
"I wish I could get my brother to grow carrots," she said, all wistful and dreamy.
"Does your brother have a garden?" I asked.
"Yes. He just started it. He just graduated."
"Oh! Congratulations to him."
"He wants to study botany."
"Wow, that's great. I have a nephew who's studying something like that." (Actually he's studying permaculture and sustainable agriculture.)
"Is he successful?" she asked, very serious.
"Well, he only just finished his freshman year," I said. "But yes, so far he is."
She smiled a dreamy smile. "That's great."
--I look forward to seeing her again, the dreamy cashier who appreciates big fat carrots. I hope she can get her brother to grow some.
"Wow," the cashier murmured. "These are really big carrots."
"They really are!" I agreed.
"I wish I could get my brother to grow carrots," she said, all wistful and dreamy.
"Does your brother have a garden?" I asked.
"Yes. He just started it. He just graduated."
"Oh! Congratulations to him."
"He wants to study botany."
"Wow, that's great. I have a nephew who's studying something like that." (Actually he's studying permaculture and sustainable agriculture.)
"Is he successful?" she asked, very serious.
"Well, he only just finished his freshman year," I said. "But yes, so far he is."
She smiled a dreamy smile. "That's great."
--I look forward to seeing her again, the dreamy cashier who appreciates big fat carrots. I hope she can get her brother to grow some.
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Date: 2023-06-07 12:38 am (UTC)I don't know if I knew that about your nephew, and that's also cool.
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Date: 2023-06-07 05:35 am (UTC)We need more garden dreamers and appreciators of carrots.❤️
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Date: 2023-06-09 07:29 am (UTC)I told myself before coming home this summer that I wouldn't have time to harvest anything before heading back to Lebanon, but I have some zucchinis in the ground, a few lettuce seeds and some bush beans. :P Couldn't help it. I have also planted two more kiwais since arriving back...
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Date: 2023-06-09 04:47 pm (UTC)Kiwis! I only saw them growing once, on a good trellis in Japan. One day may you be graced with lots of kiwi fruit!
I am thinking you'll definitely get lettuce and hopefully some of the other two before you need to return.