This is hard to believe, but today I made my first trip ever to the Dane County Farmer's Market on Capitol Square in Madison. By the time I arrived with my three youngest children, it was packed. People were walking around the square in a tight formation; but for the setting, they would have looked like prisoners of war on a long march. So we nudged our way in and were carried off in the current of humanity.

The booths were colorful with diverse offerings, include the largest green onions and the largest single zucchini I have ever seen. Vendors also sold flowers, cheese, organic vegetables, apples, fresh pasta, exotic meats (ostrich and buffalo), and political propoganda (mostly Kerry-Edwards, though I was asked to sign a petition to get an anti-war candidate on the ballot in Wisconsin). I overheard a man who said that he had been craving carrots. I have never craved carrots and cannot imagine what that would feel like.

It would have been uncomfortable being in such close quarters, except that everyone was in a great mood and being very polite. My children wanted some corn on the cob, so we bought a dozen ears, as well as some Paula Red apples. And some aged cheddar, of course.

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