I'm still enjoying putting most of my online energy into Instagram. I like researching things, such as ...
1. The colophon of the poster with the saying from Zimbabwe, "If you can walk you can dance/ if you can talk you can sing":
The African People’s Socialist Party exists today, and its Burning Spear newspaper is online.
2. The fur squirrel with motorcycle boots is the first in what I hope will be a series "What I Saw in Customers' Carts".
3. The vintage Faribo blanket ("Fluff-Loomed"!) is by the Faribault MN Wool Mill. The mill reoponed in 2011. New, these striped blankets cost $400! Ours is $18.99.
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4. Larry (pictured) and Cheryl are freelance volunteers (not SVdP members) who pick up near-sell-by-date bakery goods donated by major distributors (because they can't sell them) and deliver the bread and pastries to our store, to give away free.
People can be decent.
5. More clothes. Whatever.
6. Me! Ha! At the donations door, holding a cup of tea from the Somali restaurant Hayat next door---they add powdered ginger and sweetened condensed milk if you want, which I do. Basically, it's a caffeinated dessert. $1.50.
1. The colophon of the poster with the saying from Zimbabwe, "If you can walk you can dance/ if you can talk you can sing":
“Proceeds benefit Burning Spear Publication, a Program of the African People’s Socialist Party, Oakland CA, 1988, Nzinga Publishing House”.Nzinga was a 17th-century queen in present-day Angola.
The African People’s Socialist Party exists today, and its Burning Spear newspaper is online.
2. The fur squirrel with motorcycle boots is the first in what I hope will be a series "What I Saw in Customers' Carts".
3. The vintage Faribo blanket ("Fluff-Loomed"!) is by the Faribault MN Wool Mill. The mill reoponed in 2011. New, these striped blankets cost $400! Ours is $18.99.
Bottom row:
4. Larry (pictured) and Cheryl are freelance volunteers (not SVdP members) who pick up near-sell-by-date bakery goods donated by major distributors (because they can't sell them) and deliver the bread and pastries to our store, to give away free.
People can be decent.
5. More clothes. Whatever.
6. Me! Ha! At the donations door, holding a cup of tea from the Somali restaurant Hayat next door---they add powdered ginger and sweetened condensed milk if you want, which I do. Basically, it's a caffeinated dessert. $1.50.
I wondered about the name The Burning Spear — Burning Spear is the stage name of a venerable reggae performer. The newspaper appears to predate his career. Wikipedia says that the musician’s name comes from “a military award given by Jomo Kenyatta, the first President of an independent Kenya.” So the names of both the newspaper and the musician seem to have the same African source.
ReplyDeleteHey, that's nifty: I love it when other people extend the search!
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Must go listen to Burning Spear on youtube now...
I'm loving your photos--those jeans have such attitude! I'd think stylish/hip people would be breaking down your doors, on the basis of your Instagram presence. (Have you noticed any change in the clientele?)
ReplyDeleteWe don't have SVdP here but I'm a great believer in the Salvation Army clothes racks, some of my best...
Love these little glimpses into the life of your store!
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