PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
Tasteful Transition
Kathleen can’t get used to all of the space. She is used to her 20-foot-wide stall at the farmer’s market, doing her best to tastefully cram her products onto broad slats.
After a decade’s worth of education in learning local’s tastes and building her reputation for quality cheeses and their garnishes at a fair price, when Aunt Shelley’s soon-to-be vacant storefront just across the street presents itself, she can’t refuse.
Aunt Shelley, bless her heart, agrees to stay on to help with transition. A series of arrow signs helps Kathleen’s clients find the way to their Cheese Lady.
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Note: seeing Rochelle’s pic made me think of a local business called, The Cheese Lady. I shifted a name but the story is pretty close. It’s a wonderful place to browse, taste, and buy.
Rochelle Wisoff-Fields is the host of Friday Fictioneers.
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A lovely story Li. Cheese lady sounds so welcoming.
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Thanks, Sadje, she is! :)
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You’re very welcome
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This is a very tasty and tasteful transition, Lisa. The Cheese Lady definitely sounds like a place I would leave with my bank account a little lighter than when I first walked in.🧀
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Lots of good eats, kitchen gadgets, flavored olive oils, etc. I bet you would also, Bruce.
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your story fit the ohoto so well and I could imagine how grand the store space felt after being crammed in a stall – also, fun to think of the cheese lady – and I check the link and looks like a great business.
Also, a while back I saw that some cheesemakers are embedding tiny, food-safe tracking chips into the rinds of cheese wheels to combat fraud. Your story brought that to mind
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Wow! If they can do it with cheese rinds they can do it with anything. Then the question of how enforce when they discover the theft. So much technology is a nuisance even if it starts out with good intentions.
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I agree – I saw this on “How its Made” and it was an old episode – so I am sure we have come a long way. There was part of the episode that showed how they put into clothing and make it water/heat proof.
I only had one jacket – it was some high end yoga jacket that I actually bought while thrifting it was used but “like new” – – and I noticed the small squared coil thing on the tag. I cut off the tags – but that was the first time I saw one and it was a few years ago. –
anyhow, how can they possibly make these edible?? that does not make sense.
hmmm – and in closing, cheers to the cheese lady
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:) Interesting, Prior! Cheers!
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cheers, Li!
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Nice story.
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Thank you, Someone :)
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All power to the Cheese Lady’s arm
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Funny, Neil. I never noticed, but I bet she has one Popeye Arm.
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Lovely story, Lisa.
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Thank you, Joy.
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Love your Cheese Lady Lisa 💕💕💕
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Ange, thanks much :)
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Love it! We have a shop called The Roaming Root- and the proprietor did exactly this – took a storefront across from the famers market- now she has two adjoining!
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Oh, that is nice, V.
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I love cheese shops. This sounds like heaven!
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It’s a fun place to browse, taste samples, and buy :)
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so far, so good. hopefully, the transition ultimately prevails and leads toward a smoother, more stable future ahead.
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A lovely tale. Its sounds like it will eventually become a charming delight of a space.
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It has, Laurie :)
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Dear Lisa,
Your story is very much like one going on here in Raymore, MO. One of our favorite food truck crews has opened a brick and mortar BBQ. They’ve quickly become a popular place in the area. Small beginnings. ;)
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Rochelle,
Thanks for sharing small business success in your area. Always a good sign.
Shalom,
Lisa
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I don’t doubt that Kathleen will get used to it and fill it more and more as she goes along. Lovely story, Lisa.
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I’m sure she will and the real one has. After she moved in there, she also added the storefront next door. Thanks for reading and your comment, Dale.
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What a wonderful thing. I’m always impressed by those who open up shop like this.
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I was looking at the farmer’s market page to get info and was kind of surprised at how many guidelines, permits, etc. are needed for a summer stall. To me it would make sense to go in on it together with a couple of other people; otherwise, it seems too expensive.
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No kidding! Share the space with complimentary offerings
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Many of todays businesses started out as humble market stalls. The Cheese Lady’s one to watch!
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Totally agree, Keith.
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I really get what you are writing. The risk taking and the kind support are part of what makeds the world go around.
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Happy to hear it, Patrick, and agree.
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I love your success story, Lisa, plus I do love cheese! :) It’s so nice that it is a true one.
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Oy! This keeps happening as of late. It’s me … Brenda!
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Thanks much, Brenda :)
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A good cheese story!! Very nicely done, Brenda.
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Thanks, Chris!
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Sorry, not Brenda but Li !! Oops, too much food in these stories!
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:)
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A nice success story, I wish the Cheese Lady many successful years in business.
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I’d love to visit!
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I’m sure she would love to have you visit, Dawn :)
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<3
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I love stores like the one you just described, Lisa. Everyone needs a Cheese Lady in their life!
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