Kin Kin

As she was paying for her purchases the Russian woman
picked up a packet of Kin Kin tea sitting on the counter.

" Have you been to Kin Kin,
where they make the tea?" She asked, her shy mouth opening,
her downward turned eyes now directly on me.


" Oh, I've been to Kin Kin, but not to the plantation" I answer
handing her the change.

" I have been like, what you call it...working on the organics?!" she
shyly smiles.

" W.W.O.O.F.ing?" I help her finish her sentence.

" Yes that is it. You have been?"

" Yes I have been WWOOFing ( Willing Workers On Organic Farms) but not in Australia."
I tell her.

" I would love to live
like this, like them, but for me its not enough comforts, they
live very simply, not with alot of
comforts! For me from a city I am confronted.
..but it is so beautiful," She says shaking the packet of tea,

"..and they are so calm in the mind!"
Her hands go up to her head and make a sweeping gesture, as if cleaning away her own worries,
" and I was surprised,
so well educated, the people on the farm!
Any way thank you for your shop, I am going this way."

Her shy mouth closes and her eyes face downward again
as the Russian WWOOFer heads out the door.

Head aches

Some days working weekends
can be a slight headache.
A small amount of envy comes when people come in
brimming over with stories of what a beautiful day it is out-
how happy everyone is
and Oh gee, what time do you finish?
Oh not long now-at 11 o'clock in the morning,
only 2 hours into my day...
But like the hours in the day,
It soon passes.

Flynn
who has a new baby sister
also boasts a new hair cut
and a new eyebrow.
Well kind of a new eyebrow,
a gate he was riding
bucked him off
and he has a nice war wound to flash about.

I showed him my scar just above my brow
on my temple
that I received the same age as him
three and a half.

When I was young that's where my head would ache
and sometimes when tired or stressed
now as a 36 year old
it twitches.
To help stop it from twitching
a dose of Magnesium does the trick.
Colloidal silver will keep Flynn's wound clean.

Last night in Melbourne town
the footy semi finals were on
and this morning after the Cats ate the Magpies,
there were more than a few sore heads about.

I sold a few bottles of
apple cider vinegar to a few good men
and told them to take a table spoon with a spoon of honey
in a glass of warm water.
It's a great neutraliser for a chemical overload.

One man walked through one entrance of the shop
said "G'day, just cutting through"
and then on his way back through cutting through
aked me to change a 2 dollar coin for him.
"Geeze mate, cutting through and asking me for change, thats a bit cheeky"
"Yeah, well, I've had a shit morning o.k"

His head ache was about to turn into mine
but I remembered the big thrashing the Maggies got
and took pity on him.
Swapped his coin for two ones
and secretly hoped one of them was a dollar coin from New Zealand.

Then little Jessica came in with her mum and
was promptly lifted up onto the counter to say hello.
She likes to show me her sore finger,
when she touched her head with it
she got a sore head.
It was like that old joke where the guy goes to the doctor
sure that he is dying
because when he touches (leg) here,
(head) here,
(arm) here
and (tummy) here
it hurts.
His diagnosis was a broken finger....

Waiting for Doggo

Sunday @ The Elwood General Store