Supporting Locally

I've been doing a lot of consideration about supporting not only local agriculture, but local businesses. We don't go out to eat much (though we love to!), mostly because it feels expensive. It also feels like a luxury. However there are some really fantastic businesses open in Eastport supplying our community with services that we have been saying for so long that we desperately need. So we've made a family decision that we need to put our pocketbooks there. I feel like we can't afford for these businesses to go out of business. So once a week I'm going to get a latte downtown. And once a week our family will go out to dinner. We're also going to buy a modest amount a of fancy cheese every week when Raf is in Machias. This is important, this is quality of life. We make have made sacrifices away from our urban roots to live where we do and if we can have the option of lattes and lamb and mexican and gourmet cheese in Washington County then we better use those businesses or otherwise they might not always exist. Your vote matters, shop local!


(Everything is just fine here in HopkinsLand, we just had an early, long day away from the house and poor little Hearts in Cobscook Bay was neglected.)