#valleys in the Rockies I'm tellin ya they're all liminal spaces

[lokilickedme]

A drawback to small mountain towns is the inevitable couple of times a year when a shortage or supply issue causes empty shelves at the one and only grocery store and the manager scrambles to get some alternatives in stock for basic staples, resulting in weird packaging and unusual options on limited items.  For the last month it’s been single eggs (as in ONE EGG, singular) in a clear deli cup with a lid.  Prior to that it was reusable plastic jugs stacked beside the drinking fountain to be filled by the customer.  This week it’s milk in a small rectangular waxboard carton exactly the size and shape of the soup/stew/stock broth cartons.

We’re getting used to it.

Sort of.

I just poured chicken broth in my coffee.

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