For 30 years, Eddie Rankin has been driving his truck before dawn each Saturday, coming to create a treasured weekly routine for people who populated Woodley Park and who became his devotees.
The tradition ended Saturday, when Rankin unloaded his last truck filled with fresh fruit and vegetables.
“People will probably keep coming, but it won't be the same,” said Kate Shawcross, one of Rankin's first customers. “He knows your children's names and where they go to school—he's just the classic good neighbor, and here in Washington, we need some of that. ”
Rankin was a farmers market pioneer, who got into farming by accident, said Bernadine Prince, executive director of FreshFarm Markets. Rankin is the co-owner of Twin Springs Fruit Farm and has witnessed the explosion of American interest in fresh produce and locally grown food.
“He's just one of those people who are interested in you as an individual and your tastes,” said Bernadine Prince. “Think about when you go to the supermarket: Who do you talk to? Nobody. ”
In 1984, a “farmers market” consisted of some peaches, apples and cherries that the typical American might have considered as overpriced. But Rankin drew customers charmed by his huge smile and agricultural knowledge. He remembered to set aside things you asked for, would cash your check if you needed bills and gave your 10-year-old child his or her first job.
The people who came to Saturday's market sang to Rankin, presented him with poems about his influence on their lives and told stories of good deeds he had done for them.
Many described coming to Rankin's market as a routine in their lives.
Rankin said he is retiring because he wants to spend more time traveling to see his children and a sister back in Ireland. The children of one of Rankin's partners are taking over Twin Springs.
He has a “fantasy,” he said, of using his knowledge to help fruit-growers elsewhere in the world.
He has faith that others can keep the Woodley Park market going, that the role of a farmers market is now established.
Not everyone around is easy to get on well with in your life. I've always tried to keep my1 from people who are rude, aggressive and mean. But sometimes we can't 2 having contact with people who might not have our best interests at heart.
Last summer, I became involved with a(n)3co-worker who was at a bad spot in his life. I had a lot of4 for him and decided to help him5 this tough time, so I tried my best to6 his rudeness when he lost his temper. However, just like a swimmer drowning in a pool, he grabbed on and ended up drowning me when I7 and tried to rescue him. His rudeness gradually was out of8. One night, when I got up to get a glass of water, he started yelling at me to get back into my bedroom. I did as I was told but I was not happy about it. He9 my change in mood and asked what was wrong. But when I told him his behavior toward me was10 and that I was very hurt by the way he had11 me, he was surprised. He could not understand his actions had a bad12 on me. He told me he didn't have anything13 me and that there was no need for me to14 it. I used examples from his life of things that had hurt him and then tried to make the15 that the same things also made me16. I said, "I always treat you with patience, understanding and kindness, but you haven't treated me with17 respect. " He was silent after listening to my words. What I had said might18 him.
People only change19 they want to change. I didn't know whether he would change his opinion or not in the future, but I would continue to 20 him through my patience, understanding and kindness.
The mooncake features on every Mid-Autumn Festival dining table, and (traditional) comes with fillings like five kernels (a mixture of five different nuts) and red bean paste. These mooncake flavors represent the tastes of various (area) in China, with favorite fillings varying from province to province.
However, traditions change with the times, and do mooncake flavors.
Today, many people love Hong Kong-style mooncakes, (go) crazy for that unbeatable melt-in-the-mouth feeling comes from sinking your teeth into these mouth-watering cakes.
Another popular style is the mooncake with a crayfish (小龙虾) flavor. The crayfish (select) for mooncakes should be fresh and alive. Because of limited ingredients, only a small number of crayfish mooncakes (put) on sale each day, forcing many to queue up for hours.
The thoroughly modern mooncake is not only about new flavors, but (involve) designing distinct patterns. Sanxingdui Museum in Sichuan Province that is famous the masks and sculptures from China's Bronze Age (铜器时代) has introduced a special range of mooncakes with bronze statue patterns, a creative design that is sure (please) mooncake lovers.
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My parents run the restaurant in our city. I help out there after school every time when I am free. Yesterday afternoon I went there help out as usual. While I was there, two foreigners from Australia came to have a meal. Learned that they didn't speak Chinese at all, I went up and greeted them with English. I recommended some typical dish to them and they had a nicely meal. After the meal, they expressed their satisfaction with the food but praised me for my English. It was the first time that I have communicated with foreigners. My parents felt proud of mine.
