The Pearls of Catharsis Times Issue 01, Oct 2016 | Page 13

I think I want to make carrot soup or beef stew ; I could eat either of that with garlic bread . I quickly do a stock count in my head : I have tomatoes , onion , broccoli , stewing beef and potatoes . I better remember to get the bread and the carrots in case I ’ m too hungry to wait for the beef to cook , besides both meals require carrots . I came to the market looking for a woollen hat to cover my untamed hair , I ’ m pretty sure it looks like I was just electrocuted and that there is brown , red and orange leaves stuck in it : the joys of having course hair . Every stall owner is shouting out loud “ R15 for a hat ; R20 for a hat and gloves ; be quick before the man with the bargains is gone ” and there are a group of people at the man with the bargains stall . I decide to stop at this woman carrying a kid on her back my heart just melted at the site of her child he looked about a year old with a smile on his face and he was playing with what looked like a dream catcher which hung above his mother ’ s head . She had socks and many other arty things , like bracelets made of beads on her table . She seemed to be trading some tourist attractive stuff instead of just winter clothes . Next to the dream catchers hung scarves of all sorts and one in particular caught my attention it was a mixture of red and orange colour , it was made of cotton and it had a pattern that looked like objects are protruding out of the material , I decided I ’ d take it and a simple dark blue woollen hat . The nice lady insisted I try both things on . I struggle to open the clear plastic bag carrying the hat meanwhile she attempts to make small talk : “ that looks beautiful on you , it will attract the right kind of man ” we both laugh as I blush thinking of my earlier thoughts about finding the perfect guy for autumn it had not occurred to me that I needed to be the right autumn person for that guy as well . “ You remind me of someone especially when you blush ” she says , “ do I remind you of someone as well ?” she asks “ I hadn ’ t given that any thought , why do you ask ?” well it ’ s just the way in which you approached my stall it was as if you ’ d come to