One interesting feature of local economies here is repetition. Two, three, ten sellers next to each other hawk undifferentiated goods at identical prices. From a certain perspective this doesn't make much sense. But standing in that market, after seeing identical markets throughout the country, and imagining the same market that has stood here season after season, one can believe that it all fits perfectly into a grander pattern. These are the natural cycles of the world- life mimics life, nature mimics nature, market mimics market, seller mimics seller, and it is what it is. MH