Simple Abundance

11/25/2025

Let’s light this town up!

A huge THANK YOU to everyone involved. The holiday magic lives on. 🎄

With the cooperation and participation of dozens of building and business owners, holiday lights are back in downtown Red Wing for the first time since 2017, ensuring that when the

11/21/2025

It’s one of Best Spuds favorite days of the year, TURKEY PICKIN’ DAY! If you preordered a bird, you can stop by and pick up between 2-6pm.

We DO have extra turkeys you can still call to reserve or stop in to pick up anytime, while supplies last.

11/19/2025

A Death Cafe is a place where strangers gather around a table of baked goods and a fresh batch of coffee or tea. The setting is informal and there’s no objective or agenda. After a short meet and greet, a facilitator guides a group in conversation around death. The conversation becomes an organic exploration. As reluctant as some attendees might feel, we learn that we can trust humans with the topic of death.

There’s no judgment or shame around the contemplation and sharing about death. The conversation might include death pre-planning or the fear of death. Wherever the conversation leads, we learn that we’re not alone in our concerns and thoughts about death.

Death Cafes are open to all persons regardless of gender, s*x, and belief system.

Join us at the Three Sisters Room TONIGHT 6-7pm.

11/17/2025

They’re COMING! If you haven’t yet reserved your bird for Thanksgiving, there’s a few left of the Ferndale Market flock that are still available. Call or stop in today, available for pick up on Friday.

11/12/2025

What a show last night! If you missed it, hopefully you can catch tonight’s performance…

11/07/2025

November is (of course) Best Spuds favorite month, but they wouldn’t be so a-peeling if it weren’t for the Thanksgiving main event: THE TURKEY!

Here’s a reminder to get your Ferndale Market turkey order on the books, tomorrow is the last day to receive the DISCOUNTED PRICE.

Here’s to it being a spud-tacular day!

11/04/2025

It’s that time! Taking orders now for your Ferndale Market Thanksgiving turkey. Discounted pricing for orders received before Saturday, Nov. 8th.

Call 651-388-0333 or stop in this week! Limited sizes and quantities available. Pick up will be Friday, Nov. 21st.

11/02/2025

For years, I’ve heard people say “Remember when there were lights downtown?” Or “I wish there were lights downtown again.”

It’s happening.

Thanks to a couple ladies (Red Wing Downtown Main Street Red Wing Area Chamber of Commerce)doing the leg work of getting the ball rolling and putting the bug in building owners ears and some generous donations of heavy equipment, it’s happening.

But the biggest thing I took from today was gratefulness for the people that showed up. They took time on their day off to better their community. Instead of just talking about change, they DID it.

There’s so many opportunities for this. You want lights downtown again? Show up. You love the Sheldon Theatre of Performing Arts? Be a volunteer usher. You enjoy the Red Wing Fall Arts Festival or Big Turn Music Festival? Contact Red Wing Arts. You have ideas for the Red Wing Holiday Stroll? I’m sure Downtown Mainstreet would accept your help. You’re concerned about people that don’t have enough? Check with the Red Wing Food Shelf. This isn’t even the tip of the iceberg.

In a time when people are struggling financially and/or emotionally, what better remedy than to give what you can (no money required!) and interact with people that have similar interests? Connect. I promise you’ll feel better.

BE the change. Let’s light up this town.

10/31/2025

That’s a wrap for Linda! What we’ve learned of her the last 11 years:

She’s an avid biker (pedal, not Harley) and would ride in to work whenever the weather allowed.

Linda enjoyed a schedule and would complete tasks on the same day of each week. Wednesdays were for watering plants, Thursdays entering new customers and Fridays cleaning the bathrooms. She was the Queen of expiration dates, always on top of which products needed to be marked on sale to get out the door before the sell by date.

She loves dogs!

Linda wore flannel shirts often, especially purple, one of her favorite colors.

Some favorite treats include a coconut milk chai or matcha latte from Mandy's Coffee & Cafe and Gather and Graze Kitchen pumpkin bread.

Kind is not a strong enough word to describe her demeanor. If you’ve had the pleasure to meet her, you know what I mean by that.

Tomorrow begins a new era, Life After Linda. Wish us luck.

10/31/2025

Today Best Spuds are celebrating Ms. Linda, who is officially “turning in to a pumpkin” as it’s her last day as staff of Simple Abundance. She will forever be part of the family and is irreplaceable after her 11 years with us. She’s on to enjoy life to the fullest with her family at home and on the road.

Stop in to wish her farewell and check out our Linda costumes today!

10/31/2025

It’s the eve of All Hallows Eve, try not to get spooked by this ghouls vibes. 😱

This really is her trying to be scary. Maybe we need more practice. 😆