Dear Friends,

I am starting year two in the coffee business. I am reviewing givens and druthers, things done and left undone, goals met and unmet.

I have had many thoughts , ideas , visions, goals. This coffee roasting enterprise is just one of them . I used to discuss my education ideas with my brothers, Tad and Paul.

I dreamt of an enterprise that would allow for experience , ( work experience ), education ( degree or certification – accredited ) combined with community and family.

I was disappointed in finding out it had been done before. ” Pygmalion in the Classroom ” . The Rubric of experiential education ( a la Mike Rowe ), Northeastern University’s Work/Study/Degree program , Outward Bound , of which I am a proud graduate of the HIOBS winter 1975 program , ( Hurricane Island ). Synanon, The Taize’ Communities , Packard Manse , the Christian Communes of the 1970s in the San Joaquin Valley of Central California and the Shaker communities of New England and the Ohio River Valley.

Then while married to Sally , in honor of learning to live anew and eager to learn, I thought about forming a healing corporation named The Pink House Foundation. I thought of using her brother as the P.A. for our clients . The Foundation would have served homeless , hard – to – house folks , young adults with few practical skills, turning hard to employ folks into taxpayers and successful business folk.

Then I started to learn to roast coffee….

The rest is history…….

More next time……

Cheers , and Happy New Year! ,

Brewster