Grandpa Brewster

I got the call that my Grandpa passed away while I was brewing the Sumatra.  My sister tearfully said on the phone that she just wanted to get outside and be in her garden, just like Grandpa would like. 
Grandpa Brewster was a dairy farmer.  His farm, which is now my aunt and uncles', isn't far from Winsted, where I'm going to set up coffee today.  I had thought about just taking the day off, but then I realized that the grandpas of the kids selling flowers and tomatoes at the farmer's market today might remember Bob Brewster, and probably very fondly.  I don't know that I'll meet anyone who knew him today, but hanging out with the farm kids seems like the right place to be today.

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... the trouble with having anything clever to write is that you've got to have something going on, and yet when everything is going on there's no time to come up with a clever way to write it out, other than starting with three dots and just rambling.
Morris Marketplace this Sunday!  My best friend is coming from the other side of the world on Saturday!  Next week Friday Take this Cup will be at the Winsted Farmer's Market on the Green, Saturday I'll be at the Norfolk Farmer's Market, and Sunday again in Morris.  I have three different lists of what I need to get done today in order to prepare.  Don't panic, just type three dots and go...

Bio-diversity and The Grand Rehearsal

Well, there's a squirrel or two living in the vehicle that might have been a coffee truck.  But that's not what we mean by bio-diversity today!
Without going in to too many explanations or apologies, there are some ever-changing changes to the ever-changing plan.  Eh, it's the ecosystem of life.  Sometimes the deer eat your garden.  Throw what's left on the compost heap and sooner or later you'll have good soil.   
On June 1st, Take This Cup coffee will be brewing at the White Memorial Bio Blitz.  You can read all about this exciting all-night biology convention on my friend Jamie Fisher's blog :  www.whitememorialbioblitz.blogspot.com.  They will actually be counting every bug, bird and beaver that sets foot, feeler or feather on White Memorial for a 24 hour period.  I will be setting up on day 2 of the event, when all the scientists are good and delirious and ready for a great cup of coffee.
More details to follow.....    but here's one important one.  I've got to have a good run-through, and I'm going to do it in my trusty backyard.  I would love to invite all of you who have so kindly and generously purchased coffee cards to come and use them at the ....  shall we call it a Grand Opening or a Dress Rehearsal?  The Grand Rehearsal, Sunday May 26th in the merry morning hours.