Welcome beloved readers. Thanks for being here.
Trying to work a full time job, finish my novel and write a blog five days a week is tough. I like to write the blog in chunks. That way I can try to create a flow from one post to the next. However when you are pressed for time that can get tough.
Today I’m going to share some of my experiences at Finnriver. Which is where my work is taking me these days.
It started out as a part time job hosting in the tasting room but it has developed into a full time job with me spending time helping with production of Finnriver Ciders.
Don’t worry I don’t mess with the recipes, but who knows I may someday get an idea for a new cider. I spend time labeling and bottling.
The tasting room is for me something like a musical performance. Giving a tasting is like singing a song. You don’t have to sing the song the same way every time but there are certain notes you have to hit. I love interacting with the customers and sharing a product I happen to enjoy very much.
Working on the production crew is more of a team effort. Each of several persons are required to perform specific tasks in a line of tasks needed to bottle or label a bottle. I enjoy the sense of teamwork and the accomplishment of a pallet of beautiful cider bottles.
The crew are all fun, hard working young people. They all love being at Finnriver. So do I.
The management of the farm are the kind of people you love to see achieve success. They are honest and earnest with a real commitment to making their corner of the world a better place. It is nice to go to work not having to worry about the ethics of the company I work for.
Family obligations and life took me out of the work force for some time and when my wife and I settled on the Olympic Peninsula to be near family I hoped to get a job. Someone over sixty that hasn’t had a “job” is several years in not what most employers are looking for. I have often joked that someday I would have to be a Wal Mart greeter. Indeed that seemed the only kind of job available and the jobs that were out there were going to younger people.
Finnriver Farm and Cidery took a chance on me and I am going to do everything I can to make them glad that they did. . . And I am going to have a great time doing so.
I will continue to offer my views on science and society here on my Friday blog but I will also be telling stories from the farm as they come. For example yesterday they were “disgorging” which is opening the sparking cider bottles after “riddling” to loose the sediment plug. By it self not too fascinating but the process is made more fun by the farm dogs. They love to eat the plugs. When the bottles are opened the pressure from the carbonation pushes them out with force. The dogs leap and flip to catch them as they fly across the courtyard. It is better than a frisbee dog show.
Come by Finnriver some afternoon you might get to see this and many more fascinating things that happen there. And If I’m in the tasting room I’ll show you a great time.
Never mix red wine with Oodo, but cider is fine.
Earth Year 2014
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