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Wild Goose Is Heading Home
Candy Schibli

left: Boram, right: Garam

“ Diving right in, I think it’s important for “took me 45 years, almost a lifetime, to figure out

what kind of life I wanted to live”.
people to understand that I approach my
She also learned how to get along with the
life from a largely buddhist perspective
(from a western study, I’ve never actual- world,“I think I take less personally now, realizing
ly studied in the east or spent time in buddhist com- that most of the time people’s actions and words are
munities there). So, I consider myself a spiritual coming from their own experiences and situations.”
person, from a western culture and also from a wom- It reminds me of a poem named Wild Geese by
an of color in the western culture – American spe- Mary Oliver:
cifically.” This was Candy Schibli’s answer to the “You do not have to be good.
question “Facing some readers who don’t know you You do not have to walk on your knees
very well, what perspective do you want them to start for a hundred miles through the desert repenting.
knowing you from?” You only have to let the soft animal of your body
Candy is Head Roaster and Founder of South- love what it loves.”
eastern Roastery, a small batch specialty coffee
roasting company, started in December 2016 in Isle
of Wight County, VA. Southeastern Roastery is wom-
en-owned and women of color-owned company fo-
Candy Schibli's decision to start roasting as a business was cusing on women throughout the value chain in a
driven by her deep introspection about how she wanted to lead her largely male dominated field.
life – more lifestyle freedom, creative freedom. She feels like having Southeastern Roastery carries Candi’s approach
Southeastern Roastery is a step toward that vision. to the lifestyle she aspires to - more lifestyle free-
dom, and creative freedom. This is the answer that 37

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