This week, I received links to book reviews and YouTube videos. This type of sharing creates community. From Anne Crossman, two items, a review of a visit to the Elizabeth Bishop house in Great Village, and a Jacquie Lawson Advent Calendar.
From Edward Wedler I received two YouTube videos on climate change. From Klaus Langpohl, a review of Suzanne Simard’s book, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest.
Thursday evening, I had a meeting with Monica Lloyd, Academic Chair at COGS and John Wightman. To celebrate the Tomlinson award, Monica arrived with two books:
Jennifer Gidley’s, The Future: a very short introduction.
Kim Stanley Robinson’s, The Ministry for the Future: a novel.
Our conversation centred on possible new programs at the NSCC Annapolis Valley campus. There was talk about both Forestry Technician and Agricultural Technician programs. My position is very clear.
COGS is an education centre for the application of geographic technology. Geography underlies the landscape and our relationship to that landscape. Therefore, in the future, human land(ocean)-use should be based on current digital geographic information and the modelling of different scenarios.
Or to restate Zita Cobb, ’Geography is how we are going to reinvent the world.’ (also see this earlier post)
Friday, Heather and I had to go to Halifax for a medical appointment. It was the first time in the City for over a year.
How we had forgotten the urban infrastructure, the traffic on the roads — even the details of the road network and the urban geography. It contrasts strongly with the subtle details of our rural life.
(watercolour “Rainy Day on Queen Street, Halifax”, by Edward)
(“Rainy Day on Queen Street, Halifax”, watercolour by Edward)
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Anne, Edward, Klaus and Monica for sharing words, and thus creating community. Heather shared the ritual of urban driving.
References
Suzanne Simard, 2021, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest, PenguinRandomHouse
Ernest Blair Experiment 
Bob
Just recovering from a power outage here in Lunenburg and catching up. Had very good calls with both Lynne R and David C and we will be asking the ACFA Board tomorrow night to give us the ok to bring people together in the new year to talk about GIS. Probably about 8 or so. Very informal. Strictly exploratory. I hope you are not travelling in the new year so you will be able to join in. More later.
(I have lost quite a bit of time over the past 10 days with other citizens fighting an egregious development here in Old Town — and right next to our office!!)
Getting back to my day job now.
Brian
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