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The photograph of Buddha sitting on an erratic along South Mountain reminded me of another exchange between Canada and Indonesia. Heather carefully brought the statue home in the late 1980s after our time in Jakarta with EMDI.

Ten years later, with the assistance of Valerie Thomas and Stephen Rawlinson, we transferred the COGS curriculum in GIS and Remote Sensing to help establish the M.Sc in Information Technology for Natural Resources at Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) as part of the SEAMEO regional centre for Tropical Biology (BIOTROP).

Our primary Indonesian contacts were Dr Handoko and Anton.

In response to my previous blog post, Klaus and Shirley Lampohl sent me photographs of their British Compost Basket created on Easter Monday at Avalon.

Emergence Magazine celebrated Earth Day with Robin Wall Kimmerer. See her essay, Ancient Green: moss, climate and deep time.

”Mosses were the first plants to blanket the Earth. I wouldn’t be surprised if they are also the last ”.

Thinking about travel and returning home. In a moment of reflection, I realized that Bodhi, Siqsiq and Uqaliq all returned home to Paradise. Siqsiq and Uqaliq were sled dogs from the North, that joined Patrick skijoring in BC. Bodhi was born near Kejimkujik National Park then travelled out West with Andrew before returning to Paradise to live with us.

Acknowledgements

Heather cared for Buddha. Integrity Printing made excellent copies of the photograph. Klaus and Shirley for their contribution. Edward collaborated on the graphics.

Reference

Emergence Magazine, Earth Day April 22, 2022, Ancient Green: moss, climate and deep time.