It’s All About the Coffee

Barb took me on a hike this morning on one of Price Peterson’s fincas. A finca is the word used here for coffee plantation. Peterson has been here for many, many years and has purchased quite a bit of land. Much of the land is in conservancy, and a lot of it is used for dairy farming and growing coffee. The Peterson family provides employment, housing and income for many of the Ngöbe-Buglé, one of the indigenous populations of Panama. The Petersons have also built a beautiful library here, parks, and are now planning a performing arts center. I haven’t met them, but they are good friends of Barb and Murray’s, and they have granted them access to hike their many hectares of land.

Some of the videos here are from yesterday, but it doesn’t really matter.

Here is a link to read more about the Ngöbe-Buglé. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ng%C3%A4be

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Here are some videos from yesterday:

I’m back in my room again. So, now I can finally unpack and get organized. I have reached my video upload limit, so I will post a video of my room tomorrow.

I have a lot coming up; I need to get organized. I’m feeling a bit discombobulated. I’m meeting with a spiritual discussion group on Thursday, which has opted to use the Soul Matters format from the Unitarian Universalist church at home. The group is called the Liberal Spiritual Group. I know, it sounds redundant, but one must be very clear about things here. I have a hospice meeting coming up (I’m a volunteer), Spanish lessons and calligraphy lessons. I also want to start working on making more cards. Three months to play.