>late last night, ron eden, my oldest >friend called from baton rouge<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +DR. ROBERT REICH DIED+ >yesterday in baton rouge at 97 years >years of age and former head of the l.s.u. >school of landscape architecture< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +BOB REICH WAS MY FRIEND AND+ >known as doc. to everyone< +FORMER PROFESSOR & COLLEAGUE+ >he was much beloved< >A TRULY REMARKABLE MAN< >he shall be missed<. ^^^^^^^^^^ +FRIENDS FOR LIFE+ >bob and max conrad, professor and +1980s TOURS TO CALIFORNIA+ >friend would arrive in san diego +DESIGN VENUES+ >for visits w/ students for my >LECTURES AT SD.S.U.< ^^^^^^^^^^^^ +BOB LOVED PLANTS & IGNITED+ >sentient creatures< +THIS IN ALL OF HIS PEOPLE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MODEST-HEALTHY-SINCERE+ >an outdoors man he bicycled to l.s.u. +MUCH PERSONAL WARMTH+ >daily and slept on the screen porch +WORE KAHKIS/BOOTS+ >of his modest suburban home<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +GENIAL-AMUSING+ >he spoke loud w/ a new york +LOVED PEOPLE+ >accent because of loss of >his hearing ability< ^^^^^^^^^^^ >l.s.u was his daily life< >HE VOLUNTEERED TEACHING< >even though retired< +UNTIL HIS VERY DEATH+ >using hearing aids< ^^^^^^^^^^ +BOB WAS IN THE AUDIENCE AT+ >i dedicated those lectures to him and bob heck >prof. of architecture< +L.S.U. FOR BOTH MY LECTURES+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MUCH GRATITUDE & MANY+ +FOND MEMORIES+ >thanks bob, i always think of you in the autumn when i meditate w/ +PLUMBAGO CAPENSIS+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +SYNCHRONICITY+ 1) as you know baton rouge was on my mind yesterday when i wrote about designing & building that early +MODERN FURNITURE+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(i was an l.s.u. student 1956-1959 +LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE >and professor 1965-1967 of that +AND ARCHITECTURE+ >class when a prof. became ill<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 2) +PLANTS WERE FAMILY BUSINESS+ >our plant dependent ancestors< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ A) degruy-indigo/sugar plantations (award winning by 1840) ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ B) cavaroc-sugar plantation and vinyards in france/louisiana. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >(u.s. govt. paid chas. cavaroc to start la. vinyards but the >climate was wrong<) ^^^^^^^^^^^ C) george staigg was a cotton factor and broker & pres. of the new >orleans cotton exchange<. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ D john ray was primarily a lawyer judge & legislator & he had a >cotton plantation in his< >youth @ rayville la.< ^^^^^^^^^^^ >the following is in honor of +DOCTOR ROBERT REICH+ >lover of plants< ^^^^^^^^^ 2) "THE SECRET LIFE OF PLANTS" by tompkins and bird ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >has been on the card table where i type these "midnight musings"for +MANY WEEKS & MONTHS+ >an icon of ultimate truth< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +TRANSCENDENT REVELATION+ >aesthetic vibrations< >total cognition< +SENTIENT PLANT WORLD+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 3) +OUR MOTHER LOVED PLANTS+ >and gifted this to us< +ESPECIALLY JUNGLE PLANTS+ >these essays daily evidence< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 4) >you may recall that i lamented the loss of the la. farm bulletin which +FRENCH TROPIC SYNDROME+ >was sent to me in california and +NOLA GARDEN PEOPLE+ >from which i purchased many >tropical seeds and plants< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ +MAGICAL APPARITION+ >just yesterday, the day bob reich died, i found a letter in my archive from +GOVERNOR EDWIN EDWARDS+ (notorious jail persona) >apologising for the demise of the (i had complained) +THE LOUISIANA FARM BULLETIN+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 5) +ULTIMATE COMUNICATION+ >i have just retrieved from storage +SECRETS IN THE FIELDS+ >amazing review of< +THE SCIENCE & MYSTICISM OF+ +C R O P+C I R C L E S+ ^^^^^^^^^^^^ >it is very appropriate that the< +PLANT KINGDOM+ >is the palate for transcendence< +BOB REICH'S MILIEU+ >they have welcomed him to his< +FINAL REWARD+ ^^^^^^^^^ gene ray, sandiego, california