As I sit here after a day painting in beautiful 70 degree weather, it is hard not to feel a bit guilty about the 10″ of snow I hear we had back home in Schenectady.  Students are working hard and learning a lot. 

We’ve had more than our share of technological challenge:  a 7 hour delay in getting here while Delta flew both a part and a technician to Albany to repair our plane and a really pitiful internet connection with AT&T.  So, you probably won’t hear as much from us on the blog this year as in the past, at least for now.  I finally remembered that they have free WiFi at the Rue de la Course cafe down the street… so I’ve just hastily published about a dozen posts students have written over the past 3 days.  I’m hoping that the internet in Dulac will be more reliable!  Friends and relatives, please be patient!

Lots has improved here in the year since I was last down…. but still so much to be done!  And contant challenges.  Last night PNOLA’s warehouse was broken into and some of their good tools stolen.  So, we had a late start this morning as the staff hustled to find new tasks for us at the same time as they dealt with the police and doing an inventory of just what they had left.

I’ll publish things as often as I can get over here… perhaps we should think of this as an object lesson in moving to Louisiana time… slower and more patient!   bye for now….