~Wednesday~ I got a late start today, missing the 8:15 city bus, so caught a Wolfline bus instead. As it was approaching 9:00, the bus was super-crowded, which inevitably lends itself to prolific eye candy. But I digress… A guy sitting across from me was reading The Machine That Changed The World, presumably as a … Read more
~Tuesday~ I dropped off my car bright and early at Thompson-Cadillac-Pontiac-GMC Collision Repair, where after checking it in they had someone from Enterprise come get me to obtain the rental car I’ll be using while they’re doing the repair work. Katie, Enterprise Assistant Manager, picked me up in a Chevy Cobalt, and drove me the … Read more
~Monday~ I was at the city bus stop at 7:45, and the bus arrived at 7:53. There was a new driver today, an older lady, who said hello in response to my good morning. Just as the doors were closing Exercising Asian Man ran up to the door and boarded. He took the seat in … Read more
~Sunday~ The team had two blog entries today: 2011 ASB Gulf Coast All-Star Team and 2011 ASB Gulf Coast All-Star Team (cont…) In an interesting coincidence, in the van on the way to the New Orleans airport for our trip home, the song Billionaire came on and I marveled at these lyrics: You can call … Read more
~Saturday~ See the team’s blog for today’s entry: A productive final day on site, and reflections of the week
~Friday~ See the team’s blog for today’s entry: A productive final day on site, and reflections of the week
~Thursday~ We had three blog entries for our team today: Penned by yours truly: Let there be walls! and Penned by two of our students: Victoria and Miriam work with Kenneth and A photo essay of an exciting Thursday for Alicia… and us!
~Wednesday~ See the team’s blog for today’s entry: Building character while building walls Today, for posterity, I captured a list of challenges that we had on this trip, specifically up to today: We arrived to a driving rain and tornado warnings that made our 20-minute drive to the place we were staying take an hour … Read more
~Tuesday~ We had two blog entries for our team today: One with the animals today, and starting Habitat service tomorrow Our Tuesday’s safari pics as promised
~Monday~ We had three blog entries for our team today: Penned by yours truly: Monday brings Katrina artifacts, rebuilding, and beads! Penned by one of our students: More Monday: lessons of life Penned by one of our students: One more Monday minute: Here with amazing people We went on a swamp tour today and at … Read more