Some pictures from this weekends Katrina inspired mini-Writing Marathon

Hello teacher consultants. Many of us gathered on September 17 at 9am on the 4th floor of the Shaw Center in downtown New Orleans. We met to hold a mini-writing marathon and write about the impact that hurricane Katrina has had on our community and life. We had a great time visiting and catching up with people we haven't seen since Summer Institute. We missed all who were not able to attend. Laura Jones, aka Emerson, planned a wonderful event which included a folder with writing prompts and area attractions for us to visit. Dr. Willis gave us a word of the day to start off the writing. The word was "querencia." You all will remember that as being the title of our Summer Anthology--yes it will be printed shortly and delivered to you! Querencia meant a feeling or place of home. We shared some great writings and had a spirited conversation on Katrina and the aftershocks of this historic catastrophe. After this, we split up and did some writing from the prompts that Laura had given us. We met together at noon at Poor Boy Lloyds for lunch. We had a great dinner and Shana met her next husband who was waiting on our table (Kidding)! A good time was had by all.