Three Days Away!

We're about 72 hrs. away from leaving, and Karen and I are really excited! We begin packing tomorrow, and then packing again once we realized what we forgot...that's just the way it goes.

All projects are finished, and they range from 45 minutes to just over two hours. I've tried to create presentations that reflect the trends I've practiced in composition, technical writing and creative writing classrooms over the past seven years. Some of the workshop exercises include some interesting and fun tasks, and I hope they'll be enlightening enough for what I assume will be some truly intelligent and thoughtful people. I've included a few discussion "areas" in the presentations as well -- I hope to learn as much from everyone at UFBA, UNEB and ACBEU, especially at the ESL/EFL Conference, as I can possibly pass on to them.

Tonight is our last Thursday night .99 tacos at Mick's before we leave, and Saturday we'll enjoy a last early summer sushi at Blue Pacific. My mom's been to Brazil to visit friends in the past, and assures us we'll find a nice sushi place in Salvador. It is right on the ocean, so it seems likely. I'll be happy to find a few nice Cuban cigars.

One thing I've yet to finish is a presentation about Elizabethtown for the folks in Salvador. I hope to be able to communicate to them what a unique little town we have here, and that ETown college would be a fantastic experience for student and faculty alike. The photos are a few pics of our friend Wayne Selcher introducing Karendra Devroop's class to some indigenous Latin American and South American musics and instruments. Karendra (in the black jacket and glasses) teaches in our Fine and Performing Arts Dept., and may apply to come down to Salvador through Partners of the Americas in the summer of 2010.

Enjoy -- and stay tuned!