From New Orleans to Hopedale
From New Orleans to Hopedale
37+ miles and two water crossings
14-15 February 2009
Orleans and St Bernard Parishes, Louisiana
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with special thanks to all at
A Studio in the Woods :
. Lucianne & Joe Carmichael
. Ama Rogan
. Cammie Hill-Prewitt
. Anne Mueller
. Dave Baker
Monique Verdin
Mollie Day
Selina & Joe Gonzalez
Matine and Xavier Verdin
Capt Mike Williams
Ken Wells
Bob Turner, Southeast Louisiana Flood Protection Authority-East
Stevan Spencer, Orleans Levee Board
Lake Borgne Basin Levee Board
Chris Gilmore, US Army Corps of Engineers
Randy Boudreaux, Southern Scrap Recycling
Bayou Bienvenue Flood Gate Operator :
Mark Theard, Orleans Levee District
Bayou Dupree Flood Gate Operator :
Captain Russell S Gelvin, Jr., Lake Borgne Basin Levee District
Supervisor, Pumping Station :
Peter S. Bauer, Lake Borgne Basin Levee District
Jan Gilbert
Dawn M. Barrios
Ryan Prewitt
the porpoise of MRGO
that donkey on the levee
the snake that didn't strike me
and the coyotes of Hopedale
and all the folks who came to Open Studio
thank you.
anne
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Labels: connecting, fabulous, love, luck, memory, MRGO, proximity, spontaneous, translation, walk, water
fly me to the moon
Please consult your welcome packet in regards to Community Involvement and Meeting Artists and let us know if there are any New Orleans artists or other community members that you would like to meet during your residency, and if so, who?
01. Henri Schindler, Creative Director, Rex ; co-founder: Society de Ste Anne (walking club)
02. Ersy (Schwartz), bronze sculptor: “Hommage to Society Of Ste. Anne”. Arthur Roger Gallery, Ogden, NOCCA
03. members of the US Coast Guard, New Orleans esp if I can walk on neighboring USCG property
04. neighbors: Audubon Nature Institute, Endangered Species Research Center, Dr Betsy Dresser
05. people who are building designing re-designing, planning visioning changes in New Orleans area … ? possible interest: John Hoal, architect - H3 Studio, Unified New Orleans Plan or maybe not as literal as that --- could be natural or man-made, grand scale or small scale
06. anyone who wants to talk about MRGO !! (individuals, US Army Corps of Engineers, conservationists, pilots, researchers, ANY TULANE people, etc)
07. anyone with a boat who wants to go on Mississippi River or MRGO or in a swamp/bayou
08. people who want to walk
09. residents of Hopedale, LA
10. absolutely open to suggestions, surprises, serendipity !
is this you ??
do you know ?
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Labels: connecting, locus of control, luck, MRGO, networks, proximity, seed, seeding behavior, spontaneous, woods
train in vain
good thing i got on it this evening. my 18-week training schedule backs out to TODAY. how fortunate. these things, really do have to plan ahead and it takes a lot of hours to prepare one day's glorious walk.
less than 18 weeks until Saturday 14 February, walking MRGO...
hard sweet hard training schedule:
Hard_Sweet_Hard_DATES.pdf--
Labels: MRGO, schedule, training
throw me something mister
another delightful Monday full of research and excitement.
above, a map of the distance walk
From New Orleans to Hopedale. My route is marked in red. Proposed date is 14 February 2009. The distance is approximately 30 miles on foot and includes a few water crossings (to be determined).
Labels: map, MRGO, throw me something mister
a love spell cast upon this river
hard sweet hard is a love spell cast upon this river of ideas we feed the sea.
Labels: love, mail, map, MRGO, ocean, river, sea, spell, water
