new day, new way

i had a nice, nostalgic final day in morelos post all written up complete with rainy day outside and deep reflections on the inside. then the power went out. promptly after the computer lab closed.
so i try to imagine that lightning and thunder of a playful dios chaak here in blistering yucatan. but its hard to piece together those tender musings. like the rain, they have gone leaving only SOL. i miss the friends i have made, so many friends, so many good times. i hope to return as often as i can, with the excuse of holding english language learning groups, keeping up with projects, but really i just want to see all those nice people again... a ver, schedules permitting.

as i move from quintana roo and uimqroo onto merida, yucatan and the universidad autonoma de yucatan i feel excitement for new projects, and fear for making presentations and writing papers in spanish. dr juan gave me a stack of books to read, and a deadline of thursday to present my project to a gang of university professionals. quite different vibe, to use the parlance of our times.... it looks like the good dr has a bucketload of work planned for me. i alone will be responsible for the presentation of the project before the PROTROPICO team, its excecution in the school and the community and the write up of the final report.

i will not be working with david or with any team. simply i will be in the community working everyday, mornings in the school gardens and afternoons on the kaanche project. LIFELAB in spanish. in any remaining time i hope to interview any other students working in the communty as well as community members. supposedly there are numerous students working on different projects... one with a group of women hammock producers, another with campesinos. i would be interested in interviewing them for my film as well as David when he arrives and we are able to meet. for the meanwhile i will do my best doing my homework and trust that karie knew what she was doing when she suggested that i come up to merida. monday i will go to tzucacab. now i am with alfonso eating watermellon and i am very grateful to be here.