Unfortunately, the political unrest, the early summer flooding north Louisiana and more recently the flooding in south Louisiana has kept me from making most of the research trip to parishes that I had planned.
My heart goes out to the families who have lost their homes in the flooding this year. I drove along I 10 and highway 190 two weeks ago and witnessed some of the destruction in Denham Springs and around Lafayette. I talked to a few people but it was too painful to record stories when people are still in shock and out searching for supplies.
If you are interested in donating to organizations that are helping both displaced people and animals this article from CNN has a good list of organizations to donate money to.
While I am not adding to my research, I have been reading Louisiana and other folktales from the South. These stories are contributing to ideas and characters for a new series of drawings and paintings.
