Got my computer back, up and running, but it needs a new hard drive, so will go in for 'surgery' next week. Sniff. My first problematic Mac in 24 years -- not so bad I guess, yet I still feel somehow 'betrayed.'Another eventful weather day. In the later afternoon we got notice from the University alert system that a tornado was headed toward campus, to get to cover. So we all headed to the basement (which actually has an old-style air-raid shelter) and the head of the Book Preservation department was still in the lab. She was working on an old letter from a Civil War soldier who described capturing a 15-yr old female Union soldier and releasing her after 3 hours (no further explanation as to why). Apparently an odd bit of Civil War history, and it was quite cool to see how the letter was being preserved.
The students enjoyed it - an unexpected 'field trip' adding a little excitement to the end of the week.
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