Gray to Green

The main reason that I was in Austin several weeks ago was to attend a symposium at U-T’s Kilgarlin Center,titled “From Gray Areas to Green Areas:Developing Sustainable Practices in Preservation Environments.”While there were many sessions that I was anticipating,two that definitely did not disappoint were those by James Reilly of the [...]

Titanic and the ravages of time

This morning’s brief NYT article about the death of one of the last known survivors of the Titanic made me pause for a moment. Not because I’m a Titanic buff (I’m not,though I do find the story to be fascinating),but because of the mention that the deceased was one of the last two [...]

Reagan Library missing artifacts

An article in the LA Times this morning stunned me:Reagan Library unable to fully account for 80,000 artifacts. I’m interested in finding out more about this,because I’m wondering about the status of the Reagan Papers. I think that the museum/artifacts staff and area is separated from the artifacts and donated items,but it [...]

Texas Book Festival,November 3-4,2007

Over the past weekend,I had a fantastic time at the Texas Book Festival in Austin. Some highlights of the festival part of the weekend included sitting in more than a few author talks,having some new books signed,and making a huge list of books to check out once I’ve finished the current pile. [...]

NaBloPoMo,among other things

Well,I’ve already missed the first six days of the month,but I have good intentions:I want to jumpstart things around here,so I’m going to try to complete National Blog Posting Month by posting an entry each day during the month of November. It’s a takeoff on National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo),which [...]