Quiet

Not much going on in my life at this point in time.  New (and last) official semester will start in two weeks, and I'm working on compiling the information needed to apply for a travel grant, so that I can visit some archives that I think will help flesh out my thesis. 

I had thought that I would only have to go to St. Louis for the Daughter's of Charity archives, but they have consolidated every thing at their mother-house in Emmitsburg, MD, so driving may not be the least expensive option, it may actually be more cost/time effective to fly.  I will still have to go to Baton Rouge/Carville to visit the leprosarium and their archives.   It may just have to get done in two trips, although Carville seems the most important trip, and I have to wonder about the duplication in the archives.  I'm going to email Dr. D., get his email and go from there.

So, it really has been pretty quiet.  Working on knitting up some square for an afghan, getting ready to start a shawl for fall/winter ... doing a bit of reading.  It's been a very lazy summer.