you can never have too many umbrellas

Rain, pretty rain. Got soaked coming to work this morning (my own fault for not grabbing the umbrella). Then partially wet running an errand a short while ago. So I bought an umbrella while out, because two drenchings only to be chilled in the air conditioned yeti-land that is any and all university buildings seemed like tempting fate and cold germs too much. The rain is still pretty, regardless.

Had a visitor to our center today, a woman looking for "historical photoraphs inside old cotton ginning facilities, showing the ginning dust that filled the air, causing respiratory diseases." She had done a lot of google searches and come up with nothing. Swiftly earning my "human research engine" appelation, I found three historical photos for her at the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Online Catalog, a great visual reference.

Meanwhile, the incredibley exciting news of A&K's wedding and biting my nails waiting to hear from Ellen Datlow about a story... Quite an afternoon. All that and a new umbrella, too. A red one.