Lisa's back

Lisa's back from her trip to Austin. While the guys have all gone back home, it's so great to have Lisa back here in Norman. She got back in late last night after spending the afternoon with my family. She and Tracy got the invitations done for the wedding and then met up with my parents for dinner. One of the better stories from dinner is that my dad apparently told Lisa about his new found love for podcasts. Lisa then admitted that she didn't have an iPod. My Dad noted how sad it was that he was ahead of Lisa on the technological curve. My Mom then noted that her mother, my 88 year old grand-mother has an iPod.

Apparently her work went well down in Austin. She found a good bit of information that shows that Caroline Herschel was more than the empty headed sister of a great astronomer as she has been portrayed. One of the odd things about the Harry Ransom Center though is that they don't make copies for you until after you're done. Thus, Lisa is going to have to wait up to a month for the copies she's requested. This seems to me a strange policy. I know I've had great access with the Western Histories Collections here at OU and ridiculous access to our HSCI collections. However, even the archives at the AIP allow you to make your own copies. It didn't end up being that big of a problem though, because she was able to type up notes early enough that she can get work done till the copies come in.

One of the people Lisa met while while in Austin was Elizabeth Green Musselman. Dr. Musselman apparently already knew about our blog because of the link to her blog, The Missing Blog. She's just posted a new podcast, so check it out.