The Texas Tech Museum

I was surprised to learn that the Texas Tech Museum was going to be open today, because their schedule usually is consistent with the University's class schedule.  But, they were open, and will reopen on January 2, 2019.

I went to see the exhibit The Pre Modern Bibles.  I had actually gone to the museum once before to see this exhibit, but was distracted by a couple of exhibits:Red That Colored the World and Ladies in Red.   Those were great exhibits. Today, in addition to the exhibit on the Pre Modern Bibles, I went through the Red, Hot and Quilted  exhibit.

I really enjoyed both exhibits.  Amazingly, later today, I was reading a book, The Grantchester Mysteries, Sydney Chambers and the Persistence of Love.   There was a segment of the book  "Ex Libris"  that talked about ancient religious books, and used terms like "glossed" the meaning of which I learned today at the museum. This added to my enjoyment of the book, whereas without that knowledge, I would have just "glossed over" the term, and not worried about what it meant.

It is enlightening that our academic life can enhance our daily life in what is a small but important way!