Dupont:

Then the computer died - DEAD! I shall be spending the rest of my life trying to regain my life. No! I did not back up and things are not on ICloud. A lengthy tutorial at the apple store sent me home with very little ability. I hope the brain will gain... I totally lost precious stuff. Came home with a back up thing.

I have been trying to get the energy to make some pottery- esp the plates son wants. Now... I have connected with one bank account - cannot even pay my bills! I am fairly well over the total melt down but it may recur. The music! mostly by dear friends but the fates left me with one Cohen album and a U-2 thing which was never there before -DELETE!

The nice folks at the Apple store handled my nervous breakdown very well - but let me leave without nearly enough info. I see numerous calls to Apple help in my future.

The weather has cooled a bit today so my energy level is a bit better. I have to keep convincing myself I am feeling better each day - trying to do enough to help the state of the body and not so much that the back insulted and fingers tingle.

Arkansas Hard luck blues: "And the only reason I'm hanging around is to find out what the hack is going to happen next!"

Now, to see if I can gather a few more essentials!