I think I’m allergic to history. I went to the National
Archives for the first time a few weeks ago and caught a cold. Then last week,
I went to the National Maritime Museum and now I have the flu. See what I mean?
I’ll admit that both times I was more nervous than I should have been, which
resulted in me being able to eat only a pear for lunch on one occasion. But
still. It’s got to be all that history. Or maybe it’s the fact that I feel that
I shouldn’t sneeze near archival materials, which inevitably makes me need to
sneeze so badly!
