TUSCALOOSA

I gave a talk at New College in the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa a few weeks ago, and sat in on a music class. I was sorry to hear last week about the death and devastation caused there by a tornado on Wednesday, April 27 -  and I've just learnt that one of the students in that music class was among those killed. Marcus J. Smith was 21. He'll be buried in his hometown of Richmond Virginia tomorrow.