Hi Pink, Thanks for the reply. I am quite sure it is not in the trash. I clicked on the trash where I see all the items I actually deleted, and I can search for keywords in the note like "internal" and nothing shows. I also found a later log entry saying that Evernote "Expunged local note" which doesn't sound great.
So, I am ready to try difficult! How do we do it?
I don't do a separate backup of the local Evernote because I though the local copy WAS the backup of the cloud. I didn't realize that Evernote would expunge my local notes without my permission! I guess this was the hard way to find out...
Thanks!