Dear Marion,

Thank you for your letter. If my reply is brief,
that's not for lack of interest or enthusiasm, but
on account of being suddenly deluged with legal work.
I finally succeeded in prodding the Superior Court clerk
to "assemble the record", I've paid the fee, the case is 
docketed, and now I must serve on the opposing parties
and file with the Appeals Court an aggregate of 5104 pages
of Briefs and other documentation.  I've also filed two
Motions to augment the record, and if these are approved, -
be careful what you wish for - I would become responsible
for another 7142 pages. I had hoped to be able to go to
Konnarock next week, but I don't know how I can print and
bind all that text over the week end.  We shall see.

I share your enthusiasm for Haendel. I'm particularly 
fond of L'Allegro ed il Penseroso, Acis and Galatea,
Saul, Semele, and of course the Messiah, also the instrumental
music. I find Haendle wonderfulkly cosmopolitan in contrast
with Bach's parochial religiosity, by which, admittedly,
I remain enchanted.

As for your farm, my admiration for the implicit Menschlichkeit
of it all, grows with each of your references, though I know all
too little about you, and about Micha and Boo nothing at all. 
To say that I'm glad Micha survived the bees, is a statement trite
to the point of frivolity.

Tell me about yourself, whatever you want me to know. Don't exhume
the past for my benefit. I must get back now to my legal papers,
and I'll write more later.

Jochen