Dear Cyndy,

Thank you for your letter. If I seem terse,
its because I have my mind set on the argument I will
make before the appeals court on Wednesday morning.

Your question about the contrast between my sister's
ready accommodation to her foster home in White Plains
and my own unhappiness in Chappaqua is very astute.
The readiness to find happiness in homes other than
her parents' manifested itself with my sister at an
early age, and is precisely the converse of my own
experience.  We are all different. 

Margaret and I are planning to return to Detroit on
or about February 20. There my sister's apartment is
now empty. I've returned the keys to the management;
but I have two locked storage areas, each of about
20 sq.ft., filled with perhaps 30 boxes of books,
phonograph records, and kitchen utensils, etc.
Taking these to Virginia will require two or more
trips, each of which would offer opportunities to
stop to say hello to Ned and yourself, very briefly.
I won't have Internet access, but will telephone
instead. But our trips to Virginia are at least
three weeks in the future, and there will be more
email before we leave.

Meanwhile my best to you and to Ned.
Jochen