Dear Cyndy,

Thank you for your letter. My apologies for the confusion.
We are in Virginia, have been here since July 7, plan to
return to Belmont on July 23, accompanied by Sandy Greene,
the US Army graduate who will help me drive back in one
day, 17 or 18 hours. I dislike very much staying in a motel.
If we arrive early, in daylight, there's the long wait before
it's time to go to sleep. If we arrive late, the driveway to
the place is likely to be difficult to find; all rooms may be
sold out.

What was once Margrit's car is now Jeane's car. It's standing in
our garage in Belmont. I transferred the title to Jeane Friday evening
as a gift. She will provide for insurance, will get a new registration
and new plates, and has arranged to have the car driven from Belmont
by Sandy. There will be no passengers. So far as I'm concerned that
car is too small even for one person; it has no rear seat. Three people
couldn't possibly get into it.

Sandy lives in West Jeffesron, NC, about thirty miles away. Early
on July 23, she'll drive her truck to Konnarock, leave it in our
driveway, and accompany Margrit and me as passenger/driver to
Belmont. I've arranged that she accompany us to save Jeane the
cost of purchasing an airplane ticket for Sandy. Although I have
the money, I'm in no mood to spend $180 for motel accomodations.

The deer I was writing about are Virginia deer; the road they
cross is County Road 602 which dead-ends into our driveway.
I've never seen a deer in Belmont, but my grandchildren have,
once in twenty years.

Am I correct in my inference that in distinguishing the designations
of laws of nature vs. laws of the state, you were referring to
the French distinction between droit and loi, the German distinction
between Recht und Gesetz? If my English is uptodate, we distinguish
between "rights" such as human rights, civil rights, rights to
privacy etc, and laws of the state which may or may not support
or impair such "natural" rights. The difference between the English
and the Continentals, if I understand correctly, is not in the
language, but in the common sense that protects the English from the
delusions that laws can be natural or that rights can be legislated.

Best to you and Ned.

Jochen