Dear Marion,

Thank you for your letter. In particular, thank you for
taking me, albeit vicariously, to the Stillwater concert
and to the State Fair. Your lively descriptions are a vivid
contrast to my compulsive, monotonous legal research
which inevitably spawns rumination that leaves me weary
and sometimes a bit depressed. For the time being, at
least, the work is done, and I will try to turn my attention
to other matters. Perhaps more molecular biochemistry, and
certainly my writing. What I find enervating about legal
work is that to be responsible and effective at this stage
I must address myself as my own adversary, must think and
plan and plot in opposition to myself. This to an extent
that my usual deep and refreshing sleep became light and
troubled.  And like storm clouds driven by an icy wind,
legal arguments streamed through my consciousness much
of the night until the break of day.

Day after tomorrow, on Thursday, Margaret and I will drive
to August, Maine, to visit her brother Alex and her sister-in-
law Winnie, who has been quite ill. On Saturday or Sunday we
plan to leave for Konnarock, and once we are there, my world
will be different. I will report to you as way opens.

Jochen