Dear Alex,

Thank you for your note about Brahms' 2nd Symphonie, in regard
to which I confess I haven't done my homework.

I think about you a lot, hope that you are content and happy.
I don't telephone because I don't want to intrude. The
phone number here is 276-388-3111 if you think it would help.

The days pass quickly, writing what is admittedly not very good,
splicing vandalized cables to the surveillance cameras, an 
exercise which reminds me of the preoccupations with electricity
of my childhood, also of the operating room, - though, blissfully,
much less stressful.

I spend time looking at pictures stored in the computer,
such as Klemens absolving his military service, and
Margaret feeding robins who prematurely left the nest.
Daydreaming, I find, is good autopsychotherapy.

Love, Jochen