Dear Anne,

Thank you for your letter. 
My very best wishes to Dan and to yourself. 

I had no difficulty copying Hannibal's blog onto the
hard drive of my computer. I've started to read and to look. I'm much impressed
with Hannibal's courageous enterprise which sheds a wonderful glow on the 
saying that we should broaden and sharpen our minds by traveling. It brings
to mind Goethes praise of "das Dämonische", a word, which unlike its cognate
"demonic", points to the spirited and inspired nature of our existence. The
blog invites contemplation of many topics: e.g. the meaning of art to the
artist and to the spectator, learning (or inability to learn) to feel at home
in a very strange land, (I consider America my personal China.)the fate of 
the traveler whose mind (and whose destiny) have been transmuted by his travels.
Garrulous as I am, I should be pleased to exchange ideas with you (or Hannibal) on any of these topics, - as the doctors say, p.r.n.

Anticipation of my appeals court argument forty-six hours from now, has
for the time being, displaced other inventions and left me to while away
the time by assembling for possible publication (long after my death) of
diverse correspondence that documents such inward existence as I might 
have had. Obviously no one will ever care. Why should they? So far no fewer 
than 1900 pages never to be read. I'm reminded of old maids spending 
the declining years of their lives designing and sewing the dresses 
in which they wish to be buried.

Jochen