Dear Nikola,

Thany you for your e-mail. I've changed my mind,
and have, at present, no plans to go anywhere.
The reason uppermost in my mind is that as I get
older - I'll be 87 next month - the probability of
being suddenly and unexpectedly incapacitated 
increases. If that happened to me anywhere except
in my house on School Street the medical establishment
would kidnap me and I would become its victim,
a fate which is much more threatening to me than death.

I'm happy to see you here in Belmont, any time you want
to come. Verizon refuses to repair my landline, and
when it rains the paper insulation on the ancient cables
to 617-489-1043 becomes soaked. I lose the dial tone,
and the caller gets a busy signal. I keep my cell phone
617-548-5768 turned on, and at that number you should be
able to reach me. At this juncture, the Internet seems the
most reliable. As of this minute, it's been uninterrupted
for 940 hours.

Stay well and contended.

Jochen