Dads stories

Sent: Tuesday, 16 May 2000 8:49 PM
Dear Harald,

We must be very spoilt here. If a power cable ever comes down due to acts of God, it is repaired within a few hours and the news keeps you informed of progress.

There must be more than a radio blackout where you are living! Hedwig said, just now when I told her about the lightening strike on your house, “ they live by the Rhine, and the storm can’t ever cross it”. Is that actually true? I can remember hearing the same thing said years ago.

With Inge and the Waldfeucht Terhaag meeting, as far as I know they are leaving on the 8^th of August (current plans) and then will spend 6 weeks in Germany. She has withdrawn from the course because of work commitments here. Dennis wants to experience the Neusser Kirmes. Of course you will be able to catch up with them, I am sure they will run you down, so don’t worry!

Great, you took a break! I told you to take a vacation! We will from now on deal with one story at a time. The easiest one is Jonah and Ruth. Please take the attachment from my letter “Jonah, corrected”. It is the same text as that in your letter, but without the yellow highlights and the bracketed letters. Also the corrections have been incorporated.

………….. (long discussions re the various story corrections excluded from translation)……

Thanks a lot for your letters. Here it is raining, tiring. For mothers day, the entire club was here, was very nice.

All the best.

Peter.