Posted in Events, Health, Letter from Berlin, People on Jun 20th, 2009 3 Comments »
Dr. Charles E. McClelland of the University of New Mexico is working at the University in Berlin this summer and graciously reported on the gathering for dinner on June 17 of the Berlin circle of Paul’s friends who have been helping him since his stroke.
Paul seems to be recovering nicely from the stroke. I [...]
Posted in Events, Health, Letter from Berlin, People on Apr 5th, 2009 1 Comment »
On Friday, April 3, I heard from Stefan Kempinski, who is now back in Berlin after a three week absence, that he had seen Paul the day before and found him in better shape than previously. Stefan said that Paul can now walk without help and that his psychological situation is also much better. [...]
Posted in Events, Health, Letter from Berlin, People on Mar 3rd, 2009 2 Comments »
As most of you probably already know, today is Paul’s 85th birthday so I know you join me in wishing him well and hoping that his next birthday finds him in much better shape.
On Sunday, Birgitte Grimstad left a comment on one of the previous posts that you may not have noticed if [...]
Posted in Events, Health, Letter from Berlin on Feb 2nd, 2009 2 Comments »
Today I received an email from Paul’s friend Anthony Morris letting me know that he called Paul’s apartment this morning but rather than reaching Paul, he had reached Paul’s neighbor. The neighbor had found Paul (presumably on the floor) and summoned an ambulance. Paul was taken back to the same hospital where he [...]
Posted in Events, Letter from Berlin, People on Jan 25th, 2009 6 Comments »
On Tuesday, 20 January, after experiencing symptoms of cardiac distress, Paul went to his physician’s office and was promptly admitted him to the hospital where he remains. It seems he suffered a mild heart attack that his friend Dr. Helmut Moeller says only affected a small part of his heart. A heart catheterization, [...]
Posted in Events, Letter from Berlin, Life and culture, People on Nov 9th, 2007 1 Comment »
I believe I told at least some of you at one point or another that although I’ve long since collected the handsome certificate (now beautifully framed, for a prominent place on the wall of my Berlin apartment’s entry hall) proclaiming me a citizen of the Federal Republic of Germany, the formal ceremony for us Neudeutsche [...]
Posted in Events, Letter from Berlin, Life and culture, Music, People on Nov 7th, 2007 No Comments »
From an unimpeachable, totally reliable source I have this latest shaming tidbit of barbarous stateside yahoo nitwittery towards distinguished visiting foreign artists in the fatuous name of “security”, a sacrosanct word which for the incumbent criminal administration apparently excuses no matter what indignities.
The Berlin Philharmonic, billed by Carnegie Hall for four concerts with its conductor [...]
Posted in Events, Letter from Berlin, Life and culture, Music, People, Politics on Oct 15th, 2007 No Comments »
BERLIN. – “Denk ich an Deutschland in der Nacht,” wrote Heinrich Heine (1797-1856), one of Germany’s greatest poets and most famous Jews, “Dann bin ich um den Schlaf gebracht” – “If I think about Germany during the night, it robs me of my sleep.” A partially sleepless night preceded the writing of this review, for [...]
Posted in Events, Life and culture, People, Politics, Reflections on Oct 5th, 2007 No Comments »
Herewith some additional horrifying background material on how the Lone Star State tells the country’s supreme legal authority to kiss its Lone Star ass and insouciantly continues its self-legalized killings, including some prisoners awaiting appeal proceedings that could reverse their previous sentences.
From The New York Times on June 14th:
“Texas juries in capital cases must make [...]
Posted in Events, Letter from Berlin, Life and culture, Memory Lane, Music, People, Politics on Sep 30th, 2007 No Comments »
When I went over into eastern Berlin Sunday night to cover a premiere at the grand old State Opera on Berlin’s showpiece boulevard named Unter den Linden (because of the quadruple columns of trees marching down the center separator green strip, I had to take the subterranean U-Bahn because yesterday I got a call from [...]
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