Posted in Events, Health, People on Aug 25th, 2009 No Comments »
I’m pleased to be able to announce that as of about an hour ago, our friend Paul has access to the Internet again. His old email address, texas-paule@t-online.de, is defunct. Please use the name as listed in the title of this post together with @Gmail.com to reach him. From what you’ve said [...]
Posted in Events, Health, Letter from Berlin on Jul 30th, 2009 No Comments »
I am pleased to report that Paul is back in his apartment as of July 20th and he is adapting to his new schedule and that of the various caregivers who come by as many as five times a day for one reason or another, to bring meals, to do speech therapy with him, to [...]
Posted in Events, Health, Letter from Berlin, People on Jul 13th, 2009 5 Comments »
Posted in Events, Health, Letter from Berlin, People on Jun 20th, 2009 5 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 [...]
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