Hätten anfangs soweit zu kommen nicht vermeint (Would not have thought in the beginning to come so far). This statement, attributed to the Swedish Chancellor Axel Oxenstierna, I used previously when somewhat astonished I announced the publication of my 250th blog just one year ago on June 8, 2014.
Today I think back and particularly remember my friends and relatives who did not have the chance to go so far. In my contacts, I place all those deceased in a particular category, a list that is getting longer as time goes by. In my case, quite naturally, die Einschläge kommen näher (the blows strike even nearer), but so far, I have been lucky to have ridden them out.
Although, as you would expect, some physical problems haunt me, my brain still functions except for those names I tend to forget. In the meantime, telephone calls are coming in at a rapid rate, and I got several e-mails with good wishes.
What, no snail mail? Following the strikes of the Lufthansa pilots, the train drivers of the Deutsche Bahn, and the employees of the Kitas (Kindertagestätten = day care centers), the mail(wo)men walked out yesterday "indefinitely." Nevertheless, this morning I received the best wishes of our mayor and Freiburg's city council sent by private mail service not affected by the strike.
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