Friday, April 6, 2007

A message from Reinhard Reitzenstein '96 re'95




HI! HOPED TO HAVE WRITTEN LONG BEFORE THIS AND IN BETTER SPIRIT -> IN ANSWER TO YOUR STATE -> MAP OF CLAIM SITE -> LOOKS LIKE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN MADE ON YOUR CONTINUITY + LIKE THE LAND YOU WISH TO RESCUE YOU ARE IN DISTRESS + THREATENED -> I HOPE YOU 3 ARE IN BETTER STATES -> IN 1996 -> 1995 HAS BEEN THE YEAR FROM HELL FOR ME > US -> A SYNOPSIS IS AS FOLLOWS -> NEW YEAR '95 OPENED WITH OUR LOCAL TRAIN STATION BURNING DOWN -> THEN MY MOM DIAGNOSED WITH KIDNEY CANCER -> MOVED IN WITH US TO RECOVER FROM SURGERY SHE GOT SICKER AND SICKER AND DIED IN OUR HOUSE WITH US BESIDE HER ->STROKING HER FOREHEAD AS SHE MOVED INTO THE LIGHT -> I'M STILL RECOVERING /GRIEVING/FRIGHTENED/HURT -> MY OWN BODY STILL IN PAIN ON MY RIGHT SIDE -> GRAUALLY IMPROVING BUT SLOW -> GUELPH UNIVERSITY HAS NO WORK FOR ME, BROCK UNIVERSITY DIDN'T EITHER -> I WAS GIVEN TWO PUBLIC COMMISSIONS-> _BOTH_ TAKEN AWAY ON THE POLITICAL LEVEL SCREWING MY INCOME FOR OVER ONE YEAR -> BROKE, DISCOURAGED, DISAPPOINTED, ANGRY, FRUSTRATED, SAD, I PLODDED ON IN A STATE SO DOWN LIKE NEVER BEFORE -> SO NOW I ATTEMPT TO RECOUP -> RE-DRESS -> RE-EXAMINE -> RE-STORE -> RE-THINK -> RE-BUILD SOME THINGS ARE LOOKING UP BUT IT'S SLOW WITHOUT GAYLE'S INCOME WE'D BE FUCKED! -> ALL GRANTS I APPLIED FOR WERE ALSO REFUSED -> SO IT'S A TIME OF MADNESS AND INNER RE-STRUCTURING -> RE-DEFINING PRIORITIES -> WE PLOD ON -> THESE ARE SOME OF THE REASONS I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO WRITE -> BUT TODAY I FOUND YOUR LETTER OF FEB '95 (ONE YEAR AGO) WHAT A YEAR -> I HOPE THIS GETS TO YOU AT THE VICTORIA ADDRESS?? I HOPE YOU'RE HANGING ON -> WE TRYING IN THESE TRYING TIMES THANKS FOR THE EAGLE FEATHER -> TIPLESS -> IT'S LOOKING FOR DIRECTION -> MAYBE WE MUST APPLY THE TIP FROM OUR OWN EXPERIENCE + HOPE -> I BOUND THE SHAFT LAST WEEK IT IS WITH MY MEDICINE NOW -> THANKS AGAIN -> ENCLOSED IS A ZEROX OF A BRONZE TREE I CAST IN '95 IN HONOUR OF LIFE + MY MOTHER IT HAS A HUMAN SPINE NEAR THE ROOTS -> TOGETHER A NEW SPECIES -> IT'S CALLED 'ARBOR-VITAE' (TREE OF LIEF) IT'S A TOUGH TIME HANG ON! WE'RE TAKING KARATE AS A FAMILY TO CHANNEL ANGER + FRUSTRATION + DEFENCE! IT'S WORKING IN PEACE REINER+

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