Six Generations of First Born Women

We were both at the children's S.D. (Selbstdarstellung) tonight. Claudia was leading. Otto was still flat on his back, but feeling better. Erika has surprised and impressed me with her insights, observations of people here and at home, and her sensitivity to certain situations that show a growing... Sign in to see full entry.

Lunch brought discussion about Teresa and Cedric's impending trip to Boston. Cedric stood up at our table, like someone confessing at AA, and told us of his fears about going to the good old US of A. He thinks he will become affected, or more actually, afflicted, by the American "way of life", how... Sign in to see full entry.

Got up early this morning and ran. The weather improved slightly over the past two days. It's only my second time out running since I arrived which seems like a century ago. The roads are patchy with ice. The winds have blown a great deal of the loose, powdery surface snow towards Budapest. Giant... Sign in to see full entry.

It is 9 pm and Erika is sitting with Virginie, another teenager, watching a film on TV that the children made about Stalin. Here on Friedrichshof they use theater and acting as a vehicle to teach lots of subjects, one of them history. Erika acts much better when she is with Virginie than she does... Sign in to see full entry.

This morning I'm told that Teresa, Kalypso's mother, will have to go to Boston. Her baby, Kalypso was premature, born in the 26th week. Although now 5 months old, it is about the size of a newborn. There are problems with her eyes, a detached retina, fibroids, her eye specialist is a doctor at Mass.... Sign in to see full entry.