Six Generations of First Born Women

The phone rang while I was sitting, writing, at the big center table in the "D" family common room. I was the only one there so I picked it up. "Hello, this is Cynthia, who do you want?" "This is Gaert and I want you!" he says this lasciviously and we both laugh. "It's too soon. I haven't spoken to... Sign in to see full entry.

After lunch I go down to the guest room to write. Erika comes too. We are only there a few minutes when the restorer from Vienna (he's actually German but speaks perfect English with an Austrian accent) comes in. He remembers me from my visit a year ago. Friedrichshof has him on retainer, he comes... Sign in to see full entry.

Erika and I are now both sitting in the "D" Family common room. She is knitting. After lunch she had gone with the kids to the home economics type class that is sometimes held in the afternoons. Today they learned how to knit. Normally we aren't in this area of the Lilllibau, part of the main living... Sign in to see full entry.

I'm sitting at the small, round, wooden table in the guest breakfast room where RG and I used to eat and talk. I'm writing as I wait for lunch at noon. Erika comes in to sit with me. Her mood swings are intense. She spends a lot of time in bed. Complains of stomach aches. Last night, in the middle... Sign in to see full entry.

I'm feeling pissed walking back to the Lillibau in a dense fog. The weather is the pits, there's so much snow, I've only gone running once since we arrived. I need the exercise to provide relief and it helps to keep me sane. I planned on getting up early this morning to run, but the fog was so thick... Sign in to see full entry.