Hildegard sent me an e-mail the other day. I lived with her during my 8 week stay in Hamburg last Summer. She wrote to say she's coming to the USA and that news in itself made my week. It will be her first time and she was headed for NYC. We haven't written more than twice each since I returned at the end of July, but I have a feeling keeping in touch with her that way is more than sufficient. It works for us, and when I go back in Summer 2011, she told me there would always be a place for me there, and I'm confident there will be. She's even (supposedly) holding onto a pair of shoes I forgot. We'll see if those old things are still around in 18 more months. Whether they are or aren't, you can bet I'll be seeing her again.
She also requested my mailing address. She's going to send me photos we took the second to last day I was there from when she took me to the North Sea. It was one of the best days of my life, and maybe that will help you imagine just how excited I am for those pictures. In return, I've decided to send her something as well. Hildegard teaches music and art and so I've decided to send her a drawing. I've just started working on a black and white sketch of the room I had in Hamburg, with the French doors swung open, looking out onto the flower covered balcony, the wooden table and chairs, the iron fence, and the tree filled sunny courtyard. It was one of the most romantic views you may ever see and I'm attempting to capture it on paper. Daunting, to say the least, but I'm picking at it a bit each day, trying to catch the detail and the charm.
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