29 April 2020

29 April 2020

It has been a long time since I have used my blog to publish anything but since I do a daily personal blog for my self, I think it would be useful to get back to my letter from Germany. We are like everybody else in lockdown with Germany doing a good job keeping safe distances and lower death tolls than many other countries.  I have been teaching music on line with my keyboard and singing students and although not perfect it is working. The parents are happy that the children have something other than schoolwork to do. I am cooking more than.ever learning new ways and techniques finally ordering frozen food from a distributor something I never thought I would do. The frozen vegetables are excellent and because I do a lot of baking vegetables in the oven rather than steaming or boiling them makes them taste better. We’ve started putting on masks for entering stores, offices etc. and everyone seems to be complying. We are having a problem especially here in Bavaria with the of the driest Aprils in record which causes problems for farmers and our forests. It was warm and wet during the winter but snow is a cover and supplier of water for the subsequent seasons. I am trying to read more although being more at home doesn’t mean I have had less to do and I still am wasting too much time reading reports and news from the States. I read our local paper here daily and catch the evening news at 8:00 PM as well as reading several books in English and German. Getting older means that retaining things such as words and names is a part of life. Memorizing has never been a forte for me but I have always been able to research quickly to bring back things and the internet has supplied so much information that was not available in the past. I have a good library of reference works especially for language and music.