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Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 00:22:02 EDT Dear Tim: (If you are still there. . . ) Mazeltov, as we say in Yiddish. It means congratulations -- or at any rate is the equivalent of it, uttered on the same sorts of occasions. But the literal translation is "happy (or joyous) day." You have just had such a day -- made all the more delicious by the realization that you might not have made it alive. That is a real achievment, and I'd have come if I had known -- but I missed attending, regrettably. (I am getting a bit too arthritic for standing around in my academic gown waiting to march, then marching. . .) Your last two communications tell me more about you than all the
others. I am glad that your parents' bright son managed to bring
them joy in tough times, which these certainly are. I am glad you
didn't get killed in that accident. And if you haven't already left
Bethlehem, I hope that one of these days you will drop by my office
in Price Hall and say hello, so that I can get a look at you and
refresh my memory (I do tend to remember faces -- the only trouble
is getting the names attached to them.) I am not at the office much,
but do keep regular office hours on Tuesday and Thursday from 3:00
to 4:00 and There is a Chinese curse that goes "May you live in interesting times." I'd hate to wish that you should live in uninteresting times -- but maybe that's not inappropriate, in some sense. So let the times be uninteresting, but your inner world be full of fascination and fun! Barbara Frankel |
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