“Das Haus in the Engsbachstrasse.” — The house on Engsbachstrasse 3 in Weidenau, Germany +Mein Beitrag zur handgemachten Sonderausgabe der Siegener Zeitung, anlässlich Vater’s 80sten Geburtstag. My contribution to the mock-special issue of the Siegener Zeitung, prepared on the occasion of his father’s 80th birthday. +Deutsch/English +Ausgegraben von meiner Schwester Ingeborg im Januar 2021. Dug … Continue reading
John von Neumann after his first computer was complete: “I don’t know how useful this will be. But at any rate it will be possible to get a lot of credit in Tibet by coding ‘Om Mane Padme Hum’ a hundred million times an hour. It will far exceed anything prayer wheels can do.”
. . I’m posting a few pictures as memorabilia. It is not often that we live through a cataclysmic event of this magnitude. The faces of many insurrectionists are uncovered, as stupid demonstration of masculinity during a pandemic, but also proof of their confidence that this attack will succeed as a coup d’Etat. Much will … Continue reading
This is a beautiful specimen of Google Translate, from English original to German. My sister recently found the file again, which relates to an award I received while still at the Wadsworth Center in Albany. For those not familiar with the German language: my last name “Frank” also means (1) free, as in “frank und … Continue reading
. . I sent the following letter on January 7, 2021 to Sen. Schumer, Sen. Gillibrand and Congressman Nadler: “President Trump’s actions in the past four years have proven that he is a serious threat to National Security. By temper, lack of morality, and utter disdain for the Constitution he has been unfit to hold … Continue reading
. . Fabulous family portrait, a gift by Tom, our son in law, who is an artist. Given to us on Christmas day 12/25/2020. It enters the annals of our pandemic time for two reasons: One is that it is COVID-19 that brought us closely together as an extended family in our house in Alford, … Continue reading
. . I found something interesting in an interview with Michael Foucault by James O’Higgins in SALAMAGUNDI 1982 entitled “Sexual Choice, Sexual Act.” I stumbled on this article by accident, and what I found interesting has nothing to do with the subject matter. Here is the excerpt that caught my attention: MF: On this question … Continue reading
.. Today the German General Consul notified me that I received the German Federal Republic’s “Grosses Verdienstkreuz mit Stern”, which translates into “Knight Commander’s Cross”, an order of merit. Wow! I have become more important now. I was given the choice of getting the medal now in a quick personal meeting with the General Consul, … Continue reading
Hosta in fall colors in front of my house in the Berkshires . . Amid the anxiety about COVID-19 and the election, and the possibility Trump will fight tooth and nail to stay in power, the miracle of the fall descends on us. Fall is a saturation of beauty accumulated over the spring and summer. … Continue reading
. . I had the honor of receiving a letter by Angela Merkel congratulating me on my 80th Birthday. Here it is. I’m adding a translation below. Sehr geehrter Herr Professor Frank, zu Ihrem 80. Geburtstag gratuliere ich Ihnen sehr herzlich. Ihren Ehrentag nehme ich gerne zum Anlass, Ihnen fuer Ihre Verdienste um die … Continue reading
Posted on the fence at PS 199 70th Street Upper West Side, New York October 2020 . . .
. I mean this as a time document. Years from now it will not seem possible that these things have gone on today. A bankrupt sociopath planning a fascist takeover, about to enter a debate with someone who observes the rules. Who destroys the post office in order to slow down or totally stop absentee … Continue reading
. . Yesterday, after a downpour, the dill plant in my garden sparkled with thousands of little droplets. For some reason, dill plants become enormous in my garden — 8 feet tall. Its hundreds of umbellules (I just learned it: little flower clusters) attract bees, wasps, hummingbirds, and butterflies. When the flowers go to seed, … Continue reading
. The voice is something a serious writer is looking for; it is the gestalt of his language gestures; it distinguishes her from other writers. The voice, then, is all we are after, without mentioning it hardly ever in our writers’ group. The voice as a separate spiritual embodiment of a person appears in the … Continue reading
. Horst Kaechele, one of my friends from college, a scholar deeply immersed in the pursuit and re-evaluation of psychoanalysis. From the little I know, his work in Ulm was aimed to quantify therapist-patient interactions in psychoanalytic therapy. He had a distinguished career and wrote numerous books in his field. Psychoanalysis was a field which … Continue reading
. . We ordered 3 air filters for a Scandinavian air filtering system of very cool design, from WISH. After waiting several weeks, no filter had arrived and I tracked the order. Below is the track, verbatim. May 13, 2020 — Placed Order May 14, 2020 — Wishpost order generated — China May 16, 2020 … Continue reading
