Dear Abd, Thank you! I will quote Birtukan as soon as I am writing about some positive concept- not as now. I perfectly understand your love and happiness given by your daughters. It is wonderful to help them and to see how brave and nice they are. I had a very tragical history with my son Robert born in 1968 who got encephalitis and was autistic and mentally retarded and you perhaps know how were treated such children in the communist Romania so we have kept him at home. He died from cancer in 1999, after more dreadful surgeries. My daughter Antonia, born in 1972 is OK a chemist and has three children- a boy and two girls- all strong persomalities, illuminating my sunset. Please convey my best regards to your daughters- if sometimes they will have some websearch problem, I am ready and prepared to help them. And I hope they will enjoy the marvel of classical and opera music...we are trying the same with our grandchildren. Back to my newsletter... Peter
I don't know much about Ethiopia, except its history, was the Queen of Saba from there? I remember that I have collaborated with a Jugoslavian specialist Hrkalovic who was the Negus's bodyguard and told me a lot of stories. On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 5:18 AM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax <[email protected]>wrote: > At 04:07 PM 3/26/2010, Peter Gluck wrote: > >> Dear Abd, >> I am starting the weekend rush to write my great editorial for the issue >> no 396 of my wekly newsletter Info Kappa ( I am working for an American >> Romanian ISP UPC Romania) >> The subject is "primitive" and I will use much of the book "Caveman Logic" >> But other things too. >> >> By the way, I like very much what your littel dughter has said it is >> bright and I will quote it in a future issue. I will ask you to tell your >> daughter;s name and how do you want the idea should presented. It is a great >> example of the wisdom of children. >> > > Her name is Birtukan Simone Lomax, "Birtukan," meaning "Orange," being the > name she had from her first family, and Simon being her grandfather's name, > which we feminized so she could keep it and not seem weird. She was born > into the Kamabata tribe, and is now learning to speak, in addition to > excellent English, Mandarin Chinese, and assuming that all continues on > track, she'll be native speaker fluent and literate in English and Chinese > by the eighth grade. We wish we could give her that in her native language, > Kambatigna, but, unfortunately, there are no resources here, but Chinese > could be very useful in Ethiopia if she decides to go back when she grows > up, China is the number one investor in Ethiopia. She's also advanced beyond > her years in athletics, she taught herself to swing on monkey bars at about > four years old, she kept doing it, occasionally falling, and picking herself > up and trying again, until she got it down cold . She got blisters on her > hands and did not stop. She applies the same energy to learning the violin. > Her sister, two years older, is still ahead, but has to work to keep there! > (Her sister, from China, is spectacular all on her own, but today is > Birtukan's story.) > > I'm not releasing photographs, but she has tribal markings that would allow > someone knowledgeable to tell where she is from, and she is seriously > beautiful. > > Can you guess that I'm proud of my daughter? She is also, as you might > guess, as willful as they come, she can be a handful. She cannot be broken. > It's my job to help her figure out how to cooperate with others when they > want one thing and she wants something else. She's on track, I'd say. I > wouldn't change a thing about her, and I'm blessed to have her in my life. > At 65. > > >
