Time and courage in Lomé

E-mail from IN.:
"You are of course all very welcome here in Lomé. A guest room with air-con and mosquito net is waiting for those who have the time and courage!"

The best

E-mail from Sister N.:
"Praying that all works out for the best."

Unreachable

E-mail from A.B.:
"I think that when Sartre and Heidegger and Focault and all the old homies were writing a lot of brainy stuff, it was a time when people could actually be unreachable."

The same story

E-mail from DW.:
"I planned to spend the first two weeks of july only on my book. But now I accepted a payed project, which is a lot of work, so my plans again will not work out as I wanted. But the bills also have to be payed. Always the same story!!"

Choice vs. Surrender

E-mail from D.
"Until you said that, I thought I knew love to be a choice as well.  My honest experience, though, is surrender."

Pats and slaps

E-mail from HH.:
"A pat on the shoulder, in the arse and a sweet little slap in the face from me."

Cousin

E-mail from JK. (who is not my cousin):
"Of course it's okay, cousin!
But damn, it hurts. But it's obvious that that's what you need and must do. But then, by f... hell, you have to come back again at full speed."

Independence

Message from M.:
"We MUST watch Independence Day soon ..."

Control

E-mail from L.:
"The beauty is in the lack of control (bullshit, I love control ...)"

1 minute later

E-mail from L. (1 minute later):
"Só many mistakes i haste This smart (yeah right) keyboard."

anotar keyboard

E-mail from L.:
"I'am writing on an iPad, really odd.
...

All good gere just nem holidays ... but thats a long story for anotar keyboard."

Louise Bourgeois

E-mail from L.:
"Once I was beset by anxiety but I pushed the fear away by studying the
sky, determining when the moon would come out and where the sun would
appear in the morning. (Louise Bourgeois)"

Somebody's new boyfriend

E-mail from D.:
"I'm happy to hear he isn't portuguese and hopeful that he's not a movie director or a virgo.  I don't know what naffy means.  I looked it up and found "niffy" which means "malodorous," and I don't think that's what you meant."

Ideas

E-mail from D.:
"I'm in ideas mode too. I want to start a university. 
But now, I have to write a really boring paper."

Misread

E-mail from D.:

"I misread "later on" as "I might include it in a lantern."  I think wherever it winds up, it would be cool lit up. What do you think?"

But the weather is nice

E-mail from SM.:
"It's going well, although I wish I had a real office chair and a decent working table
and a sturdy music rest to keep the book open. 
And perhaps a mouse for my computer. And a couple of dictionaries. 
It would also help my concentration if the house was not full of French workmen, 
yelling and screaming and drilling. But the weather is nice." 

Wow

Message from Mom:
"Wow wow wow it is so very good wow wow wow whoopee whoopee"

Sharp and cold

E-mail from SJ. the older:
"... you have done very well with your sharp sensibilty and your cold objectivity."

Dig it

E-mail from D.:
" 'Multikunstner debuterer med finurligt legende digte'
'Multi-talented debutant is finally a legend. dig it.' "

See how old I am!

E-mail from AB.:
"Hahaha what! Wtf are you talking about mayn, your language is totally ol-fashioned.
Ah, I can't write in a gangsta way...
I'm going to the opera now, see how old I am!"

Engaged

E-mail from AP.:
"It would be amazing for me to feel more engaged to all around me ..."

Vegetables

E-mail from H.:
"I have my first real shift today and am panicing, and have forgotten my phone, but originally I wanted to ask you whether we could pick up the vegetables together?
Theoretically I'm off at 3.30, but I don't have it under control, so I can't be sure that I'll necessarily be able to leave at that time; yesterday I only left at 6.."

Girl

E-mail from MH.:
"Yes, I know you are a woman, but you'll always be a girl to me."

Water

E-mail from L.:
"As I'm not a huge alcohol fan, I'm drinking a glass of water to you :)"

Luck

E-mail from L.:
"Just to say hello and wish the best of luck (as if you needed it ...)"

Ficklers

E-mail from D.:
"This whole conversation, of course, had to do with my being a fickle keeper-in-toucher."