what's cracking sorry it took so long to return to this empty lecture hall but i was busy and had no intention of stopping the madness just so i could sit down and poke out letters and sentences about this or that or painting or not but since i started with a greeting maybe i'll end this email in a traditional manner like a wave good bye or something but first please let me tell you about all the things i've been doing and i'll be brief but i finished the job on the east side of manhattan and after a silly weekend i'm up here yonder in massachusets with mr. wabbit who i haven't seen for five years and yes we are painting a house in the woods sort of complete with eccentric owner who only shows up on the weekends and pool so its a nice deal a paid vacation maybe but its how it gets hot and when it does we strip to our skivies and jump in the pool make dinner after work its a good time plus also has been gifted an automobile to use for the two weeks us alls up here so as to get around town and the town by the by is called masterpiece on the edge of western massachusets in the neighborhood they call the berkshires which actually the town is called ashely falls but i don't know why maybe this will be revealed to me through the local swimming hole and brew pub across the street is an ancient graveyard