I am still alive even if my internet connection is not

Well since I got some comments in the last week I guess some people still read this blog. I still can not get an internet connection from home. I have been doing alot of reading and walking in the meantime. Reading a book does seem alot more satisfying than reading shorter pieces. A couple of weeks ago I got accepted to a conference in Canada on German diasporas. I will be submitting a paper on Russian-Germans in Kazakhstan. So that will probably be my next trip out of Arivaca. Other than that not much exciting has happened here recently.