Dear Lee,
I am so sorry to miss seeing you in Australia. It would have been such fun to see this part of your life. As it turned out, we aren’t going to be spending much time in Australia at all. We had such a long list of places we wanted to see in New Zealand which is compact and easy to drive around that we ended up spending nearly all of our trip there – except for a visit to the Great Barrier Reef, which I have always wanted to see and a couple of days in Sydney as I have an invitation to speak at the University there and some former students who are there. So the original idea of spending some relaxed, quiet time working at your place gave way to the excitement of touring – and that means that we won’t be coming to Brisbane area after all. I very much appreciate your kindness and graciousness in offering to let us stay there.
I will be in Chicago once again in mid-July and hope we can meet there again – if you happen to be there then. I so much enjoyed our time together last summer.
I hope all is well with you.
Warmest regards,
Ruthellen