Anni - The Perfect Wisdom Web

a d i c a l i s mIt was often so hot during the day that we had to stopworking in the midday hour. But the worst thing was thewater shortage–water is anyways very scarce but duringthe drought we often had water only in the morning orvery late at night. If the heat had lasted any longer weprobably would have run out completely within a fewdays. But luckily it got much cooler again yesterday.On Sunday evening after dinner we went out to theKüppel under one of the big beech trees. There was a largebank of black clouds in front of us that was constantlylit up by sheet lightning. It looked just beautiful. We littwo torches and Emi-Margret’s father read a very importantchapter from the revised edition of his book InnerLand. It was a wonderful evening. We lay around the twotorches, above us the great old beech tree whose brancheswere so numerous one couldn’t see the sky through themat all anymore, and in front of us the bank of clouds inwhich the sheet lightning constantly played.At three o’clock in the morning the storm hit us withgreat force. Lightning and thunder came from everydirection, and it was often so bright that one could seethe edge of the forest far in the distance. But it didn’tstrike us. The children weren’t scared at all; they lay intheir beds very quietly and peacefully.We’ve recently been going out often in the eveningsand also on Sunday mornings to read or have discussionsoutdoors. It’s always very beautiful and everyone enjoysit. We have often had very lively discussions lately –italways depends on the guests. At the moment we have a209