Hey Mig,
Apple Spongecake, eh. I suspect all in all AS's wrath has not wounded me mcuh worse than a head on hit from a hurled Apple Spongecake. It just reshaped me a bit and reformed me threw in a bit of nostalgia for the notion of wha tcould have been but then put me about the business of what will and has been.
The will nad has been have been and seem to be pretty doggone good.
Didn't recall the story of your brother, but I can understand the inclination to keep that email. Its good not to let go of something that ties you to moments that crystalize the importance of peopel vs. tings in our lives.
BTW: What was your brother there to teach?